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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.

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's Brent Rose Checks Out the New Action Cameras from GoPro and Garmin Virb Ultra 30 Brent Rose on GoPro Hero5 (photo courtesy of Conde Nast Entertainment - The Scene) GoPro started the world on capturing action video. With their new GoPro Hero5 Black and Hero5 Session they have improved on the previous model. Brent Rose of Wired also takes a peek at the Garmin and does a comparison of the 4k footage between the two.  If you are looking for a new action camera, the new GoPros seems to be the cutting edge. If you are trying to look for it on Amazon, wait a while. In a Fortune article this week, GoPro has ceased selling on Amazon citing pricing pissing match. We see this to clear up by Black Friday (wink-wink). Thanks to our friends the Wired Channel at Conde Nast Entertainment 's The Scene , 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.

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.

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...

NASA Engineer's Review the Technology That Makes Star Trek Wired Interviews NASA Engineer's on Star War Tech (photo courtesy of Conde Nast Entertainment) Thanks to Conde Nast Entertainment for this. Holodeck, Warp speed, deflector shields, teletransportation – what’s real and what’s not in  Star Trek ? WIRED gets those answers from NASA’s JPL engineers Brian Muirhead and Anita Sangupta in a interview on The Scene 's Wired Channel.  Enjoy your humpday and check it out.

Wired Tries Out the Ultimate Maker Iron Man Glove Iron Man Glove replicated by serious maker (photo courtesy of The Scene/Wired) What happens when you turn a maker on to a high power laser? Thanks to Conde Nast Entertainment's The Scene for a fun look at all the things that are possible when wielding the powerful Iron Man glove with a blue 3W laser(3000x more powerful than a laser pointer). The Iron Man glove was designed and built by Patrick Priebe of Laser Gadgets .  WIRED tested a real-life Iron Man glove. Here’s a look at all the everyday things (balloons, lighting a match, lighting a candle, etc.) that they subjected to this powerful glove. Check out the video!

Wired Premieres Series 'Tech Guts' Shows How Far Apple Desktop Technology Has Evolved in Three Plus Decades Mac: 1983 to 2016 (Courtesy of Wired) Thanks to Conde Nast Entertainment for the preview. WIRED's new digital video series  Tech Guts  tears down two different pieces of beloved mac tech: one classic and one current. In the premiere episode,  Wired presents Apple’s IIe and 27” iMac. Watch as they pull them apart, compare them and offer a few cultural details, stats and tech bits long the way. A quick view of how far desktop technology has come in 3+ decades. Give it a view!

Wired Has Ghostbusters Director Paul Feig To Play Real or Fake with Famous Ghosts Do you know the ghosts Minny Quay, the Chartreuse Lady, or the Greenbriar ghost? Thanks to Conde Nast Entertainment for sharing with us Nerd Stalkers.   The WIRED channel at Conde Nast Entertainment's  The Scene  asks Ghostbusters "Answer the Call" director Paul Feig. Test your knowledge of ghost lore. Check out this entertaining piece!