Wired.com senior writer Spencer Ackerman volunteered to step in front of the military's microwave pain ray. The unconventional weapon, known as the Active Denial System, fried Ackerman from 750 meters away without so much as a flash or bang.

The Making of the Wired Design Logo at TechShop, SF

20.06 Most Dangerous Object in the Office: Wicked Lasers Torch. Let's Burn Ants! (No animals were harmed in the making of this video; humans however, were)

Ceo of 3DSystems Abe Reichental and a couple of aspiring 3D engineers discuss the future place and capabilities of 3D Printing.

Play as your favorite DC superheroes in Netherream Studios' Mortal Kombat style fighting game.

Swing through Manhattan as Spider-Man with refined controls and new camera angles in The Amazing Spider-Man.

Square Enix presents Sleeping Dogs, an open world crime drama set in the city of Hong Kong.

We look at a few new pairs of noise-blocking cans -- AKG's K495 NC, the MM 550-X from Sennheiser, and the budget-minded Atmos headphones from Rocketfish.

The Ara Safety Pro is like the do-gooder offspring of a fire extinguisher and a smoke grenade. Just pull the pin and toss the 9-pound projectile directly into the blaze.

The creators and actors of the Avenger Short: Item 47, talk about the concept of being outside the avenger universe, yet still being apart of it.

Check out the Solowheel Motorized Unicycle in action.

The judges from the special-effect make-up reality show Face Off discuss with Wired what's in store in season 3, including a their new judge.

Blockbuster film designer and creature creator Neville Page talks about the unlikely influences he used to create the engineer in Prometheus.  Page is currently designing elements of Ridley Scott's new Blade Runner.

Filming the 'Hunger Games' wasn't as depressing as you might think. The cast tell us what it was like to be on set and a few embarrsing moments between takes.

How to make a vegan egg yolk.

Dax Shepard acts, writes and directs 'Hit and Run'.  It's a comedy about witness protection gone wrong.

"We were trying to create a really grounded near-future dystopia," Looper director Rian Johnson tells Wired in our video. Joseph Gordon-Levitt explains how to be Bruce Willis.

Roger Corman is a Hollywood legend.  He's made over 350 movies in his lifetime, and he's showing no signs of stopping.  We asked him about his latest film, and the art of making movies.

Anthony Bourdain's comic book 'Get Jiro' is every chef's fantasy.  If a customer puts ketchup on their eggs, and ruins the chef's creation, they lose their head - literally.

Ben Cohen wanted to take on the man. He enlisted the San Francisco maker community, and built a noisy, carnivalesque, vaudeville-style device, full of bright-colored wood and plastic and metal, to drive around the country and stamp slogans on money.

Wired goes cruising in The Bentley.

A compilation of Joshua Davis' recent conversations with John McAfee. For the past six months Davis has been interviewing McAfee and now Wired is publishing his exclusive thirteen chapter ebook on McAfee.

Avid snowboarder and Gadget Lab writer Roberto Baldwin takes us through his go bag to help you stay prepared for a quick getaway on the slopes.

Check out the PET Bottle Launcher in action.

Take a look inside of a Candy cane factory.

See how Marc Asperas builds an enormous snowman.

The needle drops and a series of high, repetitive whines come from the album. Then a crackling sound, and a muffled guitar riff. Finally, Kurt Cobain's voice - audible, but distant and hollow, like he is singing in a tunnel with a scarf over his mouth.

Finally, skiing minus all that cold wet snow. With inflatable tires, elaborately adjustable bindings that allow your heels to lift, and optional ski-style poles, Skikes let you replicate cross-country skiing without going outside.

The Gadget Lab staff scoured each jam-packed aisle to discover some of the best gems of 2013, including a gigantic Huawei phone, new LEGO Mindstorms, and a music-controlled back massager. Watch the video above to check it out!

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.

When Bruce Tomb realized that flying cars weren’t on the imminent horizon, he decided to make his own.

Jeff Bezos Recovers Apollo Engines

Spring Reveals Saturn's Hexagon Jet Stream

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

Tristan Shone designed, prototyped, and machined his "dub machines" and uses them to rage on songs like "Terrorbird."

Speed, glory, electrical fires: The new Power Racing Series pits overclocked minimobiles in tiny but heated competitions.

The Coker V2 Unicycle in action.

A lot of nerds work at Wired, but one of them is very, very angry. Passionate nerd Chris Baker rages from behind his desk against the things in geek culture that just plain don’t make sense.

Star Trek films: they don't make ‘em like they used to. With the imminent release of Star Trek: Into Darkness, WIRED’s arbiter of geek culture, Angry Nerd, fumes over Captain Kirk and the Starfleet becoming "typical, blockbuster action heroes" and pines for the franchise’s Golden Age of DIY stunts and primitive charm. Where have you gone, William Shatner?

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

Want to know how a real pro steals our nation's seat of power? Roland Emmerich, allow us to introduce you to General Zod.

Lego unveils a massive full-scale replica of Star Wars X-Wing Fighter in Times Square. This 5.3 million brick behemoth weighs in at over 23 tons and is the largest Lego construction ever built in the world. Before the curtain was opened to the public, Game|Life got a behind-the-scenes first hand look at the mother of all Lego projects.

In the upcoming film, Man of Steel, General Zod will be played by Michael Shannon. Can Shannon trump Terrence Stamp's portrayal of Zod in the 1981 film, Superman II? Angry Nerd is skeptical, obviously. Photo Credit: General Zod artwork courtesy of Steve Oatney

Angry Nerd says what's on everyone's mind. The problem with Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is its length. That's right. It's far, far too short.

Video game royalty, Veronica Belmont, joins hosts Chris Kohler and Peter Rubin in the Game|Life studio. Hear this internet star of Tekzilla, The Sync Up, and Sword & Laser share her views on ColecoVision, BioShock Infinite, and the future of always-online gaming.

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.

The world is ending (on TV) and Chris Baker is not a fan of pop culture’s interpretation of it. Why does the cast of NBC's Revolution act like they're stuck in the 18th century instead of a world more closely resembling the industrial revolution 2.0? How does an interspecies alien war in Syfy's Defiance result in cowboys riding motorcycles?

Hosts Chris Kohler and Peter Rubin welcome internet star Veronica Belmont and indie game designer Jonathan Blow to discuss the future of game consoles, indie game distribution, and what an Apple TV would mean for gamers and developers alike.

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.

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.