be This Motoring Mimic Can Become Any Car By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 15 Sep 2016 01:13:00 +0000 Need a Camaro? A Duesenberg? Maybe a Batmobile? WIRED transportation writer Jack Stewart checks out the Blackbird, the shape-shifting electric vehicle directors use for motoring movie magic. Full Article
be The Glass Frog Isn’t Made of Glass But That Would Be Pretty Cool By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 19 Sep 2016 10:00:00 +0000 The glass frog is a BIG fan of transparency, in the sense that you can see all of its internal organs through its belly skin. Full Article
be Tinker Hatfield Draws WIRED's October Cover By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 20 Sep 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Nike shoe guru Tinker Hatfield draws WIRED's October cover featuring his design inspirations for the power-lacing HyperAdapt 1.0 shoe. Full Article
be The Numbers Don't Lie: America's Got a Gun Addiction By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 26 Sep 2016 23:41:00 +0000 America’s gun addiction is bad. But to understand just how bad it is, you’ve got to see the numbers. Full Article
be The Frontiers Issue with Guest Editor President Barack Obama - President Barack Obama Guest-Edits WIRED's November Issue By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 09:55:00 +0000 Like WIRED, our 44th president is a relentless optimist. President Barack Obama focuses on the future and the next hurdles that humanity will need to overcome to move forward. Full Article
be The Capybara May Be Chill, But It Still Says No to Drugs By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 17 Oct 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Get to know the biggest, most chillest rodent on Earth (all 175 pounds of it). Full Article
be Uber's Self-Driving Truck Delivers 50,000 Beers By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 25 Oct 2016 10:00:00 +0000 A truck carrying 50,000 beers spent two hours driving itself down a Colorado highway. Full Article
be Guess What Uber's Promising Now: Flying Cars By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 27 Oct 2016 13:00:00 +0000 Forget self-driving cars, Uber has a new one for you... flying cars. The company calls it Uber Elevate and within a decade it’ll be a global network of on demand urban electric aircraft that take off and land vertically. Full Article
be The Middle Class Is in Trouble, and These Numbers Prove It By www.wired.com Published On :: Sun, 06 Nov 2016 11:00:00 +0000 The 45th President of the United States has a big task ahead. Something is happening to the middle class and it's not good. Full Article
be Polaroid SX-70 vs Canon Rebel T5: How Do They Compare? By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 07 Nov 2016 11:00:00 +0000 The Polaroid SX-70 was the go-to camera for instant photography, and the Canon Rebel T5 is currently one of the most popular DSLRs on the market. What's changed since then? Full Article
be Inside Facebook's Quest to Beam the Internet Via Solar Drone By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 10 Nov 2016 11:00:00 +0000 A WIRED exclusive look at how Facebook will beam the internet with Aquila, a stratospheric solar-powered drone equipped with millimeter wave communications technology. Full Article
be The Psychology Behind the World's Most Recognizable Sounds By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 10 Nov 2016 11:00:00 +0000 Two sonic branding experts explain the thinking behind some of the world's most recognizable sounds. Full Article
be Why Massaging Your Kale Makes It Taste Better By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 11 Nov 2016 11:00:00 +0000 It sounds weird and a little creepy but science proves that massaging your kale removes the bitter taste the leaf can have. Makes sense, because who isn't a little less bitter after a good massage? Full Article
be For the Lowly Dung Beetle, Life Doesn't Always Stink By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 14 Nov 2016 11:00:00 +0000 Poop rules everything around the dung beetle, including its sex life. Full Article
be Behold the RC Off-Roader of Our Childhood Dreams By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 29 Nov 2016 11:00:00 +0000 Meet the RR10 Bomber from Axial. The $400 RC car is a 1/10th-scale recreation of a real 4x4 and it was built for crawling across the gnarliest trails. Full Article
be Design FX - The Amazing Visual Effects of "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 08 Dec 2016 11:00:00 +0000 The Harry Potter prequel, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, finds Eddie Redmayne performing a mating ritual in front of a massive computer-generated beast. Using a combination of puppets and CGI, a slew of effects houses were able to craft convincing monsters to populate J.K. Rowling's imaginative world. Full Article
be Remembering Space Pioneer John Glenn: 1921-2016 By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 08 Dec 2016 23:11:17 +0000 In 1962 astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit the earth. The feat paved the way to US dominance in the space race and the mission to the moon. Glenn, ever a champion of human exploration, died December 8, 2016. Full Article
