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CES 2013: The Fuji X100S Is Faster Than Your Toddler

The "S" stands, appropriately, for speed because this camera is fast. Crazy fast. And while the camera's internals got a boost, the X100S still carries the classic body of the X100.




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CES 2013: Tactus Technology Tactile Touchscreen

Tactus Technology has created a haptic touchscreen panel that "rises" to create a three-dimensional keyboard. Writing an e-mail on your tablet? Individual letter keys form small bumps for easier typing.




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CES 2013: Samsung T9000 Four-Door Refrigerator

The built-in 10-inch tablet, the brain of the appliance, is fun to play with and comes packed with apps. If you're a neat freak, the on-board software can definitely help you keep your fridge organized.




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Wired On Tour With Laura Stevenson Pt. 1

For this indie-folk band reality is less fart jokes and drug-addled misadventure and more baked goods and early mornings.




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Wired On Tour With Laura Stevenson Pt. 2

The Brooklyn indie-folk singer and her band build in a little time for rest and recreation during their second time at the hectic music festival.




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Fight Flu With Tobacco

How to turn genetically modified plants into a vaccine factory.




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Hot Trend: Tapping the Power of Cold to Lose Weight

It's a hot trend. Tapping the power of cold to shed pounds. But will science ever catch up with the hype?




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150 Boomboxes and the Best Dance Party You've Never Been To

Find out how Tom and Gary throw a decentralized dance party.




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Inside Larry Ellison's Insane Plan to Turn America's Cup Into a TV Spectacle

Inside Larry Ellison's Insane Plan to Turn America's Cup Into a TV Spectacle




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Process: How Tubes of Tofu Become Tofurky

Wired gets a private tour of Turtle Island's wind-powered factory, where it cranks out a hero of the vegetarian holiday meal;Tofurky Roast.




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How to Hatch a Dinosaur

Scientists know how to turn a chicken into a dinosaur. What could possibly go wrong?




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Insectophiliac Builds 12-Foot-High Spider-Bot

In the rugged backwoods of Vermont, inventor Jaimie Mantzel is constructing a monstrous spiderlike walking bot and shaping every piece by hand.




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Wake Up, Geek Culture. Time to Die

The Angry Nerd bemoans the mainstreaming of Nerd-dom. Everything is ruined.




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Welcome to Armageddon, USA

In Picher, Oklahoma, the mines closed and the people moved away. Then came the sinkholes, looters, and governmental collapse. To survive, you need optimism -- and a gun.




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Game|Life - Top Five Video Game Storylines

Inspired by the release of Bioshock Infinite, Game|Life hosts Chris Kohler and Peter Rubin share their five favorite video game story lines, from Final Fantasy to The Walking Dead.




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The Window - NYC Eastside Access Part 1: Most Expensive Transportation Project in US History

Deep under New York City, the Metropolitan Transit Authority is working on the country’s largest and most expensive transportation project. Over 50 years in the making, this $8.24 billion railway will connect the Long Island Rail Road to Grand Central Terminal. Follow Engineer Bill Ury, on an inspection of this massive subterranean project from beneath 38th Street in Manhattan to Sunnyside Yards in Queens.




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Angry Nerd - Can Star Trek Into Darkness Be Any Good?

Angry Nerd explains the “Star Trek Curse,” where every other film is either great or terrible. Can Star Trek: Into Darkness break the curse?




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The Window - NYC Eastside Access Part 2: Most Expensive Transportation Project in US History

Stirring images of an underground city set the stage for this subterranean journey through East Side Access, the country's largest transportation project. Get a detailed look at the bold vision for this massive railway expansion and learn why it could only happen in New York.




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The Window - Barclays Center Part 1: From Concert Venue to Basketball Arena in 8 Hours

Go behind the scenes at one of America's most technologically advanced arenas, as an overnight conversion crew transforms Barclays Center from a sold-out concert venue to a basketball stadium for the Brooklyn Nets in only eight hours.




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Angry Nerd - Doctor Who's Regeneration

Angry Nerd has a bone to pick with the latest incarnation of Doctor Who. Since when did the Doctor care more about emotional truths than interstellar engineering feats? Angry Nerd thinks this 900-year-old Gallifreyan could use a little more galaxy-saving know-how and a little less bow tie.




