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Snowboarding Go-Bag

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.




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Nokia True Car

Cliff Fox, VP of Nokia Location and Commerce, talks about the cameras and lasers of the mapping vehicle.




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Staff Picks: Danny Hess Skateboard

WIRED reviews the Danny Hess skateboard.




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Staff Picks: Numark iDJ Pro for iPad

WIRED reviews the Numark iDJ Pro for ipad.




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Star Wars: Rancho Obi-Wan Tour

Take a tour of the largest private collection of Star Wars memorabilia in the known universe. Rancho Obi-Wan has about 300,000 peices in its collection.




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Tesla Model S: Software Update 4.0

Tesla is pushing out one of its most feature-packed updates to Model S owners, with new functions, energy saving settings and --finally -- voice controls.




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Star Wars:  Behind the scenes of the WIRED cover shoot

Star Wars:  Behind the scenes of the WIRED cover shoot




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What Is Your Favorite Star Wars Memory?

With a brand new era of Star Wars content on the way, the Wired staff has been reminiscing about their favorite memories of the saga.




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Guitars Made From Carbon Fiber

Wired checks out Tech Shop to see how carbon fiber guitars are made and meet the people making them.




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Watch a Robot Interview Portlandia's Fred Armisen

Fred Armisen stopped by the Wired office after the SF Sketchfest tribute to his Peabody Award-winning show Portlandia, and we decided to let our robot Rob-EE do the talking.




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The Loudest Soccer Fans on Earth

The Loudest Soccer Fans on Earth




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Maria Del Camino: The Flying Car

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




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The Power of Swarms Can Help Us Predict the Future

Swarms of bats, birds and locusts may strike fear in the heart of humans, but as scientists are discovering, we all might be following the same patterns of behavior.




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George R. R. Martin "Game of Thrones Cameo Would Be in Season 4, Not 3"

On the red carpet , Martin told Wired that his potential cameo would occur not in Season 3, but rather in Season 4 - though he acknowledged that HBO had not yet officially announced the next season of the hugely popular fantasy epic.




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Aaron Swartz Wired Exclusive

Aaron Swartz Wired Exclusive




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How Paul Larsen Reinvented the SailBoat

Excitement on open waters.




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150 Boomboxes and the Best Dance Party You've Never Been To

Find out how Tom and Gary throw a decentralized dance party.




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Inside Larry Ellison's Insane Plan to Turn America's Cup Into a TV Spectacle

Inside Larry Ellison's Insane Plan to Turn America's Cup Into a TV Spectacle




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Kiddie Car Racing for Adults

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




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Holy Sardines! Its Batman

Adam West sat down with WIRED at Comic-Con International in 2011 to discuss his life as Batman.




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Counterfeit Car Maker

Pieced together from scavenged and scratch-built parts in Thailand, these sports car knockoffs look like the real deal, even if they don't run quite the same.




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Welcome to Armageddon, USA

In Picher, Oklahoma, the mines closed and the people moved away. Then came the sinkholes, looters, and governmental collapse. To survive, you need optimism -- and a gun.




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The Window - NYC Eastside Access Part 1: Most Expensive Transportation Project in US History

Deep under New York City, the Metropolitan Transit Authority is working on the country’s largest and most expensive transportation project. Over 50 years in the making, this $8.24 billion railway will connect the Long Island Rail Road to Grand Central Terminal. Follow Engineer Bill Ury, on an inspection of this massive subterranean project from beneath 38th Street in Manhattan to Sunnyside Yards in Queens.




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Angry Nerd - Can Star Trek Into Darkness Be Any Good?

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




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Angry Nerd - What Roland Emmerich Can Learn From Superman II

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




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Game|Life - Giant Lego X-Wing Fighter Lands in Times Square

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.




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The Window - NYC Eastside Access Part 2: Most Expensive Transportation Project in US History

Stirring images of an underground city set the stage for this subterranean journey through East Side Access, the country's largest transportation project. Get a detailed look at the bold vision for this massive railway expansion and learn why it could only happen in New York.




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The Window - Barclays Center Part 1: From Concert Venue to Basketball Arena in 8 Hours

Go behind the scenes at one of America's most technologically advanced arenas, as an overnight conversion crew transforms Barclays Center from a sold-out concert venue to a basketball stadium for the Brooklyn Nets in only eight hours.




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The Window - Barclays Center Part 2: Inside on The Catwalk

In this episode of The Window, we take you high above the arena floor into the rafters of Barclays Center for a rare view of what it all looks like from the lights.




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July 2013 Issue: NSA Cyberwar Sneak Peek

The first shots of the Cyberwars have been fired. Now, NSA Chief General Keith Alexander has built a secret army to take down America's enemies.




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Angry Nerd - Marvel's Interpretation of Wolverine's Origin Story

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.




