se 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
se 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
se 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
se 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
se 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
se 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
se 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
se 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
se How NASA Visualizes Stunning Worlds Without Ever Seeing Them By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 13:00:00 +0000 Every time a new exoplanet is discovered, the announcement is accompanied by an artist’s rendering of that world. So when scientists recently discovered the seven exoplanets of Trappist-1, NASA's visual artists had their work cut out for them. Full Article
se The Unsettling Performance That Showed the World Through AI’s Eyes By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Artist Trevor Paglen is best known for images of the security state – drones, spy satellites and rendition planes – For a new work commissioned by the Cantor Arts Center he's collaborated with Kronos Quartet and Obscura Digital to look under the hood of artificial intelligence and machine vision. Full Article
se WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Amy Schumer & Goldie Hawn Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 09 May 2017 19:00:00 +0000 'Snatched' stars Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn answer the Internet's most searched questions about themselves. Full Article
se Robots & Us: The Augmented Self By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 15 May 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Technology – from steel to server farm – has always changed what it means to be human. But what happens as we meld with ever more capable machines? Full Article
se How a Bunch of Students Set a New Rocket Record By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 19 May 2017 11:00:00 +0000 A group of students from USC have set a new rocket record and they aren't stopping there. Full Article
se 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
se 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
se Google's Plan to Use Ads to Sway ISIS Recruits | WIRED BizCon By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 07 Jun 2017 14:09:45 +0000 Yasmin Green leads a team at Google which has developed tools to help journalists stay secure in authoritarian regimes, to combat cyber bullying, and to help people before they become radicalized by extremist ideology. At the WIRED business conference, Green shared the company's strategies to sway ISIS recruits before it's too late. Full Article
se Amazon Now Considers Itself an AI Company | WIRED BizCon By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 07 Jun 2017 17:14:05 +0000 Speaking at the WIRED Business Conference, Amazon SVP of Devices, David Limp confessed that if Amazon is to continue to thrive in the future, it has to consider itself an AI company. Full Article
se Lamborghini Toasted the World's Toughest Track with Air Instead of Horsepower By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 08 Jun 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Supercars are usually super thanks to monstrous power. The engineers at Lamborghini turned to some smart air scooping tricks to send the production Huracan around the Nurburgring track in record time. Full Article
se Obsessed - Meet the 89-Year Old Who Built a Train in His Backyard By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 14 Jun 2017 10:00:00 +0000 The future of train transportation might be pneumatic tubes and magnets. Meet the 89-year old entrepreneur who wants to disrupt the railroad with a modern twist on a very old train idea. Full Article
se The Fascinating Robot That Teaches Itself How to Grab New Objects By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 19 Jun 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Researchers have loaded a robot with AI that lets it scan an object and determine how best to grab it. Full Article
se WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Steve Carell & Kristen Wiig Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 19:00:00 +0000 'Despicable Me 3' stars Steve Carell and Kristen Wiig answer the Internet's most searched questions about themselves. Full Article
se Cadillac Challenges Tesla with a Super Smart Self-Driving Sedan By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 29 Jun 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Cadillac's new self-driving car isn't just watching the road, it's watching the driver. The system it calls "super cruise" is designed to crack the so-called "hand-off" problem. Full Article
se WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Will Ferrell & Amy Poehler Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 29 Jun 2017 14:40:00 +0000 'The House' stars Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler answer the Internet's most searched questions about themselves. Full Article
se How to Stop the New York City Subway Apocalypse By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 05 Jul 2017 10:00:00 +0000 New York City's subway is overcrowded and late. And that's just the beginning. Here's how the Metropolitan Transportation Authority could get the system back on track. Full Article
se WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Al Gore Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions on Climate Change By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 25 Jul 2017 19:00:00 +0000 Politician and activist Al Gore answers the Internet's most searched questions about climate change. Full Article
se Pod Meets Tube, and Hyperloop Whooshes Closer Than Ever By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 02 Aug 2017 12:00:00 +0000 Ride a pod down the Tron-like pipes of Hyperloop One, which just took a big stride toward the day it flings you between cities in near-vacuum tubes. Full Article
se WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Matthew McConaughey & Idris Elba Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 02 Aug 2017 16:00:00 +0000 "The Dark Tower" stars Matthew McConaughey and Idris Elba take the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answer the Internet's most searched questions about themselves. Full Article
se Wanna See the Solar Eclipse? Here's What You Have to Know By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 09 Aug 2017 10:00:00 +0000 On August 21, darkness will wash over America. But in a good way, we promise. Here's everything you need to know if you want to catch a glimpse of the solar eclipse. Full Article
se Out of Office with Brent Rose - The Best Ways to Watch an Eclipse By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 15 Aug 2017 13:42:00 +0000 WIRED's Brent Rose goes over some of the best ways to watch a total eclipse. Full Article
se Hexa: the Fascinating Yet Unsettling Six-Legged Robot By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 15 Aug 2017 16:00:00 +0000 Hexa isn’t just an extremely entertaining robot. Its maker hopes to turn it into a full-fledged robotics platform. Full Article
