nc The Robot That's Roaming San Francisco's Streets to Deliver Food By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 12 Apr 2017 18:34:57 +0000 Hungry? But you don't want to deal with a human? If you live in San Francisco's Mission district, you can get your food delivered by a robot named Marble. Full Article
nc Tech Support - Bill Nye Answers Science Questions From Twitter By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 19 Apr 2017 16:00:00 +0000 Bill Nye uses the power of Twitter to answer some common science questions. Check out Bill's new show on Netflix "Bill Nye Saves The World" premiering April 21st! Full Article
nc The Unsettling Performance That Showed the World Through AI’s Eyes By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Artist Trevor Paglen is best known for images of the security state – drones, spy satellites and rendition planes – For a new work commissioned by the Cantor Arts Center he's collaborated with Kronos Quartet and Obscura Digital to look under the hood of artificial intelligence and machine vision. Full Article
nc How to Get Started with Encrypted Messaging By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 09 May 2017 10:00:00 +0000 It’s time to start using an encrypted messaging app. Why? Using end-to-end encryption means that no one can see what you’re sharing back and forth. Full Article
nc Watch Steve Jobs Pitch the Cupertino City Council on Apple Park By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 16 May 2017 11:30:00 +0000 In his last public appearance, Steve Jobs makes his pitch for Apple's new campus at a June 2011 Cupertino City Council meeting. Full Article
nc How a Bunch of Students Set a New Rocket Record By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 19 May 2017 11:00:00 +0000 A group of students from USC have set a new rocket record and they aren't stopping there. Full Article
nc Biologist Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty - CRISPR By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 24 May 2017 10:00:00 +0000 CRISPR is a new biomedical technique that enables powerful gene editing. WIRED challenged biologist Neville Sanjana to explain CRISPR to 5 different people; a child, a teen, a college student, a grad student, and a CRISPR expert. Full Article
nc How to Make Your Browsing Data More Private than a Thousand Incognito Windows By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 01 Jun 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Thanks to an assist from Congress, your cable company has the legal right to sell your web-browsing data without your consent. This is how to protect your data from preying eyes. Full Article
nc Here's Everything Apple Announced at WWDC 2017 By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 06 Jun 2017 00:18:52 +0000 At Apple's annual WWDC conference CEO Tim Cook and others unveiled its most powerful Mac yet, a long-awaited Siri speaker, and tons of new software upgrades across all of the Apple platforms. Full Article
nc Incredible Old-School Footage of NASA’s X-Plane Program By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 25 Jul 2017 10:00:00 +0000 NASA has released gobs of archival footage to its Youtube channel for your viewing pleasure. Don't thank us, thank NASA. Full Article
nc How Nuclear Weapons Have Evolved Since the 1940's By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 31 Aug 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Today’s bombs are smaller in size but more powerful. They are also more likely to be delivered via intercontinental ballistic missiles, rather than dropped from aircraft. Here's how they've evolved into weapons that could wipe out entire cities. Full Article
nc Man Dresses as a Car Seat in the Name of Self-Driving Science By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Sep 2017 17:17:00 +0000 A man dressed as a car seat to fool pedestrians and drivers into believing his van was driving itself. It's hilarious, but it's all in the name of autonomous vehicle research. Full Article
nc The Strange Science of the Veggie Burger That Bleeds By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 15:00:00 +0000 It's called the Impossible Burger and it looks, feels, tastes and smells like ground beef, even though it's made entirely of plants. It's all thanks to science and genetically engineered yeast. WIRED explores how close it comes so to the real thing and if it's 100% safe. Full Article
nc WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Dave Franco, Kumail Nanjiani and Fred Armisen Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 19:00:00 +0000 The LEGO Ninjago Movie stars Dave Franco, Fred Armisen, and Kumail Nanjiani take the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answer the Internet's most searched questions about themselves. Full Article
