entertainment Bentley Gives the World Its First Ultra-Luxury SUV By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 10 Feb 2016 11:30:00 +0000 The Bentley Bentayga sets a new standard of opulence for millionaires and billionaires who demand gobs of power, acres of leather, and the ability to tower over plebeians while fording rivers or scaling dunes. Full Article
entertainment Design FX - How Designers Created a Nazi-Run World in “The Man in the High Castle” By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 11:00:00 +0000 Amazon Studios’ “The Man in the High Castle” take places in an alternate history, set in a post-WWII world where the Axis powers ended up victorious. To create the look of a United States run by Imperial Japan and Nazi Germany, Zoic Studios was tasked with creating difficult visual effects and environment work. Find out how they did it. Full Article
entertainment Breaking Through - Why a 30-Second, $5 Million Super Bowl Ad Isn’t Enough By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 17:30:22 +0000 It was the biggest ad day of the year, but if you thought your company’s 30-second Super Bowl spot was enough, you’re wrong. Digital marketers behind top advertising agency Droga5 explain how a Super Bowl ad is only step one when it comes to today’s 360-degree, digitally innovative marketing campaigns. Full Article
entertainment Detection of Gravitational Waves Opens a New Window on the Universe By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 21:54:42 +0000 For the first time, scientists have confirmed detection of gravitational waves. The finding not only validates Einstein's theory of relativity but also opens a new window on our knowledge of the universe. Full Article
entertainment App Pack | The Best Mobile Apps for Skiing and Snowboarding By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 12 Feb 2016 12:00:00 +0000 Hit the slopes with these apps that give you snow forecasts, buddy tracking, and resort maps all at your fingertips. Full Article
entertainment Star Wars Announces Episode VIII in Production By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 01:42:14 +0000 Star Wars Announces Episode VIII Full Article
entertainment How to be the Fastest Man on the Planet: Jesse Owens & “Race” By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 11:00:00 +0000 Stephan James, star of the new Jesse Owens biopic “Race,” explains how he prepared to star as the once-fastest man on the planet. Co-star Jason Sudeikis and Owens two daughters also talk about the superstar athlete who broke numerous records and won four gold medals at the controversial 1936 Berlin Olympics. Full Article
entertainment Space Is Hard | The Gear of Exoplanet Exploration By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 11:00:00 +0000 When humans touch down on an exoplanet they'll need some new tools—like NASA's prototype mining robot and the Z-2 suit made for Martian hiking trips. Full Article
entertainment Space Is Hard | How NASA Will Science Its Food and Drink for Interplanetary Travel By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 11:00:00 +0000 Growing food in space is hard. Keeping a limited supply of water clean and drinkable is no easy task either. Here's how NASA is going to science meals for interplanetary travel. Full Article
entertainment Space Is Hard | There Is No GPS in Space By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 11:00:00 +0000 There is no mapping app for deep space, at least not yet. If we're going to explore there we'll need new navigation tools. Here's how NASA is going to keep its rockets on target. Full Article
entertainment Data Attack - Do You Have a Normal Sex Life? By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 11:00:00 +0000 The average person will kiss 21.5 people in their lifetime. And while guys lose their virginities at 16.8 years old, women will hold out a little longer until 17.2 years old. Find out how you stack up between the sheets as we run through the stats of an average sex life, as told with sex dolls. Full Article
entertainment This Room-Size VR Game Makes You Into an Actual Action Hero By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 12:00:00 +0000 Thanks to "room-scale" VR, full-body gaming is coming. WIRED's Peter Rubin tries out "Raw Data," a first-person shooter that turns players into jumping, shooting, crouching, katana-slicing action heroes. Your living room will never be the same again. Full Article
entertainment The Witch Trailer By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 22:18:03 +0000 The Witch follows a Puritan family in 17th century New England as they try to build a life on the edge of a forest believed to be occupied by—yes‐witches. Full Article
entertainment Design FX - It Took 5 Actors to Create "Deadpool's" Colossus By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 11:00:00 +0000 And one was nearly 7 feet tall. Full Article
entertainment Inside the LSD Museum That the DEA Somehow Hasn’t Nuked By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 11:30:00 +0000 Welcome to the Institute of Illegal Images, San Francisco's museum of LSD blotter paper art. Full Article
entertainment Virgin Galactic's New SpaceShipTwo Puts it Back in the Space Race By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 23:36:33 +0000 Virgin Galactic unveiled its new SpaceShipTwo shuttle designed to more safely bring tourists on sub-orbital space flights. Full Article
entertainment Forget Filters - 19th Century Tintype Photography Still Rules By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 24 Feb 2016 12:00:00 +0000 Filters are fun and yes, quick. But as an Oakland tintype portrait photographer proves filters can't come close to the original craft developed in the mid 1800's. It'll cost you around $60 to get your portrait done, that's a bit more than a filter pack, but so worth it. Full Article
