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Ian McDonald’s “Thriller Of Ideas” Up For Literary Prize

Ian McDonald’s novel Brasyl has already won a British Science Fiction Association award, and now it’s in the running to cross boundaries and win a mainstream literary award, the £50,000 Warwick Prize for Writing. Brasyl intertwines a Jesuit explorer in 1732 Brazil, a present-day story of journalism and Brazillian football, and a tale of quantum…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Nov 17

Incase Power Slider For iPhone 3G Skillfully Conceals its Battery Booster

The Incase Slider is one of the more popular iPhone cases, and this new version is notable for being one of the better integrations of a supplemental battery pack yet. It’ll add some girth, yes, but it also more than doubles your battery life and offers more protection than battery piggybacks like the Mophie Juice…

Tech News John Mahoney Nov 17

Clooney Stares At Goats, Who Want To Eat His Wig

George Clooney dons a man’s Farrah Faucet wig and handsome mustache on set for Men Who Stare at Goats. Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges are starring in the adaptation of Jon Ronson’s 2004 nonfiction book about the Army’s First Earth Battalion, a group that tries to use psychic abilities for warfare. And…

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 17

Alpine Capsule Is Probably Aliens’ Favorite Refuge on Earth

Something weird must be going on in the Alps, because alien structures keep popping up like circles in the English crops and people insist on doing jacuzzi parties at 15,700 feet. Take this shiny Alpine Capsule, a beautiful—if not eerie—26-feet in diameter mountain shelter designed by Studio Lovegrove that seems to be made of mercury.…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Nov 17

Structures with Unspecified Functions

This is what an M.C. Escher painting would look like if it became an architectural blueprint. On BLDG BLOG, Geoff Manaugh calls our attention to the work of Belgian photographer Flip Dujardin who creates fictional buildings out of photographs of real ones. We’ve got a couple more images below. Mark magazine calls Dujardin’s structures “informal…

io9 Annalee Newitz Nov 17

Proxim Orinoco AP-8000 Doubles Wi-Fi Throughput With Two 802.11n Radios

This one’s more for the IT dudes, but is interesting as an indication of how we may see more speed squeezed out of the 802.11n wi-fi spec: a new enterprise access point from Proxim uses two 802.11n radios simultaneously, effectively doubling throughput to 320 Mbps (a single wireless N radio maxes out at around 170…

Tech News John Mahoney Nov 17

Honeycomb Tires Take a Lick, Just Don’t Actually Lick Them

This 37-inch tire can take the explosion of an IED along with a few rounds of rife fire and still haul an armored Humvee out of a battle at 50mph. Completely airless and supported by a honeycomb-inspired series of hexagons, the tire’s structure can distribute weight loads evenly while taunting the enemy that it doesn’t…

Tech News Mark Wilson Nov 17

Could The Day The Earth Stood Still Steal Bay’s Exploding Thunder?

With every passing week, Fox’s remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still looks more and more like Independence Day, and less like the original. The remake still seems like a bad idea, but if Keanu and co. want to go down this splodey path, they’d better be ready to bring it, Michael Bay-style. Producer…

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 17

4.5 million LEDs Dazzle at Japan Winter Light Show

Last Saturday, 4.5 million LEDs lit up the Nabana no Sato theme park of Kuwana, Japan, kicking off their annual Winter Light Show that runs until March 8th. This year’s theme is one of flowers, illuminated in 64 billion colors that are reported to change color so quickly that they actually resemble a river more…

Tech News Mark Wilson Nov 17

Skyla Memoir Digital Photo Frame Has In-Built Photo Scanner

Looks like digital photo frames are beginning to move from nice-to-haves to actually quite useful: Skyla’s Memoir photo frame has an in-built 600dpi scanner so it’ll digitize your hardcopy photo archive for you. It’s got a 1GB memory, apparently good for about 200 4 x 6-inch prints (the maximum size the scanner can take). Plus…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Nov 17

Modded DS Light (With a ‘G’) Shames All Others on the Disco Floor

A Japanese DIY aficionado stripped open his DS and added about 200 pieces of LED flair. The Nico Douga commenter who, amidst the sea of wwwwwwwww, suggested pairing this with the Korg DS-10 (which is now available, by the way)-I’m feeling you on that. The action starts, appropriately, at 4:20. [Kotaku]

Tech News John Mahoney Nov 17

Knight Rider Racing Towards Hoff

Finally, a reason to hope that NBC’s Knight Rider makes it to a second season. Sources are reporting that should the troubled reboot survive its mid-season shake-up then a second season would include the addition of a new regular character: Michael Knight, as played by David Hasselhoff. That’s right: we may finally get the father-son-car…

