li Science of Food | The Truth About Grilling With Charcoal By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 10:05:00 +0000 Few things get grillers more riled up than arguing about gas versus charcoal. Let us and our friends at Chefsteps settle this debate once and for all. Full Article
li 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
li Here’s the Untold Backstory of the Iconic Slimer From Ghostbusters By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 15 Jul 2016 10:00:00 +0000 It never made it into the new reboot of ‘Ghostbusters,’ but writer Katie Dippold and director/co-writer Paul Feig definitely wrote a backstory for one of the franchise’s most beloved characters: Slimer. Full Article
li 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
li How Motorola Made Modular Smartphones a Reality By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 19 Jul 2016 10:00:00 +0000 A team within Motorola has been working on a crazy plan: to let users decide how their smartphone should look, and how it should work. The result is called the Moto Z, and it’s about to hit stores. Full Article
li Flight Mode | What It’s Like to Narrowly Avert Disaster in an $18M Simulator By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 21 Jul 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Pilots spend hours in multi-million dollar simulators, preparing for the worst cast scenario. In this episode Flight Mode, WIRED's Jack Stewart gets a taste of what pilots go through. Full Article
li Facebook's Grand Plan to Connect Every Corner of the World Takes Flight By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 21 Jul 2016 15:37:41 +0000 Facebook’s huge internet-beaming drone finally takes it's first flight and it's all part of the tech giant's plans to provide internet access in remote parts of the world. Full Article
li Believe It: Segway’s New ‘Hoverboard’ Is Actually Kinda Cool By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 22 Jul 2016 10:00:00 +0000 You know those people you see on guided Segway tours? You know how you laugh at them and swear you’ll never do that? Well, Segway may have the answer to its ‘uncool’ problem with its new MiniPro. Full Article
li Werner Herzog on Emoji: ‘Let Them Keep Smiling. I Don’t Care’ By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 27 Jul 2016 10:05:00 +0000 WIRED asked Werner Herzog, whose new film 'Lo and Behold' examines the information age of the Internet, to weigh in on tech manners. Full Article
li Flight Mode | The Fancy Tech Pilots Use to Keep Your Flight Turbulence-Free By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 28 Jul 2016 10:00:00 +0000 To avoid severe weather pilots used to carry 40 pound briefcases with piles of paperwork and information for their flight. Not anymore. Full Article
li Science of Food | How to Make Super-Classy Culinary Foam, Even if You Aren’t Classy By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 02 Aug 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Nothing says fancy dining quite like a blob of foam. So soothing, such a great mouth feel. And get this: you can easily make it at home, expensive restaurants be damned! Full Article
li 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
li Meet the Tiny Foxes That Shouldn’t Be Alive By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 11 Aug 2016 20:00:00 +0000 A decade ago the tiny island fox was on the brink of extinction. Now, thanks to a radical reordering of its California island ecosystem, the fox is coming off the Endangered Species List. Full Article
li Teens Explain How to Flirt on Social Media By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 25 Aug 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Teens explain how to use snaps, likes, emojis, and follows to get the attention of a crush. Full Article
li Meet the 5 Fancy Cars Sold for Millions By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 23 Aug 2016 10:00:00 +0000 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. Full Article
li The First Glimpse of a Sunken WWII Aircraft Carrier By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 24 Aug 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Human eyes haven’t seen the USS Independence, which fought ferocious battles in the Pacific Theater, for 65 years. But now, thanks to the wonders of remotely operated vehicles, it’s coming into view off the coast of San Francisco. Full Article
li Learn How to Fly Like a Pro From a Master Freestyle Drone Pilot By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 29 Aug 2016 18:32:51 +0000 Carlos “Charpu” Puertolas is regarded as one of the best freestyle drone pilots in the world. WIRED spent an afternoon with him in an abandoned oil refinery to get some tips on how to fly drones like a pro. Full Article
li Six Scientists Lived in a Tiny Pod for a Year Pretending They Were on Mars By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 29 Aug 2016 19:56:58 +0000 It sounds nuts, and maybe you have to be, but six scientists completed a yearlong NASA-funded Mars simulation in Hawaii, where they lived in a dome in near isolation. Full Article
