entertainment We Drive an All-Electric Ferrari, the Car that Shouldn’t Exist By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 24 May 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Ferrari boss Sergio Marchionne is on record as saying an electric Ferrari is an obscene concept, but that didn't stop a group of guys in California from turning the 308 GT into an EV. Full Article
entertainment The Crazy Plan to Use Swallowable Origami to Fish Batteries Out of Tummies By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 25 May 2016 00:38:12 +0000 Kids swallow a lot of batteries. But now MIT researchers are developing swallowable origami to fish the nasty foreign objects out. Full Article
entertainment The Beautiful Relationship Between Physics and Jazz By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 25 May 2016 00:40:57 +0000 Stephon Alexander is a theoretical physicist, but he's also a jazz fanatic whose musical obsession has helped him better understand the world of cosmology, quantum gravity and particle physics. Full Article
entertainment Our Very Own X-Men: Apocalypse Red Band Trailer (Parody) By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 27 May 2016 13:00:00 +0000 If Deadpool taught Hollywood anything, it’s that audiences want more hard-R superheroes. Wade cursed, you paid, and 20th Century Fox listened. Here’s the (unfortunately not real) trailer for the studio’s much more NSFW X-Men: Apocalypse. Full Article
entertainment Absurd Creatures | Fish Think They're Safe From Birds But the Kingfisher Is Like LOL By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 30 May 2016 11:00:00 +0000 For a bird called the kingfisher, stealth, dive-bombing and impalement is a way of life. Full Article
entertainment Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World Trailer By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 31 May 2016 17:00:00 +0000 Werner Herzog's (Grizzly Man, Cave of Forgotten Dreams) new film examines the technologically connected world we have built. Full Article
entertainment Data Attack - How the 3-Pointer Is Changing The NBA By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 01 Jun 2016 10:00:00 +0000 The NBA is undergoing a radical shift based on the Moreyball approach and an obsession with Points Per Possession. We take a deeper look at the trend with actual cut-up construction paper. Full Article
entertainment Strandbeests: Giant Sculptures That Eat Wind Descend on San Francisco By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 01 Jun 2016 11:00:00 +0000 Kinetic sculptor Theo Jansen brings his mesmerizing wind-powered creatures made of PVC-pipe to the San Francisco Exploratorium. Full Article
entertainment Maybe It's Time to Move the Three-Point Line By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 02 Jun 2016 02:12:58 +0000 For decades the slam dunk reigned as the number one crowd pleaser in basketball. Not anymore. The three-pointer is the new star but some argue it's ruining the game and want the NBA to move the line further back. Full Article
entertainment Social Media 101 From The Lonely Island Crew By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 02 Jun 2016 23:50:16 +0000 At the top of the list of people who know how to rule social media there are two very important groups: comedians and celebrities. The Lonely Island team—Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, and Akiva Schaffer—actually belong to both of those groups. So WIRED asked them for hot tips on how to rule Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat. Full Article
entertainment Sacramento Is About to Have the Most High-Tech Basketball Stadium By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 03 Jun 2016 10:00:00 +0000 When the new Kings basketball stadium is completed this fall, they hope it’ll be so outrageously technologically advanced that it will even wow fans from Silicon Valley. Full Article
entertainment Absurd Creatures | This Bearcat (Yeah, It's Real) Smells Like Popcorn By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 06 Jun 2016 10:00:00 +0000 The binturong has a prehensile tail, crazy feet, and excretes a scent that smells like popcorn. Just call it Orville Smellenbacher. Full Article
entertainment WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - The Cast of Warcraft Answer The Web's Most Searched Questions By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 06 Jun 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton, Toby Kebbell, and Robert Kazinsky answer the web's most searched questions about themselves and World of Warcraft. Full Article
entertainment The Roots of Dirt | The Design Evolution of the Early Mountain Bike By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 07 Jun 2016 11:00:00 +0000 In the 1970's a group of California hippies built a new technology that changed the world. Computers? Nope. They were building the earliest commercial mountain bikes. Full Article
entertainment WIRED Lab - Soccer Playing Robot Predicts the Euro Cup Winner By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 08 Jun 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Who better to predict the winner of this year's Euro Cup than a robot created by UCLA's Robotics and Mechanisms Lab (RoMeLa)? Special thanks to Dr. Dennis Hong and his incredible team at UCLA’s Robotics & Mechanisms Lab. To learn more about RoMeLa visit: http://www.romela Full Article
entertainment Explore a Mysterious Deep Reef That Shouldn’t Exist By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 08 Jun 2016 10:00:00 +0000 A new exhibit shows off the undersea creatures who populate one of the most mysterious, poorly understood parts of the ocean. Full Article
