We caught up with fans who lined up for tickets nearly two weeks before the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. From keeping your job to keeping your marriage, the cosplay-dressing superfans break down the rules to waiting in line.

For companies and consumers, 2015 was a big year for practical design. Wired tells you why.

4K is so 2015. This year LG will begin selling an 8K television. We don't know what it will cost yet or what you might be able to play on it, but it's pretty cool.

The application of artificial intelligence to play-calling is already upon us. Last spring, two students at North Carolina State built a model to predict whether an NFL team would pass or run, information that would hugely benefit defensive coordinators.

In 2004 scientists discovered a large, near-earth asteroid named Apophis. Initially, it was predicted to impact the earth in 2029, leading to global devastation. Thankfully, it’s now expected to miss. Physicist Marina Brozovic from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory explains how her team used measurements and statistics to track the potentially catastrophic mass.

Researchers at UC Berkeley have developed a robotic cockroach capable of squeezing through tight spaces. Someday swarms of robo-roaches could be sent into disaster areas like earthquake rubble to search for survivors.

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.

For the first time ever Silicon Valley hosted its very own Comic Con. It didn't quite measure up to the San Diego incarnation that dominates entertainment headlines every year, but it shows promise.

WIRED senior editor Peter Rubin learns the Foley ropes at Lucasfilm's new state-of-the-art sound lab.

Film director J.J. Abrams and Lin-Manuel Miranda surprised people waiting for tickets to see Miranda's Broadway hit 'Hamilton' with an acoustic version of the new Star Wars cantina song, 'Jabba Flow.'

Robbie McCarthy and Bill Gowdy, two of LEGO's Master Builders, show us LEGOLAND's model shop packed with more than 3 million bricks in 70 different colors. Robbie also gives us an exclusive look at LEGO's proprietary 3D modeling software.

Kids swallow a lot of batteries. But now MIT researchers are developing swallowable origami to fish the nasty foreign objects out.

Apple's iOS 10 has some cool new features. WIRED's David Pierce runs down the mobile software's updates and overhauls.

The sea spider isn’t actually a spider, but it’s genitals are on its legs. Which is nice.

Comic-Con has kicked off in sunny San Diego and boy is there a lot to see.

If you think catching Pokemon from your couch is easy, try catching all the cosplayers at Comic Con. You can't catch 'em all!

Lactose intolerant folks rejoice! You can make a latte without milk. All you need is a bit of science and some xanthan gum.

WIRED asked Werner Herzog, whose new film 'Lo and Behold' examines the information age of the Internet, to weigh in on tech manners.

The Dyson 360 Eye has a camera on top that can survey your home’s layout, helping it vacuum every available inch.

What does it take to be an Olympic gold medalist? WIRED takes in-depth look at the mechanics behind the athletes featuring Conor Dwyer, Elizabeth Biesel, Matt Grevers, Nathan Adrian, Rayler Clary, and Ryan Lochte.

A single car sold for 18 million dollars at one of the fanciest auto shows in the United States. Here are the five most notable vintage cars on auction at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.

Must be action cam season again and now Garmin has stepped into the game with it's Virb Ultra 30. It doesn't do a bad job when matched against the GoPro Hero4.

Scientists just released robots that look like Minions into the Pacific Ocean. The little bots are on a mission to unravel one of the great mysteries of the sea: what the hell are marine larvae up to?

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.

By this point, self driving cars are a common sight in Silicon Valley and Google’s fleet of nearly 60 autonomous cars hit a milestone: They have now clocked more than two million miles of driving on public streets.

Jaimie Alexander hangs with WIRED to answer the Internet's most searched questions about herself.

UCLA’s Dr. Dennis Hong gives us a glimpse into a new project that could change the way we think about interactive gaming.

Barack Obama won't be president for much longer. But while he still is, he's seeking to cement his legacy as a booster of science and technology.

Politicians make a lot of wild claims about undocumented immigrants in the United States. Our advice? Take a deep breath and have a look at what the numbers tell you.

Centuries ago, middle-class Egyptians buried their mummies with masks made out of recycled papyrus. Many of those sheets were covered in Ancient Greek text, which is hard to read without destroying the masks. Now a team of imagining experts are finding ways to read the texts without pulling the ancient artifacts apart.

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.

The $129 Home smart speaker plays a vital role in Google’s futuristic vision of “a Google for everyone” powered by its omnipresent Assistant. It sounds like a big deal, but we decided to have some fun with the new assistant instead.

The 45th President of the United States has a big task ahead. Something is happening to the middle class and it's not good.

What's 10 feet long, 440 pounds, and armored like a tank? The arapaima, perhaps the most peculiar fish in the Amazon.

In August the DEA announced plans to ban Kratom, a herbal substance used to treat pain, anxiety and in some cases opioid addiction. A group of tenacious users got the agency to back down and extend public comment until December 1st. Now a tough decision lies before the DEA.

Family photos can be stressful. Let WIRED come to the rescue.

Family occasions are stressful especially around the holidays.Google's Chade-Meng Tan shares some mindfulness tricks that'll keep you sane.

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.

It's unlikely that you'll buy a VR rig in 2017, instead you'll go 'VRing' by buying a ticket to a virtual gaming theme park or experience.

How do you sneakily film 10 people trapped on a remote island for 40 days? Very carefully—and with a lot of equipment.

The MIT Media Lab is using innovation to boil efficient teamwork down to a science. With an enhanced ability to communicate across teams, MIT is creating a workplace that shares ideas in unprecedented ways. The Changing Places group at MIT tackles large challenges like fighting pollution and urban modeling; the latter of which is being solved by using a combination of lego bricks and augmented reality.

Immigrants founded half of the billion dollar startups in the US. Now many worry that Trump's current travel ban and any future restrictions to work visas could hamper growth in Silicon Valley.

Researchers have developed a robotic bat that promises to transform the way search and rescue operations work.

The albatross has an 11-foot wingspan and a serious wanderlust, flying thousands of miles nonstop.

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.

You don't have to tell the Baxter robot that it's doing something wrong. You Just have to think it.

Have you ever wanted to build your own drone? These MIT engineers are creating a program that lets anyone build the drone of their dreams.

'Going in Style' stars Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, and Alan Arkin take the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answer the Internet's most searched questions about themselves.

If a ballooning humanity wants to feed itself as global warming throws agriculture into disarray, it'll need the help of robots like Vinobot.

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.