nc Tech Support - Neil deGrasse Tyson Answers Science Questions From Twitter By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 03 Oct 2017 16:00:00 +0000 Astrophysicist and 'StarTalk' host Neil deGrasse Tyson uses the power of Twitter to answer some common questions about our universe. What is a quark? Is there a limit to the expansion of the universe? Tune into 'StarTalk' airing Sundays at 11pm/10c on National Geographic. Full Article
nc Andy Serkis Breaks Down His Motion Capture Performances By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 24 Oct 2017 21:18:00 +0000 ‘War for the Planet of the Apes’ star Andy Serkis is the world’s greatest motion capture performer. His abilities are so in-demand that much of the technology behind motion capture has evolved along with his performances. Andy breaks down some of the major moments of his career along with how the filmmaking tools have changed alongside it. 'War for the Planet of the Apes' is now available on Digital, Blu-ray and DVD #WarForthePlanet Full Article
nc The Strange Science of Screams By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 30 Oct 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Few sounds grab attention like a scream, but why is that? Scientists have studied the nature of screams and their effects on the brain to better understand the human howl. Full Article
nc iPhone X Review: We Test the Phone While Bouncing On a Trampoline By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 30 Oct 2017 22:09:08 +0000 The iPhone X is packed with some of the most cutting edge smartphone tech, including its camera. Naturally, we tested Face ID, its selfie mode and full HD slo-mo while bouncing around at a trampoline park. Full Article
nc Tech Support - Dillon Francis Answers DJ Questions From Twitter By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 02 Nov 2017 16:00:00 +0000 DJ Dillon Francis uses the power of Twitter to answer some common questions about DJing. Dillon Francis’ new single, Hello There ft. Yung Pinch, is available on all music streaming platforms. Full Article
nc How a Bunch of Geeks and Dreamers Jump-Started the Self-Driving Car By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 10 Nov 2017 11:00:00 +0000 A decade ago, the idea of self-driving cars on American city streets was almost unthinkable. But a series of contests spurred the development of software and hardware that have brought us to dawn of the next automotive revolution. Full Article
nc Expert Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty - Blockchain By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 17:00:00 +0000 Blockchain, the key technology behind Bitcoin, is a new network that helps decentralize trade, and allows for more peer-to-peer transactions. WIRED challenged political scientist and blockchain researcher Bettina Warburg to explain blockchain technology to 5 different people; a child, a teen, a college student, a grad student, and an expert. Full Article
nc ‘Shape of Water’ Featurette: An Ancient Force By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 01 Dec 2017 11:00:00 +0000 In Guillermo del Toro's new movie, the people are the monsters. Full Article
nc How Robots Are Fueling the Ascendance of the Electric Motor By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Dec 2017 20:59:00 +0000 Hey robot futurist! We've got one word for you: Actuators. They're the motorized joints that make robots strong, agile, and precise and they're getting better all the time. Full Article
nc Musician Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 08 Jan 2018 17:00:00 +0000 23-year-old musician, composer and multi-instrumentalist Jacob Collier explains the concept of harmony to 5 different people; a child, a teen, a college student, a professional, and jazz legend Herbie Hancock. Full Article
nc Dot Physics: The Crazy Science of Drone Flight By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 23 Jan 2018 12:00:00 +0000 Dot Physics' Rhett Allain explains the science behind how drones fly. Full Article
nc Tech Support - Neuroscientist Anil Seth Answers Neuroscience Questions From Twitter By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 20 Feb 2018 17:00:00 +0000 Neuroscientist and public science communicator Anil Seth uses the power of Twitter to answer some common questions about neuroscience. How does memory work? Can we delete memories? Do blind people dream? Anil answers all these questions and more! Featuring Anil Seth, Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience and Co-Director of the Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science, University of Sussex, UK Twitter: @anilkseth Website: www.anilseth.com Full Article
