ea The 100-Foot Sea Critter With a Gnarly Sting By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 16 Jan 2017 11:00:00 +0000 The siphonophore may look like a jellyfish, but it's something entirely different: a colony of clones that packs a serious punch. Full Article
ea 2017: The Year Ahead - WIRED's 2017 Predictions: Self-Driving Vehicles Are Around the Corner 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 Alex Davies lays out the five biggest disruptions coming to the world of transport. Full Article
ea 2017: The Year Ahead - WIRED's 2017 Predictions: Going Green Is Good Business, Even Under Trump By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Jan 2017 11:00:00 +0000 In our new series to kick off 2017, WIRED predicts the biggest trends for the year ahead. In this segment, Matt Simon explains how businesses are still going to go green, even in the face of renewed climate change denialism. Full Article
ea 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
ea 2017: The Year Ahead - WIRED's 2017 Predictions: Drones! Drones! Drones! By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Jan 2017 11:00:00 +0000 Drones will go into wide commercial use in 2017. Package deliveries are a couple of years away but expect a lot more drone media coverage. Full Article
ea 2017: The Year Ahead - WIRED's 2017 Predictions: VR Is Coming to an Arcade Near You By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Jan 2017 11:00:00 +0000 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. Full Article
ea 2016 Was the Hottest Year on Record. Blame Humanity By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 18 Jan 2017 23:01:05 +0000 Last year was the hottest year since scientists started keeping records in the 19th century. It's no fluke---because it's humanity's fault. Full Article
ea Dear Angelica Teaser By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 20 Jan 2017 16:00:00 +0000 A teaser for Oculus Story Studio's new virtual reality film 'Dear Angelica,' which was made with the company's VR illustration tool, Quill. Full Article
ea Science of Teams: How MIT Media Lab Builds Cities Using Lego and Augmented Reality By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 23 Jan 2017 11:00:00 +0000 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. Full Article
ea Stunning 3-D Animation Reveals How a Drone Moves Air By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 24 Jan 2017 11:00:00 +0000 Here's what air looks like when its swirling around a DJI Phantom 3 drone in flight. The 3D animation is more than just a cool rendering, it's purpose is to help designers create faster, quieter drones. Full Article
ea Get Ready for a Coffee Renaissance. Thanks, Genetics! By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 25 Jan 2017 11:00:00 +0000 Scientists have sequenced the genome of the coffee plant and made the data public. That means we're about to see a coffee renaissance. Full Article
ea Meet America's Newest, High-Techiest Weather Satellite By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 27 Jan 2017 22:45:30 +0000 The GOES-16 atmospheric satellite is a super-powered machine that can predict the future. At least as far as weather is concerned. Full Article
ea 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
ea If the Tin Man Actually Had a Heart, It'd Look Like This By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 31 Jan 2017 11:00:00 +0000 A robotic heart points the way to a future where soft robots help us heal. Full Article
ea Watch the Difference 20 Years Has Made to Car Crash Safety By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 02 Feb 2017 11:00:00 +0000 Watching car crash tests is horrifying and mesmerizing in equal measure. These crash tests show how much safer cars are after two decades of improved design. Full Article
ea If Tech Really Wants to Help the Homeless, It Should Hire Them By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 03 Feb 2017 23:58:50 +0000 To bridge the divide between San Francisco's wealthy tech workers and their impoverished neighbors, organizations like Code Tenderloin are trying to get disadvantaged people into tech companies. They teach skills like coding and help students craft resumes, but even with all these new skills the greatest challenge facing Code Tenderloin graduates is convincing a company to take a chance on them. Full Article
ea To Understand How a Squid Changes Color, You Gotta Get Inside Its Head By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 07 Feb 2017 11:00:00 +0000 Squid use a remarkable array of skin patterns to communicate. How? It's all a matter of getting inside their heads. Full Article
ea WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Tracy Morgan Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 16:09:00 +0000 "Fist Fight" star Tracy Morgan answers the Internet's most searched questions about himself. Full Article
ea Step Into the VOID, Where VR Merges With the Real World By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 11:00:00 +0000 At the Utah-based "hyperreality" startup, they don't want to make the real world disappear—they want to bring it into your headset for a an all-new kind of adventure. Full Article
ea UPS Has a Mother-Truck of a Delivery Drone Idea By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Feb 2017 15:30:00 +0000 UPS's futuristic delivery drones will be loaded inside the truck then fly out of and return to a roof port that would make any Bond villain jealous. Full Article
ea Design FX - How 'Rogue One' Recreated Grand Moff Tarkin By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Feb 2017 20:00:00 +0000 Industrial Light & Magic used "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" to push the boundaries of visual effects, especially in the area of digital humans. Design FX dives into the incredible techniques used to recreate one of the Star Wars universe's most terrifying figures, Grand Moff Tarkin. Full Article
ea WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - The Cast of 'Sesame Street' Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Feb 2017 22:29:00 +0000 Elmo, Big Bird, Count von Count, Cookie Monster, Bert, Ernie, Grover, Rosita, Abby Cadabby, and Oscar the Grouch hang with WIRED to answer the Internet's most searched questions about 'Sesame Street' and themselves. New episodes of Sesame Street’s 47th season air every Saturday on HBO, and viewers can watch Sesame Street everyday on HBO Family and PBS Kids. Full Article
