ar Snowboarding Go-Bag By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000 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. Full Article
ar Nokia True Car By www.wired.com Published On :: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000 Cliff Fox, VP of Nokia Location and Commerce, talks about the cameras and lasers of the mapping vehicle. Full Article
ar Staff Picks: Danny Hess Skateboard By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000 WIRED reviews the Danny Hess skateboard. Full Article
ar Staff Picks: Numark iDJ Pro for iPad By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000 WIRED reviews the Numark iDJ Pro for ipad. Full Article
ar Star Wars: Rancho Obi-Wan Tour By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000 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. Full Article
ar Tesla Model S: Software Update 4.0 By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000 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. Full Article
ar Star Wars: Behind the scenes of the WIRED cover shoot By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Star Wars: Behind the scenes of the WIRED cover shoot Full Article
ar What Is Your Favorite Star Wars Memory? By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000 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. Full Article
ar Guitars Made From Carbon Fiber By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Wired checks out Tech Shop to see how carbon fiber guitars are made and meet the people making them. Full Article
ar Watch a Robot Interview Portlandia's Fred Armisen By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000 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. Full Article
ar The Loudest Soccer Fans on Earth By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 05:00:00 +0000 The Loudest Soccer Fans on Earth Full Article
ar Maria Del Camino: The Flying Car By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000 When Bruce Tomb realized that flying cars weren’t on the imminent horizon, he decided to make his own. Full Article
ar The Power of Swarms Can Help Us Predict the Future By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000 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. Full Article
ar George R. R. Martin "Game of Thrones Cameo Would Be in Season 4, Not 3" By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000 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. Full Article
ar Aaron Swartz Wired Exclusive By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 01 Apr 2013 04:00:00 +0000 Aaron Swartz Wired Exclusive Full Article
ar How Paul Larsen Reinvented the SailBoat By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 21:12:52 +0000 Excitement on open waters. Full Article
ar 150 Boomboxes and the Best Dance Party You've Never Been To By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 21:12:52 +0000 Find out how Tom and Gary throw a decentralized dance party. Full Article
ar Inside Larry Ellison's Insane Plan to Turn America's Cup Into a TV Spectacle By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 21:13:46 +0000 Inside Larry Ellison's Insane Plan to Turn America's Cup Into a TV Spectacle Full Article
ar Kiddie Car Racing for Adults By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 21:15:12 +0000 Speed, glory, electrical fires: The new Power Racing Series pits overclocked minimobiles in tiny but heated competitions. Full Article
ar Holy Sardines! Its Batman By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 21:15:20 +0000 Adam West sat down with WIRED at Comic-Con International in 2011 to discuss his life as Batman. Full Article
ar Counterfeit Car Maker By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 21:15:51 +0000 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. Full Article
ar Welcome to Armageddon, USA By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 21:16:10 +0000 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. Full Article
ar The Window - NYC Eastside Access Part 1: Most Expensive Transportation Project in US History By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 08 May 2013 19:01:48 +0000 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. Full Article
ar Angry Nerd - Can Star Trek Into Darkness Be Any Good? By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 17 May 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Angry Nerd explains the “Star Trek Curse,” where every other film is either great or terrible. Can Star Trek: Into Darkness break the curse? Full Article
ar Angry Nerd - What Roland Emmerich Can Learn From Superman II By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 22 May 2013 14:00:00 +0000 Want to know how a real pro steals our nation's seat of power? Roland Emmerich, allow us to introduce you to General Zod. Full Article
ar Game|Life - Giant Lego X-Wing Fighter Lands in Times Square By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 24 May 2013 19:47:24 +0000 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. Full Article
ar The Window - NYC Eastside Access Part 2: Most Expensive Transportation Project in US History By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 28 May 2013 14:00:00 +0000 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. Full Article
ar The Window - Barclays Center Part 1: From Concert Venue to Basketball Arena in 8 Hours By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 04 Jun 2013 14:00:00 +0000 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. Full Article
ar The Window - Barclays Center Part 2: Inside on The Catwalk By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:00:00 +0000 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. Full Article
ar July 2013 Issue: NSA Cyberwar Sneak Peek By www.wired.com Published On :: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 15:26:45 +0000 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. Full Article
ar Angry Nerd - Marvel's Interpretation of Wolverine's Origin Story By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:30:00 +0000 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. Full Article
ar The Window - Barclays Center Part 3: The Conversion Crew That Transforms the Venue for Events By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 10:30:00 +0000 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. Full Article
ar The Window - High-Speed Robots Part 1: Meet BettyBot in "Human Exclusion Zone" Warehouses By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 01 Jul 2013 15:46:49 +0000 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. Full Article
ar Design FX - World War Z: Building a Better Zombie Effects Exclusive By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 05 Jul 2013 05:34:30 +0000 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. Full Article
ar Game|Life - Gameboy Rarities Appraised By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 08 Jul 2013 10:30:00 +0000 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. Full Article
ar Angry Nerd - Zynga's Shameful Digital to Board Game Switch By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 10:30:00 +0000 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. Full Article
ar The Window - High-Speed Robots Part 2: Kiva Robots in the Workplace & in our E-commerce Economy By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 10:30:00 +0000 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. Full Article
ar The Window - Tesla Motors Part 1: Behind the Scenes of How the Tesla Model S is Made By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 10:30:00 +0000 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. Full Article
ar San Diego Comic Con 2013: Bizarre Books By www.wired.com Published On :: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 06:04:33 +0000 Special Correspondent Cara Santa Maria scours the Comic Con floor in search of the most bizarre comic books. Full Article
ar Angry Nerd - Chris Baker Defends His Disapproval of Zynga Board Games By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 10:30:00 +0000 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. Full Article
ar The Window - Tesla Motors Part 2: How Tesla Motors Builds Electric Cars By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 10:30:00 +0000 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. Full Article
ar Angry Nerd - Pixar Sells Out With Crappy Sequels By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 01 Aug 2013 10:30:00 +0000 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? Full Article
ar Lockpicking: Kwikset SmartKey By www.wired.com Published On :: Sat, 03 Aug 2013 04:00:00 +0000 Lockpicking: Kwikset SmartKey Full Article
ar How to Make a Giant Creature - How to Build Parts for a Giant Robot Mech (4/7) By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 06 Aug 2013 22:46:31 +0000 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. Full Article
ar The Window - Tesla Motors Part 3: Electric Car Quality Tests By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 10:30:00 +0000 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. Full Article
ar Mr. Know-It-All - Automated Parallel Parking By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 06 Sep 2013 18:50:00 +0000 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. Full Article
ar Station to Station - New York - Nomadic Happenings: Artist Trio and Jonah Bokaer By www.wired.com Published On :: Sun, 08 Sep 2013 22:30:00 +0000 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. Full Article
ar The Garment District - Sound Patterns of Pittsburgh - Station to Station By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 19:00:00 +0000 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. Full Article
ar Minneapolis - Perceived Boundaries with Kate Casanova - Station to Station By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 22:45:00 +0000 Kate Casanova discusses what drives the concept of her art, and how it blurs the lines of humans and nature. Full Article
ar Pittsburgh - Artist Trio and The Kansas City Marching Cobras - Station to Station By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 14:00:00 +0000 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. Full Article