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How to Make a Giant Creature - Watch the Giant Creature Marry a Couple & More Highlights from San Diego Comic-Con 2014

It's been an eight-week-long marathon to get the Bodock Giant Creature ready for #SDCC2014, and now that the convention is over, it's time to take a look back at the best moments from the event, including the marriage ceremony he officiated.




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Angry Nerd - What Makes "Doctor Who" Great Are the Sidekicks, Not the Time Lord

Scripts for upcoming episodes of Doctor Who have leaked online, but should you read them before they air? It doesn't matter! The scripts aren't the secret to the Doctor's longevity. It's the companions that make or break any given episode, arc, or season, and Angry Nerd can prove it.




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How to Make a Giant Creature - How to Grow Your Own Monster

It took nearly 4,000 hours to grow the Giant Creature pieces that were created using 3-D printing. Find out how Stratasys—the company behind the expert rapid prototypes—managed to create one of the biggest projects they've ever worked on.




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How to Make a Giant Creature - What's Under the Hood of an Otherworldly Giant Creature?

How do you make a 2,000-pound creature move with fluidity and ease? Find out, as we break down the animatronics and mechanics that control the mobility of the giant beast, including nostril flares, mouth movements, and more.




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How to Make a Giant Creature - How to Fabricate Alien Fur for a Giant Creature

Just how does a giant creature get its realistic, custom fur? Find out, as we break down the process of fur fabrication for this year's massive beast.




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How to Make a Giant Creature - It's All In the Details: Giving a 14-Foot Creature a Giant Makeover

From the final moldings to the last paint job, find out how the design team added character and life to the giant creature in under two weeks.




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Angry Nerd - Jason Momoa, aka Khal Drogo, Will Make Aquaman Cool

Aquaman gets a bad rep as one of more lame superheroes in the DC family, but if there's anyone who can elevate the superhero's cool factor it's Jason Momoa. The Game of Thrones star is reportedly starring as Aquaman in the upcoming Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice flick, and although he doesn't fit the blonde bill, his tough-guy demeanor and hyper-masculine aura will add a new level of cool to the water-dwelling crime-fighter.




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WIRED Live - ABC's Dan Harris on How Meditation Can Make You Happier

ABC News correspondent and Nightline co-anchor Dan Harris explains how meditation helped him feel better—and how corporations are using it for their workforce, too.​




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WIRED by Design - Bjarke Ingels Will Make You Believe in the Power of Architecture

Architect Bjarke Ingels at WIRED by Design, 2014. In partnership with Skywalker Sound, Marin County, CA. To learn more visit: live.wired.com




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WIRED by Design - How Metaphors Make Us Love Some Designs and Not Others

Michael Hendrix at WIRED by Design, 2014. In partnership with Skywalker Sound, Marin County, CA. To learn more visit: live.wired.com




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Meet the Mapmakers Who Are Changing the NBA

From what shots are the most efficient to how defenders alter offense in the post to placing a value on every action on the court, they’re helping bring hoops into the big data era. See here how they do it.




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Exoskeletons Will Make Work Weightless

Ekso Bionics, known for its powered therapeutic exoskeletons, is getting into the construction business with a new exoskeleton suit that makes hefting heavy tools a breeze. WIRED's Adam Rogers suits up for a test drive.




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WIRED Business Conference - Instagram Wants to Make It Easier for You to Find What You Want

Instagram wants to make it easier for users to find what they want. Mike Krieger acknowledged that the discovery opportunities for finding new stuff on Instagram is still somewhat limited, but they're developing their search functionality (and explore tab) with Facebook to help users.




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Big Question | Can Cats Make Us Crazy?

Cats can make you go nuts and it's not just the emotional manipulation that's driving you batty...it might be a parasite.




