Innehållsförteckning för May 2017 från WIRED

IN 1990, AMERICAN TV viewers were introduced to the bucolic town of Twin Peaks, Washington—and to creator David Lynch’s creepy-campy propensity for distorting the mundane. In its short two-season run, the neonoir series netted a pile of awards, earned a cult following, and reset expectations for what a TV show could be, from the cinematography and music to the pervasive sense of dread. (The Killing, Top of the Lake, and Bates Motel all float on an undercurrent of Lynch ian sordidness.) On May 21—a quarter century after it went off the air—Twin Peaks returns, on Showtime, with Lynch directing and Kyle MacLachlan reprising his role as coffee-slurping, pie-noshing FBI special agent Dale Cooper. Though the auteur remains tight-lipped about the plot of the 18-part series, he dished about casting, cars,…

SeaNet Oceangoing oligarchs can partly own anything from a no-fuss VanDutch 40 powerboat to a fancy-pants Benetti megayacht. PRICE: $173,750 to $5.1 million PLAN B: SmartYacht HeliFlite A prepaid card gets fat cats lifts within 125 miles of Manhattan with two days’ notice. PRICE: $161,250 for 25 hours PLAN B: Blade Bounce, Sikorsky Shares Flexjet Ranges from 25 flight hours in a light jet to an 800-hoursa- year share in a Gulfstream G450 (sleeps up to six). PRICE: $175,000 to $30 million PLAN B: NetJets, XOJet Private Islands Online One getaway comes with servants on a nearby island. PRICE: Up to millions per night PLAN B: Amillarah Private Islands Terra Vivos For your, er, last resort, opt for fractional ownership of an Indiana bomb shelter. When the apocalypse hits, you’ll…

BACK IN THE 1920S, fleet-footed photojournalists were casting aside their bulky, sheetfilm- shooting Speed Graphics in favor of the new pocket-sized 35-mm cameras. Just one problem: To focus, you had to guess the distance to your subject. To solve this, camera-makers adapted a military technology known as a rangefinder, a scope that measured distance on the battlefield by a trick of optical triangulation. Coupled with the lens’s focusing ring, the rangefinder ensured ultrasharp pictures. Leicas equipped with this system became the weapons of choice for correspondents like Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Capa and were avidly cloned (and occasionally improved) by Soviet and Japanese manufacturers. Eclipsed by single-lens-reflex models, autofocus, and bright LCDs, rangefinder-style cameras have recently surged in popularity as high-performance, travel-friendly digital shooters. Compacts like those from FujiFilm (X100F,…

Every great idea starts with a story. For Jack Daniel, the great idea was crafting the world’s best whiskey. His story is steeped in a passion for distilling, told through his wild success in face of adversity, and exudes a tireless determination that defines all successful entrepreneurs. With Jack’s entrepreneurial spirit in mind, Gentleman Jack started The Pitch Distilled, a multi-city, live pitch competition, pairing aspiring entrepreneurs with judges tasked with helping them kick-start the next big idea. As mentors charged with distilling the contestants’ pitches, these judges offer their own great ideas and the experiences behind the startups they founded. Randy Goldberg and David Heath founded Bombas Socks, a brand that offers technical benefits and philanthropic outcomes. Zac Maurais and Ben Doherty, Founders of the delivery app, Favor, now…

Balloon Venus (Magenta) WHO JEFF KOONS WHEN 2012 WHERE In the collection at the Broad museum in Los Angeles In 2008, Jeff Koons commissioned a balloon twister to make a prototype for this statue, based on a Paleolithic figure. It took nine months to get the perfect shape; then the 62-year-old American artist, who started out as a commodities broker, made a CT scan of the bulbous Venus, enlarged it, and had the shape cast and milled in steel. It would have been easier to construct the hair and body separately, but Koons insisted that making the entire model out of a single balloon was the only way for the 8.5-foot Venus to look and feel like it was truly filled with air— and might even pop. “I’m interested in…

