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Early on the afternoon of April 1, Adam Wilson posted a message to Twitter. But instead of using his hands to type, the University of Wisconsin biomedical engineer used his brain. “USING EEG TO SEND TWEET,” he thought. That message may be a modern equivalent of Alexander Graham Bell’s “Mr. Watson, come here. I want […] Early on the afternoon of April 1, Adam Wilson posted a message to Twitter. But
Skip Article Header. Skip to: Start of Article. LOS ANGELES — Trent Reznor was backstage one afternoon last summer, fooling around with his iPhone to stave off boredom before a show, when he realized that fans standing in line outside were broadcasting photos from the scene using their iPhones. So he took the obvious next step: Using Twinkle, the same Twitter app the fans were using, he started se
The world is filled with sluggish spectacles. Watching them would be painful were it not for time-lapse photography, which can make those long stories short and remarkably entertaining. When a phenomenon happens very slowly, viewing accelerated footage helps scientists take a step back and see the big picture: At higher speeds, things that we regard as fixed take motion — even the dullest scenes s
The pursuit of human knowledge has a shape. By crunching data from more than a billion user interactions on scholarly databases, Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers produced a high-resolution map of the relationships between different fields of science. They’re not the first to map science, though they insist that their map is best. Other topographers […] The pursuit of human knowledge has
ARGONNE, Illinois — In the basement of a nondescript building here at Argonne National Laboratory, nickel particles in a beaker are building themselves into magnetic snakes that may one day give clues about how life originally organized itself. These chains of metal particles look so much like real, living animals, it is hard not to think of them as alive. (See exclusive video below.) But they are
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story has been modified. See below for an explanation of the changes made to this story since it initially appeared. Apple’s iPhone has wowed most of the globe — but not Japan, where the handset is selling so poorly it’s being offered for free. What’s wrong with the iPhone, from a Japanese […] EDITOR'S NOTE: This story has been modified. See below for an explanation of the chan
Super Mario Kart is a great game, but the best game ever? That’s the claim made by the editors of the top 50 console games of all time list featured in the 2009 version of the Guinness Book of World Records: Gamer’s Edition. Admittedly, the press release that contained the list said that "Super Mario […] Super Mario Kart is a great game, but the best game ever? That's the claim made by the editors
Pop singer Michael Jackson is set to sell off 2,000 of his most cherished posessions in an upcoming auction intended to bring in a huge amount of money to pay off his various debts. Why do we care? Because it turns out the King of Pop collected a huge amount of interesting gadgets and it’ll […] Pop singer Michael Jackson is set to sell off 2,000 of his most cherished posessions in an upcoming auct
Skip Article Header. Skip to: Start of Article. LONG BEACH, California — Students at the MIT Media Lab have developed a wearable computing system that turns any surface into an interactive display screen. The wearer can summon virtual gadgets and internet data at will, then dispel them like smoke when they’re done. Pattie Maes of the lab’s Fluid Interfaces group said the research is aimed at creat
A little rice, some Japanese-style hamburger and a deep love of geeky subject matter have turned bento box blogger AnnaTheRed into an accidental internet star. Inspired by sci-fi, anime and videogames, the edible art she prepares for her boyfriend has generated online buzz and taken the modest former art student by surprise. See also: Gallery: […] A little rice, some Japanese-style hamburger and a
New types of killer robots and a science-inspired conception of post-apocalyptic Earth are helping McG turn Terminator Salvation into an eye-scorching sci-fi flick. The director knows it will take considerable polish to restore the franchise’s sheen in the wake of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s much-maligned 2003 swan song, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. And he cheerfully […]
There was a meltdown at bookmark sharing website Ma.gnolia Friday morning. The service lost both its primary store of user data, as well as its backup. The site has been taken offline while the team tries to reconstruct its databases, though some users may never see their stored bookmarks again. The failure appears to be […] There was a meltdown at bookmark sharing website Ma.gnolia Friday morning
Several members from Microsoft's Internet Explorer team took part in a public "Ask The Experts" web chat Thursday morning. Most of the questions from the 40-or-so attendees were related to specific issues relating to the latest builds of the Internet Explorer 8 web browser, which is currently in public beta. A release candidate for IE8 is right around the corner, with the final version expected in
This extraordinary bike-hack allows a takeaway driver to speed helter-skelter through the mean Japanese streets without spilling a drop of miso. The rather precarious looking appendage on the rear is a counter-weighted, hanging shelf onto which the bento boxes and bowls can be placed. As the bike tips upon cornering, the platform stays level and […] This extraordinary bike-hack allows a takeaway d