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Simply Perfect - How to Make a Jalisco Mule | Sponsored by Patrón Tequila

Consider it a Moscow mule with a twist—mixologist David Alan shows you how to make a Jalisco mule using lime juice, ginger beer, and Patrón Reposado. Sponsored by Patrón Tequila




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Here's How iOS 9 Will Make Your Phone (and Life) Better

The new iPhone 6S, 6S plus and iPad Pro aren't out yet but you can update your devices to iOS 9. WIRED senior writer David Pierce explores some of the best new features and a couple you don't need.




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How to Make Your Facebook Profile Picture Into A Looping Video

Facebook has a new feature for some users that lets them turn their profile picture into a GIF-like video. WIRED's Dellea Chew demonstrates how she made a clip of her dog Dude into her Facebook looping video.




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Two Architects Give NYC a Makeover

From Times Square to the Empire State Building, New York City is known for its cultural landmarks and iconic institutions, but it also has its fair share of eyesores. Two NYC-based architects re-imagine their perfect version of the Big Apple.




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Cyborg Nation - This Technology Wants to Make Wheelchairs Obsolete

Ekso Bionics has a simple premise: create robotics that help people. And the company is doing just that with its wearable exoskeleton. Using a combination of weight-activated sensors and battery-powered motors, the bionic suit is helping wheelchair-bound users learn how to walk again.




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Think Like a Tree - How Sea Organisms Are Changing the Way We Make Glue

Your new kitchen cabinets might contain a glue in them that was inspired by mussels. Explore the chemistry that mussels use when attaching to boats and find out how that science is being imitated to develop strong adhesives that don’t rely on toxic formaldehyde.




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Want To Make Artisanal Ice At Home? Here's How

Forget going the bar for beautiful, crystal clear ice. You can now make artisanal ice cubes at home with the $80 Studio Neat Ice Kit. A perfect gift for any aspiring mixologist.




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Absurd Creatures | This Fish Makes Hawaii's Beaches in an ... Interesting Way

Love white sand beaches? Thank the bizarre parrotfish which eats coral and poops out sand. Oh, it also sleeps in a pile of snot.




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CES 2016 - Four Gadgets That Could Make Life More Convenient

WIRED executive editor Joe Brown checks out a temperature regulating coffee cup, a connected flowerpot, a remote pet food dispenser and a very loud speaker that doubles as a beverage cooler.




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How to Make a Stormtrooper Breakdance

Star Wars and hip hop together as they were meant to be. WIRED's Eric Steuer demonstrates how to get original trilogy action figures doing sick headspins.




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This Room-Size VR Game Makes You Into an Actual Action Hero

Thanks to "room-scale" VR, full-body gaming is coming. WIRED's Peter Rubin tries out "Raw Data," a first-person shooter that turns players into jumping, shooting, crouching, katana-slicing action heroes. Your living room will never be the same again.




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NASA Wants to Make a Supersonic Jet With No Boom

The Concorde jet could go Mach 2 but it was so loud that it was banned from flying over land. Now NASA engineers think they have a design that could muffle the boom and might usher in the two-and-half hour New York to LA flight.




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App Pack | These Apps Will Make You a Better Human (Environmentally Speaking)

You’re worried about your impact on the environment. Maybe you just want to recycle more, or eat greener. Well, good on you. These handy apps can help.




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Out of Office with Brent Rose - How to Make VR Porn | OOO with Brent Rose

It’s been reported that porn will be one of the biggest content offerings driving demand for VR. But what actually goes into making the porn experience full dimensional and real for the viewer? Brent Rose goes on set of a VR porn production shoot to find out how porn is evolving with new technology. Special thanks to KinkVR.com




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App Pack - All the Apps You Need to Make This 420 the Best 420 EVAR

It's 420, a day of unabashed weed revelry. But it's also 2016, and your regular pot smoking routine just won't cut it. Watch above to get all the apps you'll need to make this 420 the best 420 ever (that is, given it's legal where you are).




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Insane 'Swooping' Skydiving Makes Your Tandem Jump Look Lame

These skydivers are no ordinary adrenalin junkies. In the National Championships of Canopy Piloting competitors fly swoop in inches above the ground at close to 100 miles per hour. It’s an extremely technical sport that punishes any tiny mistakes.




