el The Single-Celled Stentor Could Hold the Secret to Human Regeneration By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 27 Mar 2017 13:00:00 +0000 Meet the stentor, a gigantic single-celled organism that can regenerate and ink like a squid. Full Article
el Boeing's New 787-10 Takes Off, Bound for Testing Hell By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 03 Apr 2017 10:00:00 +0000 The latest, longest variant of the tech-stuffed, efficiency-focused Dreamliner took off from Boeing’s new factory in Charleston, South Carolina and this is just the beginning of testing hell for the new 787-10. Full Article
el After 4 Years, Seattle's Giant Tunneling Machine Finally Breaks Through By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 05 Apr 2017 23:57:46 +0000 Bertha, the largest boring machine in North America, has reached the light at the end of the tunnel, after getting stuck, and sitting motionless underneath the city for two years. Full Article
el WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, and Alan Arkin Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 06 Apr 2017 10:00:00 +0000 'Going in Style' stars Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, and Alan Arkin take the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answer the Internet's most searched questions about themselves. Full Article
el Meet Vinobot, the Rover on a Mission to Help Feed Humanity By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 07 Apr 2017 20:40:00 +0000 If a ballooning humanity wants to feed itself as global warming throws agriculture into disarray, it'll need the help of robots like Vinobot. Full Article
el The Robot That's Roaming San Francisco's Streets to Deliver Food By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 12 Apr 2017 18:34:57 +0000 Hungry? But you don't want to deal with a human? If you live in San Francisco's Mission district, you can get your food delivered by a robot named Marble. Full Article
el Robots & Us: When Machines Take the Wheel By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 01 May 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Autonomous driving technology could make getting around safer, more efficient, and less expensive. What will it mean for the millions of people who drive for a living and is it really ready for the road? Full Article
el Eliud Kipchoge Almost Breaks the Two-Hour Marathon By www.wired.com Published On :: Sat, 06 May 2017 00:03:13 +0000 Eliud Kipchoge fell short of running a marathon in under two hours. In a special Nike event, the long distance runner beat the current marathon world record coming in at 2 hours and 25 seconds, but because the event wasn't sanctioned it won't count. Here's how Nike controlled every variable in an attempt to break two. Full Article
el Robots & Us: The Augmented Self By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 15 May 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Technology – from steel to server farm – has always changed what it means to be human. But what happens as we meld with ever more capable machines? Full Article
el 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
el Welcome to Salinas! The Farming Town Where Robots Reign By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 31 May 2017 10:00:00 +0000 In Salinas Valley, about an hour and a half south of San Francisco, farmers and tech types are joining forces to turn this place into a kind of Silicon Valley for agriculture. Full Article
el 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
el Amazon Now Considers Itself an AI Company | WIRED BizCon By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 07 Jun 2017 17:14:05 +0000 Speaking at the WIRED Business Conference, Amazon SVP of Devices, David Limp confessed that if Amazon is to continue to thrive in the future, it has to consider itself an AI company. Full Article
el The Fascinating Robot That Teaches Itself How to Grab New Objects By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 19 Jun 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Researchers have loaded a robot with AI that lets it scan an object and determine how best to grab it. Full Article
el Jets, Helicopters, and Airliners Flash Their Skills at the Paris Air Show By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 23 Jun 2017 10:00:00 +0000 If you’re looking for the stars of the aviation world—the biggest airliners, the fiercest fighters, the swankiest private jets, the smartest drones—pack your bags for France. Full Article
el WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Steve Carell & Kristen Wiig Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 19:00:00 +0000 'Despicable Me 3' stars Steve Carell and Kristen Wiig answer the Internet's most searched questions about themselves. Full Article
el Cadillac Challenges Tesla with a Super Smart Self-Driving Sedan By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 29 Jun 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Cadillac's new self-driving car isn't just watching the road, it's watching the driver. The system it calls "super cruise" is designed to crack the so-called "hand-off" problem. Full Article
el WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Will Ferrell & Amy Poehler Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 29 Jun 2017 14:40:00 +0000 'The House' stars Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler answer the Internet's most searched questions about themselves. Full Article