nc Dot Physics: The science behind electric cars By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 11:00:00 +0000 Dot Physics' Rhett Allain breaks down the physical forces that allow electric cars to drive. Full Article
nc Fancy New Suspension Could Make Car Rides a Lot Smoother By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 09 Apr 2018 11:00:00 +0000 It works sort of like noise-cancelling headphones, eliminating bumps with movement in the opposite direction. Full Article
nc Let’s Catch Up With Pepper, the Dancing, Surprisingly Helpful Humanoid By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 12 Apr 2018 11:00:00 +0000 Pepper is part of the first wave of intelligent machines that promise to not only make our lives easier, but to bring a strange new form of interaction into being. Full Article
nc Tech Support - Bill Nye Answers Even More Science Questions From Twitter By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Apr 2018 16:50:00 +0000 Bill Nye uses the power of Twitter to answer even more science questions. How does the internet work? What's the difference between a meteor, meteorite, and an asteroid? Does anyone really know how gravity works? Is water wet? Bill answers all these questions and more! Full Article
nc A Day in the Life of a Tech Influencer By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 21 May 2018 13:54:00 +0000 Produced by WIRED Brand Lab for Perry Ellis. Rodney Williams is the co-founder and CEO of LISNR, an advanced, near-ultrasonic data transmission technology that enables communication between devices - all you need is a microphone or speaker. Rodney, who was born partially deaf, used his hearing disadvantage to identify a communication issue with phones early on and build this new sound technology. Full Article
nc Tech Support - Best of Tech Support: Bill Nye, Neil DeGrasse Tyson and More Answer Science Questions from Twitter By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 05 Jun 2018 16:00:00 +0000 Bill Nye, James Cameron, Ken Jeong, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and neuroscientist Anil Seth answer the most interesting science questions from Twitter. Do your guts float in space? Do aliens exist? Can you punch specific memories out of your brain? What exactly is a tractor beam? If humans evolved from monkeys, why are there still monkeys? Full Article
nc How One Artist Balances Form and Function with His Light Sculptures By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Jun 2018 21:48:00 +0000 Produced by WIRED Brand Lab for Perry Ellis. Jason Krugman is a light sculptor based in Brooklyn, NY. His lighting designs often use their physical structure to conduct electricity to the light sources, which eliminates the need for insulated wiring and connectors allowing thousands of lights to sit softly amongst minimal wire forms. Currently, he works out of the New Lab space which is a community of entrepreneurs working in advanced technology. Full Article
nc Quantum Computing Expert Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 25 Jun 2018 16:00:00 +0000 WIRED has challenged IBM's Dr. Talia Gershon (Senior Manager, Quantum Research) to explain quantum computing to 5 different people; a child, teen, a college student, a grad student and a professional. Full Article
nc Astronomer Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 05 Jul 2018 12:00:00 +0000 WIRED has challenged NASA's Varoujan Gorjian (Research Astronomer, NASA Jet Propulsion Lab) to explain black holes to 5 different people; a child, teen, a college student, a grad student and an expert. Full Article
nc Apple Launch: New iPhones, Cameras and Everything Else You Need to Know By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 12 Sep 2018 23:29:00 +0000 Highlights from the Apple Launch Event: three new phones (the iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and iPhone Xr), a new watch (the Series 4), a new chip (A12 bionic), and new camera features. Full Article
nc Why It's Almost Impossible to Jump Higher Than 50 Inches By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 24 Sep 2018 11:00:00 +0000 The standing vertical jump is an important measure of an athlete's explosive power and a critical test in the NFL Combine. So who jumps the highest? And what's the limit? WIRED's Robbie Gonzalez jumps in to examine the physics and physicality of maximum leaping ability. Full Article
nc Pixel Launch 2018: Everything You Need to Know from Google's Event By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 09 Oct 2018 16:00:00 +0000 Highlights from Google’s Pixel event: two new phones (the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL), the next Pixel Slate (now powered by Chrome OS) and the Google Home Hub smart screen. Full Article
