to The Tiger Beetle Is Here to Murder Anything It Can By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 02 Jan 2017 12:00:00 +0000 Yipes! The tiger beetle, not to be confused with teen magazine Tiger Beat!, is pretty much six-legged death incarnate for spiders, grubs, and even ladybugs. Watch out! Full Article
to 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
to 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
to 5 Standouts From This Year's Detroit Auto Show By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 11 Jan 2017 14:00:00 +0000 Motown is still the center of the American auto industry, and it's got plenty to show you. Full Article
to CES 2017 - Forget Phones, Blackberry Is Getting Into the Car Business By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 13 Jan 2017 11:00:00 +0000 The former phone maker is taking its software expertise to the world of self-driving cars. Full Article
to From Barley to Brewski: How Beer Is Made By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 16 Jan 2017 11:00:00 +0000 Brewer Liam McLachlan from Golden Road Brewing goes through the entire brewing process, from milling to packaging. Full Article
to 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
to CES 2017 - Car Designers Remake the Steering Wheel for the Age of Autonomy By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 18 Jan 2017 11:00:00 +0000 In a world where cars drive themselves, the steering wheel must go way beyond 10 and 2. Full Article
to Tour David Byrne’s Brain-Twisting New VR Experience By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 18 Jan 2017 12:00:00 +0000 David Byrne, former Talking Heads frontman, gives a tour of Neurosociety, his new experimental theater meets neuroscience experience in Silicon Valley. Full Article
to Project Fifth Mode - Episode 2: It's Going to Be Worth It By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 18 Jan 2017 23:11:23 +0000 As rLoop’s virtual and physical worlds come together, the team is met with various challenges – all while trying to build something that’s never technologically been done before. Full Article
to Women in Tech Marched on Washington for More than Just Gender Equality By www.wired.com Published On :: Sun, 22 Jan 2017 17:10:27 +0000 Women from Silicon Valley joined the thousands that marched on Washington DC to protest the Trump Administration. WIRED joins a group of women in tech on their journey to the Capitol to fight for science, climate change action, immigration rights and equality. Full Article
to This Company Is Turning Barn Finds Into Modern Supercars By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 25 Jan 2017 11:00:00 +0000 Jack Stewart visits ICON, a controversial car restoration company that gives classic, luxury cars a complete modern overhaul. Full Article
to Ever Trip Too Long on Acid? Here's What Happened in Your Brain By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 17:00:00 +0000 After decades of research, scientists have finally figured out why an LSD high lasts so damn long. That could help turn it into a therapy drug in the future. Full Article
to Watch the Difference 20 Years Has Made to Car Crash Safety By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 02 Feb 2017 11:00:00 +0000 Watching car crash tests is horrifying and mesmerizing in equal measure. These crash tests show how much safer cars are after two decades of improved design. Full Article
to If Tech Really Wants to Help the Homeless, It Should Hire Them By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 03 Feb 2017 23:58:50 +0000 To bridge the divide between San Francisco's wealthy tech workers and their impoverished neighbors, organizations like Code Tenderloin are trying to get disadvantaged people into tech companies. They teach skills like coding and help students craft resumes, but even with all these new skills the greatest challenge facing Code Tenderloin graduates is convincing a company to take a chance on them. Full Article
to The Scrappy Little Mouse That Turns Venom Into a Painkiller By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 06 Feb 2017 11:00:00 +0000 The grasshopper mouse ain't like any other mouse on Earth, in the sense that it fights scorpions and turns their venom from a toxin into a painkiller. Full Article
to Robot Queen Simone Giertz Tours Her Mad Laboratory By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 06 Feb 2017 20:00:00 +0000 Swedish robotics enthusiast Simone Giertz is known for her inventive contraptions that may or may not work as intended. Simone takes us through her workshop and gives an extended look at some of her most outlandish machines. Full Article
to To Understand How a Squid Changes Color, You Gotta Get Inside Its Head By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 07 Feb 2017 11:00:00 +0000 Squid use a remarkable array of skin patterns to communicate. How? It's all a matter of getting inside their heads. Full Article
to Making the Astral Forms of ‘Doctor Strange’ By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 09 Feb 2017 17:05:32 +0000 Here’s how the VFX team behind ‘Doctor Strange’ made the movie’s astral forms. Full Article
to Here’s How Fake News Works (and How the Internet Can Stop It) By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 11:00:00 +0000 Many fake news peddlers didn’t care if Trump won or lost the election. They only wanted to pocket money. But the consequences of what they did shook the world. This is how it happened. Full Article
to WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Tracy Morgan Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 16:09:00 +0000 "Fist Fight" star Tracy Morgan answers the Internet's most searched questions about himself. Full Article
to Inside the Fake News Factory of Macedonia By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Feb 2017 11:00:00 +0000 In the aftermath of the US elections, documentary photographer Guy Martin travelled to Veles, Macedonia to find out why this small town became the heart of the fake news scandal. These are the photos he took. Full Article
to These Autonomous Wheelchairs Are the Future of Mobility By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 11:00:00 +0000 At MIT, they are creating an autonomous wheelchair that can navigate streets and buildings to allow people with limited mobility to travel without having to worry about obstructions or other hazards. Full Article
to Step Into the VOID, Where VR Merges With the Real World By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 11:00:00 +0000 At the Utah-based "hyperreality" startup, they don't want to make the real world disappear—they want to bring it into your headset for a an all-new kind of adventure. Full Article
to You Can Now Talk to Barbie. Oh, and She's a Hologram By www.wired.com Published On :: Sat, 18 Feb 2017 11:00:00 +0000 Hello Barbie Hologram is a small box containing an animated projection of the doll that responds to voice commands. It combines motion-capture animation with Amazon Echo-style voice interactions. So of course we had to give it a try. Full Article