BETWEEN FAKE-NEWS-PROPAGATING Macedonians who might have stolen the election and news-writing robots that might steal our jobs, journalists have a lot to worry about these days. wired scribes are no exception, and our March cover package explored today’s treacherous media landscape, with pieces on the new New York Times and Edward Snowden’s tools for improving security for reporters (“The News in Crisis”). Readers are just as concerned about journalism and, well, the truth; some see an optimistic future, while others foresee dystopia. (We oscillate between those states ourselves.) A few even accused us of publishing fake news. Harsh! Our fact checkers declare that allegation provably false. Re: “Keeping Up With the Times”: The Gray Lady claws its way into the digital future “TERRIFIC READ FOR THOSE WHO CARE ABOUT SUSTAINING…

Skype seats n. pl. / 'sk?p 's?ts / New videoscreens in the White House briefing room that let four invited out-oftowners participate in press sessions. They’re supposed to make for a more “diverse” group of journalists; so far that means alt-right bloggers, radio talkshow hosts, and local Fox affiliates. electrogenetics n. / i-'lek-tr?-j -'ne-tiks / A way of toggling genes on and off with electricity to control a cell’s behavior. Ordinarily, biological and electronic systems can’t talk to each other—cells communicate with molecules, circuits with electrons. This new tech bridges the gap, opening up a sci-fi realm of hybrid bionic devices. thubber n. / 'thu-b r / Thermally conductive rubber. Permeated with liquid metal, it’s the first highly elastic material that can dissipate heat, making it ideal for flexible circuitry…

WITH ITS DOMED TOP and intricate meshwork, the Louvre Abu Dhabi looks like a delicate spaceship, but it’s decidedly earthbound. Well, more like seabound. Conceived as an extension of Saadiyat Island by lead architect Jean Nouvel, the museum couldn’t get under way until contractors blocked off a section of the sea and drained all the water. (The pumps ran for six years.) Once the buildings were near completion, the team waterproofed the exteriors—then tore down the seawalls. Now the salty waves of the Persian Gulf lap against the sides, reflecting beams of light that shoot through the perforated dome. “There are surprises every day,” says Hala Wardé, one of the architects. “It looks like vibrations on the white walls.” The exhibit spaces stand about a dozen feet above sea level…

IT’S THE CLASSIC space-flick premise: Life as we know it is threatened by an alien force, and there’s only one unrealistically attractive crew that can save us. This month brings two sequels from masters of the genre: James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant. We binged on the directors’ previous sci-fi outings to prepare for the impending boss battles. Consider it a blaster class in filmmaking. The Alien Thriller Plot Generator Our hero, a 1 , and a ragtag group that includes a 2 discover larger forces are at play after 3 . But then the alien bad guy(s) 4 . Ultimately, our hero vanquishes the boss alien by 5 . Still, our survivor(s) shouldn’t rest easy. After all, 6 . GIACOMO GAMBINERI…

1 Make Some Space Most consumer 360 cameras are essentially two cameras strapped back-toback. Fish-eye lenses provide the ultrawide field of view, so the images become distorted if objects are too close. Be sure to place the camera at least a few feet away from subjects to keep things real. 2 Take Center Stage A viewer watching your video in a VR headset will have total control over where they look. Think of the camera as a human—put it somewhere in the middle of the action. 3 Mind the Gap The images from the two lenses are automagically stitched together to make a spherical video, and there’s a parallax effect where the two hemispheres meet. Position the camera so the stitch mark falls somewhere not critical to the action. 4 Farewell to Arms If…

“GOOGLE THE WORDS DAVID DWORKEN” and you’ll find a picture of a teenager in an oversize gray suit shaking hands with former secretary of defense Ash Carter, along with a headline that reads: “meet david dworken, the teenager who hacked the pentagon.” Which is pure clickbait. Last spring, the Pentagon sponsored a “bug bounty,” inviting computer security enthusiasts to dig into Defense.gov, DoDLive, and a few of its other public-facing websites. Dworken, then newly 18 and among the youngest of the 1,410 participants, found six vulnerabilities, ranging from cross-site scripting (where malicious code can wreak havoc on a victim’s web browser) to insecure direct object reference (alert: potential data breach). He wasn’t the only one to find chinks in the sites’ armor—250 bug hunters had found similar weaknesses—but he was…