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Game|Life - Jonathan Blow on What to Expect from His New Game The Witness

Jonathan Blow, creator of Braid, tells Chris Kohler and Peter Rubin what to expect from his new 3D exploration/puzzle game The Witness. SPACE INVADERS FOOTAGE (C) TAITO CORPORATION 1978 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED




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Mr. Know-It-All - Classical Toddler Music

You've heard music is good for your kid’s brain, but does it matter what tunes you spin? Mr. Know-It-All weighs in on the age-old debate: Led Zeppelin or The Wiggles?




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Angry Nerd - Chris Baker Responds To YouTubers And Defends His View on Doctor Who

Chris Baker responds to a few comments from viewers on his opinion of the latest incarnation of Doctor Who. The Angry Nerd respects people with the temerity to disagree with his opinions. But he respects them angrily.




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Angry Nerd - Marvel's Interpretation of Wolverine's Origin Story

Angry Nerd loves superheroes, but hates RETCONs. He's especially miffed at what Marvel has done to Wolverine's origin story. Find out why Angry Nerd thinks those metallic, foot-long bone claws are not only implausible, but unforgivable.




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Codefellas - When Topple met Winters

WIRED's new animated series takes you inside the secretive world of a slightly askew NSA, with the eccentric Agent Topple, played by John Hodgman, and his young hacker protégé, Nicole Winters.




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Angry Nerd - Chris Baker Responds To YouTubers About Wolverine's Origin Story

Chris Baker responds to YouTube comments on his impatience with Wolverine's claws. Here's a hint, folks: Don't tell an Angry Nerd that "it's just a comic book."




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Design FX - Man of Steel: Designing Krypton's Tech Effects Exclusive

WIRED and fxguide.com traveled to Wellington, New Zealand for an exclusive look at the work of acclaimed visual effects studio WETA Digital on Man of Steel. In this exclusive video, find out how Krypton's "Liquid Geo" display tech was designed and brought to life.




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Codefellas - How To Hack a Website

Nicole finally gets a chance to hack into a personal email, only to find herself in the bowels of Agent Topple's locked messages from the 90s. As imagined, this is unfortunate.




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Angry Nerd - Zynga's Shameful Digital to Board Game Switch

Like we weren’t going to notice, Zynga? Turning Words With Friends into a board game does not make it not-Scrabble. Same goes for Hungry Hungry Herd. Angry Nerd takes a stand against the shameless genre crossing of digital games back to board games.




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The Window - Tesla Motors Part 1: Behind the Scenes of How the Tesla Model S is Made

If founder Elon Musk is right, Tesla Motors just might reinvent the American auto industry—with specialized robots building slick electric cars in a factory straight from the future. That's where the battery-powered Model S is born.




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Giant Robot Storms San Diego Comic Con 2013

It took the mighty minds and resources of WIRED, YouTube, Stan Winston School, Legacy Effects, and Conde Nast Entertainment to create an insanely detailed, one-of-a-kind, 9 foot 9 inch Mech with four arms to usher in the 2013 San Diego Comic Con. And who better to announce it than Adam Savage, of Tested and Mythbusters. It is ready to blow your mind. And coming soon to YouTube's Geek Week ... a huge mini-series showing how this colossus was built.




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Angry Nerd - Chris Baker Responds To YouTubers About Despicable Me Super Villain Conspiracy Theory

Chris Baker is convinced that Hollywood has gone soft on super villains and responds to comments that either agree with him, or think he looks like one of them.




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The Window - Tesla Motors Part 2: How Tesla Motors Builds Electric Cars

Tesla Motors is challenging the giants of the global auto industry with all-electric cars—and a new approach to building them. Take a look at their assembly lines, and the philosophy behind them.




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How to Make a Giant Creature - How to Make a Giant Robot Mech (1/7)

WIRED built a giant robot mech in partnership with YouTube, Stan Winston School and Legacy Effects. And now you get to see how we did it. From design to tech, prototype to insanely detailed finished product, you'll find out how to build your very own. Just bring a lot of friends and a ton of parts.




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How to Make a Giant Creature - How to Design a Giant Robot Mech (2/7)

Check out how the experts at Stan Winston School and Legacy Effects came up with the mind blowing design for WIRED's 9 foot 9 inch giant robot mech that stormed this year's San Diego Comic Con. It's a rare chance to see how the biggest practical effects for Hollywood's blockbusters are built.




