Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Omni touts crime drama to woo Mandarin, Cantonese viewers
Star and La Presse divvy up Olive Media’s sales services
Dynamic Outdoor launches new audience measurement system
Irrational humans need engineers, not economists
Civil society needs more engineers, according to biomedical engineer and author Guru Madhavan.
By: Guru Madhavan,
Continue reading...This company is designing the future of office furniture
Steelcase is the world’s biggest office-furniture maker. WIRED goes behind the scenes at its R&D labs.
By: Nick Compton,
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Mac OS X El Capitan review: the Mac's future, or Apple's past?
The announcement of the 12.9-inch iPad Pro earlier this year was the clearest sign yet that while Apple remains outwardly committed to the Mac, it also knows iOS has a future beyond mobile phones, watches and smallish tablets.
By: Michael Rundle,
Continue reading...How to make your own monitor mount
Monitors can take up a lot of desk space. This DIY guide explains how to build a strong, durable cheap and flexible mount.
By: Jeremy Cook,
Continue reading...This shape-shifting material is inspired by cuttlefish
Engineers at MIT are trying to create a composite material that can change its structure in an instant
By: Gian Volpicelli,
Continue reading...Meet the neurosurgeon who uses a 3D printer before operating
Ed Smith, a paediatric neurosurgeon at Boston Children's Hospital, uses 3D printed models to get a feel for brains.
By: Clive Thompson,
Continue reading...Omega-3 can now be made from algae, not overfished sardines
Omega-3 can now be made from CO2 plus the Sun -- instead of overfished sardines.
By: Sophia Epstein,
Continue reading...How Hollywood is helping to design the perfect TV
Paradox of colour: how Hollywood is trying to design a perfect TV
By: Michael Rundle,
Continue reading...Alan Moore: 'Electricomics' is groundbreaking, but print is still superior
Author of some of the most widely celebrated works the comics industry has ever seen, Alan Moore's career is defined by reimagining classic characters and creating scores of originals. His latest work sees the celebrated writer experimenting with an entirely new medium, and seeing where digital comics can lead.
With digital anthology Electricomics now available, Moore speaks to WIRED about the genesis of the project, what inspired his own contribution to the collection, and how print comics remain a superior technology.
By: Matt Kamen,
Continue reading...Cyberattacks have created an invisible but vast war zone
Every month, it seems, a mammoth cyberattack sponsored by a nation state comes to light. With nations the world over bolstering their cyber arsenals, WIRED looks at those that have garnered the most headlines.
By: Kim Zetter,
Continue reading...First UK patient receives stem cell treatment for sight loss
A patient has become the first in the UK to receive pioneering new stem cell treatment to save her sight.
By: Becca Caddy,
Continue reading...This bridge is 180 metres high, 300 metres long and made of glass
The newly-opened glass foot bridge in China's Zhangjiajie National Forest Park is a record-breaker.
By: K.G Orphanides,
Continue reading...Virgin Media launches 200Mbps broadband
Virgin cable users across the UK will be invited to upgrade from 1 October, but there will be price increases for some.
By: K.G Orphanides,
Continue reading...Two comets collided to form Comet 67P's 'duck' shape
3D modelling and analysis of the strata of the comet's lobes show that they were originally two separate objects.
By: K.G Orphanides,
Continue reading...First trailer for 'X-Files' 2016 return is mysterious (and familiar)
The truth is technically still out there, one presumes, and with Mulder and Scully set to return to TV screens with a six-part X-Files series in January, we're closer than ever to actually finding it.
By: Michael Rundle,
Continue reading...Sonos TruePlay tunes your speakers to suit your room
Sonos has announced a new software feature that'll turn anyone into an acoustic engineer.
By: Becca Caddy,
Continue reading...Apple's new privacy site explains exactly how it uses your data
Apple has launched a new privacy policy website to explain in exacting detail how it users customers' data.
By: Michael Rundle,
Continue reading...WIRED Awake: 10 must-read articles for 29 September
Your WIRED.co.uk daily briefing. Today, Google is upgrading its quantum computer, Shell ends Arctic oil exploration, there's (probably) water on Mars and more.
By: WIRED.co.uk,
Continue reading...Canada Post celebrates e-tail innovators
ESLint: The Next-Generation JavaScript Linter
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It was the summer of 2013 and I was working on a project for my employer, Box. I had just finished wiring up JSDoc as a nightly build using a plugin to detect T3 patterns in our code and document them automatically. It occurred to me that these patterns might be easy to get wrong, and I started looking for a way to automatically detect incorrect patterns. I immediately turned to JSHint because we were already using it and I thought it could support plugins. Unfortunately, it could not.
