ge CES 2016 - Four Gadgets That Could Make Life More Convenient By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Jan 2016 12:00:00 +0000 WIRED executive editor Joe Brown checks out a temperature regulating coffee cup, a connected flowerpot, a remote pet food dispenser and a very loud speaker that doubles as a beverage cooler. Full Article
ge CES 2016 - WIRED's Favorite Gadgets of CES By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 08 Jan 2016 23:30:22 +0000 CES is a seemingly endless bonanza of product debuts. Everything from cars and drones to headphones and televisions is on display and in mind-boggling quantities. These products are WIRED's favorites. Full Article
ge CES 2016 - WIRED's Top Gadget Trends from CES By www.wired.com Published On :: Sat, 09 Jan 2016 12:00:00 +0000 Drones, throwback gadgets and the ever growing world of connected Internet of Things gear topped WIRED's CES 2016 trends. Full Article
ge King Tides Show Us How Climate Change Will Threaten Coastal Cities By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 14:00:00 +0000 Seawall-topping king tides occur when extra-high tides line up with other meteorological anomalies. In the past they were a novelty or a nuisance. Now they hint at the new normal, when sea level rise will render current coastlines obsolete. Full Article
ge WIRED Lab - The NASA Illustrator Who Hides Sci-Fi Easter Eggs in Official Images of Space By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 20 Jan 2016 11:00:00 +0000 Visualization specialist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Robert Hurt, tells us how he balances scientific accuracy and creativity when creating stunning pieces of art that double as realistic depictions of space. Full Article
ge SB 100 - Coming Soon for Artificial Intelligence? Coaching Football By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 20 Jan 2016 11:30:00 +0000 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. Full Article
ge How to Dismantle a Bridge By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 05 Feb 2016 12:00:00 +0000 The Bay Bridge, which links San Francisco and Oakland, is being methodically dismantled, piece by incredibly heavy piece. Here's how 2,500 ton truss supports will be removed. Full Article
ge WIRED Lab - Meet the NASA Scientist Who Tracks Dangerous Asteroids in Earth’s Orbit By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 08 Feb 2016 11:00:00 +0000 As a physicist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Marina Brozovic studies and measures near-earth asteroids—you know, the ones that can potentially cause catastrophic damage. Watch as Brozovic explains how her team tracks the orbit of these large masses and how NASA would prepare if one were to come barreling towards earth. Full Article
ge Space Is Hard | The Gear of Exoplanet Exploration By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 11:00:00 +0000 When humans touch down on an exoplanet they'll need some new tools—like NASA's prototype mining robot and the Z-2 suit made for Martian hiking trips. Full Article
ge Forget Filters - 19th Century Tintype Photography Still Rules By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 24 Feb 2016 12:00:00 +0000 Filters are fun and yes, quick. But as an Oakland tintype portrait photographer proves filters can't come close to the original craft developed in the mid 1800's. It'll cost you around $60 to get your portrait done, that's a bit more than a filter pack, but so worth it. Full Article
ge Message in a Bottle By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 25 Feb 2016 01:04:11 +0000 What if you could raise awareness of the oceans’ trash problem by throwing a message in a bottle into the sea? That’s one artist’s mission. Full Article
ge Gerard Butler Answers Everything You’ve Ever Wondered About Gerard Butler By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 01 Mar 2016 11:00:00 +0000 No, he’s not Irish. Yes, he’s still alive. And no, he’s not engaged. “London Has Fallen” star Gerard Butler answers questions to the most common searches about him on the Internet. Full Article
ge Angela Bassett Answers Your Pressing Google Questions About Angela Bassett By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 02 Mar 2016 11:00:00 +0000 “London Has Fallen” actress Angela Bassett is still alive, thank you very much. The Oscar-nominated actress answers the most googled questions about herself, including whether she’s a vegan and if she starred in Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” music video—(hint: No.) Full Article
ge Boeing's Self-Cleaning Bathroom Would Nuke Germs with UV Rays By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 04 Mar 2016 12:00:00 +0000 The plane maker has a prototype bathroom that uses ultraviolet light to zap 99.99 percent of germs in just three seconds. Full Article
ge Design FX - The Special Effects Behind Zero Matter in "Agent Carter" By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 08 Mar 2016 11:00:00 +0000 We go behind the scenes to show you how visual effects company Double Negative created the dark energy Zero Matter in ABC's "Agent Carter." Full Article
ge WIRED Lab - Top Gun for Astronauts: The Legendary T-38 Jet By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Two NASA astronauts take us on a tour of the T-38 plane, which can fly faster than the speed of sound and has been used to train astronauts since 1961. Full Article
ge Everything We’re Pretty Sure Has Happened in Divergent So Far By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 17 Mar 2016 17:00:00 +0000 Not only have we never seen the Divergent movies, but no one we know has, either. (Seriously—we asked everyone!) So instead, we watched all the trailers we could, and made our best guesses as to what actually happens in these things. Full Article
ge Oculus Rift Review: The Age of VR Has Begun By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 28 Mar 2016 14:00:00 +0000 Three years after that first devkit came out it’s showing up at people’s houses starting now. The Oculus Rift proves that this is not a phase. This is the first real step into the world of VR. Full Article
ge 3D-Printed Egg Could Help Save Endangered Birds By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 04 Apr 2016 11:00:00 +0000 Researchers have packed a 3D-printed egg with sensors to gather data about bird incubation so they can better raise endangered chicks. Full Article
ge Forget Apple vs. the FBI: WhatsApp Just Switched on Encryption for a Billion People By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 05 Apr 2016 15:00:00 +0000 WhatsApp just made the scope of the Apple-FBI encryption battle look kinda small. WIRED's senior staff writer, Cade Metz, breaks down exactly why this is a big deal. Full Article
ge Ted Cruz Gets a Bronx Welcome By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 06 Apr 2016 18:44:38 +0000 The morning after his big win in the Wisconsin primary, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz took his campaign to New York's Bronx borough. Full Article
