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Pranks: Extreme Engineering 101 (September 2008) Canadian student
pranksters have turned city lights into Morse code, covered the mayor's house
in fake paint, and dangled a car beneath the Golden Gate Bridge--just to show
they can. Our writer risked injury and
arrest to join the cult. Darpa Urban
Challenge
(April 2007) Wired
Wired Tool -- A Monthly Story
on Surprising + Dangerous Devices in Wired magazine Hydraulic Car
Cracker (July
2008) Head Stapler
(June 2008) Diving Helmet for
Fierce Waters (May
2008) Most Powerful
Torch (April
2008) Nuclear Tongs
(January 2008) Explosives
Detonator
(November 2007)
Backyard Fuel
Cell (April 2007) The recipe behind the
first off-grid hydrogen home in the US. Stephen Friend's home on Stuart
Island runs entirely off hydrogen that he generates from the sun. Wired How-Tos
(January 2007) Green Acres (May 2006) Fry's Electronics: The
Future of Retail (September 1998) The Race to Win
the 2012 Olympics
(June 2005) In the final heat:
New York, Paris, London, Moscow, and Madrid. A geek's guide to the competition. A decade ago, Philippe Kahn took on Bill Gates and lost. Now
the software maverick is back for another round, and this time he's catching
the wireless wave. Nike's skunk works unveils a line of networked sportsware
that delivers real-time racing data and pits athletes against virtual
competitors around the world. It all started with a hot email pitch for a miraculous
product. Wired turned detective to find the truth. How to get
involved in low-budget, high-quality movie making. Where computers go to die. Make Product developers use Lego to prototype next-generation
commercial devices. What else is
there? Business 2.0 Steve Sanghi has turned Microchip Technology from a near-dead maker of
commodity processors into the top cloud seeder for next-generation
electronics. It's a global economy, but innovation thrives locally.
From Boston to Beijing, here's a guide to the planet's emerging high-tech hot
spots. (August 2004) Talking inventory. Constant customer feedback. An airborne
ambassador to keep your business partners happy. Welcome to another workday
in the somewhat-distant future. Headlines From Tomorrow: 2002-2020 As technology advances during the next two decades,
journalists who cover the subject are likely to swing between rapturous awe
and fast-paced exhaustion. By redesigning its showrooms, Mazda was able to please --
and profit from -- the Web-savvy buyers who were once its worst nightmare. How a maker of navigation tools for pilots became one of
the fastest-growing brands in consumer electronics. How DirecTV turned Customer Service into the company's
most valuable asset A new technology from BodyMedia will help athletes and
dieters stay on track Checking out Apple's retail stores The Garage That
Saved Whirlpool's Soul A worker-run
innovation team has led the stagnating appliance maker to entirely new
markets Frog Design's quest for the essence of adorability Jungle magazine One man takes the plunge and goes head first into the
world of e-mail spamming. Outside A spiffy new generator turns wood into watts. Could be
just the thing for getting waaay off the grid. Hit the trail with an innovative new wave of
wilderness-ready GPS units, phones, radios, and watches. Commentator Bob Parks loves the IRS's 1040 tax form. He says
it links him to a larger world of tax write-offs and depreciations for sonic
booms, furry animals and excess golden parachute payments. The 2002 edition of Guinness World Records is out in hard
cover. Writer Bob Parks has a review. Toy company Hasbro has released dozens of versions of
Monopoly. There are the Star Wars, NFL and Nascar versions, to name a few.
Last week, Hasbro released the latest edition. Robert Siegel talks with Bob Parks, Associate Editor of
Wired Magazine, who is on the floor of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las
Vegas. The show is one of the largest of its type in the country, with 1500
exhibitors. |