entertainment Wow! Haha! Angry! Facebook Finally Has Emoji Reactions By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 24 Feb 2016 20:13:12 +0000 Facebook just expanded the “Like” button with a feature it calls Reactions---six animated emoji the company hopes will let users to respond with more emotional nuance to the posts in their news feeds. Full Article
entertainment Message in a Bottle By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 25 Feb 2016 01:04:11 +0000 What if you could raise awareness of the oceans’ trash problem by throwing a message in a bottle into the sea? That’s one artist’s mission. Full Article
entertainment How to Keep Your iPhone’s Security Countermeasure From Obliterating Your Data By www.wired.com Published On :: Sun, 28 Feb 2016 19:44:03 +0000 One of the iPhone’s hallmark security features could leave you locked out if you forget your password too many times. Here’s how to keep your data saved, in case you can't always trust your short-term memory. Full Article
entertainment WIRED Lab - Why the Human Body Isn’t Ready to go to Mars…Yet By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 29 Feb 2016 11:00:00 +0000 Technologically we may be close to sending astronauts to Mars, but is the human body ready for it? Dr. Camille Alleyne from the International Space Station Program describes how the six to eight month trip to Mars could cause vision impairment, muscle atrophy, and bone density loss, and she explains how scientists plan to counteract those issues. Full Article
entertainment Behind the Scenes of ‘My Mother’s Wing’ By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 29 Feb 2016 19:33:15 +0000 Go behind the scenes of the virtual reality film “My Mother’s Wing” with United Nations senior advisor and filmmaker Gabo Arora and his crew. Full Article
entertainment Gerard Butler Answers Everything You’ve Ever Wondered About Gerard Butler By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 01 Mar 2016 11:00:00 +0000 No, he’s not Irish. Yes, he’s still alive. And no, he’s not engaged. “London Has Fallen” star Gerard Butler answers questions to the most common searches about him on the Internet. Full Article
entertainment The Avegant Glyph is a Movie Theater on Your Face By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 01 Mar 2016 13:00:00 +0000 Avegant's Glyph is a personal movie theater, a screen only you can say that you can use to watch movies, play video games, and anything else you want. Just don't expect people not to stare. Full Article
entertainment Angela Bassett Answers Your Pressing Google Questions About Angela Bassett By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 02 Mar 2016 11:00:00 +0000 “London Has Fallen” actress Angela Bassett is still alive, thank you very much. The Oscar-nominated actress answers the most googled questions about herself, including whether she’s a vegan and if she starred in Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” music video—(hint: No.) Full Article
entertainment Welcome to the Robot Hotel - Please See the Velociraptor for Check-In By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 02 Mar 2016 12:00:00 +0000 Tired of having to talk to hotel staff? Welcome to the automated future at Japan's robot hotel. Full Article
entertainment 5-Year-Olds Ask an Astronaut What It’s Like to Be in Outer Space By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 03 Mar 2016 11:00:00 +0000 Why don’t space shuttles float away? How do you know when to go to sleep? Astronaut Kjell Lindgren answers questions about life in space from a few intrepid kindergartners. Full Article
entertainment The On-the-Job Film-Schooling of Jeff Nichols By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 03 Mar 2016 12:00:00 +0000 For each of his films, Jeff Nichols gives himself a set of directorial challenges that he wants to master. He's learning the skills that he'll need to someday make a gazillion-dollar blockbuster. Full Article
entertainment Absurd Creatures | Good Luck Going in the Ocean Ever Again By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 04 Mar 2016 12:00:00 +0000 There's a terrifying hunter lurking on the bottom of tropical seas. It's called the bobbit worm, and it can destroy. Full Article
entertainment Boeing's Self-Cleaning Bathroom Would Nuke Germs with UV Rays By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 04 Mar 2016 12:00:00 +0000 The plane maker has a prototype bathroom that uses ultraviolet light to zap 99.99 percent of germs in just three seconds. Full Article
entertainment NASA Wants to Make a Supersonic Jet With No Boom By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 04 Mar 2016 16:00:00 +0000 The Concorde jet could go Mach 2 but it was so loud that it was banned from flying over land. Now NASA engineers think they have a design that could muffle the boom and might usher in the two-and-half hour New York to LA flight. Full Article
entertainment Behind the Scenes: MythBusters' Final Stunt Plows Through 14 Years of Epic Science By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 04 Mar 2016 16:00:00 +0000 A look behind the scenes of the final stunt of the final Mythbusters show. Thanks for all the cool science nerdery, guys! Full Article
entertainment Wired Movie Review | Whiskey Tango Foxtrot By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 04 Mar 2016 20:00:00 +0000 It might seem like a blunder to try to wring comedy out of a very serious conflict, but in Tina Fey's new movie, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, she walks the line between humor and heart expertly. The film isn’t the whole picture of the war in Afghanistan, but what it does show, it shows in very sharp focus. Full Article
