k Don't Throw Away That Chickpea Water! Make a Cocktail Instead By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 05 May 2016 02:02:57 +0000 You know the water in a can of chickpeas? Well, it can be used as a viable substitute for egg. That's a food hack worth noting, so yes, we made a pisco sour using 'bean juice'. Full Article
k Make A Cold Beer On a Mountain Top With This Clever Kit By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 06 May 2016 10:00:00 +0000 If you're a hiker and a beer fanatic this $50 starter kit from Pat's Backcountry Beverages could make your day. Clever engineering and technology make brews light enough for even extended backpacking trips. Cheers! TIRED Beer concentrates and the carbonator make brews that can be good, but they aren't great. Then again, you might not care after a long day of hiking. Full Article
k Take an Epic Drone Flight Through Seattle's SR-99 Tunnel By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 06 May 2016 18:01:07 +0000 Washington State's Department of Transportation flew a drone through Seattle's SR-99 tunnel created by the Big Bertha boring machine. Full Article
k This Mer-Bot Can Swim, Grab Stuff, and Looks Like the Jason of the Deep By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 06 May 2016 20:32:04 +0000 Stanford University's new Ocean One is a humanoid undersea robot designed for deep diving and extreme manipulation, thanks to its haptic feedback controls. Full Article
k Talking Pictures | Joel Strong's Satirical Stop-Motion Videos By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 10 May 2016 04:00:00 +0000 Photographer Joel Strong discusses his satirical stop-motion technique used in "Heads of State," which imagines the presidential front-runners as everyday New Yorkers. Full Article
k 3 Million LEGO Bricks in One Room By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 10 May 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Robbie McCarthy and Bill Gowdy, two of LEGO's Master Builders, show us LEGOLAND's model shop packed with more than 3 million bricks in 70 different colors. Robbie also gives us an exclusive look at LEGO's proprietary 3D modeling software. Full Article
k Absurd Creatures | The Vicious Fish With a Strike Like You Wouldn't Believe By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 16 May 2016 10:00:00 +0000 The frogfish is a vicious hunter that swallows its victims whole, but it doesn’t really bite its prey. By rapidly expanding its mouth to 10 times its normal volume, the predator creates a vacuum that sucks victims in. Full Article
k DIY: How To Burn a Silkscreen and Print at Home By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 16 May 2016 11:00:00 +0000 Screen printing is the pinnacle of DIY culture. We're going to show you how to make your own design and screen it onto whatever you'd like. You’ll need to block out a few hours, and you'll need to have a design or logo in mind to print. Full Article
k Apple Stores Are Getting a Full Makeover By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 19 May 2016 23:10:00 +0000 Apple's new flagship San Francisco store is a redesign of the brand's shopping experience. Giant glass doors bring the outdoors inside to the new tree-lined Genius Grove where Creative Pros assist with music and photography apps and accessories. Full Article
k Absurd Creatures | Three-Foot-Wide Coconut Crab Will Eat Your Soul and Maybe Kittens By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 23 May 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Our childhood hermit crab has a rather more … sizable cousin: the 3-foot-wide, 9-pound coconut crab that can rip coconuts and sometimes, well, kittens to pieces. Full Article
k Absurd Creatures | Fish Think They're Safe From Birds But the Kingfisher Is Like LOL By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 30 May 2016 11:00:00 +0000 For a bird called the kingfisher, stealth, dive-bombing and impalement is a way of life. Full Article
k Data Attack - How the 3-Pointer Is Changing The NBA By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 01 Jun 2016 10:00:00 +0000 The NBA is undergoing a radical shift based on the Moreyball approach and an obsession with Points Per Possession. We take a deeper look at the trend with actual cut-up construction paper. Full Article
k Sacramento Is About to Have the Most High-Tech Basketball Stadium By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 03 Jun 2016 10:00:00 +0000 When the new Kings basketball stadium is completed this fall, they hope it’ll be so outrageously technologically advanced that it will even wow fans from Silicon Valley. Full Article
k Absurd Creatures | This Bearcat (Yeah, It's Real) Smells Like Popcorn By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 06 Jun 2016 10:00:00 +0000 The binturong has a prehensile tail, crazy feet, and excretes a scent that smells like popcorn. Just call it Orville Smellenbacher. Full Article
k The Roots of Dirt | The Design Evolution of the Early Mountain Bike By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 07 Jun 2016 11:00:00 +0000 In the 1970's a group of California hippies built a new technology that changed the world. Computers? Nope. They were building the earliest commercial mountain bikes. Full Article
k Inside the Lair of the Custom Sneaker King By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 09 Jun 2016 10:00:00 +0000 In the DIY sneaker world, where custom can mean anything from Sharpie swooshes to complex reconstructions, Ferrato offers a unique service: He dreams up new shoe designs and stitches them together from scratch. That kind of artistry comes at a price. Ferrato's shoes start at $1000. Full Article
