entertainment NASA Explains How the Juno Probe Got to Jupiter By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 01 Jul 2016 13:21:22 +0000 The experts at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory explain the incredibly precise, solar-powered Juno mission to the radiation-strewn planet Jupiter. Full Article
entertainment Absurd Creatures | The Oddly Shaped Peanut Bug Is Sick of Getting Beat Up, Guys By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 05 Jul 2016 10:00:00 +0000 In South America, the peanut bug ambles around with a goofy-ass head. And that’s not its only clever defense against the bullies of the rainforest. Full Article
entertainment How Darpa Is Making Hacking Into a Spectator Sport By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 05 Jul 2016 10:00:00 +0000 DARPA, the Department of Defense research arm, is trying to make its biggest hacking challenge into a visually exciting competition, complete with color commentary. Full Article
entertainment WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Dana Carvey Answers the Web’s Most Searched Questions By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 06 Jul 2016 15:09:00 +0000 Dana Carvey, star of the upcoming film 'The Secret Life of Pets,' answers the internet's most searched questions about himself. Full Article
entertainment We Tested A Real-Life Iron Man Glove By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 06 Jul 2016 15:55:12 +0000 A fun look at all the things that are possible when wielding the powerful Iron Man glove. Iron Man glove designed and built by Patrick Priebe - http://www.laser-gadgets.com/ Full Article
entertainment Flight Mode | The Bunker-Like Vault Where Jet Engines Prove Their Worth By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Jul 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Before takeoff, jet engines must prove they're safe, reliable, and capable. In episode two of WIRED's Flight Mode we step into the massive bunkers where engineers test and maintain these mighty beasts, all to keep you up in the air. Full Article
entertainment Ghostbusters Director Paul Feig Plays ‘Real or Fake Ghost?’ By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Jul 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Now that he’s made a ‘Ghostbusters’ movie, director Paul Feig should be an expert in spirits. So WIRED asked him about a series of spooks, both real and fake, to see if he could tell us which were based on actual ghost stories and which we totally made up. Full Article
entertainment The Beauty of Boeing’s 787-9 Dreamliner on Display By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 08 Jul 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Watch Boeing maneuver this All Nippon Airways 787-9 Dreamliner through the skies as it practices for the 2016 Farnborough Airshow. Full Article
entertainment You’ll Be Eating Crickets Soon. You Have No Choice By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 08 Jul 2016 10:05:00 +0000 Want to know how crickets are farmed and turned into powder? Of course you do. You'll be eating the stuff soon enough. Full Article
entertainment WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Mr. Robot's Carly Chaikin Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Carly Chaikin, star of MR. ROBOT, answers the internet’s most searched questions about herself. Full Article
entertainment Absurd Creatures | The Bizarre Sea Spider Won’t Bite. We Promise. By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 10:05:00 +0000 The sea spider isn’t actually a spider, but it’s genitals are on its legs. Which is nice. Full Article
entertainment Clever Design Takes Edibles to the Next Level By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Jul 2016 10:05:00 +0000 In a weed market flooded with so many edible options, attention to detail and clever design is paramount. Défoncé Chocolatier has created some of the most user friendly cannabis-infused chocolate bars, that look beautiful too. Full Article
entertainment Apple IIe vs Modern iMac Throwdown By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Jul 2016 10:00:00 +0000 In this episode, watch as we tear down Apple’s //e and 27” iMac. We pull them apart, compare them, and give interesting tech, cultural details and statistics. Full Article
entertainment More People are Catching Pokemon than Dates on Tinder By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Jul 2016 18:19:56 +0000 In just one week Pokemon Go has almost the same number of daily active users as Twitter. So what's got millions of people running around with their phones trying to catch fantastical creatures? Well, it's pretty clever. Full Article
entertainment GM's RoboGlove Will Turn Workers Into Tool-Slinging Cyborgs By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 10:00:00 +0000 GM's building a power-assisted glove that will make spinning a wrench a whole lot easier. Full Article
entertainment How Juno Will Reveal the Secrets of Our Solar System By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Find out how NASA’s Juno Mission will help unlock the mysteries of our planet and our solar system. Full Article
entertainment Science of Food | The Truth About Grilling With Charcoal By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 10:05:00 +0000 Few things get grillers more riled up than arguing about gas versus charcoal. Let us and our friends at Chefsteps settle this debate once and for all. Full Article