nc I Traded My Phone for a Bunch of 25 Year Old Tech for a Day By www.wired.com Published On :: Sat, 13 Oct 2018 13:00:00 +0000 How much has tech changed in the past quarter century? Writer Louise Matsakis spends a day doing her job using only the tech that was available in 1993. Full Article
nc WIRED25: Inclusive Design -- Microsoft's Satya Nadella & Jenny Lay-Flurrie Talk Accessibility By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 06:22:00 +0000 Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Chief Accessibility Officer Jenny Lay-Flurrie spoke with WIRED’s Editor-in-Chief Nicholas Thompson as part of WIRED25, WIRED’s 25th anniversary celebration in San Francisco. Full Article
nc WIRED25: Ethical AI: Intel's Genevieve Bell On Living with Artificial Intelligence By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 05:32:00 +0000 Intel Vice President & Senior Fellow Genevieve Bell spoke at WIRED25, WIRED’s 25th anniversary celebration in San Francisco. Full Article
nc WIRED25: Kai-Fu Lee and Fei Fei Li On What's Next for Artificial Intelligence By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 17:00:00 +0000 Sinovation Ventures CEO Kai-Fu Lee and Stanford AI Lab Director Fei Fei Li spoke with WIRED’s Maria Streshinsky as part of WIRED25, WIRED’s 25th anniversary celebration in San Francisco. Full Article
nc WIRED25: Sebastian Thrun & Sam Altman Talk Flying Vehicles and Artificial Intelligence By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 07:50:00 +0000 Sebastian Thrun, CEO of Kittyhawk and president of Udacity, and Sam Altman, president of Y Combinator and co-chair of Open AI, spoke with WIRED’s Former Editor-in-Chief Chris Anderson as part of WIRED25, WIRED’s 25th anniversary celebration in San Francisco. Full Article
nc WIRED25: The Future of Cryptocurrency -- MIT Media Lab's Neha Narula and Reddit's Alexis Ohanian On What's Ahead By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 17:11:00 +0000 MIT Media Lab Digital Currency Initiative Director Neha Narula spoke with WIRED’s Brian Barrett as part of WIRED25, WIRED’s 25th anniversary celebration in San Francisco. Full Article
nc Tech Support - NCT 127 Answer K-Pop Questions From Twitter By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 16:00:00 +0000 NCT 127 use the power of Twitter to answer some common questions about K-pop. Does a K-pop star have to be from Korea? Why are some K-pop groups so large? Do K-pop bands have opening acts? Taeil, Johnny, Taeyong, Yuta, Doyoung, Jaehyun, Winwin, Jungwoo, Mark, and Haechan answer all these questions and more! Full Article
nc The Samsung Chromebook Plus Launch at WIRED25 By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 16 Nov 2018 17:23:00 +0000 Produced By WIRED Brand Lab For Samsung Chromebook Plus | In September of 2018, WIRED celebrated our quarter century anniversary with a four day festival in San Francisco. As part of the celebration, we partnered with Samsung and the new Chromebook Plus to explore the new world of the modern, always-on consumer. Full Article
nc How AWS Is Changing Businesses Using Artificial Intelligence | WIRED Brand Lab By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 07 Dec 2018 18:55:00 +0000 BRANDED CONTENT | Produced by WIRED Brand Lab with AWS | The future of business is here! WIRED and Amazon Web Services take a deep dive into the world of AI and deep learning to show how significant and impactful they can be for businesses. Full Article
nc Why It's Almost Impossible to Spin 300 Hula Hoops At Once By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 17:00:00 +0000 For decades hula hoopers have been competing to see who can whirl the greatest number of hoops. The world record is currently 200 hoops, but could it go up? WIRED's Robbie Gonzalez examines the science and skills behind the spin. Full Article
nc How One NY Company Is Changing Cancer Treatment | WIRED Brand Lab By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 26 Mar 2019 12:00:00 +0000 BRANDED CONTENT | Produced by WIRED for Empire State Development | OmniSeq, a cancer diagnostic laboratory in upstate New York has developed an innovative genetic analysis pipeline to help match patients' tissue samples with the most effective cancer treatments currently available. In fact, their testing is so efficient that their tissue success rate is nearly 15% higher than other companies. Full Article
nc Will AI Enhance or Hack Humanity? - Fei-Fei Li & Yuval Noah Harari in Conversation with Nicholas Thompson By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 01 May 2019 19:00:00 +0000 In a discussion that covers ethics in technology, hacking humans, free will, and how to avoid potential dystopian scenarios, historian and philosopher Yuval Noah Harari speaks with Fei-Fei Li, renowned computer scientist and Co-Director of Stanford University's Human-Centered AI Institute -- in a conversation moderated by Nicholas Thompson, WIRED's Editor-in-Chief. Full Article