Still, I couldn’t get the idea of a linter with pluggable runtime rules out of my head. I had just spent a bunch of time learning about Esprima and abstract syntax trees (ASTs), and I thought to myself, “It can’t be all that hard to create a pluggable JavaScript linter using an AST.” It was from those initial thoughts that ESLint was born.
The post ESLint: The Next-Generation JavaScript Linter appeared first on Smashing Magazine.
Yop praises teen humanitarians in new effort
Shopify, Chango honoured at new startup awards gala
Google’s Big Ad Week Reveal: Email list targeting for search
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
35% of Canada’s programmatic spend goes to private markets
StackAdapt tries to marry pre- and post-click metrics
Alternative thinking on agricultural technology, Janet Yellen’s impact on hedge fund returns, and how Jimmy Clausen should retire from the NFL
You could help find the next generation of antibiotics
A new biology kit could allow anyone to get involved with the discovery of the next generation of antibiotics. Post/Biotics, created by entrepreneur Vidhi Mehta, will use a combination of citizen science and crowdsourcing to discover new materials with antibiotic properties in a bid to crack the growing issue of drug resistance.
By: Sammy Maine,
Continue reading...Win tickets to the Rugby World Cup with Tissot
WIRED readers could win tickets to the Australia versus Wales rugby match on October 10 thanks to Tissot.
By: Wired UK Staff,
Continue reading...Liquid water probably exists on Mars, Nasa reveals
Nasa has announced the strongest evidence yet that flowing water exists on the surface of Mars. The space agency stopped short of saying the announcement represented final proof of the discovery but said it was increasingly likely that very salty water did exist on the surface during warmer months.
By: Sammy Maine,
Continue reading...Monkeys are also fooled by optical illusions
Research conducted at Georgia State university has found that monkeys and humans perceive -- and misperceive -- visual illusions in the same way. Reflecting resemblances in the species' perceptual systems and their interpretation of their physical worlds, the research was carried out using capuchin and rhesus monkeys, with the Delbouef illusion used as the visual aspect of the testing.
Collaborators for this project include Michael Beran, associate professor in Georgia State's Department of Psychology and associate director of the Language Research Center, and Sarah Brosnan, associate professor in Georgia State's Department of Psychology, Department of Philosophy, Neuroscience Institute and Language Research Center.
By: Sammy Maine,
Continue reading...30 Under 30: The best project I ever worked on…
Social media has made us all lonely, according to the Pope
Social media has made everyone lonely, Pope Francis said in a sermon on the last day of his American tour.
By: Cara McGoogan,
Continue reading...H&M-owned retail brand COS comes to Canada
How To Run A Side Project: Screenings Case Study
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Did you know you have a superpower? No, I’m not talking about super-strength, sticking to walls or pushing metal claws out of your forearms (although you might have those as well, for all I know).
If you work on the web — which I assume you do if you’re reading this — your superpower is side projects. Unlike your regular job, where you have to listen to your boss or please your client, a side project lets you take on an alternate identity, one of which you’re in charge and no one can stop you.
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Review: 'The Martian' is just the movie space travel needs
You get the impression that Ridley Scott read Andy Weir's 2011 hit sci-fi survival novel The Martian -- with its detailed descriptions of chemical reactions, planetary orbits and zero gravity mechanics -- and came to the same conclusion that protagonist Mark Watney does: "I'm going to have to science the shit out of this."
By: Oliver Franklin-Wallis,
Continue reading...Dairy Farmers campaign puts Canadian cheese in the spotlight
Freebie: World Landmark Icons (AI, EPS, PDF, PNG and PSD)
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Today we’re happy to release a new Smashing freebie: 18 lovely world landmark icons such as the London Eye, the Eiffel Tower or the Empire State Building. The icons are detailed enough to show architectural elegance but without adding chaos. They're designed to work best in both digital and print media.
Today we’re happy to release a new Smashing freebie: 18 lovely world landmark icons such as the London Eye, the Eiffel Tower or the Empire State Building. The icons are detailed enough to show architectural elegance but without adding chaos. They're designed to work best in both digital and print media.
The post Freebie: World Landmark Icons (AI, EPS, PDF, PNG and PSD) appeared first on Smashing Magazine.