me Insane 'Swooping' Skydiving Makes Your Tandem Jump Look Lame By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 10:00:00 +0000 These skydivers are no ordinary adrenalin junkies. In the National Championships of Canopy Piloting competitors fly swoop in inches above the ground at close to 100 miles per hour. It’s an extremely technical sport that punishes any tiny mistakes. Full Article
me Why Women Earn Less Than Men By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 05 May 2016 10:00:00 +0000 We’ve all heard about the Gender Pay Gap, but how prevalent is it? Find out how women compare to men in workplace compensation and what we can do about the glass ceiling. Directed/Produced by Jared Neumark Animated by Yoriko Murakami and Kim Blanchette Shot by Mika Levin Written by Roya Rastegar Edited by Mike Russell Full Article
me Movie Review | Captain America: Civil War By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 06 May 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Civil War is a rock-’em-sock-’em stand-off that features no fewer than four massive fights and, even at 146 minutes, feels gargantuan but never over-stuffed. It’s a Captain America movie, yes, but it’s more about the struggle between consent and dissent. Full Article
me This Mer-Bot Can Swim, Grab Stuff, and Looks Like the Jason of the Deep By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 06 May 2016 20:32:04 +0000 Stanford University's new Ocean One is a humanoid undersea robot designed for deep diving and extreme manipulation, thanks to its haptic feedback controls. Full Article
me How They Filmed the Wildest Snowboard Series You’ve Ever Seen By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 13 May 2016 10:00:00 +0000 The crew behind the snowboarding series Higher TV went to some incredible lengths to get footage of Jeremy Jones plunging down snowy cliffs in the Himalayas, Wyoming and Alaska. Full Article
me DIY: How To Burn a Silkscreen and Print at Home By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 16 May 2016 11:00:00 +0000 Screen printing is the pinnacle of DIY culture. We're going to show you how to make your own design and screen it onto whatever you'd like. You’ll need to block out a few hours, and you'll need to have a design or logo in mind to print. Full Article
me Say "Hello" to Allo, Google's New AI-Powered Messaging App By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 17 May 2016 22:49:39 +0000 Google's new Ai-powered messaging app, Allo, lets you chat with Google while you chat with your friends. It's the first step toward making Google truly conversational. Full Article
me Our Very Own X-Men: Apocalypse Red Band Trailer (Parody) By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 27 May 2016 13:00:00 +0000 If Deadpool taught Hollywood anything, it’s that audiences want more hard-R superheroes. Wade cursed, you paid, and 20th Century Fox listened. Here’s the (unfortunately not real) trailer for the studio’s much more NSFW X-Men: Apocalypse. Full Article
me Maybe It's Time to Move the Three-Point Line By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 02 Jun 2016 02:12:58 +0000 For decades the slam dunk reigned as the number one crowd pleaser in basketball. Not anymore. The three-pointer is the new star but some argue it's ruining the game and want the NBA to move the line further back. Full Article
me Social Media 101 From The Lonely Island Crew By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 02 Jun 2016 23:50:16 +0000 At the top of the list of people who know how to rule social media there are two very important groups: comedians and celebrities. The Lonely Island team—Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, and Akiva Schaffer—actually belong to both of those groups. So WIRED asked them for hot tips on how to rule Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat. Full Article
me Sacramento Is About to Have the Most High-Tech Basketball Stadium By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 03 Jun 2016 10:00:00 +0000 When the new Kings basketball stadium is completed this fall, they hope it’ll be so outrageously technologically advanced that it will even wow fans from Silicon Valley. Full Article
me Absurd Creatures | This Bearcat (Yeah, It's Real) Smells Like Popcorn By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 06 Jun 2016 10:00:00 +0000 The binturong has a prehensile tail, crazy feet, and excretes a scent that smells like popcorn. Just call it Orville Smellenbacher. Full Article
me Duncan Jones Made Warcraft For Both Gamers and Movie Buffs By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 09 Jun 2016 13:00:00 +0000 For gamers, World of Warcraft represents a massive universe in which they’ve spent many hours. But for many moviegoers, WoW’s Azeroth is a completely foreign place they know nothing about. So for his new movie, Warcraft, director Duncan Jones—a gamer himself—had to create a world that would bring in new fans and make long-time WoW players feel like they were coming home. In this interview with WIRED, he explains how he worked with Industrial Light & Magic to make that happen. Full Article
me 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
me Inside the Massive Factory Where Siemens Builds Trains By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Inside the massive Siemens train factory near Sacramento, Ca, building one of the most advanced, and fastest, trains in the US. Full Article
me NASA’s New X-Plane Looks Goofy But Packs Some Serious Tech By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Jun 2016 10:00:00 +0000 The X-57 will be essentially like flying a Tesla. It's part of NASA’s goals to reduce fuel use, emissions, and noise with innovative aircraft design. Full Article
me 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
me 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
me 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
me 4 Things You Need To Know About Lab Grown Meat By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 14 Jul 2016 10:00:00 +0000 The four things you need to know about lab grown meat! Full Article
me 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
me 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
me Absurd Creatures | Meet the Teeny-Tiny Creature With a Buzz Saw for a Face By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 18 Jul 2016 10:00:00 +0000 May I introduce you to the rotifer, a magical microscopic critter that uses a buzz saw to suck its victims into its face. Full Article
me Meet Dyson’s New Roaming Robo-Vac By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 28 Jul 2016 02:00:00 +0000 The Dyson 360 Eye has a camera on top that can survey your home’s layout, helping it vacuum every available inch. Full Article
