bi Nebia - Reinventing the Shower By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 11 Sep 2015 10:15:00 +0000 Startup Nebia used aerospace technology to reinvent the shower and save water. San Francisco design firm Box Clever took Nebia's rough prototypes and developed the sleek fixture that could change the way we clean up. Full Article
bi XtraCycle EdgeRunner: The Pickup Truck of Electric Bikes By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 15 Sep 2015 10:15:00 +0000 The EdgeRunner by XtraCycle is a load hauling behemoth of a bike that makes pedaling that much easier with a robust electric motor assist. WIRED senior writer David Pierce puts the bike through its paces with various cargo loads. Full Article
bi All the Pluto Photos from New Horizons' First Big Data Dump By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 16 Sep 2015 01:20:00 +0000 It'll take a year for New Horizons to send back all the information it gathered on Pluto when it flew by in July. Full Article
bi Fly Over Charon, Pluto's Biggest Moon By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 06 Oct 2015 10:15:00 +0000 Skim the surface of Charon, Pluto's largest moon, in this stunning animation made up of images beamed back from NASA's space probe New Horizons. Full Article
bi The New iMac’s Biggest Changes? The Keyboard and Trackpad By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 13 Oct 2015 12:15:00 +0000 Apple's new iMacs looks a lot like its past iMacs but with better screens and best of all, a Force Touch trackpad and a slimmer wireless keyboard. Full Article
bi Director Danny Boyle on Why “Steve Jobs” Is Not a Biopic By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 17:44:25 +0000 “Steve Jobs” is more than just a biopic. Director Danny Boyle explains the unique approach he took by shooting the movie in three different film formats to capture the life and achievements of the Apple co-founder. Full Article
bi How to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 13:00:00 +0000 Logan Miller and Joey Morgan from "Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse" show you how to hack together an arsenal of weapons to fend off the walking dead. Full Article
bi Think Like a Tree - What Can a Humpback Whale Teach a Wind Turbine? By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 19 Nov 2015 14:00:00 +0000 One’s in the water and one’s in the air, but they share one thing in common: both are trying to reduce drag along their surfaces. Find out why scientists are studying humpback whales as they look to create more efficient wind turbines. Full Article
bi How ADHD Became a Multi-Billion Dollar Industry By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 09 Dec 2015 11:00:00 +0000 The rise of ADHD diagnoses over the years has generated $13 billion in revenue for the companies that produce ADHD medication in the United States. Find out how the increase in attention deficit hyperactivity disorders is resulting in a big payday for big pharma. Full Article
bi An AR Rock Climbing Game By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 29 Jan 2016 11:30:00 +0000 Jon Cheng and the Brooklyn Boulder Gym are working together on a real life video game for rock climbers. Full Article
bi App Pack | The Best Mobile Apps for Watching the Super Bowl By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 01 Feb 2016 12:00:00 +0000 Load up your phone with some crucial apps that'll help you better enjoy the biggest game of the year. Full Article
bi WIRED Lab - Meet the NASA Scientist Who Tracks Dangerous Asteroids in Earth’s Orbit By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 08 Feb 2016 11:00:00 +0000 As a physicist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Marina Brozovic studies and measures near-earth asteroids—you know, the ones that can potentially cause catastrophic damage. Watch as Brozovic explains how her team tracks the orbit of these large masses and how NASA would prepare if one were to come barreling towards earth. Full Article
bi App Pack | The Best Mobile Apps for Skiing and Snowboarding By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 12 Feb 2016 12:00:00 +0000 Hit the slopes with these apps that give you snow forecasts, buddy tracking, and resort maps all at your fingertips. Full Article
bi Absurd Creatures | A Bird Impaling Its Victims Is So Metal I Can't Even Stand It By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 18 Mar 2016 10:00:00 +0000 The shrike may look like a songbird but the only tunes it knows are METAL! The cute little bird kills its prey then impales them on spikes. Full Article
bi 3D-Printed Egg Could Help Save Endangered Birds By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 04 Apr 2016 11:00:00 +0000 Researchers have packed a 3D-printed egg with sensors to gather data about bird incubation so they can better raise endangered chicks. Full Article
bi An Inhabitable 'Bouncy Castle' is Headed Into Space By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 04 Apr 2016 11:00:00 +0000 On April 8, SpaceX will launch an inflatable, inhabitable bouncy castle to the International Space Station and it may be the start of the first hotel chain in Space. Full Article