ge How to Get Out of the Worst Traps in Movie History - NSFW By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 15 Apr 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Green Room director Jeremy Saulnier and actor Anton Yelchin play a game with WIRED. We asked them how they’d get out of trapped situations depicted in other films. It gets pretty crude, so this is NSFW. Full Article
ge Exclusive Footage of What It’s Like to See Through Magic Leap By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 19 Apr 2016 10:00:00 +0000 An exclusive WIRED clip of what daily computing with Magic Leap technology could be like. Recorded directly through Magic Leap technology. Full Article
ge A New Crop of Marijuana Geneticists Build Better Weed By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 20 Apr 2016 11:00:00 +0000 There are thousands of strains of weed. Cracking their genetic codes may be the key to transforming pot from a budding business to a high-flying industry and a cannabis analytics lab is trying to unlock the true potential of weed. Pictures by Preston Gannaway. Full Article
ge Rolls-Royce's New Droptop Roof Is Gorgeous and Silent By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 21 Apr 2016 10:00:00 +0000 The droptop on the new Dawn is the epitome of Rolls-Royce: a robustly engineered system that feels as though it’s not even there. Full Article
ge Designers Reimagine the Task Light—And It’s Gorgeous By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 10:30:00 +0000 You probably don’t give your lamp much thought when you switch it on. But the San Francisco design firm Box Clever recently spent two years thinking about a lamp perfect for designers. Full Article
ge J.J. Abrams and Lin-Manuel Miranda Rap in Jabba the Hutt’s Language By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 04 May 2016 16:38:34 +0000 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.' Full Article
ge The SFMOMA’s New App Will Forever Change How You Enjoy Museums By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 05 May 2016 10:00:00 +0000 The renovated SFMOMA is now one of the most considered gallery spaces in the world. But it's not just the museum that got a redesign. The SFMOMA has also reimagined the audio tour experience with it’s new app. Full Article
ge The Age of the Hyperloop Has Arrived. Well, for the Most Part By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 11 May 2016 21:56:00 +0000 Hyperloop One successfully tested its propulsion system in the Nevada desert. It's an important step, but the journey to making the Hyperloop a reality has just begun. Full Article
ge WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Seth Rogen & Rose Byrne Answer The Web’s Most Searched Questions By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 16 May 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne, stars of upcoming film 'Neighbors 2,' answer the internet’s most searched questions in WIRED's Autocomplete interview. Full Article
ge The Independence Day: Resurgence Spaceship Has Its Own Gravity. By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 17 May 2016 15:00:00 +0000 In the trailer for Independence Day: Resurgence, the alien spacecraft seems to rip buildings from the ground using gravitational force. Is that physically possible? Nope. But that didn't stop us from calculating the mass it would need in order to destroy Earth. Full Article
ge The Largest Plane in the World Stops Traffic in Australia By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 17 May 2016 21:45:52 +0000 The Antonov An-225 is the biggest plane in the world. It's such a sight that 20,000 people flocked to the Perth airport in Australia to see this thing land. Full Article
ge Apple Stores Are Getting a Full Makeover By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 19 May 2016 23:10:00 +0000 Apple's new flagship San Francisco store is a redesign of the brand's shopping experience. Giant glass doors bring the outdoors inside to the new tree-lined Genius Grove where Creative Pros assist with music and photography apps and accessories. Full Article
ge 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
ge 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
ge 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
ge 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
ge 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
ge 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
ge 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
ge 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
ge 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
ge 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
ge The Long-Awaited DB11 Is Aston Martin's Bid for the Digital Age By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 05 Aug 2016 00:15:00 +0000 The $212,000 coupe is the first all-new model from a new regime leading the famed British automaker. Full Article
ge Liquids Are So 2015. Here’s How to Package Them in Spheres By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 10 Aug 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Liquids. They’re so… liquidy. But our friends at ChefSteps have a quick and easy way to trap them, in beautiful delicious little spheres. Full Article
ge Who Said it? Luke Cage or Nic Cage By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 11 Aug 2016 17:23:00 +0000 It’s surprisingly easy to get the two confused. Both are tall badasses known for saying outlandish things. So we threw some quotes at Mike Colter, who plays Luke Cage in Netflix's new series, and asked him to guess who said them—Nic Cage or Luke Cage. Full Article
ge Sausage Party Ain't Great, But It'll Be a Stoner Classic By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 12 Aug 2016 10:00:00 +0000 The raunchy animated feature from the minds of Seth Rogen and Jonah Hll unfortunately lives up its name, but there's enough gleeful filth and silliness to guarantee plenty of smoke-filled midnight movie sessions. Full Article
ge To Save an Endangered Fox, Humans Turned Its Home into a War Zone By www.wired.com Published On :: Sun, 14 Aug 2016 10:00:00 +0000 To save the endangered island fox and its home off the coast of California, scientists went to war on invasive species like feral pigs and aggressive ants. Full Article
ge Breaking the World Record for Largest Aerial Projection Screen By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 26 Aug 2016 16:55:57 +0000 To promote the upcoming MTV Video Music Awards, a pair of helicopters cruised over the Hudson. One towed a 250-foot-wide banner, and a second flew behind it at an angle, beaming video onto the banner from a few hundred feet away. Full Article
ge What It Takes to Turn a Vintage Wreck Into a Racecar By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 31 Aug 2016 00:23:54 +0000 Dave Hogye spent four and a half years turning a rusted out 1959 Triumph into a beautiful race car. He then risked all that hard work, took it to the track and pushed it full throttle. Full Article