entertainment Out of Office with Brent Rose - Watch Brent Rose Epically Fail NASA’s Astronaut Test By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 07 Mar 2016 11:00:00 +0000 In light of the current open application for new astronauts, Brent Rose heads out to the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, to meet with real astronauts and try out real training facilities–let's see if he has what it takes to make it to space. Full Article
entertainment Everything We Know About MH370 in 170 Seconds By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 08 Mar 2016 11:00:00 +0000 Two years ago, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared somewhere over the Indian Ocean with 239 people on board. What then grew into humanity's largest, most expensive search operation has also been among its most frustrating and beguiling. Full Article
entertainment Design FX - The Special Effects Behind Zero Matter in "Agent Carter" By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 08 Mar 2016 11:00:00 +0000 We go behind the scenes to show you how visual effects company Double Negative created the dark energy Zero Matter in ABC's "Agent Carter." Full Article
entertainment App Pack | Don’t You Dare Vacation Without These Must-Have Apps By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 09 Mar 2016 12:00:00 +0000 Got a vacation coming up this spring? WIRED has all the best apps you'll need for a fuss-free trip. Full Article
entertainment Tesla's Summon Feature Is Like Knight Rider. Kinda By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 14:00:00 +0000 Summon is fundamental to Tesla's goal of making driverless cars—and it won't stay a party trick forever. Full Article
entertainment Captain America: Civil War By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 22:20:09 +0000 Captain America: Civil War trailer Full Article
entertainment Don’t Freak Out Over Google’s AI Beating a Go Grandmaster. It’s a Good Thing By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 23:38:35 +0000 The match between Google's AlphaGo and a top ranked human player is a way of judging the suddenly rapid progress of artificial intelligence that may show how far these technologies have come—and how far they may go. Full Article
entertainment Absurd Creatures | The Tarsier Leaps Like a Superhero, Looks Like Yoda By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 11:00:00 +0000 Meet the tarsier, the wide-eyed staring contest champ of the animal world. Its eyes have evolved to be so enormous, it can’t even move them in its head. Which means you can say whatever you want to a tarsier and it can’t roll its eyes at you. Full Article
entertainment WIRED Movie Review | 10 Cloverfield Lane By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 11:00:00 +0000 Like "Cloverfield", the plot of "10 Cloverfield Lane" was very guarded. We won’t spoil anything, but we will tell you that it’s exhilarating—and very fun. Full Article
entertainment Out of Office with Brent Rose - Riding the New Hendo Hoverboard 2.0 Is Like Levitating the Gnar By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 17:40:00 +0000 In 2014, startup Arx Pax made headlines with the Hendo Hoverboard. With some helpful input from Tony Hawk and others, now we have the Hendo Hoverboard 2.0, and Brent Rose just scored the first ride on it. Full Article
entertainment "Batman v Superman": The… Rom-Com? By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 10:00:00 +0000 We’re not the first people consider a Clark Kent-Bruce Wayne romance, but since we also have a crack video team, we decided to tweak the “Batman v Superman” trailer to see what a rom-com between the two would look like. Behold: “Batman Meets Superman: Dawn of Just Us”! Full Article
entertainment WIRED Lab - Top Gun for Astronauts: The Legendary T-38 Jet By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Two NASA astronauts take us on a tour of the T-38 plane, which can fly faster than the speed of sound and has been used to train astronauts since 1961. Full Article
entertainment Game of Clouds: Dropbox Declares Independence From Amazon By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 14:00:00 +0000 Half-a-billion people store their files on Dropbox. But until recently, those were sitting in Amazon's cloud. Now Dropbox has cut out the middleman and built its own super servers, challenging the internet’s biggest cloud computing companies. Full Article
entertainment App Pack | All You Need for a Festive St. Patrick's Day By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 15 Mar 2016 10:00:00 +0000 St. Paddy’s Day gives anyone a great excuse to wear green and go drink beer. These apps are just the thing you need to celebrate the foremost patron saint of Ireland. Full Article
entertainment Data Attack - Are You Addicted To Your Phone? By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 15 Mar 2016 10:00:00 +0000 On a typical day, the average person checks their phone 85 times. In total, we spend about 5 hours on our phones each day. Here we explore the fine line between normal phone use and device addiction. Full Article
entertainment Award-Winning Chef Takes on NASA Space Food By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 16 Mar 2016 10:00:00 +0000 We brought a renowned Houston chef to NASA's Food Lab so he could try and provide a fine dining experience using only space food. Full Article
entertainment Inside the Factory Where Acura Builds the NSX Supercar By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 17 Mar 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Acura's NSX hybrid supercar is capable of a blistering 191 mph but to make a car this fast, you have to build it slowly and precisely. Full Article