el Watch the Tesla Model S Fail to Ace Its Latest Crash Test By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 07 Jul 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Tesla is having a rough week. The company's stock price fell 20% in just a few days and now the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety announced the Tesla Model S sedan failed to earn its best rating, the Top Safety Pick. Full Article
el A Timeline of Uber's Unfolding By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 12 Jul 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Uber's crises have come so fast that they've piled on top of one another. We've laid out some of the companies most infamous milestones. Full Article
el Elon Musk's Master Plan Culminates in the Tesla Model 3 By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 27 Jul 2017 10:00:00 +0000 The Tesla Model 3 isn’t just a new electric car, it’s the culmination of over a decade of careful strategic planning to achieve Elon Musk’s goal: to accelerate humanity’s transition to sustainable energy. Full Article
el The Tesla Model 3 Is Finally Here. Sort Of. By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 28 Jul 2017 23:24:44 +0000 Tesla has just delivered the first 30 models of its most crucial car, the Model 3. The new addition to the Tesla family is supposed to be the “affordable” car, starting at $35,000. Tesla CEO Elon Musk says over half a million people have already paid $1000 to reserve their Model 3. Full Article
el WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Matthew McConaughey & Idris Elba Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 02 Aug 2017 16:00:00 +0000 "The Dark Tower" stars Matthew McConaughey and Idris Elba take the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answer the Internet's most searched questions about themselves. Full Article
el Reuniting With Dawn, the Ion-Powered Spacecraft in the Asteroid Belt By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 11 Aug 2017 10:00:00 +0000 How did Dawn orbit two protoplanets? The same way Darth Vadar annihilated the rebel fleet. Sort of. Full Article
el Living in a Shoebox Apartment? This Hi-Tech Furniture Could Help By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 14 Aug 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Apartments are getting smaller and smaller. To combat this ever shrinking urban dilemma, a company called ORI is building modular, movable and totally automatic furniture for people who live in cramped quarters. Full Article
el Watch London Workers Build 54 Escalators in a 2-Minute Timelapse By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 10:00:00 +0000 The latest stage in London's Crossrail project: getting it ready for the people. Full Article
el Bye-Bye, Blob! Say Hello to the New Google Emoji By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 01 Sep 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Google is updating its old gum-drop shaped emoji on Android in favor of a more universal set of pictograms that will make it that much easier to say "winking tongue out face" than ever before. Full Article
el Google Maps Is Upgrading Street View and You Can Help By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 05 Sep 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Expect to see a new fleet of Google Street View cameras on the road. Their new images, and possibly yours, are helping the company's artificial intelligence index the world's places. Full Article
el First Drive Review of Nissan's New Leaf Electric Car By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 08 Sep 2017 00:03:32 +0000 Nissan’s new Leaf is an OK electric car—and that’s a great thing. The original Leaf was a global best seller. Now the 2018 LEAF has to compete with Chevy's Bolt and Tesla's Model 3. WIRED takes the car, and its semi-autonomous features, for a spin. Full Article
el Man Dresses as a Car Seat in the Name of Self-Driving Science By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Sep 2017 17:17:00 +0000 A man dressed as a car seat to fool pedestrians and drivers into believing his van was driving itself. It's hilarious, but it's all in the name of autonomous vehicle research. Full Article
el Everything From the 2017 Google Pixel Event By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 03 Oct 2017 22:20:11 +0000 WIRED looks at the latest and greatest gadgets unveiled at Google's Pixel 2 event. Full Article
el The Unrelenting Weirdness of Interacting With Robots By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Welcome to the world of human-robot interaction, in which people have to adapt to the machines as much as the machines have to adapt to us. Full Article
el Oculus' John Carmack Explains Virtual Reality in 5 Levels of Difficulty By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 13:27:00 +0000 The technology behind modern virtual reality is rapidly evolving, but what exactly helps create a better sense of realism and immersion? WIRED has challenged Oculus CTO John Carmack to explain the concept of realism in virtual reality to 5 different people; a child, a pre-teen, a college student, a grad student and a VR expert. Full Article