entertainment 4 Things You Need To Know About Lab Grown Meat By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 14 Jul 2016 10:00:00 +0000 The four things you need to know about lab grown meat! Full Article
entertainment Flight Mode | The Fancy Tech That's Making It Harder for Airlines to Lose Your Luggage By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 14 Jul 2016 10:05:00 +0000 Lost luggage is down by 65% thanks to some new tech. Follow the roller coaster ride that your bags make into the bowels of the airport. Full Article
entertainment Here’s the Untold Backstory of the Iconic Slimer From Ghostbusters By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 15 Jul 2016 10:00:00 +0000 It never made it into the new reboot of ‘Ghostbusters,’ but writer Katie Dippold and director/co-writer Paul Feig definitely wrote a backstory for one of the franchise’s most beloved characters: Slimer. Full Article
entertainment Live Social Media Is Going To Be Huge During The Olympics | Breaking Through By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 15 Jul 2016 14:07:41 +0000 Social Media and Live are going to be huge during the olympics this year. Watch as Sam Olstein leads a marketing team at GE pioneering new experiences at the 2016 Olympics across all forms of social media. Full Article
entertainment Rogue One: Celebration Behind the Scenes By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 15 Jul 2016 17:14:04 +0000 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story behind the scenes sizzle reel shown at Celebration 2016. Full Article
entertainment Absurd Creatures | Meet the Teeny-Tiny Creature With a Buzz Saw for a Face By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 18 Jul 2016 10:00:00 +0000 May I introduce you to the rotifer, a magical microscopic critter that uses a buzz saw to suck its victims into its face. Full Article
entertainment How Motorola Made Modular Smartphones a Reality By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 19 Jul 2016 10:00:00 +0000 A team within Motorola has been working on a crazy plan: to let users decide how their smartphone should look, and how it should work. The result is called the Moto Z, and it’s about to hit stores. Full Article
entertainment Science of Food | Make Your Own Soft Serve With Dry Ice–And Sweet, Sweet Science By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 20 Jul 2016 10:00:00 +0000 You might think that you can only get soft serve at the ice cream parlor—not true! Let us and our friends at ChefSteps prove that all it takes is some dry ice and a little science to make your own ice cream at home. Full Article
entertainment NASA Fact-Checks Star Trek's Starship Enterprise By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 20 Jul 2016 19:17:15 +0000 Warp speed, deflector shields, teletransportation-- what's real and what's not in Star Trek? No one better to tell us than NASA's engineers at the Jet Propulsion Lab. Full Article
entertainment Flight Mode | What It’s Like to Narrowly Avert Disaster in an $18M Simulator By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 21 Jul 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Pilots spend hours in multi-million dollar simulators, preparing for the worst cast scenario. In this episode Flight Mode, WIRED's Jack Stewart gets a taste of what pilots go through. Full Article
entertainment Facebook's Grand Plan to Connect Every Corner of the World Takes Flight By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 21 Jul 2016 15:37:41 +0000 Facebook’s huge internet-beaming drone finally takes it's first flight and it's all part of the tech giant's plans to provide internet access in remote parts of the world. Full Article
entertainment Believe It: Segway’s New ‘Hoverboard’ Is Actually Kinda Cool By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 22 Jul 2016 10:00:00 +0000 You know those people you see on guided Segway tours? You know how you laugh at them and swear you’ll never do that? Well, Segway may have the answer to its ‘uncool’ problem with its new MiniPro. Full Article
entertainment Everything We’re Dying to See at Comic-Con 2016 By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 22 Jul 2016 20:10:58 +0000 Comic-Con has kicked off in sunny San Diego and boy is there a lot to see. Full Article
entertainment Catching Comic-Con 2016: Pokémon Go IRL By www.wired.com Published On :: Sat, 23 Jul 2016 10:00:00 +0000 If you think catching Pokemon from your couch is easy, try catching all the cosplayers at Comic Con. You can't catch 'em all! Full Article
entertainment Want to Save the Whales? Start Studying Krill By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 25 Jul 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Scientists aboard the NOAA research vessel Fulmar study the marine heath of the waters off San Francisco by sampling water and krill–humpback and blue whales' favorite meal. Full Article
entertainment Absurd Creatures | The Goofy-Looking Bird That Kicks the Bejeezus Out of Snakes By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 25 Jul 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Say hello to the secretary bird. It’s a bird of prey, but it ain’t doing no swooping. Instead, it kicks the everloving crap out of its victims. Full Article
entertainment Hidden Easter Eggs of Legoland By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 25 Jul 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Master Builder Robbie McCarthy show us all the hidden secrets of California's LEGOLAND. Full Article
