The Wilson X Connected Football calculates your throwing stats and serves up some fun backyard games. The post Wilson Just Made the Smartest Football of All Time appeared first on WIRED.

Airbus and Local Motors sponsored a contest to create a deliver drone that works for a variety of users, not just corporate players. The post Crafty Ideas to Make Drone Deliveries Work for Everybody appeared first on WIRED.

Gold medals, sauna pants, and Woody Guthrie! The post 5 Podcasts to Play Alongside the Olympics This Week appeared first on WIRED.

Shark Bay, Australia ranks among the strangest landscapes on earth. These glorious aerials are proof. The post Explore Australia’s Shark Bay Without Something Weird Biting You appeared first on WIRED.

The story of former football pro Steve Gleason and his struggle with ALS may sound like a downer. But it's also full of hard-won joy and blunt humor. The post Man, This Was a Great Year for Documentaries. Gleason Proves It appeared first on WIRED.

Automated bots won't replace human hackers anytime soon. But Darpa's bot-vs-bot hacker contest showed they can certainly help. The post Will Humans or Bots Rule Cybersecurity? The Answer Is Yes appeared first on WIRED.

An unassuming, but powerful attack on the safe you might have at your house. The post Hacker Unlocks 'High Security' Electronic Safes Without a Trace appeared first on WIRED.

Here in Rio, Olympic pins are the focus of a thriving barter economy. The post Inside the Crazy World of Olympic Pin Trading appeared first on WIRED.

The Libelule is spherical vehicle with two large wheels that allow it to travel almost anywhere. The post You Could Roll on Land or the Seafloor in This Fanciful Concept Car appeared first on WIRED.

Inside NASA's Office of Planetary Protection, where they don't worry about what Martians could do to us, but what our extremophiles could do to them. The post Martians Might Be Real. That Makes Mars Exploration Way More Complicated appeared first on WIRED.

Campaign photos used to be controlled and stately. Thanks to the Internet, that's not possible anymore. The post Politicians Don’t Want to Kiss Your Baby—They Want Selfies! appeared first on WIRED.

The games may seem like a great way to spark transit improvements, but making that work isn't easy. The post How to Host the Olympics and Actually Improve Your City’s Transit appeared first on WIRED.

From archery to water motorsports and everything in between -- including basque pelota, tug-of-war and jeu de paume -- we run down every event that's ever been held on the Olympic stage. The post Check Out Every Olympic Event Ever in One Handy Infographic appeared first on WIRED.

Directed by "City of God" filmmaker Fernando Meirelles, the event celebrated history, diversity—and getting down. The post Rio Throws An Upbeat, Gold-Medal Olympic Dance Party appeared first on WIRED.

It turns out you don't have to be the most popular Olympian to help sponsors make a splash with their target customers. The post Sponsors Are Playing Moneyball to Snag Unsung Olympians appeared first on WIRED.

Researchers have uncovered deep connections among different types of random objects, illuminating hidden geometric structures. The post Mathematicians Are Building a Unified Theory of Geometric Randomness appeared first on WIRED.

The nightly telecast of the Olympic Games feels entirely natural. But it is a rigorously artificial product, born of a brilliant plan created more than 20 years ago. The post Recognize: NBC Invented the Modern Olympics Telecast appeared first on WIRED.

The Olympics opening ceremony seemed to claim that Brazil was instrumental in the invention of flight. Twitter: "#actually..." The post Wait, Did The Wright Brothers Just Get Dissed at the Olympics? appeared first on WIRED.

Space photos of the week, July 31—August 6, 2016. The post Space Photos of the Week: This Globular Cluster's Over the Hill appeared first on WIRED.

Glaser grants a strikingly simple design from the 1964 Tokyo summer Olympics his highest score. The post Milton Glaser Rated Every Olympics Logo Ever. This Was His Favorite appeared first on WIRED.

Whether you're at home on the couch, in a bar, or at a coffee shop, here's all the gear you need for an optimal Olympics viewing experience. The post The Ultimate Gear for Watching the Olympics appeared first on WIRED.

The 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro will feature 306 distinct medal events, but if you're not careful you'll miss the best ones. The post 9 Criminally Overlooked Sports to Watch at the Rio Olympics appeared first on WIRED.

In this week's 'Geek's Guide to the Galaxy' podcast, sci-fi author Nancy Kress talks about the sleep envy that inspired her novella 'Beggars in Spain'. The post Next Time You Wish You Never Had to Sleep, Read Beggars in Spain appeared first on WIRED.

Everyone's favorite torrent search engine has closed shop. The next won't be far behind. The post Torrentz Has Died, But It Won’t Take Torrenting With It appeared first on WIRED.

