Scott Slater wants to pump billions of gallons to LA and other drought-hit cities—and make $2.4 billion in the process. The post The $2.4 Billion Plan to Water California by Draining the Mojave appeared first on WIRED.

Still staggering from sticker shock over the launch price of the Rift? Oculus might have 99 problems, but $599 ain't one. The post The Oculus Rift’s Problem Isn’t Price—It’s Perfection appeared first on WIRED.

Elena Chernyshova photographed the insular world of Kupal gold mine on the edge of civilization. The post Take a Tour of Kupol, an Isolated, Freezing Gold Mine in Siberia appeared first on WIRED.

Thursday marks the middle of CES: All the new products have been revealed, and now we're taking you in for a closer look at all the coolest offerings. The post CES Liveblog: Dispatches From the Year’s Biggest Tech Show appeared first on WIRED.

This helmet has a heads-up display that makes a construction site an augmented reality playground. The post Daqri Helmet appeared first on WIRED.

The Tipron is a cyclops projector robot that fires streaming video out of its single eyeball. The post Cerevo Tipron appeared first on WIRED.

The future has buttons, buttons that control your lights, your fridge, your garage door, your thermostat. The post The Universal Remote’s Secret Calling Is the Smart Home appeared first on WIRED.

There's a new gaming laptop from Razer, but of course it's for more than just games. The post Razer Blade Stealth appeared first on WIRED.

The Segway Advanced Personal Robot will hide away while you ride on its two wheels, then can pop out and carry your groceries or answer your doorbell. The post Segway Advanced Personal Robot appeared first on WIRED.

A global network of sensors detected North Korea's explosive shenanigans. Their next job is figuring out exactly what blew up. The post Science Can Tell if North Korea’s Test Was Really an H-Bomb appeared first on WIRED.

Justin Timberlake, Anna Kendrick, and a bunch of other celebrities took to Twitter to promote DreamWorks Animation's new movie. The results were...not good. The post Trolls’ Bland Twitter Campaign Lives Up to Movie’s Name appeared first on WIRED.

Chevrolet has just unveiled the all-electric Bolt at CES, maybe the most significant vehicle General Motors has produced in decades. The post Meet the Chevy Bolt, the First Electric Car for the Masses appeared first on WIRED.

Man, we watched/listened to/consumed a lot of pop culture during the holidays. Listen to us talk about it all here. The post Culture Podcast: Time to Reflect on Our TV-Addled Holiday Laziness appeared first on WIRED.

The Kodak Super 8 Revival Initiative is an “ecosystem” for the old film and camera. The post Kodak and Yves Béhar Revive the Legendary Super 8 Camera appeared first on WIRED.

The PBS ratings juggernaut is entering its sixth and final season. Here's how to catch up in time to wave a proper goodbye. The post WIRED Binge-Watching Guide: Downton Abbey appeared first on WIRED.

Scientists know so little about the Zika virus that they’re not even sure how to find it in patients. The post Mosquitoes Are Spreading a Rare Virus Around the World appeared first on WIRED.

As preorders open today, Facebook finally reveals the price for the Oculus Rift: $599. The post The Oculus Rift Costs $599 appeared first on WIRED.

More than 70,000 people tuned in to watch a puddle this morning. The post Periscope Finds Its Beat: Puddles in England appeared first on WIRED.

Ford says it's becoming more than just an automaker. The post Ford’s Future Is Filled With Self-Driving Cars and Drones appeared first on WIRED.

The electric scooter company that thinks it can transform urban mobility and how we store electricity has found a way of sidestepping a big obstacles. The post Electric Scooter Maker Gogoro Is Sidestepping a Big Obstacle appeared first on WIRED.

The new Star Wars movie is breaking nearly every box office record out there. But is this as big as it gets? The post After Beating Avatar, Star Wars Is Officially Too Big to Fail appeared first on WIRED.

Nascent Objects wants to change the way we build and consume gadgets by making them modular. The post Nascent Objects: An Ambitious Plan to Stop Us From Wasting Our Gadgets appeared first on WIRED.

Six of Sports Illustrated's most knowledgeable football experts convene for a roundtable discussion about what the sport will look like in 50 years. The post What the NFL Will Look Like in 50 Years, From VR to Helmet-Less Play appeared first on WIRED.

Discovering an element isn't like it was in the good old days. Now scientists spend years trying to smash atoms together in huge particle accelerators. The post Making New Elements Gets a Lot Harder From Here appeared first on WIRED.

Cryptographer David Chaum's ideas helped spark the decades-long war between encryption and government. Now he's back with a new idea designed to end it. The post The Father of Online Anonymity Has a Plan to End the Crypto War appeared first on WIRED.