ea This Drone is Designed to Save Lives Then Disappear By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Feb 2017 12:00:00 +0000 The Everfly APSARA drone is an origami-like disposable drone made to deliver essential supplies in a humanitarian or disaster situation. Full Article
ea 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
ea The 1955 Citroën DS Still Feels Ahead of Its Time By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 01 Mar 2017 11:00:00 +0000 The 1955 Citroën DS is the auto industry's platypus: bizarre, delightful, innovative, and, if not inimitable, never imitated. WIRED's Jack Stewart took both the DS and SM for a spin. Full Article
ea 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
ea Planet Earth II : Exclusive Clip From Episode 3 ‘Jungles’ By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 03 Mar 2017 12:00:00 +0000 An exclusive clip from the upcoming BBC America film Planet Earth II. Full Article
ea Meet Baxter, the Charming Robot That Can Read Your Mind By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 06 Mar 2017 15:00:00 +0000 You don't have to tell the Baxter robot that it's doing something wrong. You Just have to think it. Full Article
ea WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Samuel L. Jackson Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 07 Mar 2017 11:00:00 +0000 "Kong: Skull Island" star Samuel L. Jackson answers the Internet's most searched questions about himself. Full Article
ea Are You Ready to Switch for Nintendo? By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 09 Mar 2017 12:00:00 +0000 Nintendo's latest game machine is half living-room, half handheld. Get you a console that can do both. Full Article
ea 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
ea 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
ea Celebs Guess Real or Fake Tech News at SXSW By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 17 Mar 2017 10:00:00 +0000 It's hard to tell what's real or fake today. Celebrities at SXSW sat down with WIRED and tried their best to guess which headlines from the tech news world are real and which are fake. Sad! Full Article
ea WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Ryan Reynolds & Jake Gyllenhaal Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Mar 2017 10:00:00 +0000 'Life' stars Ryan Reynolds and Jake Gyllenhaal waste some time with WIRED and answer the Internet's most searched questions about themselves. Full Article
ea 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
ea Ridley Scott Reveals the Origin of His AI Characters in the Alien Saga By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Mar 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Director Ridley Scott has featured several AI characters in his films. His most recent is Walter in Alien: Covenant. WIRED caught up with Ridley, his son Luke and the President of AMD to talk about AI. Full Article
ea 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
ea Does Your Phone's Blue Light Dimmer Really Work? Let's Ask Science By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Your phone might automatically dim its blue light at night. But does this really help you fall asleep? Full Article
ea 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
ea WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Chris Evans Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 05 Apr 2017 10:00:00 +0000 'Gifted' star Chris Evans takes the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answers the Internet's most searched questions about himself. 'Gifted' co-star Mckenna Grace joins Chris, and together they find out that the Internet is obsessed with Chris Evans' driving skills. Full Article
ea After 4 Years, Seattle's Giant Tunneling Machine Finally Breaks Through By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 05 Apr 2017 23:57:46 +0000 Bertha, the largest boring machine in North America, has reached the light at the end of the tunnel, after getting stuck, and sitting motionless underneath the city for two years. Full Article
ea WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, and Alan Arkin Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 06 Apr 2017 10:00:00 +0000 '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. Full Article
ea WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Anne Hathaway & Jason Sudeikis Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 10 Apr 2017 10:00:00 +0000 'Colossal' stars Jason Sudeikis and Anne Hathaway answer the Internet's most searched questions about themselves. Full Article
ea Technique Critique - Accent Expert Breaks Down 6 Fictional Languages From Film & TV By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 11 Apr 2017 19:00:00 +0000 Dialect coach Erik Singer analyzes some of the most famous "constructed languages" in movie and television history. Which real-life languages inspired "conlangs" like Klingon and Dothraki? Full Article
ea Design FX - Creating Scarlett Johansson's Computer-Generated Body Suit By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 18 Apr 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Mike Seymour breaks down the visual effects from the film 'Ghost in the Shell' starring Scarlett Johansson. Full Article
ea The Team That Made the Mission to the Moon Possible By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 19 Apr 2017 11:00:00 +0000 'Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo' is a documentary film about the team that built NASA's mission control and guided astronauts to the moon. Full Article
ea Lilium’s Funky ‘Jet’ Could Make Flying Car Dreams a Reality By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 20 Apr 2017 17:00:00 +0000 The Lilium personal jet is the latest entry in a growing field of what are essentially flying cars. The electric vehicle could soon be ferrying passengers using distributed propulsion. Full Article
ea 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
ea The Robot Will See You Now – AI and Health Care By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Artificial intelligence is now detecting cancer and robots are doing nursing tasks. But are there risks to handing over elements of our health to machines, no matter how sophisticated? Full Article
ea Eliud Kipchoge Almost Breaks the Two-Hour Marathon By www.wired.com Published On :: Sat, 06 May 2017 00:03:13 +0000 Eliud Kipchoge fell short of running a marathon in under two hours. In a special Nike event, the long distance runner beat the current marathon world record coming in at 2 hours and 25 seconds, but because the event wasn't sanctioned it won't count. Here's how Nike controlled every variable in an attempt to break two. Full Article