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Living in a Shoebox Apartment? This Hi-Tech Furniture Could Help

Apartments are getting smaller and smaller. To combat this ever shrinking urban dilemma, a company called ORI is building modular, movable and totally automatic furniture for people who live in cramped quarters.




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Shaping Smarter Cities - Global Challenges

Mouser Electronics Brand Ambassador, Grant Imahara, sat down with our WIRED Brand Lab Editor to identify the global challenges that our major cities are facing. It’s these key challenges that will help dictate where Grant travels to and why. Produced for Mouser Electronics by the WIRED Brand Lab




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Shaping Smarter Cities - Porto's Roving Hotspots

The city of the future calls for more connectivity. Porto company Veniam is leading that charge by incorporating a wifi mesh network to this old-world city. Produced for Mouser Electronics by the WIRED Brand Lab




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Shaping Smarter Cities - Urban Farming in Tokyo

How do we feed a growing population in areas where land is scarce? Produced for Mouser Electronics by the WIRED Brand Lab




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Hexa: the Fascinating Yet Unsettling Six-Legged Robot

Hexa isn’t just an extremely entertaining robot. Its maker hopes to turn it into a full-fledged robotics platform.




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Instagram's Bold Plan to Block Hateful Comments Using AI

WIRED Editor-in-chief Nick Thompson sits down with Instagram CEO, Kevin Systrom, to talk about the platform's bold plan to use AI to block hateful comments posted by trolls.




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Whistling to Direct a Border Collie

Lo: move a little clockwise Lo-High: move further clockwise High-Lo-High (fast): move a little counter-clockwise High-Lo-High (slow): move further counter-clockwise High: hold that line, slow down Two mid notes: walk on to the sheep High falling: lie down




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Technique Critique - Movie Accent Expert Breaks Down Actors Playing Real People

Dialect coach Erik Singer takes a look at idiolects, better known as the specific way one individual speaks. To best break down this concept, Erik analyzes some actors playing real people. Just how close was Jamie Foxx's Ray Charles? What about Cate Blanchett's portrayal of Bob Dylan? Is Daniel Day-Lewis' Lincoln accurate? Check out more from Erik here: http://www.eriksinger.com/




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Out of Office with Brent Rose - What High-Tech Gear is Best for the Ultimate Camping Trip

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.




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Shaping Smarter Cities - The Future of LA

Hunting plumbing, not cartoons with augmented reality.




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Tech Support - Bungie's Luke Smith Answers Destiny Questions From Twitter

Bungie's Luke Smith, design director of Destiny 2, answers Twitter's burning questions about the Destiny franchise. What if the loot cave still existed? How will characters transfer to Destiny 2? Did the wizard really come from the moon?




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Google Maps Is Upgrading Street View and You Can Help

Expect to see a new fleet of Google Street View cameras on the road. Their new images, and possibly yours, are helping the company's artificial intelligence index the world's places.




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Everything From the Apple Event: iPhone X and 8, Watch, and Apple TV

All of the big announcements from the 2017 Apple event including the iPhone X, the iPhone 8, the series 3 cellular Watch and 4K Apple TV.




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Man Dresses as a Car Seat in the Name of Self-Driving Science

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.




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Blade Runner 2049 Director Denis Villeneuve on Seeing the Original for the First Time

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.




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Blade Runner 2049: Harrison Ford and Ryan Gosling Talk Acting, Blade Running, and Their Pecs

Blade Runner 2049 stars Harrison Ford and Ryan Gosling on their roles as Blade Runners, physically demanding parts, and the first time they met on set.




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The Strange Science of the Veggie Burger That Bleeds

It's called the Impossible Burger and it looks, feels, tastes and smells like ground beef, even though it's made entirely of plants. It's all thanks to science and genetically engineered yeast. WIRED explores how close it comes so to the real thing and if it's 100% safe.




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How Brett the Robot is Learning by Failing

Brett, a robot at UC Berkeley, is learning to put a square peg in a square hole the same way that a child does. Slowly and with trial and error.




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First Look at the 2018 Ford Mustang GT's Futuristic Dashboard

Rev it up with a choice of gauge styles. The 2018 Ford Mustang GT has an innovative digital display that could be the future of dashboards.




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Everything From the 2017 Google Pixel Event

WIRED looks at the latest and greatest gadgets unveiled at Google's Pixel 2 event.




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Go Inside the Lab That’s Giving Robots a Sense of Touch

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.




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Inside the Studio Where Paint and Water Create Mesmerizing Photos | My Space

Kim Keever squeezes paint into a 200 gallon fish tank to make his art. The resulting photographs are vibrant odes to physics.




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The Unrelenting Weirdness of Interacting With Robots

Welcome to the world of human-robot interaction, in which people have to adapt to the machines as much as the machines have to adapt to us.




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The First Supersonic Flight Is Still Astounding 70 Years Later

In the not so distant future we might all take supersonic flights from New York to Los Angeles. It all started seventy years ago high above the Mojave desert.