Physicists working at the Large Hadron Collider reported an unusual bump in their signal. But this time, they have no idea where the bump came from. The post Mysterious LHC Photons Have Physicists Searching for Answers appeared first on WIRED.

From a Lucky Strike lighter to the notorious Minox used by James Bond, these innovative cameras prove you never know who's watching. The post Crazy Old Spy Cameras Made to Look Like Guns and Books appeared first on WIRED.

Featuring the Enterprise, the Vulcan salute, a silhouetted crew member, and a Starfleet insignia. The post Star Trek Gets Retro Postage Stamps for Its 50th Birthday appeared first on WIRED.

Wednesday is the day the expo hall opens to the general public, and we're here to give you a peek inside the madness. The post CES 2016 Liveblog: Updates All Day From Gadget Ground Zero appeared first on WIRED.

So light, so thin, it couldn't possibly be a real laptop. The post Samsung Notebook 9 appeared first on WIRED.

Gogo, the leading provider of connectivity at 30,000 feet is at CES this year showing off a new antenna technology. The post Gogo Wi-Fi Antenna appeared first on WIRED.

The first day of the CES Expo, where the public swarms to view all the latest tech products, is today. Here's the stuff deserving of your attention. The post CES Opens Its Doors Today. Here’s the Gear to Check Out appeared first on WIRED.

With two devices that put a high-tech, design-minded spin on traditional instruments, Comper wants to help you have a baby. The post Comper appeared first on WIRED.

Your new favorite shoe has a conscience. The post These Are the Coolest Sustainable Sneakers We’ve Ever Seen appeared first on WIRED.

We like to make it interesting for our CES crew, so every year we add a challenge. This year: Our reporters have to stay fit—and prove it. The post We’re Forcing Our CES 2016 Crew to Exercise While They Blog appeared first on WIRED.

Trying to figure out where the volcanic action in 2016 will be is pretty tricky. I take a stab at some guesses. The post Keep an Eye Out for These Volcanoes in 2016 appeared first on WIRED.

This electric motor is fairly simple to build and uses materials that you can probably find around the house. The post How to Build a Super Simple Electric Motor Out of Stuff You Already Have appeared first on WIRED.

General Motors is planning to use cameras on customer cars to build the maps that will soon help self-driving cars navigate. The post GM’s Using Cameras on Customer Cars to Build Self-Driving Car Maps appeared first on WIRED.

Rain in L.A., tornadoes in Texas, floods in the Midwest. But the monster El Niño is being set up! The post Don’t Blame All These Rains and Floods on El Niño appeared first on WIRED.

On the eve of opening pre-orders for Rift, Oculus gives a generous gift to the earliest believers of its plan to revive VR. The post Oculus Kickstarter Backers Will Get a Free Rift appeared first on WIRED.

Another year, another slate of must-sees (we hope). The post The 12 Movies We’re Most Excited to See in 2016 appeared first on WIRED.

The WIRED product team is in Las Vegas, ogling and fawning over all the latest tech. Keep up with our live updates here, all day, all week. The post CES 2016 Liveblog: All Your Gadgets Are Belong to Us appeared first on WIRED.

Vulnerabilities in Comcast's Xfinity Home Security system would cause it to falsely report that windows and doors are closed even if they've been opened. The post Xfinity’s Security System Flaws Open Homes to Thieves appeared first on WIRED.

Photographer Alan McFadyen captures a kingfisher the moment before it plunges into the water. The post A Perfect Photo of a Kingfisher, 720K Pictures in the Making appeared first on WIRED.

The US Patent Office will now resolve a dispute over genome-editing technology through an arcane proceeding that technically should no longer exist. The post An Arcane Patent Law May Decide Crispr’s Big Legal Fight appeared first on WIRED.

The civil case could be no more than a warmup round for the federal government, which is likely to pursue criminal charges against VW executives. The post The DOJ’s Lawsuit Is Just the Start of VW’s Legal Woes appeared first on WIRED.

Ryan Green is making a game that is as broken—as confounding, unresolved, and tragically beautiful—as the world itself. The post A Father, a Dying Son, and the Quest to Make the Most Profound Videogame Ever appeared first on WIRED.

The US is unprepared for the profound changes occurring in the Arctic. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the pitiful state of its icebreaker fleet. The post America Must Build More Icebreakers or We’ll Lose the Battle for the Arctic appeared first on WIRED.

This little teardrop-shaped device doesn't just have curious looks, it also has a curious name. The post Ween Smart Thermostat appeared first on WIRED.

Teaching kids the alphabet gets easier with this innovative iPad game. The post Marbotic Smart Letters appeared first on WIRED.