How Microsoft Researchers Might Invent a Holodeck
My final story for Wired.com appeared August 31. It’s a look at some of the work that the scientists and […]
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Articles by Dylan Tweney published in WIRED
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Infiniti Hybrid Is a Green Sedan for Silver Foxes
If you’re old enough to remember the energy policies of the Carter administration, green enough to have donated
How to Make a Clock Run for 10,000 Years
High on a rocky ridge in the desert, nestled among the brush, is the topmost part of a clock that has been ticking for thousands of years.
It looks out over the ruins of a spaceport, built by a rich man whose name was forgotten long ago.
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May 25, 1945: Sci-Fi Author Predicts Future by Inventing It
1945: Arthur C. Clarke begins privately circulating copies of a paper that proposes using space satellites for global communications. It
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DIY Lasers Are Irresistibly Dangerous
Decades after its birth, the laser is still irresistibly cool. How many other fifty-somethings can you say that about?
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Fire Artist Mixes Propane, High Voltage
SEATTLE — Rusty Oliver sets things on fire. During our visit to his workspace, the aptly-named Hazardfactory, he demonstrated
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Ballmer to Skype Fans: You Can Trust Us
SAN FRANCISCO — Trust us. We’re not going to screw up Skype. That was the message Microsoft delivered Tuesday, hours
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Handerpants, Devil Duckies and Rubber Chickens: Inside Archie McPhee
SEATTLE — It’s hard to explain Archie McPhee. Instead, let’s start with some of the things you can buy here:
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Infoporn: How Flatscreen TVs Get Cheaper
Like multicore computer chips, Android smartphones, and Starbucks coffee, LCD TVs are getting cheaper—and bigger—all the time. Inevitably,
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Exercise Wet, While Your Phone Stays Dry
My phone is about as integrated into my life as my left temporal lobe. I’m not going running