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Review: Wacom Bamboo Slate Dec 07, 2016

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Pen-to-paper digital capturing tools like Wacom’s Bamboo Slate ($150) have been around for a while now, but they still seem like magic. There should be no way that you can draw a picture on a pad of paper, press a button, and have a perfect facsimile almost instantly pop up on your phone or your iPad. It defies the laws of… everything. Even if you know how it works, it still seems like it shouldn’t be possible.

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Defending Awful Christmas Films, and the Week’s Other Pleas Dec 06, 2016

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Editor's note: We're proud to bring NextDraft-the most righteous, most essential newsletter on the web-to WIRED.com. Every Friday you'll get a roundup of the week's most popular must-read stories from around the internet, courtesy of mastermind Dave Pell. So dig in and geek out. The Mile Spry Club Like the US and many other countries, Britain has a childhood obesity problem. One teacher witnessed the issue firsthand when she watched a group of 11-year-olds struggle to complete a lap.

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Review: Ozobot Evo Dec 05, 2016

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Playtime meets programming tool in Ozobot’s Evo, “the smart and social robot toy.” Well, let’s not get too carried away. Evo responds to programming, but that doesn’t exactly make it smart. I’m not sure a bunch of flashing lights, beeps, and whirrs qualify as social, but I suppose I’ve seen worse on Facebook.

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Review: Como Audio Solo Dec 02, 2016

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When I was a young pup, I spent my first income tax refund on a pair of Cambridge SoundWorks bookshelf speakers. Those were my only speakers for more than ten years; they moved with me to six different cities. Later, I remember walking through the audio area of CES and stopping dead at the Tivoli Audio booth, impressed by how cool and retro the company’s little clock radios looked, and how surprisingly good they sounded.

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Review: Asus ZenBook 3 Dec 01, 2016

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ZenBook is an awfully good name for the laptop we consider today. Careful meditation will come in handy when pondering whether to fork over a stratospheric $1,599 for a 12.5-inch ultrabook. Asus offers its latest ZenBook 3in two incarnations, both in the same 12.5-inch chassis. The $1,099 cheapie model offersstripped-down specs, while paying $500 more for theupscale version gets you all the bells and whistles: Core i7 CPU, 16GB of RAM, and a high-end 512GB SSD.

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Meet John Knoll, the Creative Genius Who Brought Rogue One to Life Nov 30, 2016

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In one corner of John Knoll’s office at Lucasfilm stand three racks of imposing black computer servers. The sleek 6-foot-tall towers, complete with mechanical switches and fans, flash blue LEDs. Each bears the insignia of the Galactic Empire from Star Wars and a name—Death Star 748, Death Star 749. Imperial computers, these are. As impressive and menacing as the machines appear, they aren’t real.

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Don’t Look Now, But 2016 Is Resurrecting Poetry Nov 29, 2016

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One day in early July, the poet Claudia Rankine was working in her study when her husband walked in. "I can't watch this," he said.

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Doctor Strange Proves Learning Magic Isn’t Strange at All Nov 28, 2016

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You don't even have to watch the whole movie to get the best line from Doctor Strange. Let me set this up (mostly spoiler free). Stephen Strange (Doctor Strange) ends up meeting with The Ancient One and she shows him some seriously awesome stuff. Here is the conversation they have. Strange: How do I get from here to there? The Ancient One: How did you become a doctor? Strange: Study and practice-many years of it.

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McLaren Has Big Plans for Another Utterly Insane Supercar Nov 25, 2016

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In the pantheon of supercars, the McLaren F1 holds a special place. Even now, almost a quarter-century after its arrival, its 240.1 mph top speed makes it the fastest naturally aspirated production car ever. Although designed for the street, it dominated at Le Mans. And it remains a drop-dead gorgeous automobile that deserves every superlative used to describe it. A list of things that set the F1 apart from any car you’ll ever drive runs as long as your arm.

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What Silicon Valley Got Wrong About the 2016 Election Nov 24, 2016

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Whatever your politics, whatever your background, whatever your news sources, it seems fair to say that not many people saw the 2016 election ending this way. (Including, it appears, the guy who won the thing.

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