k Absurd Creatures | That Fish That Attaches to Sharks? It's Actually Pretty Righteous By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 13 Jun 2016 10:00:00 +0000 It’s called a remora, and you’ve probably seen it before. It attaches to fish and marine mammals all the time. But get this: It doesn’t attach with its mouth. It’s got a suction cup it wears as a hat. Full Article
k Hey Thanks Apple: Siri May Now Actually Be Useful By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 13 Jun 2016 23:28:14 +0000 Siri's been little more than a slightly sassy sidekick for iPhone users, but now Apple has made some big moves to make the voice assistant work for more people. Full Article
k Check Out Everything Apple Debuted at WWDC 2016 By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 13 Jun 2016 23:36:22 +0000 Apple kicked its developers' conference off with some big announcements. Full Article
k The Next List: The Future of Business Is Anything But Bleak By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Jun 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Tech bubble? What tech bubble. The future looks bright, especially when you sit down to talk with these four people. Full Article
k Facebook Messenger Gets an Upgrade By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Jun 2016 12:59:48 +0000 Need an Uber? Need to make a restaurant reservation? Facebook wants you to do everything in its new messaging app. Full Article
k If Robots Take Our Jobs, What Will Be Left for Humans to Do? By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Jun 2016 20:43:04 +0000 Speakers at the WIRED Business Conference grapple with how AI will transform the job market. Full Article
k NASA’s New X-Plane Looks Goofy But Packs Some Serious Tech By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Jun 2016 10:00:00 +0000 The X-57 will be essentially like flying a Tesla. It's part of NASA’s goals to reduce fuel use, emissions, and noise with innovative aircraft design. Full Article
k The Weird-Looking Drone That Inspects Boilers By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Jun 2016 12:00:00 +0000 Need to inspect a piping hot boiler? Why send a human in there, when you can send a drone instead. Full Article
k Design FX - How The Rock Face Swapped with Vine Star Sione in 'Central Intelligence' By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Jun 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Mike Seymour goes behind the visual effects in Central Intelligence used to de-age The Rock and Kevin Hart into high school, teenaged versions of themselves. Weta digital puts the The Rock’s face onto Vine star Sione’s body for an amazing locker room shower dance scene you won’t want to miss. Full Article
k How a Deaf-Run Pizzeria Takes Your Order Over the Phone By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Jun 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Mozzeria is a 100 percent deaf owned and operated pizzeria in a crowded San Francisco restaurant scene. So to stay afloat, it relies on a remarkable technology. Full Article
k NASA’s Testing Its Biggest Flame Thrower, Er, Rocket Ever By www.wired.com Published On :: Sat, 25 Jun 2016 00:33:54 +0000 If humans are going to get to Mars, they're going to need rockets with some serious liftoff power. NASA’s Space Launch System is the most powerful rocket in the world and engineers are going to blast it, for testing purposes, of course. Full Article
k Absurd Creatures | Silly Tree Kangaroo, You’re Not Supposed to Be Up There By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 27 Jun 2016 10:00:00 +0000 The tree kangaroo may have shrunken hind legs, but hey, at least it can walk backwards unlike regular roos. Oh, also: It can plummet out of trees and not suffer the consequences. Full Article
k Anna Kendrick, Aubrey Plaza & Adam DeVine Show Us the Last Thing on Their Phones By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Jun 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Aubrey Plaza, Anna Kendrick, and Adam Devine from 'Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates' show us the most recent items on their phones - from texts, to safari pages, to emojis, videos, alarm clocks and more! Full Article
k Design FX - Roland Emmerich Breaks Down the Visual Effects Used in "Independence Day: Resurgence" By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Jun 2016 20:58:00 +0000 Mike Seymour sits down with "Independence Day: Resurgence" director Roland Emmerich and discusses the astonishing visual effects used in his newest picture, as well as the revolutionary new N-Cam system. Full Article
k Absurd Creatures | The Oddly Shaped Peanut Bug Is Sick of Getting Beat Up, Guys By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 05 Jul 2016 10:00:00 +0000 In South America, the peanut bug ambles around with a goofy-ass head. And that’s not its only clever defense against the bullies of the rainforest. Full Article
k How Darpa Is Making Hacking Into a Spectator Sport By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 05 Jul 2016 10:00:00 +0000 DARPA, the Department of Defense research arm, is trying to make its biggest hacking challenge into a visually exciting competition, complete with color commentary. Full Article
k Flight Mode | The Bunker-Like Vault Where Jet Engines Prove Their Worth By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Jul 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Before takeoff, jet engines must prove they're safe, reliable, and capable. In episode two of WIRED's Flight Mode we step into the massive bunkers where engineers test and maintain these mighty beasts, all to keep you up in the air. Full Article