entertainment Inside the Lair of the Custom Sneaker King By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 09 Jun 2016 10:00:00 +0000 In the DIY sneaker world, where custom can mean anything from Sharpie swooshes to complex reconstructions, Ferrato offers a unique service: He dreams up new shoe designs and stitches them together from scratch. That kind of artistry comes at a price. Ferrato's shoes start at $1000. Full Article
entertainment Duncan Jones Made Warcraft For Both Gamers and Movie Buffs By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 09 Jun 2016 13:00:00 +0000 For gamers, World of Warcraft represents a massive universe in which they’ve spent many hours. But for many moviegoers, WoW’s Azeroth is a completely foreign place they know nothing about. So for his new movie, Warcraft, director Duncan Jones—a gamer himself—had to create a world that would bring in new fans and make long-time WoW players feel like they were coming home. In this interview with WIRED, he explains how he worked with Industrial Light & Magic to make that happen. Full Article
entertainment How ILM Manscaped the Orcs of Warcraft By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 10 Jun 2016 19:10:24 +0000 Think orcs don’t have barbers? Think again. Gaelle Morand and her team at Industrial Light & Magic spent hours perfecting the hair on all of Warcraft’s characters. Here’s how they made “Haircraft” happen. Full Article
entertainment How iOS Actually Changed the World By www.wired.com Published On :: Sun, 12 Jun 2016 10:00:00 +0000 With iOS10 on its way, we thought we’d look back at the way iOS changed the world. But the most pivotal thing in iOS history is something Apple got right on its very first try. Full Article
entertainment Absurd Creatures | That Fish That Attaches to Sharks? It's Actually Pretty Righteous By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 13 Jun 2016 10:00:00 +0000 It’s called a remora, and you’ve probably seen it before. It attaches to fish and marine mammals all the time. But get this: It doesn’t attach with its mouth. It’s got a suction cup it wears as a hat. Full Article
entertainment Hey Thanks Apple: Siri May Now Actually Be Useful By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 13 Jun 2016 23:28:14 +0000 Siri's been little more than a slightly sassy sidekick for iPhone users, but now Apple has made some big moves to make the voice assistant work for more people. Full Article
entertainment Check Out Everything Apple Debuted at WWDC 2016 By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 13 Jun 2016 23:36:22 +0000 Apple kicked its developers' conference off with some big announcements. Full Article
entertainment The Next List: The Future of Business Is Anything But Bleak By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Jun 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Tech bubble? What tech bubble. The future looks bright, especially when you sit down to talk with these four people. Full Article
entertainment iOS 10: All The New Features Coming to Your iPhone By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Jun 2016 14:10:00 +0000 Apple's iOS 10 has some cool new features. WIRED's David Pierce runs down the mobile software's updates and overhauls. Full Article
entertainment Facebook Messenger Gets an Upgrade By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Jun 2016 12:59:48 +0000 Need an Uber? Need to make a restaurant reservation? Facebook wants you to do everything in its new messaging app. Full Article
entertainment Magic Leap Partners With Lucasfilm’s ILMxLAB By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Jun 2016 13:01:54 +0000 Magic Leap, the mixed-reality company, is joining forces with Lucasfilm’s most forward-looking division: xLab. Full Article
entertainment Magic Leap's Next Move? Bringing C-3PO to Your Living Room By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Jun 2016 14:05:00 +0000 This video of Star Wars characters C-3PO and R2-D2 recorded through Magic Leap's technology isn't just cool—it also shows the nearly unlimited potential of a new partnership between Lucasfilm and the mixed-reality company. Full Article
entertainment If Robots Take Our Jobs, What Will Be Left for Humans to Do? By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Jun 2016 20:43:04 +0000 Speakers at the WIRED Business Conference grapple with how AI will transform the job market. Full Article
entertainment Inside the Massive Factory Where Siemens Builds Trains By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Inside the massive Siemens train factory near Sacramento, Ca, building one of the most advanced, and fastest, trains in the US. Full Article
entertainment Absurd Creatures | Behold the Super Weird Face-to-Face Sex of the Springtail By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 20 Jun 2016 10:00:00 +0000 For a tiny arthropod called a globular springtail, life is about being generally spherical and generally pissed-looking. Full Article
entertainment Exclusive Clip: ‘The BFG' By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Jun 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Not-so-friendly giant Fleshlumpeater visits the BFG in this exclusive clip from Steven Spielberg’s new movie. Full Article
entertainment NASA’s New X-Plane Looks Goofy But Packs Some Serious Tech By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Jun 2016 10:00:00 +0000 The X-57 will be essentially like flying a Tesla. It's part of NASA’s goals to reduce fuel use, emissions, and noise with innovative aircraft design. Full Article
