San Francisco electronic group The M Machine built a giant illuminated "M" to sit on stage while they play. The "M" is controlled by a laptop and iPad during shows.

At this year's Maker Faire we found a booth that lets you make your own action figure with 56 cameras and Autodesk software 123D catch. You can also do it with a single camera at: www.123Dapp.com/catch

Robotic worm crawls through simple obstacle course.

Set in 2025, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 sets you up against terrorists with seriously high tech weapons.

Ready Player One author, Ernest Cline, discusses his book, video games, 80s pop culture and a DeLorean giveaway.

And we're off! Comic-Con is just starting and if we're to judge by this video, already super awesome! Check out a glimpse of whats to come...

Senior Editor Adam Rogers takes a look at the action figure displays of both Marvel and DC and asks the question, who made the better battle display?

The judges from the special-effect make-up reality show Face Off discuss with Wired what's in store in season 3, including a their new judge.

See how Dr. Cameron M. Smith build a spacesuit from parts purchased at the hardware store.

Surface is proof that Redmond is intent on taking the tablet someplace entirely new and different.

Don Cheadle and Shane Black discuss Iron Man 3 which is set to be released in May of 2013.

Pacific Rim is Guillermo del Toro's mega-monster vs. mega-mech extravaganza.  Wired spoke to del Toro about how he was able to bring these 25 story high creatures to the screen.

Water mist shoots out of a stand to create a moving, unique display. Your computer or tablet screen is projected onto the display, and you interact with it just as you would with a touchscreen.

Tactus Technology has created a haptic touchscreen panel that "rises" to create a three-dimensional keyboard. Writing an e-mail on your tablet? Individual letter keys form small bumps for easier typing.

i-Wei Huang hacks together bit and peices to make beautiful steam powered robots and techno bugs. You may have seen his work before, at his day job Huang develops toys and characters for Skylanders.

The Surface Pro looks like a tablet, but it's not a mobile device. It's a portable device.

When Jennifer Mann dressed up for a 'David Bowie costume party', she had no idea her LED space helmet would be such a hit.  Now she sells them on ETSY.

The Blacksmith

To test Sony's new POV camera, I strapped it to my editor's head and had him ride around on his bike.

What crocs on treadmills can teach us about dinosaurs.

How to turn genetically modified plants into a vaccine factory.

Inside Larry Ellison's Insane Plan to Turn America's Cup Into a TV Spectacle

See how NASA tests a robotic gas station attendant for outer space.

Speed, glory, electrical fires: The new Power Racing Series pits overclocked minimobiles in tiny but heated competitions.

In the rugged backwoods of Vermont, inventor Jaimie Mantzel is constructing a monstrous spiderlike walking bot and shaping every piece by hand.

Where are the jetpacks we were promised?  Will Ferrell reveals "The Future That Never Happened" for Wired Magazine.

Deep under New York City, the Metropolitan Transit Authority is working on the country’s largest and most expensive transportation project. Over 50 years in the making, this $8.24 billion railway will connect the Long Island Rail Road to Grand Central Terminal. Follow Engineer Bill Ury, on an inspection of this massive subterranean project from beneath 38th Street in Manhattan to Sunnyside Yards in Queens.

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Stirring images of an underground city set the stage for this subterranean journey through East Side Access, the country's largest transportation project. Get a detailed look at the bold vision for this massive railway expansion and learn why it could only happen in New York.

Angry Nerd says what's on everyone's mind. The problem with Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is its length. That's right. It's far, far too short.

Chris Baker is no conspiracy theorist, but finds all these kids' movies where the bad guys turn out to be good guys a tad suspicious. Super villains with a sudden change of heart—or the ultimate scheme to take over the world?

Nicole finally gets a chance to hack into a personal email, only to find herself in the bowels of Agent Topple's locked messages from the 90s. As imagined, this is unfortunate.

Follow a robot as it works its day job—transforming the world of e-commerce by hustling packages around the giant warehouses that propel the modern economy. New robot minions: Welcome to the team.

Game developer Mike Mika reveals how he hacked Donkey Kong for his 3-year-old daughter and became an unlikely hero to thousands.

WIRED breaks down an exclusive clip from "Pacific Rim" with John Knoll, Chief Creative Officer from Industrial Light & Magic, exploring how design decisions affect the success of a blockbuster visual effects shot.

Cara Santa Maria interviews Hugh Jackman on location at Comic Con about his new Wolverine movie.

Chris Baker is convinced that Hollywood has gone soft on super villains and responds to comments that either agree with him, or think he looks like one of them.

Years before he hacked Donkey Kong and became an internet sensation, game designer Mike Mika engineered another epic hack that had an even bigger impact on his life.

Nicole strikes back with a hefty dose of new-school espionage, but Topple is not to be outdone. Hint: you can't topple Topple 'cuz Topple don't stopple!

Game developers Greg Kasavin of Supergiant Games and Mike Mika of Other Ocean Interactive share the top games they'd most like to hack. Whether for social change or pure fun, see what classic titles each of these game aficionados would most love to change and why.

Hot on the trail of a devastating computer virus, Topple and Winters burn the midnight oil. Are the North Koreans sending encrypted telegrams or has Kim Jong-un taken up beat poetry?

Jack Pierson sits down with Doug Aitken and discusses what his art evokes.

How can you translate the memory of a train ride into a song? Giorgio Moroder intends to do just that.

The menacing lashes belong to 44-year-old Chris Camp, whose jolting appearance at each Station to Station show comes about halfway through the night. At first, as he crouches, Vader-style, on a darkened riser in the center of the crowd, he’s largely hidden from view. But when he rises—accompanied by the droning sound of two floor-wandering auctioneers—Camp is impossible to miss.

He might play a zombie slayer on-screen, but Norman Reedus swears he’d be toast during a real apocalypse. The Walking Dead star tells WIRED about his lack of survival instincts and why he’d rely on an Uber as his getaway car.

Social media has redefined 'friend' to include estranged classmates and distant acquaintances. Mr. Know-It-All explains why it’s OK to quit second-rate pals on Facebook without fear of feeling guilty.

We foresee that you'll get in the Halloween spirit with Maniac Pumpkin Carvers as they show off their skills with a Gadget Lab-chosen knife and an intricate Star Wars jack-o’-lantern.

Take a look inside the first commercial-scale solar energy plant to use nothing more than the sun, molten salt, and a whole lot of mirrors to send power to the people. If the Crescent Dunes Solar Energy facility works as promised, it could be a model for the future of renewable energy.

You'd think the Angry Nerd would be square in the targeting sights of The Big Bang Theory. You'd think he'd love the show. And yet…and yet….

Is the education system ready for a revolution? In this World Economic Forum discussion Jose Ferreira, CEO and founder of Knewton, explains how a more personalized, adaptive program would increase access to education and improve the quality of teaching.