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Driving Design - The Technology Shaping Tomorrow's Innovation

Explore the tech moments that redefine what's possible with Designer Thomas Meyerhoffer, from the birth of the Internet to tomorrow's cutting-edge innovations.




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Shaping Smarter Cities - Global Solutions

We traveled around the world with Grant Imahara to discover global solutions to the challenges that most of our major cities are facing. Now it's time to discuss what we uncovered.




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Stranger Things Cast Show Us the Last Thing on Their Phones

'Stranger Things' stars Finn Wolfhard and Caleb McLaughlin show us the last things they did with their phones. What was the last emoji they used? The last text message sent? What was the last thing they searched?




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Watch Neon Artist Shawna Peterson Make Bright, Buzzing Art

Inside Shawna Peterson's neon tube bending studio where puffs of air, charred wood and glass tubes meet to make brilliant signs and art.




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Hacking the Trezor Bitcoin Vault

Mark Frauenfelder saved 7.4 bitcoins on a Trezor electronic vault then he lost the passcode. Here he hacks the device to unlocks his funds.




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The Strange Science of Screams

Few sounds grab attention like a scream, but why is that? Scientists have studied the nature of screams and their effects on the brain to better understand the human howl.




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iPhone X Review: We Test the Phone While Bouncing On a Trampoline

The iPhone X is packed with some of the most cutting edge smartphone tech, including its camera. Naturally, we tested Face ID, its selfie mode and full HD slo-mo while bouncing around at a trampoline park.




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These Doctors Are Giving Real Pain The Virtual Treatment

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.




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The iOS 11 Privacy and Security Settings You Should Set Up Right Now

Heads up, iPhone owners. iOS 11 comes with a batch of security features that merit your attention.




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How a Bunch of Geeks and Dreamers Jump-Started the Self-Driving Car

A decade ago, the idea of self-driving cars on American city streets was almost unthinkable. But a series of contests spurred the development of software and hardware that have brought us to dawn of the next automotive revolution.




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Meet the Clever Hospital Robot That’s Helping Save Lives

Think of Tug as a self-driving car, only for the indoors. Oh, and it delivers drugs.




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How to Lock Down Your Facebook Security and Privacy Settings

The only way to be truly secure on Facebook is to delete your account. But that's crazy talk! Here's how to lock down your privacy and security and bonus, keep targeted ads at bay.




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Tech Support - Tony Hawk Answers Skateboarding Questions From Twitter

Tony Hawk uses the power of Twitter to answer some common questions about skateboarding. Will there ever be another Tony Hawk's Pro Skater? What skateboarding trick was the hardest to learn? Are you ever too old to start skating? Tony also demonstrates how to set up a new skateboard, how to apply griptape, how to do an ollie, how to boardslide, how to do a 540° McTwist and more.




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Can These Soccer-Playing Robots Kick It? Yes They Can!

The only thing more impressive than these robots’ soccer skills is how they band together as a team.




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The Adorable Robot That’s Helping Deaf Children Communicate

A new robot-avatar combo is helping deaf children learn to communicate during a crucial time in their development.




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Crispr Gene Editing Explained

Maybe you've heard of Crispr, the gene editing tool that could forever change life. So what is it and how does it work? Let us explain.




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How Robots Are Fueling the Ascendance of the Electric Motor

Hey robot futurist! We've got one word for you: Actuators. They're the motorized joints that make robots strong, agile, and precise and they're getting better all the time.




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How Ford Built a New Kind of Supercar Engine

When Ford decided to resurrect its famed GT supercar, it needed more than a new design. It needed a new source of power, which it found in the most unlikely place, the F-150 pickup truck.




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Inside the Room Housing 46 Million Museum Specimen

Only 2 percent of the California Academy of Sciences’ specimen are on display. The other 98 percent are in environmentally controlled storage. This is how they go from salvage to research specimen.




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Meet the Crime-Fighting Robot That's Stirring Up Controversy

Five-foot-tall, 400-pound robots are on a mission to take a bite out of crime. The path there, though, is fraught with ethical pitfalls.




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What Uber Learned from a Year of Self Driving

Ride hailing company Uber took to the streets of Pittsburgh in late 2016 with self-driving cars. Here's what riders and the company learned from letting robots take the wheel.




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VFX Expert Breaks Down The History of Shrinking People in Movies

Downsizing VFX Supervisor Jamie Price breaks down the history of people miniaturization in movies.




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Fear Not the Robot Singularity

The robot revolution we’re in the midst of is way more interesting and way less murder-y than science fiction. Call it the multiplicity.




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How NASA Tests Shapeshifting Plane Wings

Shape memory alloys could make plane wings that flap, to reduce drag, or increase stability in supersonic flight.




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Inside the Lab That’s Making Sure Your Weed Is Safe

As cannabis use goes recreational in California, producers are facing a reckoning: They’ll either have to clean up their act, or get out of the legal market.




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All About Lidar, The Laser-Shooting Wonder Box That Could Make Self-Driving Cars Real

Also known as the spinning thing atop self-driving cars, lidar is the technology that could unlock autonomy for everybody.