me Yi’s 4K Camera Is a GoPro Ripoff That’s Better Than a GoPro By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 29 Jul 2016 09:45:00 +0000 GoPro's Hero4 Black costs $500, and the Yi 4K costs $250, which one is better? Not the expensive one. Full Article
me Absurd Creatures - Meet the Agouti, the Giant Yet Lovable Rodent of the Amazon By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 08 Aug 2016 10:00:00 +0000 The agouti ain’t no sewer rat: It’s actually a pivotal part of the rainforest ecosystem. Like a weird-looking squirrel, really. Full Article
me 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
me 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
me Teens Explain the Rules of Social Media By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 25 Aug 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Teens breakdown the new rules of social media posting, following, and deleting comments. Full Article
me 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
me 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
me Take a Tour of the Most Tricked-Out Science Ship in America By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 25 Aug 2016 00:18:46 +0000 This 238-foot beauty isn’t just oddly comfortable—it comes equipped with some serious tech for some serious oceanography. Full Article
me Meet the Many Insects That Insist on Being Sticks and Leaves By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 29 Aug 2016 10:00:00 +0000 A surprising number of insects look like sticks and leaves. But nobody created them that way—they’re the product of the wonderful processes of natural selection. Full Article
me Meet One of the World's Best Drone Pilots By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 29 Aug 2016 18:33:00 +0000 Carlos “Charpu” Puertolas isn't interested in competitive drone racing, he prefers to fly freestyle in dangerous, abandoned buildings. His tricks and aerial showmanship has earned him notoriety in the drone community. Full Article
me The iPhone 7: More Camera, More Colors, Less Headphone Jack By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 07 Sep 2016 23:52:45 +0000 The iPhone 7 is here. It has a great new camera, a bunch of new color options, but let's not talk about the headphone jack. Full Article
me This Motoring Mimic Can Become Any Car By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 15 Sep 2016 01:13:00 +0000 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. Full Article
me Meet the Artist: Tom Sachs By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 03:29:09 +0000 Artist Tom Sachs discusses his latest space program--Mission to Europa, Jupiter’s icy moon. His expansive sculpture exhibition will fill Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco from the 16th of September until the 15th of January 2017. Full Article
me Meet the HyperAdapt, Nike's Awesome New Power-Lacing Sneaker By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 20 Sep 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Nike's Tinker Hatfield and Tiffany Beers explain the new power-lacing HyperAdapt 1.0 and demonstrate how to charge the sneakers, and tighten and loosen the laces with the touch of a button. Full Article
me Review: We Filmed This Entire Video Using the iPhone 7 By www.wired.com Published On :: Sat, 24 Sep 2016 10:00:00 +0000 The iPhone 7 Plus is touted as *the* mobile low-light camera. It’s got dual lenses, an f/1.8 aperture, image stabilization, and an even brighter flash. But how much better is it? We tested it out by filming this entire video with iPhone 7. Full Article
me Meet the Giant, Toxic Starfish That’s Menacing Reefs By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 26 Sep 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Get to know the crown of thorns starfish, which grows to two feet wide and wields toxic spines that will definitely ruin your day. Full Article
me 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
me NASA Finds More Evidence of Water Plumes on Jupiter's Moon Europa By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 26 Sep 2016 22:35:46 +0000 It's not aliens. So everyone calm the heck down. Using the Hubble Space Telescope, NASA caught sight of water plumes bursting out from Europa’s icy surface. If any Europeans are lurking beneath the moon's surface, they just got a whole lot easier to reach. Full Article
me 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
me Step Inside South Park's Most Memorable Scenes By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 28 Sep 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Ever wanted to be inside an episode of South Park? At the Paley Center in Los Angeles, the South Park 20 Experience lets you do just that. Taking the twenty most iconic moments of the television series, the South Park 20 Experience gives people the opportunity to take pictures and become part of South Park's best episodes. Full Article
me Meet the Kinkajou, the Tree-Loving Mammal With an Identity Problem By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 30 Sep 2016 22:48:28 +0000 It may look like a monkey, with its prehensile tail and predilection for chewing with its mouth open—but don't be fooled. Full Article
me Meet the Pixel, Google's Answer to the iPhone By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 04 Oct 2016 21:29:34 +0000 Google enters the phone fray with the Pixel, a premium Android smartphone with all the features of an iPhone plus Google Assistant and a headphone jack. Full Article
me Google Just Got Real By Changing Its Gadget Game By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 04 Oct 2016 22:33:46 +0000 The tech giant released a slew of new hardware, including two new smartphones, a VR-headset and a home assistant. Here's everything from the Google event. Full Article
me Google Home Is The Assistant That Will Never Leave You Alone By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 04 Oct 2016 22:38:34 +0000 Google Home is part Bluetooth speaker, part Google Assistant, all Amazon Echo competitor. For $129, it brings super-powered voice control into every nook and cranny of your house. Full Article
me Out of Office with Brent Rose - GoPro's New Cameras (Hero5 Black and Session) Full Review By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 06 Oct 2016 16:30:00 +0000 GoPro's new 4K cameras, the Hero5 Black and Hero5 Session, aim to deliver the best GoPro experience yet. Brent Rose takes them through their paces, and compares the Hero5 to Garmin's impressive Virb Ultra 30. Full Article
me Predators: Chameleons Have Killer Fast Tongues By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 07 Oct 2016 00:58:08 +0000 Chameleons are deceptively great hunters, with a tongue that can snipe prey in a split-second. Full Article