Science

Heaviest Black Hole Yet Could Swallow Our Entire Solar System

The black hole in the nearby galaxy M87 weighs in at 6.6 billion suns, making it the local universe’s heavyweight champ. It’s big enough to swallow our solar system in one gulp.


November 18, 2010
Science

Junk Security: ‘Naked Scanners’ Won’t Keep Us Safe

In May, Transportation Security Administration screener Rolando Negrin pummeled a co-worker with his government-issued baton. The feud began, according to a Miami-Dade Police Department report, after Mr Negrin’s training session with one of the agency’s whole-body imagers.


August 18, 2010
Online

The iPhone Killed The Open Web

The latest Big Idea from Wired editor man Chris “Atoms Are the New Bits and Tails Are Long” Anderson: “The web is dead.” Why? Apps, Facebook, iPhones.


August 8, 2010
Gadgets

Will Ferrell And Wired Tour The Future That Never Was

Wired recruited Will Ferrell to help them remember some technologies that were long promised but never delivered. Among Wired‘s most lamented: supersonic airlines and roboservents. Among Will’s: a birthday cake with a burrito inside. Read and laugh at [Wired]


August 6, 2010
Software

Androids, iPhones Prepped For Battle In Army’s First-Ever App Contest

Unleash the iPhones of war! The US Army has announced the winners of their first-ever mobile phone app development contest. And the general behind the program says some of the applications will be in the field “within a year”.


August 3, 2010
Gadgets

How Your iPhone And Your Rolex Are Like Blankies

If I had access to a secret stash of iPhone knockoffs – a phone that worked identically to the real iPhone, but was a bootleg made of inauthentic parts – how much could I charge? Why could I charge that?


Navy Works To Laser-Proof Its Drones

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The Navy isn’t taking any chances. It’s pushing ahead with research to laser-proof its drones, just in case anyone else has the bright idea of using ray guns to down America’s robot planes.


July 31, 2010
Computing

DIY Wearable Computer Turns You Into A Cyborg

Someday humans and computers will meld together to create cyborgs. But instead of waiting for it, Martin Magnusson, a Swedish researcher and entrepreneur, has taken the first step and created a wearable computer that can be slung across the body.


July 29, 2010
Gadgets

The DefCon Ninja Party Badge Will Let You Battle Strangers

A hacker group known as the Ninjas has created what may be the best DefCon badge ever. The badge allows wireless ninja battle between badge holders. Unlike the official badge, attendees can’t buy this one: It’s free.


July 28, 2010
Science

The Neuroscience Of Inception

This entire post is a spoiler. Stop reading if you have not seen Inception, because 1) I will reveal major plot points and 2) It will make no sense.