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Don't Throw Away That Chickpea Water! Make a Cocktail Instead

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'.




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Make A Cold Beer On a Mountain Top With This Clever Kit

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.




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Apple Stores Are Getting a Full Makeover

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.




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Science of Food | Make Your Own Soft Serve With Dry Ice–And Sweet, Sweet Science

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.




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Science of Food | How to Make a Latte Without Milk or a Fancy Espresso Machine

Lactose intolerant folks rejoice! You can make a latte without milk. All you need is a bit of science and some xanthan gum.




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Science of Food | How to Make Super-Classy Culinary Foam, Even if You Aren’t Classy

Nothing says fancy dining quite like a blob of foam. So soothing, such a great mouth feel. And get this: you can easily make it at home, expensive restaurants be damned!




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Food Myths: Do Oysters Make You Horny?

Rumor has it that oysters were the fuel behind Casanova’s fire, but are these slimy mollusks actually aphrodisiacs? WIRED cracks into the science behind the old wives’ tale.




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Why Massaging Your Kale Makes It Taste Better

It sounds weird and a little creepy but science proves that massaging your kale removes the bitter taste the leaf can have. Makes sense, because who isn't a little less bitter after a good massage?




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Food Myths: Does Turkey Make You Sleepy?

You finish that thanksgiving feast and immediately all you want to do is sleep. Many people blame the turkey for their sudden comatose state, but that may not be 100% true.




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Why Banning Kratom May Make the Opioid Epidemic Even Worse

In August the DEA announced plans to ban Kratom, a herbal substance used to treat pain, anxiety and in some cases opioid addiction. A group of tenacious users got the agency to back down and extend public comment until December 1st. Now a tough decision lies before the DEA.




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How to Make Deliciously Safe Eggnog With Raw Eggs and Booze

You wish you liked eggnog more than you do, right? Well, with this recipe and a few science tricks, you'll make eggnog that is not only delicious but brilliantly boozy too.




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Hyundai's Exo-Skeleton Makes Everyone an Iron Man

Hyundai, the car manufacturer, is getting into other forms of mobility and work with its two new exo-skeletons.




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CES 2017 - Car Designers Remake the Steering Wheel for the Age of Autonomy

In a world where cars drive themselves, the steering wheel must go way beyond 10 and 2.




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This Robot Barista Makes a Dang Good Latte

Cafe X’s robotic baristas could be the future of java jolts. The company’s robot-staffed kiosks sling precision-made espresso drinks starting at $2.25 a cup, just don’t expect fancy latte art.




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The Shoe That Could Make a Sub-Two-Hour Marathon Possible

Meet the Nike Zoom Vaporfly 4%. It's the shoe Nike claims can make any runner 4% more efficient. The company is trying to prove this by attempting to break the last barrier in running: a sub-two-hour marathon.




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How Hip-Hop Producer Steve Lacy Makes Hits With ... His Phone

Steve Lacy is a pretty big deal. He's part of the band The Internet, he's a producer for J. Cole and Kendrick Lamar, and he just put out his first solo album which he made on his iPhone.




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Lilium’s Funky ‘Jet’ Could Make Flying Car Dreams a Reality

The Lilium personal jet is the latest entry in a growing field of what are essentially flying cars. The electric vehicle could soon be ferrying passengers using distributed propulsion.




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Inside the Absurd Distillery Where They Make '20-Year' Rum in Six Days

Obsessive distiller Bryan Davis invented a contraption for aging booze fast. His goal: to create highly engineered, rapidly prototyped sprits that are unlike any you've tasted before.




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How to Make Your Browsing Data More Private than a Thousand Incognito Windows

Thanks to an assist from Congress, your cable company has the legal right to sell your web-browsing data without your consent. This is how to protect your data from preying eyes.




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Watch the F-35 Fighter Jet Make Its First Public Flight

The F-35 is the most expensive weapons system, ever. After years of delays, the fighter jet just made its first public flight at the Paris Air Show.