li Now You Can Control BB-8 With a Flick of Your Wrist By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 01 Sep 2016 01:46:54 +0000 We’re willing to bet your wearable doesn’t come with the power of the Force? Sphero’s launching a special edition of the BB-8 toy that'll allow you to control the little droid with hand gestures. Full Article
li Climb Inside Uber's Self-Driving Car—Its Next Big Disruption By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 14 Sep 2016 10:00:00 +0000 The ride-sharing giant is in Pittsburgh for its latest big move: the country’s first autonomous taxi service. Select Uber users can now ride in self-driving cars, with humans at the wheel for an emergency. Full Article
li Tinashe on MTV’s First Live Music Show in 20 Years By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 22 Sep 2016 15:34:17 +0000 MTV's new live music show 'Wonderland' is their first return to live music programming in 20 years. Headliner Tinashe talks about how the multi-platform broadcast of the show reflects our present media landscape. Full Article
li Building Games For Virtual Reality Storytelling | Breaking Through By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 26 Sep 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Virtual Reality is the next frontier in entertainment, but it’s so new that the rules are still being written. No one knows the best way to develop, advertise, or create yet – and that’s what makes it so exciting. Full Article
li The Numbers Don't Lie: America's Got a Gun Addiction By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 26 Sep 2016 23:41:00 +0000 America’s gun addiction is bad. But to understand just how bad it is, you’ve got to see the numbers. Full Article
li NASA's Starshade Is Like a Giant Visor for the Stars By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 27 Sep 2016 10:00:00 +0000 NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has come up with an ingenious solution to take better photographs of ultra-bright stars; a baseball diamond-sized folding shade that blocks out a star's powerful rays. Full Article
li NASA Creates Robots That Can Climb Walls By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 14:29:21 +0000 We take a look at some of the new robotic technology being developed at JPL's Robotics Lab, including robots that use "gecko" technology to grip walls and climb 90 degree surfaces. Full Article
li Google's Self-Driving Cars Have Clocked 2 Million Miles By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 04 Oct 2016 23:05:16 +0000 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. Full Article
li WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Blindspot's Jaimie Alexander Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 05 Oct 2016 13:52:00 +0000 Jaimie Alexander hangs with WIRED to answer the Internet's most searched questions about herself. Full Article
li The Frontiers Issue with Guest Editor President Barack Obama - President Barack Obama on How Artificial Intelligence Will Affect Jobs By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 10:00:00 +0000 WIRED guest editor President Barack Obama, WIRED editor in chief Scott Dadich and MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito discuss how artificial intelligence might up-end economies and how societies can adapt. Full Article
li Data Reveals the American Dream Is Alive and Well—in Canada By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 13 Oct 2016 23:01:58 +0000 At the White House Frontiers Conference, Raj Chetty, an economist at Stanford University described where the 'American dream' is thriving the most and seems like it's across US the border. Full Article
li Secretary of State John Kerry Knows What A Messy Election Feels Like By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 19 Oct 2016 10:00:00 +0000 When WIRED sat down with the United States Secretary of State John Kerry right after the second Presidential debate, he shared a few thoughts on what it's like to run for President. Full Article
li Immigration in America Isn’t What the Politicians Tell You By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 19 Oct 2016 21:41:38 +0000 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. Full Article
li John Kerry on How the Paris Climate Agreement Could Help Fight Terrorism By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 19 Oct 2016 22:06:15 +0000 US Secretary of State John Kerry discusses the ways that recently signed UN climate agreement will spur innovations in renewable energy across the globe, including terror hotspots. Full Article
li Meet the Psychedelic Shrimp That Power-Lifts Starfish By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 10:00:00 +0000 The harlequin shrimp is all dressed up in a festive clown suit…a clown suit of murder. Full Article
li Uber's Self-Driving Truck Delivers 50,000 Beers By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 25 Oct 2016 10:00:00 +0000 A truck carrying 50,000 beers spent two hours driving itself down a Colorado highway. Full Article
