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Wired Checks Out the Hexa - the Facinating Yet Unsettling Six-Legged Robot  Photo Courtesy of Conde Nast Entertainment and Wired From The Scene's Wired channel, Wired's Matt Simon reports on HEXA - a six legged robot. It's maker, Vincross, is creating an open market place to give it some special moves. Thanks to  Conde Nast Entertainment and Wired  for showing us nerds how six legs are better than two.

Wired Channel on The Scene Releases Update on the Hyperloop Photo courtesy of Conde Nast Entertainment and Wired Hyperloop - Hype or Real? Hyperloop, as promoted on the website ,   is a promise to move people and things at airline speeds for the price of a bus ticket. Sounds sweet, huh?  On July 12,  Hyperloop One   announced the successful completion of the world's first full systems Hyperloop test in a vacuum environment.  The  Wired channel on The Scene   just released a video update on the the hyperloop. Still there is some hurdles to go but as emerging technology, we need to take a step at a time. Thanks to  Conde Nast Entertainment  and  Wired  for showing us nerds how Hyperloop is moving to reality. Check it out! The Nerd Stalker Team

Voices in Despicable Me 3 Take a Crack at Google Most Burning Questions Photo Courtesy of Conde Nast Entertainment / Wired From The Scene's Wired channel 'Despicable Me 3' stars and former The Office's Steve Carell and former SNL star Kristen Wiig answer the Internet's most searched questions about themselves. Thanks to  Conde Nast Entertainment and Wired  for showing us nerds how Dr. Kasthuri handles this challenge.

The Scene's Junkin Media Channel Shows Kid's Reaction to Going to Disneyland  Photo Courtesy of Conde Nast Entertainment / Jukin Media Summer usually brings a trip to the Happiest Place on Earth?  Jukin Media puts a compilation of videos together on kid's reactions to going to Disneyland .   Thanks to  Conde Nast Entertainment and Jukin Media  for showing us nerds how Dr. Kasthuri handles this challenge.

Wired Follows Ferrari Enthusiasts Make a 308 Electric GT Photo Courtesy of Conde Nast Entertainment At the  2016 Geneva Motor Show ,  Ferrari  Chairman  Sergio Marchionne  told the media clearly that Ferrari is  not   interested  in building an all-electric car.  Marchionne said "With Ferrari, it's almost an obscene concept,". He went on to say "You'd have to shoot me first." With makers, those comments make the perfect gauntlet challenge. Eric  Hutchison, of electric car conversion company -Electric GT, worked EV specialist Michael Bream at EV West to engineer and design an electric powerplant that can be integrated into a late 70's 308GT. This beast has more torque than the original V8 and may even have a better 0-60 time. Thanks to the Wired Channel of Conde Nast Entertainment's The Scene  for documenting this gem of a Ferrari maker paradise.

Director Werner Hertzog Discusses Texting, Emojis and Selfies Images courtesy of Conde Nast Entertainment Last year, Filmmaker Werner Herzog released a investigative documentary on the current state digital world called Lo and Behold - Reveries of the Connected World . Filmmaker Werner Herzog talks to Wired about the his digital world. Is he on Facebook, Twitter or even has a mobile phone? Watch this to find out. Thanks to  Conde Nast Entertainment and WIRED for showing us the digital side of Werner Herzog.

Wired Asks a Neurologist to Explain E xplain a Scientific Topic from a 5 year-old to a Neural Entrepreneur. Photo Courtesy of Conde Nast Entertainment Can an expert neuroscientist explain complicated neurological concepts to a five year old?  WIRED  asked neuroscientist   Bobby Kasthuri to explain neuroscience research of mapping the brain called Connectome  to a people of five age ranges.  Thanks to  Conde Nast Entertainment and WIRED for showing us nerds how Dr. Kasthuri handles this challenge.

The Scene's Wired Channel Explores Evolution of the Phone Have you seen a 1910 phone? How about a 1950s Bakelite phone? Thanks to  The Wired channel , on Conde Nast Entertainment's,  The Scene   takes through 100 years of the telephone. Which one do you remember?

The Scene's Wired Channel Gets a Robot Nerd to Breakdown Movie Cybernoids The RoMeLa Expert Dr. Dennis Hong (photo courtesy of Conde Nast Entertainment ) Do you know the movie robots like Wall-E, Terminator, Eva? Which beloved moves robots are realistic to create and which are a far stretch? Thanks to the WIRED channel on Conde Nast Entertainment's  The Scene ,  Wired's robot expert, Dr. Dennis Hong of  RoMeLa  at UCLA breaks it down.   Check out the video below. 

Wired Gets Seniors to React to Bottle Flipping Seniors React To Bottle Flipping (photo courtesy of Conde Nast Entertainment) Based on all accounts, kids love bottle flipping, parents hate it. But what  about  seniors? WIRED  asked a group of seniors what they know about bottle flipping, then gives them an opportunity to show off their flipping skills.  Thanks to Conde Nast Entertainment and WIRED for what these cool seniors think.

Conde Nast Announces Bourne Identity Director David Liman's new 360 VR series - Invisible Scene from Invisible - a 360 VR series (photo courtesy of Samsung and Conde Nast Entertainment) With the world starting to figure out the VR content vacuum, this week Conde Nast Entertainment and partners hopes the dominoes will fall with the announcement of  a six part 360 VR scripted series  trailer for  Invisible t hat  is “coming soon." Driven by major Hollywood talent, Invisible made its debut at Oculus Connect 3 . The trailer is now available to view through Samsung Gear VR via Samsung VR, the company’s premium virtual reality content service. Invisible  tells the story of an old New York family, the Ashlands, whose tentacles reach into the largest corporations and governments in the world. Although they control a large portion of the world’s economy they exist in relative ambiguity. They move without being seen and somehow without...