This week the Internet had many worries, including flossing controversies, fictional presidential candidates, and the possible downfall of Harry Potter. The post While You Were Offline: Pour One Out for Suicide Squad and Clint Eastwood’s Legacy appeared first on WIRED.

The book (of the play) is out, and we've already devoured it. Now can we talk about Harry's kid? The post OK, We’ve Got Some Opinions About Harry Potter and the Cursed Child appeared first on WIRED.

Nissan's BladeGlider concept is for those who like their cars lean, green, and byzantine. The post Too Bad You’ll Never Drive Nissan's Razor-Like Electric Concept appeared first on WIRED.

At your door or in the sky, the retail giant wants to be sure you know who's bringing that Vitamix blender to you. The post Cargo Shorts Are Awful. Amazon’s Cargo Plane Is Cool appeared first on WIRED.

We’re proud to bring NextDraft—the most righteous, most essential newsletter on the web—to WIRED.com. The post Cranky Clint Eastwood Tops This Week's Essential Stories appeared first on WIRED.

The third season of Netflix's black comedy debuted this summer. Here's the story behind its trippy theme song. The post Song Exploder: Black Keys' Patrick Carney on His BoJack Horseman Theme appeared first on WIRED.

It's called The Pen. The post This Pen Is Totally Over-Engineered. We Dig It Anyway. appeared first on WIRED.

TMB Art Metal makes the snazzy accessories from the damaged front wheel of a Veyron. The post Swap Those Plastic Buttons for $385 Cufflinks Made From a Bugatti Veyron appeared first on WIRED.

The HTC Vive can do a lot more than play games, and the Viveport app store will help showcase its versatility. The post Good News: HTC's New VR App Store Isn’t Just for Gamers appeared first on WIRED.

Przemek Jaroszewski has spoofed QR codes to sneak into premium airline lounges and buy duty-free goods dozens of times at airports across Europe. The post Fake Boarding Pass App Gets Hacker Into Fancy Airline Lounges appeared first on WIRED.

Adam Falkowski keeps jumping the gun on the biggest announcements in physics. And he's doing it for a reason. The post The Rogue Blogger Who Keeps Spoiling Physics' Biggest News appeared first on WIRED.

Magic! Mayhem! Mystery! We talk to Patrick Rothfuss about his beloved Kingkiller Chronicle trilogy. The post WIRED Book Club: How Patrick Rothfuss Saved a 'Hot Mess' of a Book appeared first on WIRED.

Now it's bot against bot. The post Hackers Don’t Have to Be Human Anymore. This Bot Battle Proves It appeared first on WIRED.

Physicists keeping on trying to prove the Standard Model wrong, and they keep failing. The post Sorry, Folks. The LHC Didn't Find a New Particle After All appeared first on WIRED.

The federal government just proposed new rules that would allow researchers to grow human-animal hybrids for research, so long as they can't think, feel, or breed. The post You Can Now Grow Human-Animal Hybrids, But You Can't Breed ‘Em appeared first on WIRED.

Not only is it wrong to armchair diagnose a politician, it is a perversion of what psychologial diagnoses are supposed to do. The post Stop Trying to Psychoanalyze Donald Trump appeared first on WIRED.

Release Radar is a new, hyper-personalized playlist that's geared specifically for new music releases. The post Spotify’s Latest Algorithmic Playlist Is Full of Your Favorite New Music appeared first on WIRED.

Sometimes, the best way to make friends is to play war. The post Russia’s Holding a ‘Tank Biathlon’ Because of Course It Is appeared first on WIRED.

If the features on these sunglasses sound like overkill to you, it's because they 100% are. The post Nike Didn't Design Its Insane $1,200 Sunglasses for Mortals appeared first on WIRED.

If you think the US election is chaotic, just look 5,000 miles south. The post Your Guide to Brazil's Crazy Pre-Olympics Political Chaos appeared first on WIRED.

Need a primer on the summer's baddest gang of antiheroes? We've got you covered. The post 5 Comics You Must Read Before Seeing Suicide Squad appeared first on WIRED.

Fernando Meirelles, the filmmaker best known for a grim portrayal of Rio's slums, will present his vision of Brazil to the world tonight. The post Why City of God's Director Took On Tonight's Opening Ceremony appeared first on WIRED.

With Osmo Monster, you scribble something in front of an iPad, and an onscreen beast picks it up and plays with it. The post Osmo's New iPad Game Puts Your Drawings in a Monster's Hands appeared first on WIRED.

Better late than never. The post Apple's Finally Offering Bug Bounties---With the Highest Rewards Ever appeared first on WIRED.

Including, is this really a bus? The post So, a Few Concerns About China's Traffic-Slaying 'Straddling Bus' appeared first on WIRED.

The DB11 is a much needed redefinition of what makes an Aston an Aston. The post Review: 2017 Aston Martin DB11 appeared first on WIRED.