be How Alan Tudyk Became Rogue One's K-2SO By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 11:00:00 +0000 "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" star Alan Tudyk plays K-2SO, an Imperial droid who was reprogrammed and finds himself with the rebellion. Alan explains what it was like controlling K-2SO, and how they went about making the best movie they could. Full Article
be How the Morpho Butterfly Can Be Blue But Also Not Really Blue By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 12:00:00 +0000 The morpho butterfly appears blue but it isn't actually. It looks blue not because of pigment but because of some very fancy scales on its wings. Full Article
be The Tiger Beetle Is Here to Murder Anything It Can By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 02 Jan 2017 12:00:00 +0000 Yipes! The tiger beetle, not to be confused with teen magazine Tiger Beat!, is pretty much six-legged death incarnate for spiders, grubs, and even ladybugs. Watch out! Full Article
be CES 2017 - Forget Phones, Blackberry Is Getting Into the Car Business By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 13 Jan 2017 11:00:00 +0000 The former phone maker is taking its software expertise to the world of self-driving cars. Full Article
be From Barley to Brewski: How Beer Is Made By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 16 Jan 2017 11:00:00 +0000 Brewer Liam McLachlan from Golden Road Brewing goes through the entire brewing process, from milling to packaging. Full Article
be 2017: The Year Ahead - WIRED's 2017 Predictions: Drug Reform Will Beat Criminalization By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Jan 2017 11:00:00 +0000 WIRED predicts the biggest trends for the year ahead. In this segment, Matt Simon looks at how the drug crisis in the US is being reframed as a health problem instead of a criminal one. Full Article
be Behind the Scenes of MTV’s ‘Stranded With a Million Dollars’ By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 18 Jan 2017 18:07:01 +0000 How do you sneakily film 10 people trapped on a remote island for 40 days? Very carefully—and with a lot of equipment. Full Article
be Project Fifth Mode - Episode 2: It's Going to Be Worth It By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 18 Jan 2017 23:11:23 +0000 As rLoop’s virtual and physical worlds come together, the team is met with various challenges – all while trying to build something that’s never technologically been done before. Full Article
be No Matter What Trump Says, Your Gadgets Will Still Be Made in China By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 20 Jan 2017 11:00:00 +0000 The massive consumer tech companies from China have come up with a plan for world domination: Make all of the gadgets used by everyone, everywhere. Full Article
be The Adorable Little Fish With a Suction Cup for a Belly By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 23 Jan 2017 11:00:00 +0000 Meet the lumpsucker, the tiny fish that sucks at swimming but is great at suctioning. Full Article
be Inside the YouTube-Fueled, Teenage Extravaganza That Is Beautycon By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 30 Jan 2017 12:00:00 +0000 A look at the industry-shaking in real life meet up of beauty world influencers, their fans and the brands that compete for their attention. Full Article
be Hey Surfers, Soon Your Wetsuit May Be Covered in Fur By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 02 Feb 2017 11:00:00 +0000 MIT researchers are taking a cue from nature to develop a revolutionary new wetsuit material that could change surfing forever. Full Article
be Behold the Robotic Bat, Which We Promise Doesn't Bite By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 03 Feb 2017 11:00:00 +0000 Researchers have developed a robotic bat that promises to transform the way search and rescue operations work. Full Article
be Microsoft's Surface Studio Is All Beauty and a Little Bit of Brains By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Feb 2017 18:49:41 +0000 David Pierce reviews the new all-in-one PC from Microsoft. It's a joy to use, especially if you like drawing with a pen on a massive touchscreen. Full Article
be Check Out Beautiful Sonar Images of the Seafloor Near Hawaii By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 02 Mar 2017 11:00:00 +0000 Scientists have mapped the seafloor near Hawaii with huge blasts of sonar. It's beautiful AND educational! Full Article
be SF’s Wild SoundBox Is a Symphony Like You’ve Never Heard Before By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 13 Mar 2017 13:00:00 +0000 San Francisco’s renowned orchestra has turned an acoustically disastrous rehearsal space into the city’s hottest classical music venue. Full Article
be Scientists May Have Solved the Secret of the Water Bear By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Mar 2017 16:00:00 +0000 Researchers claim to have figured out why the tiny little water bear is so darn tough. Full Article