k Ghostbusters Director Paul Feig Plays ‘Real or Fake Ghost?’ By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Jul 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Now that he’s made a ‘Ghostbusters’ movie, director Paul Feig should be an expert in spirits. So WIRED asked him about a series of spooks, both real and fake, to see if he could tell us which were based on actual ghost stories and which we totally made up. Full Article
k You’ll Be Eating Crickets Soon. You Have No Choice By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 08 Jul 2016 10:05:00 +0000 Want to know how crickets are farmed and turned into powder? Of course you do. You'll be eating the stuff soon enough. Full Article
k WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Mr. Robot's Carly Chaikin Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Carly Chaikin, star of MR. ROBOT, answers the internet’s most searched questions about herself. Full Article
k Clever Design Takes Edibles to the Next Level By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Jul 2016 10:05:00 +0000 In a weed market flooded with so many edible options, attention to detail and clever design is paramount. Défoncé Chocolatier has created some of the most user friendly cannabis-infused chocolate bars, that look beautiful too. Full Article
k More People are Catching Pokemon than Dates on Tinder By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Jul 2016 18:19:56 +0000 In just one week Pokemon Go has almost the same number of daily active users as Twitter. So what's got millions of people running around with their phones trying to catch fantastical creatures? Well, it's pretty clever. Full Article
k GM's RoboGlove Will Turn Workers Into Tool-Slinging Cyborgs By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 10:00:00 +0000 GM's building a power-assisted glove that will make spinning a wrench a whole lot easier. Full Article
k 4 Things You Need To Know About Lab Grown Meat By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 14 Jul 2016 10:00:00 +0000 The four things you need to know about lab grown meat! Full Article
k Flight Mode | The Fancy Tech That's Making It Harder for Airlines to Lose Your Luggage By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 14 Jul 2016 10:05:00 +0000 Lost luggage is down by 65% thanks to some new tech. Follow the roller coaster ride that your bags make into the bowels of the airport. Full Article
k Here’s the Untold Backstory of the Iconic Slimer From Ghostbusters By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 15 Jul 2016 10:00:00 +0000 It never made it into the new reboot of ‘Ghostbusters,’ but writer Katie Dippold and director/co-writer Paul Feig definitely wrote a backstory for one of the franchise’s most beloved characters: Slimer. Full Article
k Live Social Media Is Going To Be Huge During The Olympics | Breaking Through By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 15 Jul 2016 14:07:41 +0000 Social Media and Live are going to be huge during the olympics this year. Watch as Sam Olstein leads a marketing team at GE pioneering new experiences at the 2016 Olympics across all forms of social media. Full Article
k Science of Food | Make Your Own Soft Serve With Dry Ice–And Sweet, Sweet Science By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 20 Jul 2016 10:00:00 +0000 You might think that you can only get soft serve at the ice cream parlor—not true! Let us and our friends at ChefSteps prove that all it takes is some dry ice and a little science to make your own ice cream at home. Full Article
k NASA Fact-Checks Star Trek's Starship Enterprise By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 20 Jul 2016 19:17:15 +0000 Warp speed, deflector shields, teletransportation-- what's real and what's not in Star Trek? No one better to tell us than NASA's engineers at the Jet Propulsion Lab. Full Article
k Flight Mode | What It’s Like to Narrowly Avert Disaster in an $18M Simulator By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 21 Jul 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Pilots spend hours in multi-million dollar simulators, preparing for the worst cast scenario. In this episode Flight Mode, WIRED's Jack Stewart gets a taste of what pilots go through. Full Article
k Facebook's Grand Plan to Connect Every Corner of the World Takes Flight By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 21 Jul 2016 15:37:41 +0000 Facebook’s huge internet-beaming drone finally takes it's first flight and it's all part of the tech giant's plans to provide internet access in remote parts of the world. Full Article
k Believe It: Segway’s New ‘Hoverboard’ Is Actually Kinda Cool By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 22 Jul 2016 10:00:00 +0000 You know those people you see on guided Segway tours? You know how you laugh at them and swear you’ll never do that? Well, Segway may have the answer to its ‘uncool’ problem with its new MiniPro. Full Article
k Catching Comic-Con 2016: Pokémon Go IRL By www.wired.com Published On :: Sat, 23 Jul 2016 10:00:00 +0000 If you think catching Pokemon from your couch is easy, try catching all the cosplayers at Comic Con. You can't catch 'em all! Full Article
k Want to Save the Whales? Start Studying Krill By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 25 Jul 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Scientists aboard the NOAA research vessel Fulmar study the marine heath of the waters off San Francisco by sampling water and krill–humpback and blue whales' favorite meal. Full Article