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Out of Office with Brent Rose - GoPro Karma vs DJI Mavic Pro Full Review

*UPDATE* We have looked into the focus issues and have altered our choice accordingly. Please read the updated review at WIRED.com for the full explanation: https://www.wired.com/2016/11/gopro-karma-vs-dji-mavic-pro/ GoPro has entered the drone game, delivering a sleek, foldable device that can fit inside a backpack. Brent Rose compares GoPro's offering with the Mavic Pro; DJI's impressive new foldable drone.




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The Art of Designing Public Transit for Anti-Social Commuters

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.




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Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond & James May Show Us the Last Thing on Their Phones

Former "Top Gear" and current "The Grand Tour" hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May gather up their courage and reveal the last things they did with their phones.




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How Social Media Is Shaping Activism in America

Within the space of 72 hours, Alton Sterling, Philando Castile and five Dallas police officers were shot and killed. WIRED looks the three days that shook America and the role live-streaming, video and social media played in the tragedies.




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These Self-Flying Helicopters Team Up to Fight Fires and Save Lives

Two Lockheed Martin helicopters, with help from a pair of drones, join forces to fight fires and save lives.




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Why Banning Kratom May Make the Opioid Epidemic Even Worse

In August the DEA announced plans to ban Kratom, a herbal substance used to treat pain, anxiety and in some cases opioid addiction. A group of tenacious users got the agency to back down and extend public comment until December 1st. Now a tough decision lies before the DEA.




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This Radical Redesign Could Keep Gas Engines Pumping

Achates Power is reviving the century-old opposed piston layout to make gas-powered cars more efficient.




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Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond & James May Race Toy Cars

Former "Top Gear" and current "The Grand Tour" hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May put their driving skills to the ultimate test...by racing toy cars.




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The Scientific Secret to Making Crispy Chicken Skin

You love crispy chicken skin but you always dry the breast out, right? Here's the solution using a little science.




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Scientists Create a Light-Guided Robotic Stingray Using Rat Parts

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.




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Design FX - The Amazing Visual Effects of "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them"

The Harry Potter prequel, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, finds Eddie Redmayne performing a mating ritual in front of a massive computer-generated beast. Using a combination of puppets and CGI, a slew of effects houses were able to craft convincing monsters to populate J.K. Rowling's imaginative world.




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How to Make Deliciously Safe Eggnog With Raw Eggs and Booze

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.




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Airbus' Futuristic Jet Concept Comes With Flying Spas and Bars

The Transpose concept uses modular architecture to keep life in the sky fresh and comfortable.




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How to Fight the Bad Logic of the Internet | Argument Clinic

There's a lot of bad logic out there. WIRED's Jason Tanz explains how to spot and fight the dumbest arguments online.




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Out of Office with Brent Rose - Brent Rose's Ultimate Survival Bag

Bug-out bags/survival kits are a controversial topic. Everybody has a different philosophy about what makes a good one. This is Brent's. While bigger and heavier than a lot of the bags you'll see online, you can keep it in the closet by your front door or the trunk of your car, and you'll be prepared for an emergency that could last many days. Brent's kit doubles as a slick backpacking setup, so you'll get to know your gear extremely well, and you get to have fun with it, too.




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CES 2017 - One Remote to Control All Your Smart Devices

The Smart Remote is an intuitive and simple solution to controlling all the smart devices in the modern home.




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CES 2017 - Lego’s Boost Kit Turns Your Bricks Into Robots. Robots!

At CES 2017 Lego just unveiled Boost, a clever kit that introduces programming and cool tech to the bricks you grew up with.




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CES 2017 - The Fridges of the Future Surf the Web and Take Pictures

A fridge should do more than just keep your food cold, right? Samsung and LG think so. Both companies showcased their outrageously smart fridges at CES this year.




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Struggling with Dry January? Here Are Awesome Non-Alcoholic Alternatives

After a boozy holiday season quitting alcohol for January sounds like a good idea, but it's not that easy. We've found some legitimate, non-alcoholic drinks for your beer, wine and spirit cravings.




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2017: The Year Ahead - WIRED's 2017 Predictions: Self-Driving Vehicles Are Around the Corner

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.




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2017: The Year Ahead - WIRED's 2017 Predictions: Going Green Is Good Business, Even Under Trump

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.




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2017: The Year Ahead - WIRED's 2017 Predictions: Drug Reform Will Beat Criminalization

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.




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2017: The Year Ahead - WIRED's 2017 Predictions: Drones! Drones! Drones!

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.




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2017: The Year Ahead - WIRED's 2017 Predictions: VR Is Coming to an Arcade Near You

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.




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Dear Angelica Teaser

A teaser for Oculus Story Studio's new virtual reality film 'Dear Angelica,' which was made with the company's VR illustration tool, Quill.