An 18-year-old hacker with a history of celebrity pranks has admitted to Monday’s hijacking of multiple high-profile Twitter accounts, including President-Elect Barack Obama’s, and the official feed for Fox News. The hacker, who goes by the handle GMZ, told Threat Level on Tuesday he gained entry to Twitter’s administrative control panel by pointing an automated […] An 18-year-old hacker with a hi
Green technology was hot in 2008. Barack Obama won the presidential election promising green jobs to Rust Belt workers. Investors poured $5 billion into the sector just through the first nine months of the year. And even Texas oilmen like T. Boone Pickens started pushing alternative energy as a replacement for fossil fuels like petroleum, coal and natural gas. But there’s trouble on the horizon. T
Every geek’s a little bit sexy, somehow. Maybe it’s the glasses, the hot talk about black holes or the Asperger’s-like obsession with sci-fi, science or gadgets. But which nerds really moved the sexy needle in 2008? Welcome to the fourth annual Wired.com Sexiest Geeks contest. Each year we seed the list with some of the […] Every geek's a little bit sexy, somehow. Maybe it's the glasses, the hot t
Apple will launch an upgrade to its low-end desktop, the Mac Mini, at January's Macworld Expo in San Francisco, according to an Apple corporate employee who contacted Wired.com. The source, who wished to remain anonymous (to keep his job), could not disclose details about the Mac Mini other than its upcoming announcement at Macworld Expo, which begins Jan. 5. That's where CEO Steve Jobs traditiona
Skip Article Header. Skip to: Start of Article. UPDATE: The video described in this article has been pulled in response to a complaint by Apple. In addition, the article has been edited to remove instructions about how to find a modded, pirate copy of OS X. Wired.com does not condone or endorse software piracy. Apple isn’t ready to offer an inexpensive, low-powered netbook yet — so why not make on
Aspiring scientists from the Zurich School of Applied Sciences have built a video simulation that displays the flight path of every commercial flight in the world over a 24-hour period. There isn’t much of an application for it, but it sure is cool to look at. While the map may look complex, Dr. Karl Rege […] Aspiring scientists from the Zurich School of Applied Sciences have built a video simulat
Rob Spence looks you straight in the eye when he talks. So it’s a little unnerving to imagine that soon one of his hazel-green eyes will have a tiny wireless video camera in it that records your every move. The eye he’s considering replacing is not a working one — it’s a prosthetic eye he’s worn for several years. Spence, a 36-year-old Canadian filmmaker, is not content with having one blind eye.
Riding the Rails in Tokyo Is Overwhelming, But Easy With 882 stations on 14 lines, Tokyo’s amazing subway system is one of the largest — and busiest — in all the world. The system map is a twisted mass of squiggles that resembles a Jackson Pollock painting, and conditions on its trains give new meaning to the word “crowded.” It all had me more […] With 882 stations on 14 lines, Tokyo's amazing sub
Cyborgs, stem cells, glowing mice, and hilarious music videos are great reasons to be excited about biology. Here are some of our favorite clips from the life sciences. Cyborgs, stem cells, glowing mice, and hilarious music videos are great reasons to be excited about biology. Here are some of our favorite clips from the life sciences. 10. Immune Cell Chasing a Bacterium It may look like the prede
In what is the most bizarre cross-cultural phenomenon we’ve seen in ages, a Japanese adult videogame publisher has combined his love of attractive women, exotic Italian cars and eroge into ultra-exclusive itasha — the Japanese fad of painting cars with comic and videogame characters. Age Soft chairman Yoshida-san made a fortune designing and selling hentai […] In what is the most bizarre cross-cul
Don’t hold your breath waiting for the iPhone to support Adobe’s Flash software: Apple’s terms-of-service agreement prohibits it. Although Adobe says it is working on a version of its popular Flash player for the iPhone, Apple is unlikely ever to permit it to appear in the handset’s App Store, no matter how much customers want […] Don't hold your breath waiting for the iPhone to support Adobe's Fl
Here's an interesting factoid you probably didn't know about our tech-savvy president-elect: He's a Mac user, according to Telegraph, who compiled a list of 50 facts you might not know about Barack Obama. And knowing that Obama's a Mac user, it's highly likely that his chat client of choice is iChat. Michelle Obama told People magazine that the one gadget her husband would never leave at home is a
This bird’s-eye view of Kutztown University in Pennsylvania was the first image ever seen by the GeoEye-1, the world’s highest-resolution commercial satellite sponsored by Google, when it opened its camera door earlier this week. The 4,300-pound satellite collected the image at noon EDT on Oct. 7 while moving from the north pole to the south […] This bird's-eye view of Kutztown University in Penns
You may not know it yet, but the next computer you buy is going to be a netbook. The numbers say so. Despite their compromised feature sets and puny screens, netbooks have pulled an all-out coup d’état on the portable PC market. Currently, nine out of the top 10 best-selling laptops on Amazon are netbooks. […] You may not know it yet, but the next computer you buy is going to be a netbook. The num
Here’s what Nintendo did at that Kirby event it teased earlier this week: Released a whole bunch of foamy floating Kirby characters into the sky. After promising a "celestial" event that would take place at four suspiciously-named locations in the eastern United States on the 16th, Nintendo unleashed a volley of floating pink bubbly Kirby-shaped things into the daytime sky, pinkening up the atmosp
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