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The Window - Barclays Center Part 3: The Conversion Crew That Transforms the Venue for Events

Get up close and personal with the folks behind Barclays Center's spectacular overnight conversions. Learn what it takes for their 40-person crew to radically transform this hi-tech arena from a sold-out concert venue into the Brooklyn Nets' basketball stadium overnight.




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The Window - High-Speed Robots Part 1: Meet BettyBot in "Human Exclusion Zone" Warehouses

Get a bots'-eye view of the "human exclusion zone" in a massive warehouse where an army of high-tech robots finds and fulfills up to 30,000 orders a day.




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Design FX - World War Z: Building a Better Zombie Effects Exclusive

WIRED's exclusive behind the scenes look at the making of "World War Z" reveals how the visual effects artists at MPC used massive crowd simulations and hand animation to create the devastating swarming of Jerusalem by a zombie horde.




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Game|Life - Gameboy Rarities Appraised

Chris Kohler digs into his collection to show off his a couple rarities, and gives some tips on building your own cache of hard-to-find games.




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Angry Nerd - Zynga's Shameful Digital to Board Game Switch

Like we weren’t going to notice, Zynga? Turning Words With Friends into a board game does not make it not-Scrabble. Same goes for Hungry Hungry Herd. Angry Nerd takes a stand against the shameless genre crossing of digital games back to board games.




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The Window - High-Speed Robots Part 2: Kiva Robots in the Workplace & in our E-commerce Economy

Follow a robot as it works its day job—transforming the world of e-commerce by hustling packages around the giant warehouses that propel the modern economy. New robot minions: Welcome to the team.




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The Window - Tesla Motors Part 1: Behind the Scenes of How the Tesla Model S is Made

If founder Elon Musk is right, Tesla Motors just might reinvent the American auto industry—with specialized robots building slick electric cars in a factory straight from the future. That's where the battery-powered Model S is born.




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San Diego Comic Con 2013: Bizarre Books

Special Correspondent Cara Santa Maria scours the Comic Con floor in search of the most bizarre comic books.




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Angry Nerd - Chris Baker Defends His Disapproval of Zynga Board Games

Chris Baker got Angry and Nerdy about Zynga making board games out of online games out of board games. Commenters commented. Baker defends his purchase of said games. And gets Angry.




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The Window - Tesla Motors Part 2: How Tesla Motors Builds Electric Cars

Tesla Motors is challenging the giants of the global auto industry with all-electric cars—and a new approach to building them. Take a look at their assembly lines, and the philosophy behind them.




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Angry Nerd - Pixar Sells Out With Crappy Sequels

Angry Nerd used to love Pixar. Then they got lazy, churning out one tired sequel after another. Has this once shining beacon of creativity totally sold out?




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Lockpicking: Kwikset SmartKey

Lockpicking: Kwikset SmartKey




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How to Make a Giant Creature - How to Build Parts for a Giant Robot Mech (4/7)

It's time to build the armor and weapons for WIRED's giant robot mech and give it a paint job with realistic battle scarring. Watch as Stan Winston School and the artists from Legacy Effects turn our hulking friend into an incredible work of art ... a work of art that you wouldn't want to meet in a dark alley.




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The Window - Tesla Motors Part 3: Electric Car Quality Tests

Preorder a Tesla today—but don’t expect to get behind the wheel for another 2-3 months. We go inside Tesla’s rigorous quality testing that each of its vehicles must undergo before hitting the road. From water and drive tests to a 101-point checklist, see the exhaustive inspection these electric beauties go through.




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Mr. Know-It-All - Automated Parallel Parking

Is it OK to embrace automated parallel parking? Or does it make you look like a helpless schmuck? Mr. Know-It-All helps you take control back from your Lexus.




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Station to Station - New York - Nomadic Happenings: Artist Trio and Jonah Bokaer

Yoshimio, Hisham Akira Bharoocha, and Ryan Saywer join forces for a music mashup; later, we get a sneak peek of the dance medley from Jonah Boakaer and AIRLOCKS for the New York stop of Station to Station.




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The Garment District - Sound Patterns of Pittsburgh - Station to Station

Multi-instrumentalist Jennifer Baron talks about her new project, The Garment District (http://thegarmentdistrictmusic.com/), while in Pittsburgh with Station to Station. She discusses creating at the intersection between pop and experimental music, and how she uses the patterns in nature and urban landscapes to influence the patterns in her songs.




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Minneapolis - Perceived Boundaries with Kate Casanova - Station to Station

Kate Casanova discusses what drives the concept of her art, and how it blurs the lines of humans and nature.




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Pittsburgh - Artist Trio and The Kansas City Marching Cobras - Station to Station

YOSHIMIO, Sawyer, and Bharoocha gathered in the lobby of Pittsburgh's Union Station for a gorgeous impromptu drum show, which then segued into an energetic outdoor turn by the Kansas City Marching Cobras. Dancers flipped, shook, and pulled onlookers from the crowd along with them — drums rocketing into the night sky.