se Plankton 'Mucus Houses' Could Pull Microplastics From the Sea By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 19:24:26 +0000 Watch the jellyfish-like larvacean capture tiny floating bits of plastic, enabling the pinkie-sized critter to eliminate the plastic as waste that falls to the seafloor. Full Article
se Watch London Workers Build 54 Escalators in a 2-Minute Timelapse By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 10:00:00 +0000 The latest stage in London's Crossrail project: getting it ready for the people. Full Article
se Here's What Humanity Will Learn from the Solar Eclipse By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 21 Aug 2017 19:33:46 +0000 America just witnessed the most fantastic celestial phenomenon human eyes can witness: a total solar eclipse. It was a national spectacle, but also a huge opportunity for science. Full Article
se Out of Office with Brent Rose - What High-Tech Gear is Best for the Ultimate Camping Trip By www.wired.com Published On :: Sat, 26 Aug 2017 12:00:00 +0000 Want to take your upcoming camping trip to the next level? Brent Rose packs a car full of high-tech gear and attempts to pull off the ultimate camping trip. Correction: The jacket is actually called Eddie Bauer EverTherm Down Jacket. We regret the error. Full Article
se Up Close and Personal With the New iPhone X By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Sep 2017 21:44:13 +0000 The New iPhone X packs more new stuff into any device since the original iPhone. It's the most complete redesign of the product ever, and even offers a glimpse at what the iPhone might become when the world no longer wants smartphones. Full Article
se Man Dresses as a Car Seat in the Name of Self-Driving Science By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Sep 2017 17:17:00 +0000 A man dressed as a car seat to fool pedestrians and drivers into believing his van was driving itself. It's hilarious, but it's all in the name of autonomous vehicle research. Full Article
se Blade Runner 2049 Director Denis Villeneuve on Seeing the Original for the First Time By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 19 Sep 2017 09:55:00 +0000 Blade Runner 2049 director Denis Villeneuve reflects on seeing the original Blade Runner on the big screen and why he still loves the voice over version. Full Article
se Blade Runner 2049: Ridley Scott Dissects His Favorite Scene from the 1982 Classic By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 19 Sep 2017 09:55:00 +0000 Blade Runner director Ridley Scott dissects the scene when replicant Rachel meets Blade Runner Deckard. The original Blade Runner is now available in 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray. Full Article
se WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Dave Franco, Kumail Nanjiani and Fred Armisen Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 19:00:00 +0000 The LEGO Ninjago Movie stars Dave Franco, Fred Armisen, and Kumail Nanjiani take the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answer the Internet's most searched questions about themselves. Full Article
se WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Tom Cruise & Doug Liman Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 26 Sep 2017 16:00:00 +0000 'American Made' star Tom Cruise and director Doug Liman take the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answer the Internet's most searched questions about themselves. Full Article
se Is It Art? The Rise of Made-for-Instagram Exhibits By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 27 Sep 2017 10:00:00 +0000 New pop-up exhibits like the Museum of Ice Cream and Color Factory are ditching the traditional gallery barriers and "no photography" rules for interactive, picture perfect installations. Full Article
se Tech Support - Neil deGrasse Tyson Answers Science Questions From Twitter By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 03 Oct 2017 16:00:00 +0000 Astrophysicist and 'StarTalk' host Neil deGrasse Tyson uses the power of Twitter to answer some common questions about our universe. What is a quark? Is there a limit to the expansion of the universe? Tune into 'StarTalk' airing Sundays at 11pm/10c on National Geographic. Full Article
se Go Inside the Lab That’s Giving Robots a Sense of Touch By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 05 Oct 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Go inside Syntouch, the laboratory developing a robotic finger that senses pressure, heat, and texture. This handy robot has huge implications for the world of prosthetics and product descriptions, and it may one day change the way we think about and describe our sense of touch. Full Article
se WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Josh Brolin & Taylor Kitsch Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 16:00:00 +0000 'Only the Brave' stars Josh Brolin and Taylor Kitsch take the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answer the Internet's most searched questions about themselves. 'Only the Brave' premieres in theaters October 20th. Full Article
se This Construction Digger Drives Itself By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 19 Oct 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Built Robotics, a San Francisco startup, is developing an autonomous skid-steer loader that can be set loose to dig a trench, no operator needed. Full Article
se Zoom Through Seattle's Nearly Completed SR-99 Tunnel By www.wired.com Published On :: Sat, 21 Oct 2017 00:47:14 +0000 Now that Bertha's done digging, the new underground highway is nearly ready for human travelers. Fly through the project from a drone's perspective. Full Article
se Andy Serkis Breaks Down His Motion Capture Performances By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 24 Oct 2017 21:18:00 +0000 ‘War for the Planet of the Apes’ star Andy Serkis is the world’s greatest motion capture performer. His abilities are so in-demand that much of the technology behind motion capture has evolved along with his performances. Andy breaks down some of the major moments of his career along with how the filmmaking tools have changed alongside it. 'War for the Planet of the Apes' is now available on Digital, Blu-ray and DVD #WarForthePlanet Full Article
se WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Matt Damon & Julianne Moore Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 19:00:00 +0000 'Suburbicon' stars Matt Damon and Julianne Moore take the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answer the Internet's most searched questions about themselves. Full Article
se These Doctors Are Giving Real Pain The Virtual Treatment By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 02 Nov 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Doctors are searching for non-addictive solutions to treat chronic pain. Virtual reality might soon be one of them, if the science can show it really works. Full Article
se The iOS 11 Privacy and Security Settings You Should Set Up Right Now By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 07 Nov 2017 11:00:00 +0000 Heads up, iPhone owners. iOS 11 comes with a batch of security features that merit your attention. Full Article