ic Out of Office with Brent Rose - GoPro Karma vs DJI Mavic Pro Full Review By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 31 Oct 2016 22:53:00 +0000 *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. Full Article
ic 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
ic Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond & James May Show Us the Last Thing on Their Phones By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 14 Nov 2016 16:00:00 +0000 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. Full Article
ic How Social Media Is Shaping Activism in America By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 16 Nov 2016 11:00:00 +0000 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. Full Article
ic 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
ic Why Banning Kratom May Make the Opioid Epidemic Even Worse By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 30 Nov 2016 12:00:00 +0000 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. Full Article
ic This Radical Redesign Could Keep Gas Engines Pumping By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 01 Dec 2016 11:00:00 +0000 Achates Power is reviving the century-old opposed piston layout to make gas-powered cars more efficient. Full Article
ic Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond & James May Race Toy Cars By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 01 Dec 2016 20:00:00 +0000 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. Full Article
ic The Scientific Secret to Making Crispy Chicken Skin By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 02 Dec 2016 11:00:00 +0000 You love crispy chicken skin but you always dry the breast out, right? Here's the solution using a little science. Full Article
ic 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
ic Design FX - The Amazing Visual Effects of "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 08 Dec 2016 11:00:00 +0000 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. Full Article
ic 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
ic Airbus' Futuristic Jet Concept Comes With Flying Spas and Bars By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 13 Dec 2016 12:00:00 +0000 The Transpose concept uses modular architecture to keep life in the sky fresh and comfortable. Full Article
ic 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
ic Out of Office with Brent Rose - Brent Rose's Ultimate Survival Bag By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 14 Dec 2016 20:00:00 +0000 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. Full Article
ic CES 2017 - One Remote to Control All Your Smart Devices By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 03 Jan 2017 19:04:03 +0000 The Smart Remote is an intuitive and simple solution to controlling all the smart devices in the modern home. Full Article
ic CES 2017 - Lego’s Boost Kit Turns Your Bricks Into Robots. Robots! By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 06 Jan 2017 19:20:00 +0000 At CES 2017 Lego just unveiled Boost, a clever kit that introduces programming and cool tech to the bricks you grew up with. Full Article
ic CES 2017 - The Fridges of the Future Surf the Web and Take Pictures By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 10 Jan 2017 05:00:00 +0000 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. Full Article
ic Struggling with Dry January? Here Are Awesome Non-Alcoholic Alternatives By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 11 Jan 2017 11:00:00 +0000 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. Full Article
ic 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
ic 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
ic 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
ic 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
ic 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
ic 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
ic 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
ic 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
ic How Trump's Immigration Crackdown Will Hurt Silicon Valley By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 01 Feb 2017 19:04:07 +0000 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. Full Article
ic Behold the Robotic Bat, Which We Promise Doesn't Bite By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 03 Feb 2017 11:00:00 +0000 Researchers have developed a robotic bat that promises to transform the way search and rescue operations work. Full Article
ic These Futuristic Boots Will Prevent Astronauts From Tripping on Mars By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 09 Feb 2017 11:00:00 +0000 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. Full Article
ic 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
ic The Satellite That Spies on America's Lightning By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 07 Mar 2017 00:19:44 +0000 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. Full Article
ic Neuroscientist Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 07 Mar 2017 18:00:00 +0000 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. Full Article
ic Meet the Remarkable Robot That Communicates Like No Other By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 20 Mar 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Iorek the robot not only understands your commands and gestures, but it asks for clarification if it's confused. Full Article
ic What We Know About Trump's Airplane Electronics Ban By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Mar 2017 10:00:00 +0000 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. Full Article
ic Tech Support - Ken Jeong Answers Medical Questions From Twitter By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 16:00:00 +0000 Ken Jeong uses the power of Twitter to answer some common medical questions. Full Article
ic 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
ic Silicon Valley's Favorite Shoe Company Has Some New Kicks By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 04 Apr 2017 19:03:49 +0000 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. Full Article
ic 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
ic 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
ic Robots & Us: A Brief History of Our Robotic Future By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 17 Apr 2017 10:00:00 +0000 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? Full Article
ic 5 of the Most Iconic 'Fast & Furious' Cars From the Guy Who Built Them By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 17 Apr 2017 22:14:17 +0000 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. Full Article
ic What Can Facebook Do About Live Murders and Suicides? By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 18 Apr 2017 21:42:59 +0000 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. Full Article
ic NASA Is Sending Cassini out with a Funeral Fit for Scientific Royalty By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 20 Apr 2017 10:00:00 +0000 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. Full Article
ic The Wind-Slicing GT Puts Ford Back in the Supercar Game By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 12 May 2017 04:05:00 +0000 The new Ford GT is the spiritual successor to the GT40 which dominated the 24 hours of Le Mans races in the 1960s. Full Article
ic All the Slick Stuff From Google I/O 2017 By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 18 May 2017 00:32:51 +0000 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. Full Article
ic Biologist Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty - CRISPR By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 24 May 2017 10:00:00 +0000 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. Full Article
ic Out of Office with Brent Rose - Trying Stand-Up Comedy Using Only Siri, Echo, Cortana and Google Assistant By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 25 May 2017 10:00:00 +0000 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? Full Article
ic Women Engineers On the Rampant Sexism of Silicon Valley By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 07 Jun 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Five female engineers discuss the sexism of the tech industry and why greater diversity and inclusion makes better products for everyone. Full Article
ic Why We Love the New Microsoft Laptop By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 13 Jun 2017 07:00:00 +0000 The Microsoft Surface Laptop is a great-looking, light and super usable notebook. Here's more about why we love it. Full Article