Two parts Bushmills, one part sweet vermouth, twist of lemon, served neat; “Thursday Girl,” by Mitski; binge-watching The West Wing #BartletIsMyPresident; THC-infused hard candies; Wal-Flu and lemon-lime Gatorade; face-numbing homemade hot sauce; a little Oscars schadenfreude; Missing Richard Simmons podcast; fistfuls of Valium; deleting Twitter from my phone; renewed focus on personal wellness rooted in mindful meditation and … just kidding, it’s marijuana; snail slime face masks; ABC After School Specials: High School Narc with Viggo Mortensen; RuPaul’s Drag Race #MayTheBestWoman- Win; bone broth; affirmative Post-it notes on the ladies’ bathroom wall; dolphin-spotting in the St. Johns River; infrared sauna on a Sunday; nutritional yeast instead of grated cheese; a six-hour, destination- free walk. WIRED is a registered trademark of Advance Maga zine Publishers Inc. Copyright ©2017 Condé Nast. All…

ALPHA SAFETY FIRST IT’S THE NEW AMERICAN DREAM—a drone in every home. The Federal Aviation Administration predicts annual sales of recreational drones will reach 4.3 million by 2020. But as the skies darken with fleets of Phantoms and Typhoons, the ERs are filling up—a reminder that while tech becomes smarter, humans do not. Take it from the pros: There’s a right way to drone. 1. Try Before You Fly Get a drone that comes with a simulator app for virtual test runs, or invest in DroneSim Pro or RealFlight software. Why: A New York science teacher was arrested after his drone crashed into empty seats at the 2015 US Open. 2. Cover Up As with iPhone cases, you buy drone accessories separately. Propeller guards are a must for protecting your…

1 Ona North Sound The number one rule of influencing is Always Be Gramming. Be ready for the shot anywhere, anytime, by stashing your phonecam accessories in this ruggedly handsome leather bag. That way you won’t be fumbling around in your cluttered backpack the next time llamas escape from the zoo. $149 2 Lume Cube Your fans want to see your face at the concert, not a blurry silhouette. But your phone’s harsh flash flatters exactly no one. This tiny strobe illuminates your scene with lumen levels ranging from subtle to blinding. One is enough for selfies, or chain a few together to brighten a whole room. $80 3 Photoflex LiteDisc When the sun’s not shining where you want it, have your assistant (you have an Instassistant, right?) hold this. You’ll luxuriate in…

1 Leica Sofort BEST FOR: Impatient art directors The retro-chunky Sofort doesn’t match the features of a realdeal Leica, but it does push past the basics. It gives you solid control over camera settings, offers modes for macro and “party” shots, and includes a front-facing mirror for, yes, insta-selfies. Load it with industrystandard Fuji Instax Mini film or two Leicabranded varieties. $300 2 Polaroid Pop BEST FOR: Nostalgic digerati While it inherits Polaroid’s analog legacy, the Pop knows a few digital tricks. Its LCD touchscreen serves up a bevy of filters and stickers, and its 20-megapixel sensor and hi-def video are on par with your phone. When you’re ready to print, the Pop spits out inkless photos the same size as those iconic Polaroids of yore. $200 CAROLINE TOMPKINS…

1 Detection Acute pain begins with nociceptors—long neurons that originate in the spinal cord and end as thin fibers in the skin. Those fibers are tipped with receptors that respond to paininducing stimuli. When a stimulus is strong enough, these receptors generate an electrical current—the pain signal. 2 Transmission The pain signal travels along the neurons through a series of channels that allow sodium ions back and forth across cell membranes. These channels, like Nav1.7, allow those charged particles across a membrane if the pain signal is strong enough. (If it isn’t, the person feels no pain.) 3 Perception When a pain signal reaches the spinal cord, it continues up to the brain, where the somatosensory cortex is primarily responsible for translating information about the intensity of the pain signal.…