Logan Miller and Joey Morgan from "Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse" show you how to hack together an arsenal of weapons to fend off the walking dead.

Bats are awesome. They're the only mammals that truly fly, they have echolocation and, scientists have recently discovered, tiny hairs that helps them fly by feel.

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory satellite uses specialized ultraviolet cameras to capture stunning images of the sun's solar storms.

Imagine robotic fingers that can feel vibrations, textures, and temperatures. For those with prosthetic hands, it’s no longer a dream, it’s reality. Find out how one company is disrupting the prosthetic hand field by mimicking the sensation a hand feels with synthetic fingernails and fingerprints.

OpenBCI is an open-source hardware that allows a D.I.Y. community of artists, designers, and engineers to innovate, while serving as a tool for research and innovation. From using brain activity to control a toy spider to engaging a group in collective mind control, the open-source brain computer interface aims to change the way people interact with machines.

Ekso Bionics has a simple premise: create robotics that help people. And the company is doing just that with its wearable exoskeleton. Using a combination of weight-activated sensors and battery-powered motors, the bionic suit is helping wheelchair-bound users learn how to walk again.

Both Instagram and VSCO have new GIF apps out---so which one deserves your download? We tested them by recording lightsabers, drones, and cute dogs, of course!

The i-Road's a new kind of three-wheeled concept that Toyota thinks we'll one day use to zip around city centers burning nothing but rubber.

Watch all 1,329 Lego pieces of a replica Star Wars Millennium Falcon plunge into the desert planet Jakku.

It turns out emotions are complex (surprise!), and sometimes words just can’t do justice in expressing them. Cove, a new app, helps translate feelings into music.

Dan Meis explains the challenges of building an iconic building in the back yard of Rome's Colosseum, and how the enduring life of the classic arena should provide a lesson for the future of stadium design.

This is the first annual Drone World Expo, 75 exhibitors and over 2,000 drone pros in the San Jose Convention Center in the heart of Silicon Valley.

Find out how human bones inspired the Eiffel Tower through the design principle of structural hierarchy.

From the Samsung Gear S2 smartwatch to the Star Wars Sphero BB-8 toy, Youtuber MKBHD gives a few gadgets a spin to help you figure out what to put on your wish list this holiday season.

Joshua Foer can remember anything, including the first 100 digits of Pi. The former U.S.A. Memory Champion explains how he—and you—can memorize anything using the major system technique, which converts numbers into words and images.

Brett Kennedy, a roboticist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab, breaks down the plausibility (or lack thereof) of Star Wars characters like R2-D2, C-3PO and the new BB-8.

As Star Wars fans have grown up, so have their lightsabers. Forget cheap plastic toys, these sabers are bespoke laser blades that light up, buzz, and are made for Jedi dueling.

NASA’s Brian Muirhead explains how to build a Death Star and tells us what it would really be like to fly past a flurry of asteroids.

Forget going the bar for beautiful, crystal clear ice. You can now make artisanal ice cubes at home with the $80 Studio Neat Ice Kit. A perfect gift for any aspiring mixologist.

Astronauts who have flown aboard the International Space Station discuss how and why it's important for them to watch football and other sports in orbit.

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Music wars, television scandals, movie masterpieces and major disappointments, 2015 had it all. Have a look at our biggest entertainment stories from the last year.

It's been a good year for gear heads, so we've put together our top 5 gadgets of 2015.

2015 showed that the Internet is a dangerous place. Whether it’s your cellular-connected car or personal details on an adulterous dating website, no one seems safe anymore.

It was a good year for finding stuff out and our favorite science stories all revealed something about the universe.

Musician Fantastic Negrito plays his song "Lost in a Crowd" at WIRED's San Francisco office.

Getting from A to B has never been more exciting than it was in 2015. We've got the best transportation stories of the year for you.

the NFL made no secret of its desire to bring American football to a new international stage.

Andrew Wasserman from Strivr explains how virtual reality helps top athletes get better, and how the technology is getting more and more realistic.

4K is so 2015. This year LG will begin selling an 8K television. We don't know what it will cost yet or what you might be able to play on it, but it's pretty cool.

Perhaps the most audacious product on display at CES 2016 is Ehang's concept autonomous single-occupancy drone, the 184. The $200,000 to $300,000 helicopter will offer rides up to 23 minutes at the push of a smartphone app button.

Drones, throwback gadgets and the ever growing world of connected Internet of Things gear topped WIRED's CES 2016 trends.

These are some of coolest cars at the 2016 Detroit Auto Show. The affordable electric Chevy Bolt, Nissan's super-burly Titan Warrior truck, and Chrysler's actually cool hybrid minivan.

Visualization specialist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Robert Hurt, tells us how he balances scientific accuracy and creativity when creating stunning pieces of art that double as realistic depictions of space.

Winter Storm Jonas is hitting the East Coast hard. Yeah, you’ve heard this before and been burned, but too many forecasts are aligning for this one to be a fluke.

Star Wars and hip hop together as they were meant to be. WIRED's Eric Steuer demonstrates how to get original trilogy action figures doing sick headspins.

Victor Krummenacher, co-founder and bassist in legendary California rock band Camper Van Beethoven and WIRED managing art director, performs "If You Don't Break My Heart, I Don't Stand A Chance" at WIRED's San Francisco offices.

Car-free urban areas are all the rage. Now San Francisco has one, at least temporarily, thanks to the Super Bowl. WIRED transportation editor Alex Davies looks at the best way to move in a city already snarled with traffic.

Ransomware is a rising type of malware that locks your keyboard or computer until you pay a ransom, typically in Bitcoin. Find out how the sophisticated hacks happen and learn what you can do to avoid falling victim to them.

Until truly great natural-recognition gesture tech catches on and we get RFID chips embedded in our forearms, smart rings could be the closest thing to truly seamless wearable technology.

The Bay Bridge, which links San Francisco and Oakland, is being methodically dismantled, piece by incredibly heavy piece. Here's how 2,500 ton truss supports will be removed.

Whether you're celebrating Valentine's Day with a long-term partner or just trying to spare your single self a little heartache, there's an app to go along with your plans.

If you’re not crashing, you’re not flying. At least that’s the idea behind the Drone Racing League—a relatively new organization where drone pilots compete by racing high-performance aircrafts through tight and intricate courses. Find out what it’s like to fly one of the technically advanced drones from the pilots who are paving the way.

Stephan James, star of the new Jesse Owens biopic “Race,” explains how he prepared to star as the once-fastest man on the planet. Co-star Jason Sudeikis and Owens two daughters also talk about the superstar athlete who broke numerous records and won four gold medals at the controversial 1936 Berlin Olympics.

Thanks to "room-scale" VR, full-body gaming is coming. WIRED's Peter Rubin tries out "Raw Data," a first-person shooter that turns players into jumping, shooting, crouching, katana-slicing action heroes. Your living room will never be the same again.

And one was nearly 7 feet tall.

Filters are fun and yes, quick. But as an Oakland tintype portrait photographer proves filters can't come close to the original craft developed in the mid 1800's. It'll cost you around $60 to get your portrait done, that's a bit more than a filter pack, but so worth it.

One of the iPhone’s hallmark security features could leave you locked out if you forget your password too many times. Here’s how to keep your data saved, in case you can't always trust your short-term memory.

Technologically we may be close to sending astronauts to Mars, but is the human body ready for it? Dr. Camille Alleyne from the International Space Station Program describes how the six to eight month trip to Mars could cause vision impairment, muscle atrophy, and bone density loss, and she explains how scientists plan to counteract those issues.

Tired of having to talk to hotel staff? Welcome to the automated future at Japan's robot hotel.