li The Art of Designing Public Transit for Anti-Social Commuters By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 04 Nov 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Subway commuters traveling between San Francisco and Oakland got tired of looking each other in eye. So, the Bay Area Rapid Transit agency redesigned their train cars to give commuters more space. Full Article
li Google's New VR Headset Is Like Cardboard—Except Comfortable (and Cozy) By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 10 Nov 2016 14:00:00 +0000 Daydream View, the first mobile headset of Google's new virtual-reality platform, is rock-solid VR at low cost. Full Article
li For the Lowly Dung Beetle, Life Doesn't Always Stink By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 14 Nov 2016 11:00:00 +0000 Poop rules everything around the dung beetle, including its sex life. Full Article
li These Self-Flying Helicopters Team Up to Fight Fires and Save Lives By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 17 Nov 2016 11:00:00 +0000 Two Lockheed Martin helicopters, with help from a pair of drones, join forces to fight fires and save lives. Full Article
li Bumped Off Your Flight? Know Your Travel Rights By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 22 Nov 2016 10:30:00 +0000 It's bound to happen to you— your flight is cancelled, delayed or the airline bumps you. That's why it's important to know your rights when your travel plans go astray. Full Article
li Thermal Imaging Tech Helps Protect Endangered Wildlife By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 23 Nov 2016 11:00:00 +0000 World Wildlife Fund is using thermal imaging technology and artificial intelligence to see and capture wildlife poachers as they stalk endangered animals in the dark. Full Article
li Scientists Create a Light-Guided Robotic Stingray Using Rat Parts By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 05 Dec 2016 11:00:00 +0000 A team of scientists at Harvard created an artificial stingray out of rat parts, which can be remote-controlled around a tank using light beams as part of the team's ongoing research on how to make artificial organs. Full Article
li How Billions of Dollars of Goods Get to You By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 07 Dec 2016 20:00:00 +0000 The Port of Los Angeles is one of the busiest ports in the country, and only gets busier during the holidays. With more global shipping now that ever, new technologies are emerging that can mend choke points in the process. Full Article
li How to Take a Great Holiday Family Photo By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 08 Dec 2016 00:17:20 +0000 Family photos can be stressful. Let WIRED come to the rescue. Full Article
li Rhett & Link Show Us the Last Thing on Their Phones By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 08 Dec 2016 20:00:00 +0000 Internetainers Rhett & Link gather up their courage and show us the last things they did with their phones. "Rhett and Link's Buddy System" Good Mythical Morning @rhettandlink Full Article
li How to Make Deliciously Safe Eggnog With Raw Eggs and Booze By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 09 Dec 2016 00:01:10 +0000 You wish you liked eggnog more than you do, right? Well, with this recipe and a few science tricks, you'll make eggnog that is not only delicious but brilliantly boozy too. Full Article
li The Incredible Gecko That Looks Exactly Like a Tree By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 12 Dec 2016 11:00:00 +0000 Meet the leaf-tailed gecko, which deploys some of the most astounding camouflage in the animal kingdom. Full Article
li Science of Teams: How Prologue Brings Its Visual Effects to Virtual Reality By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 12 Dec 2016 11:00:00 +0000 Visual Effects house Prologue has worked on some of the biggest movie franchises around. The different teams at Prologue deftly work together to bring some of their most familiar assets over to the virtual space. Full Article
li Meet the Blind Man Who Convinced Google Its Self-Driving Car Is Finally Ready By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 13 Dec 2016 17:30:00 +0000 Google is getting serious about self-driving cars. So serious that it put a legally blind man in one that drove him around safely on his own. The successful trip means that the tech giant can now launch its own self-driving car company, which it's calling Waymo. Full Article
li How to Fight the Bad Logic of the Internet | Argument Clinic By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 14 Dec 2016 19:49:13 +0000 There's a lot of bad logic out there. WIRED's Jason Tanz explains how to spot and fight the dumbest arguments online. Full Article
li WIRED's Gift Guide for the Outdoorsy Type in Your Life By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 16 Dec 2016 12:00:00 +0000 A few of WIRED's favorite gifts to make any outdoor outing more fun. Full Article