bi Forget Apple vs. the FBI: WhatsApp Just Switched on Encryption for a Billion People By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 05 Apr 2016 15:00:00 +0000 WhatsApp just made the scope of the Apple-FBI encryption battle look kinda small. WIRED's senior staff writer, Cade Metz, breaks down exactly why this is a big deal. Full Article
bi Meet the Itsy-Bitsy Spider With a Bear Trap for a Mouth By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2016 16:00:00 +0000 Trap-jaw spiders may be tiny but their unusual jaws pack a serious and lightning fast punch. Researchers using high-speed cameras recently discovered how speedy and lethal the spiders' bite can be. Full Article
bi 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
bi 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
bi 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
bi Absurd Creatures | The Bizarre Sea Spider Won’t Bite. We Promise. By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 10:05:00 +0000 The sea spider isn’t actually a spider, but it’s genitals are on its legs. Which is nice. Full Article
bi Absurd Creatures | The Goofy-Looking Bird That Kicks the Bejeezus Out of Snakes By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 25 Jul 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Say hello to the secretary bird. It’s a bird of prey, but it ain’t doing no swooping. Instead, it kicks the everloving crap out of its victims. Full Article
bi The Long-Awaited DB11 Is Aston Martin's Bid for the Digital Age By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 05 Aug 2016 00:15:00 +0000 The $212,000 coupe is the first all-new model from a new regime leading the famed British automaker. Full Article
bi The DEA Chilled Out a Bit and Made It Easier to Study Weed By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 11 Aug 2016 22:52:32 +0000 The DEA just made it easier for scientists to get their hands on more of the stickiest of the icky. Full Article
bi Fitbit Jailbreak Tips and Tricks By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 18 Aug 2016 10:00:00 +0000 When you're trying to meet a Fitbit threshold, but you just can't cut the mustard, we've got several cheats that will bring your count up to 10,000 steps with minimal effort. Full Article
bi The Biggest Bro of the Insect Kingdom: The Rhino Beetle By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 02 Sep 2016 19:47:58 +0000 Rhino beetles love to fight and to hump. They use huge scoops on their heads to joust, launching each other off branches to win the right to mate. Full Article
bi The Incredible Bike That’s Rocketing a Paralympian Toward Glory By www.wired.com Published On :: Sat, 10 Sep 2016 00:11:00 +0000 Krige Schabort is gearing up for his ultimate paratriathlon at his sixth and final Paralympics in Rio. WIRED takes a look at the high tech bike that's going to get him over the finish line. Full Article
bi Climb Inside Uber's Self-Driving Car—Its Next Big Disruption By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 14 Sep 2016 10:00:00 +0000 The ride-sharing giant is in Pittsburgh for its latest big move: the country’s first autonomous taxi service. Select Uber users can now ride in self-driving cars, with humans at the wheel for an emergency. Full Article
bi Grace Helbig, Hannah Hart & Mamrie Hart Show Us The Last Thing on Their Phones By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 22 Sep 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Stars of the upcoming film "Dirty 30", Grace Helbig, Hannah Hart, and Mamrie Hart show us the last thing they did on their phones. The Holy Trinity unveils what they last googled, how many alarms they have, and their favorite emojis. Full Article
bi Nothing Is as Cool as Sequencing DNA in Space. Just Ask Kate Rubins By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 04 Nov 2016 17:24:17 +0000 Kate Rubins is a biologist-turned-astronaut who's studied infectious disease in a biosafety level 4 facility and on the ground in Congo. That wasn't enough for her, so she went to space to sequence some DNA. Full Article
bi How Billions of Dollars of Goods Get to You By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 07 Dec 2016 20:00:00 +0000 The Port of Los Angeles is one of the busiest ports in the country, and only gets busier during the holidays. With more global shipping now that ever, new technologies are emerging that can mend choke points in the process. Full Article
bi Behold the Robotic Bat, Which We Promise Doesn't Bite By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 03 Feb 2017 11:00:00 +0000 Researchers have developed a robotic bat that promises to transform the way search and rescue operations work. Full Article
bi Meet the Bird That Soars Thousands of Miles at a Time By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 13 Feb 2017 11:00:00 +0000 The albatross has an 11-foot wingspan and a serious wanderlust, flying thousands of miles nonstop. Full Article
bi These Autonomous Wheelchairs Are the Future of Mobility By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 11:00:00 +0000 At MIT, they are creating an autonomous wheelchair that can navigate streets and buildings to allow people with limited mobility to travel without having to worry about obstructions or other hazards. Full Article
