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.

EL-P talks about his new album which features Killer Mike, Danny Brown, and Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire.  Cancer for Cure comes out on May 22nd on Fat Possom Records.

James Cameron wants everyone to adopt 5D, a term coined by the film and television industry to describe shooting 2D and 3D simultaneously.  We caught up with him at NAB recently and asked him why?

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)

In Rock Band: Blitz, Harmonix Music Systems takes away the instruments to present an all-new arcade-style addition to the Rock Band series.

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

Transformers: Fall of Cybertron offers an original story, new characters, and all new multiplayer features.

Square-Enix offers refined mechanics, accessibility, and a new points system in its latest addition to the Hitman series.

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.

Ready Player One author, Ernest Cline, discusses his book, video games, 80s pop culture and a DeLorean giveaway.

In feudal China, a blacksmith who makes weapons for a small village is put in the position where he must defend himself and his fellow villagers.

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.

Hurricane Hunters Fly into the Eye of the Storm for Science--and TV

Senior Editor Peter Rubin gets an up close look at the new gear Colin Farell and co. uses in the adapted version of "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale"

We sat down with Morgan Spurlock to talk his new documentary: Comic-Con Episode IV: A New Hope.Wired video team: Annaliza Savage, producer; John Ross and Mike Ruocco, camera; and Fernando Cardoso, editors.

We chat with Stan Lee about the characters he helped create and his latest ventures.

Wired gets an exclusive look at the Iron Man 3 costume.

Tim Burton talks about his new film Frankenweenie.

RZA talks his love for Kung Fu movies and directorial debut.

Hey Comic-Con, if you want to stay in San Diego, listen to what Adam Rogers has to say...

Check out the Solowheel Motorized Unicycle in action.

How to make a vegan egg yolk.

Musician Chris Daughtry lends his voice to 'We Can Be Heroes', a charity to help relieve famine in Africa.

Game|Life gets an up-close look at the making of Skylanders Giants during a tour of Toys For Bob, the Novato, California-based developer, and its Hawaiian-themed offices.

A score composed of "instruments" made from sounds collected on New Orleans streets is just one of the elements that distinguishes Looper from your typical sci-fi action flick.

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.

Inside the Mansion -- and Mind -- of Kim Dotcom

Check out the PET Bottle Launcher in action.

WIRED reviews the Danny Hess skateboard.

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.

Don Cheadle and Shane Black discuss Iron Man 3 which is set to be released in May of 2013.

Sam Raimi latest film Oz: The Great And Powerful is like nothing he's directed before.  He tells us why in this Wired interview.

Wired interviews Andy Serkis, the actor who plays Gollum, about reprising the role, and how far motion capture has come since 'The Fellowship of the Ring'.

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.

Better Than Human

The "S" stands, appropriately, for speed because this camera is fast. Crazy fast. And while the camera's internals got a boost, the X100S still carries the classic body of the X100.

Canon's new Powershot N is a point and shoot camera that lets you share your images with your smartphone.

An IR camera paired with an accelerometer offer pinpoint precision for selecting onscreen items on your TV set, and also lets you use gestures to swipe through menus.

i-Wei Huang hacks together bit and peices to make beautiful steam powered robots and techno bugs. You may have seen his work before, at his day job Huang develops toys and characters for Skylanders.

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.

The Loudest Soccer Fans on Earth

This spring the Bay Bridge, which connects Oakland to San Francisco, will shine, courtesy of more than 25,000 LEDs strung along the vertical wires connecting the deck of the 1.8-mile-long western span to the suspension cables hanging from its towers.

What crocs on treadmills can teach us about dinosaurs.

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.

Giant claimed its new Propel Advanced SL 0 was the most aerodynamic bike in the world, a claim repeated by the media outlets who reported on it. Big words, but I wanted to test it and see for myself.

George Rocha, an innovative SF-based skatepark builder, has a beautiful way of salvaging used and broken skateboards. He turns them into entirely new skateboards.

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

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

See how NASA tests a robotic gas station attendant for outer space.