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Get Ready for a Coffee Renaissance. Thanks, Genetics!

Scientists have sequenced the genome of the coffee plant and made the data public. That means we're about to see a coffee renaissance.




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Meet America's Newest, High-Techiest Weather Satellite

The GOES-16 atmospheric satellite is a super-powered machine that can predict the future. At least as far as weather is concerned.




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How Trump's Immigration Crackdown Will Hurt Silicon Valley

Immigrants founded half of the billion dollar startups in the US. Now many worry that Trump's current travel ban and any future restrictions to work visas could hamper growth in Silicon Valley.




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Behold the Robotic Bat, Which We Promise Doesn't Bite

Researchers have developed a robotic bat that promises to transform the way search and rescue operations work.




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These Futuristic Boots Will Prevent Astronauts From Tripping on Mars

Falling can be fatal when exploring another planet, that's why these MIT researchers are creating boots that help astronauts "feel" the ground beneath them to avoid any accidents.




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Microsoft's Surface Studio Is All Beauty and a Little Bit of Brains

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.




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The Satellite That Spies on America's Lightning

The first images from a new instrument onboard NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite are giving NOAA National Weather Service forecasters richer information about lightning that will help them alert the public to dangerous weather.




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Neuroscientist Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty

The Connectome is a comprehensive diagram of all the neural connections existing in the brain. WIRED has challenged neuroscientist Bobby Kasthuri to explain this scientific concept to 5 different people; a 5 year-old, a 13 year-old, a college student, a neuroscience grad student and a connectome entrepreneur.




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Meet the Remarkable Robot That Communicates Like No Other

Iorek the robot not only understands your commands and gestures, but it asks for clarification if it's confused.




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What We Know About Trump's Airplane Electronics Ban

The Trump Administration has ordered nine airlines flying direct routes to the US to block passengers from carrying large gadgets into the plane cabin. The UK has followed with a similar ban. Here's what you need to know about the ban.




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Tech Support - Ken Jeong Answers Medical Questions From Twitter

Ken Jeong uses the power of Twitter to answer some common medical questions.




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Flight Lab - This NASA Drone Flies Over Hurricanes For Better Weather Forecasts

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.




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Silicon Valley's Favorite Shoe Company Has Some New Kicks

Last year, the San Francisco startup Allbirds released a shoe it calls the Wool Runner. This eco-friendly, merino wool sneaker exploded in popularity in Bay Area. Now, Allbirds is unveiling its second product, the Wool Lounger.




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WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, and Alan Arkin Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions

'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.




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Technique Critique - Accent Expert Breaks Down 6 Fictional Languages From Film & TV

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?




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Robots & Us: A Brief History of Our Robotic Future

Artificial intelligence and automation stand to upend nearly every aspect of modern life, from transportation to health care and even work. So how did we get here and where are we going?




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5 of the Most Iconic 'Fast & Furious' Cars From the Guy Who Built Them

Dennis McCarthy, the man behind all of the cars from the Fast and the Furious franchise, gives us his insights on five iconic cars from the films.




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What Can Facebook Do About Live Murders and Suicides?

Steve Stephens recorded himself murdering an innocent victim and then uploaded the footage to Facebook. The horrific act has put Facebook under immense pressure to do something, but can the company prevent broadcasting acts of violence without fundamentally changing the purpose of the social media platform. WIRED explores Facebook's limited options.




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NASA Is Sending Cassini out with a Funeral Fit for Scientific Royalty

Twenty years ago, the Cassini spacecraft blasted off from earth on an epic journey to find out more about Saturn. Now that journey comes to a glorious end.




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The Wind-Slicing GT Puts Ford Back in the Supercar Game

The new Ford GT is the spiritual successor to the GT40 which dominated the 24 hours of Le Mans races in the 1960s.




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All the Slick Stuff From Google I/O 2017

From Google Lens to the the company's new artificial intelligence chip here are the big announcements from Google I/O 2017's first day.




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Biologist Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty - CRISPR

CRISPR is a new biomedical technique that enables powerful gene editing. WIRED challenged biologist Neville Sanjana to explain CRISPR to 5 different people; a child, a teen, a college student, a grad student, and a CRISPR expert.




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Out of Office with Brent Rose - Trying Stand-Up Comedy Using Only Siri, Echo, Cortana and Google Assistant

Brent Rose takes Google Assistant, Amazon Echo, Microsoft Cortana and Apple's Siri out for the ultimate test drive; which AI has the best sense of humor? How will a human audience respond to a stand-up set written entirely by smart gadgets?




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Women Engineers On the Rampant Sexism of Silicon Valley

Five female engineers discuss the sexism of the tech industry and why greater diversity and inclusion makes better products for everyone.




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Why We Love the New Microsoft Laptop

The Microsoft Surface Laptop is a great-looking, light and super usable notebook. Here's more about why we love it.