bi You Can Now Talk to Barbie. Oh, and She's a Hologram By www.wired.com Published On :: Sat, 18 Feb 2017 11:00:00 +0000 Hello Barbie Hologram is a small box containing an animated projection of the doll that responds to voice commands. It combines motion-capture animation with Amazon Echo-style voice interactions. So of course we had to give it a try. Full Article
bi Microsoft's Surface Studio Is All Beauty and a Little Bit of Brains By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Feb 2017 18:49:41 +0000 David Pierce reviews the new all-in-one PC from Microsoft. It's a joy to use, especially if you like drawing with a pen on a massive touchscreen. Full Article
bi Star Wars Fans Wait for Days to See This Bonkers SXSW Poster Exhibit By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Mar 2017 11:00:00 +0000 Star Wars fans waited for days to get into the Mondo Gallery in Austin, for an exhibition of limited edition prints from a galaxy far, far away by artist Michael Mitchell. Full Article
bi Flight Lab - Climb Aboard a Boeing 747 That NASA Turned Into the World's Biggest Flying Telescope By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Mar 2017 11:00:00 +0000 To get the best space observations possible, NASA scientists fly around the world in a highly modified 747 carrying a giant telescope. Full Article
bi All of the Big News from Facebook's F8 2017 By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 18 Apr 2017 21:40:05 +0000 Everything you need to know from Facebook's F8 from augmented reality filters to messenger bots to virtual selfie sticks. Full Article
bi Tech Support - Bill Nye Answers Science Questions From Twitter By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 19 Apr 2017 16:00:00 +0000 Bill Nye uses the power of Twitter to answer some common science questions. Check out Bill's new show on Netflix "Bill Nye Saves The World" premiering April 21st! Full Article
bi Watch the Little Robot That Taught the Big Robot Something New By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 10 May 2017 14:00:00 +0000 Robots can learn to do tasks just fine. Getting different kinds of robots to share knowledge, though, is another challenge entirely. Full Article
bi This Is What $250 Billion Actually Looks Like By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 10 May 2017 22:11:17 +0000 Apple recently announced that they have a $250 billion in the bank. This is what that amount of money actually looks like. Full Article
bi Inside LAX During the Most Ambitious Airport Move, Ever By www.wired.com Published On :: Sun, 14 May 2017 23:33:40 +0000 We’re behind-the-scenes at Los Angeles’ airport, which is in the middle of five days of upheaval as 21 airlines swap terminals in the dead of night. Full Article
bi Scientists May Have Finally Figured Out Why Whales Are So Big By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 23 May 2017 23:00:00 +0000 According to a new study, whales didn't grow big just because they could. They did it because of climate change. Full Article
bi Biologist Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty - CRISPR By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 24 May 2017 10:00:00 +0000 CRISPR is a new biomedical technique that enables powerful gene editing. WIRED challenged biologist Neville Sanjana to explain CRISPR to 5 different people; a child, a teen, a college student, a grad student, and a CRISPR expert. Full Article
bi Time To Ditch Our Cars and Start Riding Cargo Bikes By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 25 May 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Utility bikes really have the potential to be the future of transport in American cities. Here's why. Full Article
bi Google's Plan to Use Ads to Sway ISIS Recruits | WIRED BizCon By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 07 Jun 2017 14:09:45 +0000 Yasmin Green leads a team at Google which has developed tools to help journalists stay secure in authoritarian regimes, to combat cyber bullying, and to help people before they become radicalized by extremist ideology. At the WIRED business conference, Green shared the company's strategies to sway ISIS recruits before it's too late. Full Article
bi The Story Behind Google's Super Chip | WIRED BizCon By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 07 Jun 2017 15:15:29 +0000 Five years ago, as its voice recognition tech took off, Google realized it would have to double its server space to handle even three minutes of speech from every Android user. Even Google couldn't afford that. So Urs Hözle and his team built a super chip to parse all that data more efficiently. Full Article
bi AI Won't Replace Doctors, It'll Help Them | WIRED BizCon By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 07 Jun 2017 16:14:58 +0000 Google is poised to begin a grand experiment in using machine learning to widen access to healthcare. If it is successful, millions of people with diabetes could avoid losing their sight. Lily Peng from Google Brain explained at the WIRED Business Conference how technology like this would help doctors, not replace them. Full Article