entertainment Star Trek’s Sofia Boutella Shows Us the Last Thing on Her Phone By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 25 Jul 2016 19:19:58 +0000 Sofia Boutella, who plays Jayla in Star Trek Beyond, shows us the most recent items on her phone - from texts, to music, to emojis, videos, instagram and more! Full Article
entertainment Science of Food | How to Make a Latte Without Milk or a Fancy Espresso Machine By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 26 Jul 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Lactose intolerant folks rejoice! You can make a latte without milk. All you need is a bit of science and some xanthan gum. Full Article
entertainment Design FX - Inside Star Trek Beyond’s Amazing Visual Effects By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 26 Jul 2016 14:15:41 +0000 Design FX dives into the incredible special effects of Star Trek Beyond. From the digital construction of the Starship Enterprise all the way down to the extraterrestrials themselves, Mike Seymour takes us into warp drive as he breaks this successful franchise down to its DNA. Full Article
entertainment Inside the Gigafactory, Where Tesla is Building its Future By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 27 Jul 2016 04:10:24 +0000 Tesla's Gigafactory, under construction in Sparks, Nevada, will be the largest building in the world, by footprint, when it's finished. The batteries it produces are crucial to Tesla's plan to make affordable electric vehicles. Full Article
entertainment Werner Herzog Takes Us Inside His New Film 'Lo and Behold' By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 27 Jul 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Filmmaker Werner Herzog discusses his new film 'Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World' which examines the Internet and the data revolution. Full Article
entertainment Werner Herzog on Emoji: ‘Let Them Keep Smiling. I Don’t Care’ By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 27 Jul 2016 10:05:00 +0000 WIRED asked Werner Herzog, whose new film 'Lo and Behold' examines the information age of the Internet, to weigh in on tech manners. Full Article
entertainment Meet Dyson’s New Roaming Robo-Vac By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 28 Jul 2016 02:00:00 +0000 The Dyson 360 Eye has a camera on top that can survey your home’s layout, helping it vacuum every available inch. Full Article
entertainment Flight Mode | The Fancy Tech Pilots Use to Keep Your Flight Turbulence-Free By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 28 Jul 2016 10:00:00 +0000 To avoid severe weather pilots used to carry 40 pound briefcases with piles of paperwork and information for their flight. Not anymore. Full Article
entertainment Yi’s 4K Camera Is a GoPro Ripoff That’s Better Than a GoPro By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 29 Jul 2016 09:45:00 +0000 GoPro's Hero4 Black costs $500, and the Yi 4K costs $250, which one is better? Not the expensive one. Full Article
entertainment The Fastest Electric Car Ever Isn't a Tesla—It's a Converted Corvette By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 29 Jul 2016 10:00:00 +0000 A 2006 Corvette Z06 has been converted to an all electric drivetrain and it just beat the land speed record for an street legal EV at 205.6 mph. You can buy one, but it's gonna cost you. Full Article
entertainment WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Cara Delevingne Answers the Web’s Most Searched Questions By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 29 Jul 2016 22:53:00 +0000 Cara Delevingne, star of Suicide Squad and Luc Besson’s much anticipated Valerian, hangs with WIRED to answer the Internet’s most searched questions about herself. Full Article
entertainment Absurd Creatures | We Can’t Tell if the Sea Pig Is Adorable or Terrifying By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 01 Aug 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Meet the bizarre sea pig, a kind of sea cucumber that walks along the sea floor on little squishy feet. Oh, and it shoves dead things into its mouth with tentacles. Full Article
entertainment Science of Food | How to Make Super-Classy Culinary Foam, Even if You Aren’t Classy By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 02 Aug 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Nothing says fancy dining quite like a blob of foam. So soothing, such a great mouth feel. And get this: you can easily make it at home, expensive restaurants be damned! Full Article
entertainment DC vs. Marvel: Box Office Battle | Data Attack By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 02 Aug 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Data Attack reveals the history of DC and Marvel films and how they’ve created Hollywood’s biggest franchises. Animation by Eric Power Full Article
entertainment See How an Insane 7-Circle Roundabout Actually Works By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 03 Aug 2016 00:48:00 +0000 Your first thought upon seeing Swindon's 'magic roundabout' might be: man, the Brits have really lost the plot lately. But this thing—which is actually seven roundabouts in one—has been working for 60 years. Full Article
entertainment Here's How to Fight Zika: With More Mosquitoes By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 04 Aug 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Scientists in California are breeding and releasing mosquitos into Zika hotspots. While it may seem like they're making matters worse, they are actually releasing a kind of biological trojan horse. Full Article