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We look behind the scenes of Brooklyn-based spacesuit maker, Final Frontier Design. Unlike big space operators such as Nasa and the United LAUNCH Alliance, Final Frontier Design has just four employees. “It’s a long road from a couple of guys in a closet to sending suits into space,” says Brooklyn-based co-founder Ted Southern. Although itsContinueContinue reading “WIRED takes a tour of spacesuit maker Final Frontier Design’s studio | WIRED UK”

Helen Marriage wants artists to think a little bigger. Her London-based arts non-profit Artichoke produces exhibitions on an epic scale: taking over cities, not galleries. Source: Artist Helen Marriage’s non-profit Artichoke builds epic works of art, uniting people across social divides | WIRED UK

Nigel Ackland: Bioprosthetic pioneer Source: Bionics can restore the human | WIRED UK

The journey into Seattle’s new tunnel ends abruptly after 311 metres. The world’s biggest tunnel boring drill — Bertha — could not get any further. Source: The tricky task of rescuing the world’s biggest tunnel drill | WIRED UK

Our phones don’t do much while we sleep, but Vijay Pande, a biomedical scientist at Stanford University, has a use for them: scientific research Source: The app that cures cancer while you sleep | WIRED UK

This is a visualisation of dust travelling across the world through the upper atmosphere. Each year, 180 million tonnes of Saharan dust are shifted by strong winds and, according to a study published in Geophysical Research Letters, 28 million tonnes of it are swept across the Atlantic to the Amazon. And it’s filled with naturalContinueContinue reading “Nasa scientists are tracking tonnes of Saharan dust | WIRED UK”

This is White Hell: the northernmost car-tyre testing centre in the world. Spread over 700 hectares of Finnish Lapland, the facility boasts more than 20 testing sites, from snow-covered tracks to iced-over lakes — and more are added every year. Source: Welcome to the world’s most extreme car tyre-testing centre | WIRED UK

Berlin-based design studio Blond & Bieber is making microalgae fashionable. Its founders, Rasa Weber and Essi Glomb, have created Algaemy, a technique for using algae to dye textiles. Each species has its own colour — from the reds of Haematococcus pluvialis to the greens of Spirulina platensis. Source: Berlin-based design studio Blond & Bieber isContinueContinue reading “Berlin-based design studio Blond & Bieber is making microalgae fashionable | WIRED UK”

Tomás Saraceno loves cobwebs. The Berlin-based architect turned artist builds installations inspired by intricately woven spider silk. Source: Spiders steal the show in Tomás Saraceno’s installations

Apps such as Vivino and Delectable already use crowd-sourced reviews to help you choose a bottle of wine. But North Carolina-based startup Next Glass relies on a tipple’s chemical composition. Source: North Carolina-based startup Next Glass helps you choose your tipple according to its chemical composition | WIRED UK