Toyota Made a Tiny Robot To Keep You Company On Your Commute Kirobo Mini by Toyota (photo courtesy of Conde Nast Entertainment's The Scene) Toyota bills this as their "vision of a future where humans and artificial intelligence work together for a better world" Enter the $400, 10cm high, packed with tons of cuteness - Kirobo Mini. Toyota says "He can talk to you, gesture at you, and detect and respond to your emotions, but his mission as your new portable friend doesn’t end there." With people spending an average of 4.3 years of our lives in our cars (which equates to traveling to the moon and back three times) Toyota believes that much can be learnt about our behavior and emotion while driving. And that’s where Kirobo Mini could help. Thanks to  Conde Nast Entertainment and N EWSY for a peek into this cool robot driving companion.

Nike's HyperAdapt Shoes May Not Make You Faster But Certainly Cooler Introducing Nike's HyperAdapt Self Lacing Shoes  (photo courtesy of Conde Nast Entertainment ) The Marty McFly shoes have been touted for years but now Nike has brought them to reality in a a shoe they call - HyperAdapt 1.0 with EARL (Electro Adaptive Reactive Lacing). Is that nerdy or what?  Watch Nike's Tinker Hatfield and Tiffany Beers explain the new power-lacing HyperAdapt 1.0 and demonstrate how to charge the sneakers, and tighten and loosen the laces with the touch of a button.  This is really the future of wearables.  Thanks to Conde Nast Entertainment and WIRED for a peek into these cool shoes.

The Scene's The New Yorker Channel Explores Challenges to Night Star-gazing In a Big City The Weekend Must Watch (photo courtesy of Pablo by Buffer) Live in city? Do you stargaze on a clear night?  Thanks to  The New Yorker channel on Conde Nast Entertainment's The Scene , The New Yorker's senior video producer, Sky Dylan Robbins, in The End of Darkness  takes you with The Amateur Astronomers Association of New York, to find dark areas in New York which in most major cities is getting more difficult to find.   Check it out!

The Scene's Forbes Channel Explores What You Spend to Go to Work and Offers Tips The Weekend Must Watch (photo courtesy of Pablo by Buffer) Do you know what work costs you yearly? To spend money you have to make money, right? Well there are costs associated with your employment.  Thanks to the Forbes channel on Conde Nast Entertainment's The Scene , Forbes takes you on a video infographic about areas in your work life that costs you money (Transportation, Lunch, Coffee, Pet Care, Day Care, Clothing, etc.) and some tips on how to make it less of a hit on the pocketbook. Check it out!

WIRED Captured These People Doing Things Fast Joe Sabia Types with Two Fingers - FAST (photo courtesy of Wired) Think you can do normal things fast? Watch these very normal people do everyday tasks like clapping, stacking cups, keyboard typing, crocheting and many more very FAST. Thanks to Conde Nast Entertainment and WIRED for the following clips of people doing things FAST.

Wired Looks At the Most Advanced Oceanographic Ship in the World Sally Ride Model Rendering ( Photo Courtesy of Conde Nast Entertainment / Scripts Institution of Oceanography) This 238-foot beauty isn’t just oddly comfortable—it comes equipped with some serious tech  for some serious oceanography and called the Sally Ride. From the Scripps Press Brochure   "Owned by the United States Office of Naval Research and operated by Scripps Institution of  Oceanography, R/V Sally Ride is an Ocean Class Auxiliary General Oceanographic Research  (AGOR) vessel designed to perform multidisciplinary oceanographic research  worldwide,  from littoral environments to the deepest ocean, from the tropics into first-year  sea ice. Check out the specs below and the video from Wired's Channel on Conde Nast Entertainment's  The Scene . R/V Sally Ride  Specializations Gross tonnage: 3,043 long tons Sustained speed: 12 kts Maximum speed: 12.8 kt...

Wired Looks At the Science of Track & Field  The Science of Sports- Track & Field (photo courtesy of Conde Nast Entertainment) Now that the olympics is in the books, all you couch potato olympians can start training for Tokyo be the next Usain Bolt. Maybe? Possibly? In this video form "The Science of Sports" on The Scene's Wired Channel, olympians give you some tips and talk about the dynamics of running. See you in four years.

Wired's Digital Series 'Tech Guts' tears down Nokia 3310 and iPhone6s Classic Nokia 3310 and Apple iPhone 6s (photo courtesy of Conde Nast Entertainment) The classic Nokia 3310 was introduced in Y2K and the Apple iPhone6 was released almost a year ago. That's a whopping 15 years of technology. We would like to say that the indestructable Nokia 3310 was the predecessor to the popular "Chocolate bar" series of phones. You can learn a lot from TechRadar's memorial article on the 3310 . Wired's digital video series Tech Guts tears down the phone duo to show how technology has progressed in 15 years. Check it out!

WIRED's Data Attack Series Reveals the History of DC and Marvel Films DC vs. Marvel (Photo Courtesy of Conde Nast Entertainment) You need to create a Super Hero startup. Since 1978, DC and Marvel have released 69 live action films and in the next 4 year years 19 superhero movies. We spend over 27.6% of our discretionary income on Super Hero flicks. Both brands have over 17,000 super heroes in their IP vault. That means they can make films for a long time. Between the two brands, Marvel was the phoenix which declared bankruptcy in late 1996 to being a Disney conglomerate flagship today. Marvel has released over 75 films, shorts and series since 1978 which is considered the start of the modern super hero era. DC , like Marvel, started in the 30's and now is a flagship brand of Time-Warner. DC has released over 60 films, shorts and series since 1978. Check out WIRED’s popular digital video series,   Data Attack , reveals the history of  DC and Marvel films in stop mo...