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How to Make a Giant Creature - How to Prototype a Giant Robot Mech (3/7)

If you thought our finished 9' 9" Giant Robot Mech that stormed Comic Con was impressive, wait until you see the engineering that was required to make it come "alive." In this amazingly detailed part 2 of our "making-of the giant robot mech" series, Stan Winston School and Legacy Effects research and construct a working prototype exoskeleton.




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How to Make a Giant Creature - How to Build Parts for a Giant Robot Mech (4/7)

It's time to build the armor and weapons for WIRED's giant robot mech and give it a paint job with realistic battle scarring. Watch as Stan Winston School and the artists from Legacy Effects turn our hulking friend into an incredible work of art ... a work of art that you wouldn't want to meet in a dark alley.




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How to Make a Giant Creature - How to Make Tech for a Giant Robot Mech (5/7)

The WIRED giant robot mech is STANDING TALL and looking good after it's assembly and paint job ... now it's time to BRING IT TO LIFE with Arduinos, radio controls, servos, lighting effects, voice modulators, and hidden surprises. Watch as Stan Winston School and Legacy Effects put the finishing touches on the mother of all mechs just days before it's big unveiling ...




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How to Make a Giant Creature - How to Test And Launch your Giant Robot Mech (6/7)

All systems are online and it's time to test WIRED'S Giant Robot Mech ... just days before its big unveiling at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con by Adam Savage from MythBusters and Tested. Watch as Stan Winston School and Legacy Effects put the finishing touches on the Big Guy in this penultimate episode of our Geek Week exclusive series.




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How to Make a Giant Creature - How to Build a Giant Robot Mech: Think Big (7/7)

In the CONCLUSION to WIRED's guide to building a 9 foot 9 inch tall walking, talking, mini-cannon totting GIANT ROBOT MECH, the crew from Stan Winston School and Legacy Effects reflect on a job well done. From concept to unveiling at Comic-Con, this was a labor of love, representing 2000+ man hours of work. Rest up guys, because next year ... we are bringing the Mech's BIGGER BROTHER to the show.




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The Window - Tesla Motors Part 3: Electric Car Quality Tests

Preorder a Tesla today—but don’t expect to get behind the wheel for another 2-3 months. We go inside Tesla’s rigorous quality testing that each of its vehicles must undergo before hitting the road. From water and drive tests to a 101-point checklist, see the exhaustive inspection these electric beauties go through.




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Keep on dancing to Spoon's "Don't You Evah"

The robot Keepon (developed by Hideki Kozima and programmed by Marek Michalowski) dancing to the Spoon song, "Don't You Evah."




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Codefellas - How to Kill Your Boss

Topple settles into his new role as a cyber-spy, but hold on to your tequila sunrise: a hangover from his swinging '70s past leaves him odd-man-out at the counter-intelligence key party ... until his target conveniently "disappears."




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Game|Life - Greg Kasavin Talks on Supergiant's New Game, Transistor

Supergiant Games creative director Greg Kasavin talks about his company's upcoming game Transistor, and how he went from writing about games to making them.




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Codefellas - How to Hack a Telegram

Hot on the trail of a devastating computer virus, Topple and Winters burn the midnight oil. Are the North Koreans sending encrypted telegrams or has Kim Jong-un taken up beat poetry?




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Codefellas - How to Cheat to Win

Nicole accuses Topple of treason and Topple plays the class card. But do average Americans really want to live in world where elites are held to the same standards? We think not.




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It Begins in New York - Station to Station

Station to Station launches in New York, arguably the best place to start a 3-week-long tour of the United States. One of the most heavily populated urban cities in the world, it's a hotbed for arts, culture, creativity, and technology. Featuring performers like Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti and Suicide, and artists like Olaf Breuning and Liz Glynn.




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Mr. Know-It-All - Automated Parallel Parking

Is it OK to embrace automated parallel parking? Or does it make you look like a helpless schmuck? Mr. Know-It-All helps you take control back from your Lexus.




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The Lure of the Journey - Station to Station

As Station to Station makes its way across 3000 miles of the United States, we're reminded of the joy and adventure of the classic road trip - truck stops, strange foods, unexpected discoveries just around the bend. It's a forward drive into the unknown; it's an event that makes us aware of our surroundings in a way that can't be achieved from the office. And a part of it is, as explained in the video above, fueled by "this notion we we're always gonna move West."




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The Noble Writer - Station to Station

In this artist profile from Station to Station, Gary Indiana, an American contemporary writer, artist, and filmmaker, discusses the state of writing in a modern, visual culture, and how modern technology influences the creative process.