el Robot Love: How Design Studio Elastic Built WIRED's November Cover By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 10:00:00 +0000 For WIRED's November cover about love in the time of robots the magazine turned to Elastic, the design firm behind the opening credits for Game of Thrones, True Detective, and Westworld. Full Article
el Review: Google's Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL Smartphones By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 13:00:00 +0000 You Can't Buy a Better Android Phone Than the Pixel 2. In almost every way, the Pixel 2 is the iPhone of Android phones. And that's a compliment. Full Article
el Tech Support - Scott Kelly Answers Astronaut Questions From Twitter By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 16:00:00 +0000 Former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly uses the power of Twitter to answer some common questions about astronauts. How fast is the international space station? Can you see the eclipse from space? Scott Kelly's book 'Endurance' is now available. Full Article
el This Construction Digger Drives Itself By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 19 Oct 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Built Robotics, a San Francisco startup, is developing an autonomous skid-steer loader that can be set loose to dig a trench, no operator needed. Full Article
el Zoom Through Seattle's Nearly Completed SR-99 Tunnel By www.wired.com Published On :: Sat, 21 Oct 2017 00:47:14 +0000 Now that Bertha's done digging, the new underground highway is nearly ready for human travelers. Fly through the project from a drone's perspective. Full Article
el Inside a Tornado Modeled By a Supercomputer By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 01 Nov 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Leigh Orf, an an atmospheric scientist, narrates a simulation of a superstorm tornado created by one of the world's most powerful supercomputers. Full Article
el How a Bunch of Geeks and Dreamers Jump-Started the Self-Driving Car By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 10 Nov 2017 11:00:00 +0000 A decade ago, the idea of self-driving cars on American city streets was almost unthinkable. But a series of contests spurred the development of software and hardware that have brought us to dawn of the next automotive revolution. Full Article
el Meet the Clever Hospital Robot That’s Helping Save Lives By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 10 Nov 2017 11:00:00 +0000 Think of Tug as a self-driving car, only for the indoors. Oh, and it delivers drugs. Full Article
el Tesla Unveils New Electric Semi-Truck and Roadster By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 18:10:15 +0000 Elon Musk introduces Tesla's new all electric long-haul shipping truck and surprise, a new roadster the company says could go as fast as 250 miles per hour. Full Article
el The Farm of the Future Might Be Entirely Run by Robots By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 20 Nov 2017 11:00:00 +0000 At Silicon Valley startup Iron Ox, the plan for agriculture, or at least leafy greens, is to automate the entire growing process indoors with robots and artificial intelligence. Full Article
el Expert Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty - Blockchain By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 17:00:00 +0000 Blockchain, the key technology behind Bitcoin, is a new network that helps decentralize trade, and allows for more peer-to-peer transactions. WIRED challenged political scientist and blockchain researcher Bettina Warburg to explain blockchain technology to 5 different people; a child, a teen, a college student, a grad student, and an expert. Full Article
el The Adorable Robot That’s Helping Deaf Children Communicate By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 05 Dec 2017 11:00:00 +0000 A new robot-avatar combo is helping deaf children learn to communicate during a crucial time in their development. Full Article
el Jaguar's Super Swift, Near Silent, All Electric I-Pace By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 06 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Behold a new British battery car to take on Tesla, Jaguar's I-Pace. The muscular SUV should go 0-60 mph in 4 seconds. Jaguar is running final tests before it goes on sale in 2018. We ride along. Full Article
el How to Protect Yourself After a Massive Corporate Hack By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 08 Dec 2017 11:00:00 +0000 It seems like every time you turn around there's a new breach of personal information. Follow these steps to minimize the damage. Full Article
el How Robots Are Fueling the Ascendance of the Electric Motor By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Dec 2017 20:59:00 +0000 Hey robot futurist! We've got one word for you: Actuators. They're the motorized joints that make robots strong, agile, and precise and they're getting better all the time. Full Article
el WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Owen Wilson & Ed Helms Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 19 Dec 2017 17:00:00 +0000 Father Figures stars Owen Wilson and Ed Helms answer the Internet's most searched questions about themselves. Full Article
el VW's Back With the All-Electric Buzz Bus, Baby! By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 20 Dec 2017 12:00:00 +0000 VW's working to put the dieselgate emissions scandal behind it, with three all new, all-electric, vehicles, including one that will appeal to your inner hippie. Full Article