to Take a 360-Video Tour of a Magnus Walker's Sweet Porsches By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 20 Feb 2017 11:00:00 +0000 Magnus Walker doesn't just collect Porsches, he reinterprets them. Tuning their engines, modifying their bodies, painting them in vivid racing livery, and installing bespoke tartan seat panels. So what's stopping you? Immerse yourself into his garage. Full Article
to WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - The Cast of 'Sesame Street' Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Feb 2017 22:29:00 +0000 Elmo, Big Bird, Count von Count, Cookie Monster, Bert, Ernie, Grover, Rosita, Abby Cadabby, and Oscar the Grouch hang with WIRED to answer the Internet's most searched questions about 'Sesame Street' and themselves. New episodes of Sesame Street’s 47th season air every Saturday on HBO, and viewers can watch Sesame Street everyday on HBO Family and PBS Kids. Full Article
to This Drone is Designed to Save Lives Then Disappear By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Feb 2017 12:00:00 +0000 The Everfly APSARA drone is an origami-like disposable drone made to deliver essential supplies in a humanitarian or disaster situation. Full Article
to WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Samuel L. Jackson Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 07 Mar 2017 11:00:00 +0000 "Kong: Skull Island" star Samuel L. Jackson answers the Internet's most searched questions about himself. Full Article
to Are You Ready to Switch for Nintendo? By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 09 Mar 2017 12:00:00 +0000 Nintendo's latest game machine is half living-room, half handheld. Get you a console that can do both. Full Article
to Danny McBride and Katherine Waterston Talk 'Alien: Covenant' at SXSW By www.wired.com Published On :: Sun, 12 Mar 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Ridley Scott returns to direct the prequel to his 1979 Alien. Actors Danny McBride and Katherine Waterston joined WIRED at SXSW to talk about the film and some of the rumors that fans are sharing ahead of the Alien: Covenant premier. Full Article
to Star Wars Fans Wait for Days to See This Bonkers SXSW Poster Exhibit By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Mar 2017 11:00:00 +0000 Star Wars fans waited for days to get into the Mondo Gallery in Austin, for an exhibition of limited edition prints from a galaxy far, far away by artist Michael Mitchell. Full Article
to Flight Lab - Climb Aboard a Boeing 747 That NASA Turned Into the World's Biggest Flying Telescope By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Mar 2017 11:00:00 +0000 To get the best space observations possible, NASA scientists fly around the world in a highly modified 747 carrying a giant telescope. Full Article
to It Takes 60,000 Rivets and Two Robots to Build a Boeing 777 Fuselage By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Mar 2017 10:00:00 +0000 It’s tough work for pairs of humans who install each of the 60,000 rivets that keep Boeing's 777 from falling apart in midair, so they’re getting some help from pairs of robots on the plane production line. Full Article
to Flight Lab - Inside NASA's Prototype Lab Where Model Planes Take Flight By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Mar 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Walk into NASA Armstrong's Sub-scale Research Lab and see the future of flight in miniature. The lab's model airplanes are used to test cutting edge aeronautical ideas like crash-avoidance and more efficient rocket launches. Full Article
to WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Ryan Reynolds & Jake Gyllenhaal Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Mar 2017 10:00:00 +0000 'Life' stars Ryan Reynolds and Jake Gyllenhaal waste some time with WIRED and answer the Internet's most searched questions about themselves. Full Article
to How TV Opening Titles Got to Be So Damn Good By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 10:00:00 +0000 TV is way better than it used to be and you can say the same thing for the opening titles of your favorite series. They used to be afterthoughts, but now they’re artistic statements of their own. Full Article
to Star Wars Director Reveals the Secrets Behind Rogue One's Final Vader Scene By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 10:00:00 +0000 It could very well be the best scene in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story— Darth Vader violently pursuing rebels as they try to escape with the Death Star plans. But, as Director Gareth Edwards reveals, the scene fans saw in theaters almost didn't happen. Full Article
to The Single-Celled Stentor Could Hold the Secret to Human Regeneration By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 27 Mar 2017 13:00:00 +0000 Meet the stentor, a gigantic single-celled organism that can regenerate and ink like a squid. Full Article
to 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
to Want to Build Your Own Drone? MIT Has the Tool You Need By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 31 Mar 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Have you ever wanted to build your own drone? These MIT engineers are creating a program that lets anyone build the drone of their dreams. Full Article
to 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
to 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
to Meet Vinobot, the Rover on a Mission to Help Feed Humanity By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 07 Apr 2017 20:40:00 +0000 If a ballooning humanity wants to feed itself as global warming throws agriculture into disarray, it'll need the help of robots like Vinobot. Full Article
to 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
to The Robot That's Roaming San Francisco's Streets to Deliver Food By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 12 Apr 2017 18:34:57 +0000 Hungry? But you don't want to deal with a human? If you live in San Francisco's Mission district, you can get your food delivered by a robot named Marble. Full Article
to Inside the Plane Graveyard Training Future Air Crash Investigators By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 13 Apr 2017 10:00:00 +0000 USC houses a collection of twisted, burnt, jagged aircraft wrecks in a warehouse outside Los Angeles and it's where they train students to act as detectives in helicopter and plane crashes. Full Article
to 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
to The Team That Made the Mission to the Moon Possible By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 19 Apr 2017 11:00:00 +0000 'Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo' is a documentary film about the team that built NASA's mission control and guided astronauts to the moon. Full Article
to The Crazy Choreography of Free Fire's Massive ’70s Shootout By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 21 Apr 2017 10:00:00 +0000 From mustaches to muzzle flashes, Ben Wheatley's kinetic action-comedy is a meticulously planned affair. Full Article