Television Graeme McMillan Nov 17

Dealzmodo: Two Sub-$200 Blu-ray Players, No Catches or Rebates

What’s this? A brand new sub-$200 Blu-ray player? From a respectable, legitimate brand? No dirty tricks or mail-in rebates? Holy crap, yes. In a sad, scorched wasteland of Black Friday deals, this $180 Sharp Aquos BD-HP21U (usually $300) from Sears.com is a tiny beacon of hope—an affordable Blu-ray player. Update: If brands aren’t important to…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Nov 17

More Watchmen Ending Details, And A Telltale Transformers Toy Pic

MTV premiered its new quarterly movie show Spoilers on Friday night, and it looks like they’re a little unclear on the concept. Taylor Lautner wears a wig in Twilight? That’s a major spoiler, worthy of a flashing banner! Luckily, we’ve got some real spoilers here: Zack Snyder explains a bit more about the controversial changes…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Nov 17

Indian Lunar Probe Crashes On Moon Surface

After a 25-minute descent, Chandrayaan-1’s Moon Impact Probe has successfully crashed on the Moon’s surface, taking images of the descent like these ones and making yet another man-made hole on the battered Earth’s satellite. The Moon Impact Probe (MIP), one of the 11 payloads of Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, successfully hit the lunar surface today at 20:31…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz Nov 17

ButtKicker Wireless Kit, Because Your Couch Doesn’t Shake Yet, Does It?

If you like your home theater seats to rumble, chances are you’re heard of ButtKicker, the sort of subwoofer for you butt that adds a tactile component to movies and games. Now the company is announcing a new, moderately more affordable wireless bundle, Priced at $300, you get one complete Buttkicker setup (works on one…

Tech News Mark Wilson Nov 17

TiVo Completes The Evening TV Dinner: Adds Domino’s Pizza Ordering

Ahh…digitally controllable TV, and the chance of fresh tasty pizza: That’s what TiVo and Dominos Pizza are now offering. Broadband-connected TiVo users will be able to order pizza for delivery or pick-up (though that’d involve leaving the comforting hug of your sofa’s cushions…crazy!) and then can even track the progress all via the TiVo interface.…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Nov 17

G-Speak Minority Report Gesture UI Actually Made By Minority Report Designer

Un-frickin-believable: there’ve been a few pretenders, but it looks like this new G-Speak system is really the Minority Report UI made into science-faction;it’s made by one of the guys who actually worked on advising the Minority Report movie. It even has gloves something akin to Tom Cruise’s natty controllers from the film, and it lets…

Tech News Kit Eaton Nov 17

Asus Announces 800MHz ‘World’s Fastest’ Smartphone

Asus is laying claim to the title for the fastest smartphone in the world, and there’s little reason to doubt them. The news, though, is hollow: P565 with its 800MHz Marvell processor is objectively impressive, but underneath the oppressive, unflattering veil of Windows Mobile 6.1 it’s not likely to blow anyone away. Carrying a dense…

Tech News John Herrman Nov 17

The Government Doesn’t Need Telcos’ Help To Spy On Your Cellphones, Thank You Very Much

The Federal Government has used the cell tracking ‘Triggerfish’ gadget for years now, and sometimes with great success. That’s because its an effective, invasive piece of hardware: by posing as a cell tower Triggerfish is able to quickly glean valuable identifying data from phones. Like phone taps, this had previously been thought to have been…

Privacy & Security John Herrman Nov 17

Ian McDonald’s “Thriller Of Ideas” Up For Literary Prize

Incase Power Slider For iPhone 3G Skillfully Conceals its Battery Booster

Clooney Stares At Goats, Who Want To Eat His Wig

Alpine Capsule Is Probably Aliens’ Favorite Refuge on Earth

Structures with Unspecified Functions

Proxim Orinoco AP-8000 Doubles Wi-Fi Throughput With Two 802.11n Radios

Honeycomb Tires Take a Lick, Just Don’t Actually Lick Them

Could The Day The Earth Stood Still Steal Bay’s Exploding Thunder?

4.5 million LEDs Dazzle at Japan Winter Light Show

Skyla Memoir Digital Photo Frame Has In-Built Photo Scanner

Modded DS Light (With a ‘G’) Shames All Others on the Disco Floor

Knight Rider Racing Towards Hoff

Dealzmodo: Two Sub-$200 Blu-ray Players, No Catches or Rebates

More Watchmen Ending Details, And A Telltale Transformers Toy Pic

Indian Lunar Probe Crashes On Moon Surface

ButtKicker Wireless Kit, Because Your Couch Doesn’t Shake Yet, Does It?

TiVo Completes The Evening TV Dinner: Adds Domino’s Pizza Ordering

G-Speak Minority Report Gesture UI Actually Made By Minority Report Designer

Asus Announces 800MHz ‘World’s Fastest’ Smartphone

The Government Doesn’t Need Telcos’ Help To Spy On Your Cellphones, Thank You Very Much

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