entertainment Narcos | Season 2 - Official Trailer | Netflix By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Jun 2016 04:00:00 +0000 Produced by Netflix Full Article
entertainment Out of Office with Brent Rose - The Ultimate Liquid Nitrogen Destruction Video By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Jun 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Armed with 20 gallons of liquid nitrogen, Brent Rose super freezes objects the Internet has never seen frozen and uses a Phantom high-speed camera to record their destruction in super slo-motion. Full Article
entertainment The Weird-Looking Drone That Inspects Boilers By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Jun 2016 12:00:00 +0000 Need to inspect a piping hot boiler? Why send a human in there, when you can send a drone instead. Full Article
entertainment Now You Can Yell at Siri on Your Mac By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Jun 2016 18:00:00 +0000 Siri is the most important feature coming to your Mac this fall, so of course we put it to the test. Full Article
entertainment Alliance Data Drop Off By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Jun 2016 23:43:13 +0000 A video rendering of an electric autonomous shuttle dropping Buckeyes off at work. Full Article
entertainment Design FX - How The Rock Face Swapped with Vine Star Sione in 'Central Intelligence' By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Jun 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Mike Seymour goes behind the visual effects in Central Intelligence used to de-age The Rock and Kevin Hart into high school, teenaged versions of themselves. Weta digital puts the The Rock’s face onto Vine star Sione’s body for an amazing locker room shower dance scene you won’t want to miss. Full Article
entertainment How a Deaf-Run Pizzeria Takes Your Order Over the Phone By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Jun 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Mozzeria is a 100 percent deaf owned and operated pizzeria in a crowded San Francisco restaurant scene. So to stay afloat, it relies on a remarkable technology. Full Article
entertainment NASA Sets a Fire in Space—For Science! By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Jun 2016 10:00:00 +0000 NASA started a blaze aboard the unmanned Orbital ATK Cygnus cargo vehicle. It’s the Spacecraft Fire Experiment. Seriously, that’s exactly what NASA is calling it. Full Article
entertainment NASA’s Testing Its Biggest Flame Thrower, Er, Rocket Ever By www.wired.com Published On :: Sat, 25 Jun 2016 00:33:54 +0000 If humans are going to get to Mars, they're going to need rockets with some serious liftoff power. NASA’s Space Launch System is the most powerful rocket in the world and engineers are going to blast it, for testing purposes, of course. Full Article
entertainment Absurd Creatures | Silly Tree Kangaroo, You’re Not Supposed to Be Up There By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 27 Jun 2016 10:00:00 +0000 The tree kangaroo may have shrunken hind legs, but hey, at least it can walk backwards unlike regular roos. Oh, also: It can plummet out of trees and not suffer the consequences. Full Article
entertainment 'Swiss Army Man' Directors Show Us the Last Thing on Their Phones By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Jun 2016 10:00:00 +0000 In ‘Swiss Army Man’ a guy stranded in the wilderness gets by thanks to a corpse and a dying cell phone. The Daniels came to the WIRED office, so we asked them to show us what was on their smartphones. Full Article
entertainment Anna Kendrick, Aubrey Plaza & Adam DeVine Show Us the Last Thing on Their Phones By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Jun 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Aubrey Plaza, Anna Kendrick, and Adam Devine from 'Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates' show us the most recent items on their phones - from texts, to safari pages, to emojis, videos, alarm clocks and more! Full Article
entertainment Design FX - Roland Emmerich Breaks Down the Visual Effects Used in "Independence Day: Resurgence" By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Jun 2016 20:58:00 +0000 Mike Seymour sits down with "Independence Day: Resurgence" director Roland Emmerich and discusses the astonishing visual effects used in his newest picture, as well as the revolutionary new N-Cam system. Full Article
entertainment Giants of the Business World Reveal What #CreativityIs By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Jun 2016 00:56:23 +0000 What is creativity to you? In the world of business it's all about bravery and collaboration. Full Article
entertainment Flight Mode | Inside the NASA-Inspired Room That Guides 5,000 Airplanes By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Jun 2016 01:50:00 +0000 In the first episode of the new series Flight Mode, WIRED takes you into a wildly complex mission control where Delta monitors thousands of flights 24/7. Full Article
entertainment WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Slow Mo Guys, MatPat, AsapSCIENCE, and Burnie Burns Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Jun 2016 02:48:00 +0000 MatPat, AsapSCIENCE, The Slow Mo Guys and Burnie Burns answer the internet's most searched questions about YouTube, influencers, fame, and of course themselves. Full Article
entertainment Social Exercise: How the Cultish November Project Uses Hugs and Social Media to Get Fit By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Jun 2016 17:00:00 +0000 A workout with the social media-powered November Project San Francisco tribe who explain the bounce, dropping verbals, and the dreaded "We Missed You." Full Article