be How TV Opening Titles Got to Be So Damn Good By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 10:00:00 +0000 TV is way better than it used to be and you can say the same thing for the opening titles of your favorite series. They used to be afterthoughts, but now they’re artistic statements of their own. Full Article
be Star Wars Director Reveals the Secrets Behind Rogue One's Final Vader Scene By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 10:00:00 +0000 It could very well be the best scene in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story— Darth Vader violently pursuing rebels as they try to escape with the Death Star plans. But, as Director Gareth Edwards reveals, the scene fans saw in theaters almost didn't happen. Full Article
be Flight Lab - We Trained to Become a NASA Research Pilot and It Ain't Easy By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Mar 2017 10:00:00 +0000 It takes a lot of training to become an elite NASA research pilot. WIRED's Jack Stewart gets a crash course in flying and rolling F-18 jets for science, of course. Full Article
be Flight Lab - This NASA Drone Flies Over Hurricanes For Better Weather Forecasts By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 04 Apr 2017 18:53:00 +0000 NASA takes retired Global Hawk military drones and sets them up to fly dangerous missions monitoring some of the most extreme storms for better weather data. Full Article
be WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Salma Hayek & Eugenio Derbez Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 24 Apr 2017 10:00:00 +0000 'How To Be a Latin Lover' stars Salma Hayek and Eugenio Derbez answer the Internet's most searched questions about themselves. Full Article
be The Story Behind Google's Super Chip | WIRED BizCon By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 07 Jun 2017 15:15:29 +0000 Five years ago, as its voice recognition tech took off, Google realized it would have to double its server space to handle even three minutes of speech from every Android user. Even Google couldn't afford that. So Urs Hözle and his team built a super chip to parse all that data more efficiently. Full Article
be The Psychology Behind Video Game Sounds (1972-1998) By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 19:00:00 +0000 Four video game sound designers explain the thinking behind some of the world's most recognizable video game sounds. Featuring sounds from Pac-Man, Sonic the Hedgehog, Donkey Kong, Mario Kart, Contra, Street Fighter II, Doom and more! Full Article
be The Psychology Behind Video Game Sounds (1998-2017) By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 15 Jun 2017 19:00:00 +0000 Four video game sound designers explain the thinking behind some of the world's most recognizable video game sounds. Featuring sounds from the Legend of Zelda, Half-Life, The Sims, Minecraft, Dota 2 and more! Full Article
be How the iPhone Became the Everything Machine By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 28 Jun 2017 19:50:21 +0000 The iPhone is 10 years old! Take a look back at how the smartphone grew from gadget to essential. Full Article
be A Timeline of Uber's Unfolding By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 12 Jul 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Uber's crises have come so fast that they've piled on top of one another. We've laid out some of the companies most infamous milestones. Full Article
be The Best (and Worst) Anti-Drone Weapons, From Shotguns to Superdrones By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 26 Jul 2017 10:00:00 +0000 There are many ways to kill a drone. But what's the cheapest and most effective way to do it? A cybersecurity consultancy is testing various ways to defend against rogue drones. Full Article
be Pod Meets Tube, and Hyperloop Whooshes Closer Than Ever By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 02 Aug 2017 12:00:00 +0000 Ride a pod down the Tron-like pipes of Hyperloop One, which just took a big stride toward the day it flings you between cities in near-vacuum tubes. Full Article
be Reuniting With Dawn, the Ion-Powered Spacecraft in the Asteroid Belt By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 11 Aug 2017 10:00:00 +0000 How did Dawn orbit two protoplanets? The same way Darth Vadar annihilated the rebel fleet. Sort of. Full Article
be Out of Office with Brent Rose - The Best Ways to Watch an Eclipse By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 15 Aug 2017 13:42:00 +0000 WIRED's Brent Rose goes over some of the best ways to watch a total eclipse. Full Article
be Out of Office with Brent Rose - What High-Tech Gear is Best for the Ultimate Camping Trip By www.wired.com Published On :: Sat, 26 Aug 2017 12:00:00 +0000 Want to take your upcoming camping trip to the next level? Brent Rose packs a car full of high-tech gear and attempts to pull off the ultimate camping trip. Correction: The jacket is actually called Eddie Bauer EverTherm Down Jacket. We regret the error. Full Article
be iPhone 8 Review: The Best Yet, For Now By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 19 Sep 2017 11:00:00 +0000 David Pierce reviews the new iPhone 8. No you can't unlock it with your face, but it's still a very nice phone with a great camera. Full Article