Before Felix Baumgartner dived almost 40,000 metres through space and back to Earth, he was trained by Red Bull’s high-performance director, Andy Walshe. Source: Go to physical extremes in order to learn | WIRED UK
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letgo / Customisable commercials | Contagious
Listings company creates Hollywood-style templates for users to spice up their ad Source: letgo / Customisable commercials – Contagious Communications
How to make your own Pi-powered vegetable orchestra | WIRED UK
Have you ever wished you could beatbox using real beets? We hadn’t either, but Portland-based designer Scott Garner did. Source: How to make your own Pi-powered vegetable orchestra | WIRED UK
Microsoft / Computerised Conversation | Contagious
Tech giant builds virtual bots that can chat with customers on Skype Source: Microsoft / Computerised Conversation – Contagious Communications
Hawaiian artist Hula paints floating murals in extreme locations | WIRED UK
Hawaiian artist Sean Yoro paints murals that float above the surface of the water on ship hulls and melting icebergs Source: Hawaiian artist Hula paints floating murals in extreme locations | WIRED UK
Gatorade / Sweat Tech | Contagious
Drinks brand launches smart technology to improve athlete performance. Source: Gatorade / Sweat Tech – Contagious Communications
In pictures: How the Royal Mint produces two billion coins a year | WIRED UK
More than two billion British coins were issued in 2015 – and every single one of them was made here. Source: In pictures: How the Royal Mint produces two billion coins a year | WIRED UK
Nasa InSight mission to Mars: Bruce Banerdt on patience and Marsquakes | WIRED UK
Getting to Mars requires a lot of skill and a lot of patience. On 5 May 2018 Nasa’s InSight mission to Mars will finally take off. The launch, originally scheduled for March 2016, was delayed by two years due a fault in sensor equipment forcing Nasa to miss its one-month launch window. Source: Nasa InSightContinueContinue reading “Nasa InSight mission to Mars: Bruce Banerdt on patience and Marsquakes | WIRED UK”
This hydroponic farm is hidden 33 metres below London | WIRED UK
Forget everything you were taught in biology — plants don’t need sunlight to grow. Growing Underground is a farm 33 metres below Clapham, south London, swapping sunlight for LEDs. Source: This hydroponic farm is hidden 33 metres below London | WIRED UK
Watch drones fly in virtual worlds in Nosaj Thing’s new music video | WIRED UK
Half director, half programmer, Daito Manabe uses technology to bring alternate realities to life. Source: Watch drones fly in virtual worlds in Nosaj Thing’s new music video | WIRED UK
Sophia Epstein 