Wired 2007 - Abstracts

Wired 2007
TitleSubjectAuthors
50 greatest mostly rock soundtracks of all time!(THE LIST)(List)Sociology and social work 
Any way you want it.(Play Home)(highly customizable layout feature of Miami's Cube building)Sociology and social workSonia Zjawinski
A password.(hacking)Sociology and social workDavid Kushner
Art for science's sake.(Interview with Jonah Lehrer)(Interview)Sociology and social workJennifer Hillner
A second life for MTV.Sociology and social workMark Wallace
A shock to the system.(use of electrodes to treat Parkinson's disease of Steven gulie)Sociology and social workSteven Gulie
Back to the Futurama.(return of animated sci-fi comedy "Futurama")Sociology and social workChris Baker
Bad boys of Vice TV.(REINVENTION)(Eddy Moretti, Shane Smith and Suroosh Alvi)Sociology and social workJason Tanz
Ball busters.(testing of baseball equipment by Professor James Sherwood and Patrick Drane of the University of Massachusetts-Lowell)Sociology and social workJohn Wolfson
Be more than you can be.(improving soldiers' performance)Sociology and social workNoah Shachtman
Big city knights: a Jedi order establishes a new temple - in lower Manhattan.(Posts)(Star Wars)Sociology and social workCharles Graeber
Blade runner.(Oscar Pistorius)(Interview)Sociology and social workJosh McHugh
Brand-new bags.(recycling of plastic for the manufacture of tote bags)Sociology and social workMatthew Honan
Breaking the news.(fulfillment of online demand by Gannett Company Inc. )Sociology and social workJeff Howe
Bright stuff.(works of architect Thomas Heatherwick)Sociology and social workTim McKeough
Building a better kilogram.(replacing the 118 year old official kilo)Sociology and social workCharlie Emrich
Burning down the house.(POLICY)(Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger criticize the green movement)Sociology and social workMark Horowitz
Campaign 2008: webbiest ever.(Start)(U.S presidential candidates' websites)Sociology and social workMiyoko Ohtake
Carry-on, my wayward son.(Play)(Test)(evaluation of luggages)(Product/service evaluation)Sociology and social workJen Trolio
Cause celebs.(THE CHARITY)(Entertainment Industry Foundation's charitable causes)Sociology and social workJessica Coen
Channel surfers.(Play)(Test)(evaluation of TV tuner cards)(Product/service evaluation)Sociology and social workRick Broida
Chasing Bugatti.(Bugatti Veyron)Sociology and social workMike Spinelli
Circus maximus.(use of technology at 'Love' circus)Sociology and social workAdam Rogers
Comic geniuses: how two dorks behind Penny Arcade turned an obscure online comic strip into a videogame empire.(15.09 PUBLISHING)(Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins of Penny Arcade Inc.)Sociology and social workChris Baker
Cracking the Gibson Code.(William Gibson's book "Spook Country")(Interview)Sociology and social workWarren Ellis
Crack the gadget code.(Start)Sociology and social workTom Conlon
Creatures from the black lagoon.(Don and Andrea Stierle's research on the microorganisms found in the Berkeley Pit lake.)Sociology and social workGuy Gugliotta
Dark material.(Posts: Blasphemy)(the making of "The Golden Compass")Sociology and social workGavin Edwards
Directed by John Woot!Sociology and social workJohn Gaudiosi
Down with happiness.(human beings' quest for perfection)Sociology and social workDavid Ewing Duncan
Drive different.(COMPUTING)(Colin Braun improves his car racing skills with data acquisition)Sociology and social workPreston Lerner
Drug test cow-boys.(availability and remuneration of volunteers participating in clinical trials of life-saving drugs)Sociology and social workJosh McHugh
Fever pitch.(Saturday Night Fever)Sociology and social workSam Kashner
Film schooled: how a Sundance bomb became an online hit.(Play)(Screen)Sociology and social workJason Silverman
Fission trip.(plutonium factory)Sociology and social workDavid Wolman
Flights of fancy.(target marketing of supersonic flights)Sociology and social workDaniel Gross
For that drain-cleaner fresh feeling.(Start)(What's Inside Colgate Toothpaste)Sociology and social work 
Free music goes legit.(CULTURE)Sociology and social workCliff Kuang
Geekipedia: 149 people, places, ideas and trends you need to know now.(A SUPPLEMENT TO WIRED)(Glossary)Sociology and social work 
Get light-headed.(comparison of the Petzl Tikka XP, Brunton L5, Coast Revolution and the Pelican HeadsUp Lite 2670)(Product/service evaluation)Sociology and social workClaude Mciver
Getting a grip.(ROBOTICS)(innovations in robots' appendages)Sociology and social workGregory Mone
Get to the PowerPoint.(Alpha Geeks)(PowerPoint presentation as an art form)Sociology and social workDaniel H. Pink
Guitar heroes.(Harmonix, maker of video game Rock Band)Sociology and social workChris Kohler
Heart of Darko.(interview with Donnie Darko's director, Richard Kelly)(Interview)Sociology and social workEric Steuer
Herding the mob.(controlling website hacking)Sociology and social workAnnalee Newitz
Highway stars.(Play)(Test / SCOOTERS)(Product/service evaluation)Sociology and social workNancy Miller
Hocus pocus.(grand party for Richard Garriott)Sociology and social workJohn Spong
Hollywood's massive rewrite.(views of writers on sharing of revenues from online promotion of their works)Sociology and social workNancy Miller
Hot, Fast and Topless.(Mercedes CLK63 AMG Cabrio, Jaguar XKR, Shelby Mustang GT500, and the BMW M6 convertibles)(Product/service evaluation)Sociology and social workMike Spinelli
Houston,we have a trash problem.(waste management during space travel)Sociology and social workSean Cooper
How NASA screwed up.(Aeronautics and Space Administration)Sociology and social work 
I love the 8-bit.Sociology and social workJake Swearingen
Inherit the wind.(environmental aspects of energy supply)Sociology and social workJohn Geoghegan
In search of.... Loose nukes.Sociology and social workMichael Levi
Instant replay: NFL Films' exhaustive archive is rushing into the digital age.(Posts)(Sports)Sociology and social workJason Buhrmester
Ion Chef.Sociology and social workSally McCrane
I spy.(Shannen Rossmiller spies against terrorists)Sociology and social workJack Hitt
It's alive! How Frankenstein created a cultural monster.(Play)(Print)Sociology and social workJennifer Hillner
iWant you to want me.(customization tips for the iPhone)Sociology and social workNick Douglas
Japan, Ink.(influence of Japanese manga comics)Sociology and social workDaniel H. Pink
Kick it with RZA.(the Wu-Tang clan's RZA was inspired by kung-fu films)Sociology and social workSteven Leckart
Leap of faith: technology makes skydiving foolproof. Yeah, right.(Posts)(WIRED DISPATCHES/ Adventure)Sociology and social workJoe Brown
Major buzzkill.(disorder of bees)Sociology and social workGreta Lorge
Make backdating a thing of the past.Sociology and social workAndy Kessler
Make everything better.(Martha Stewart)(Interview)Sociology and social workMark Frauenfelder
Marathon man: Japan's reality-TV gamer just keeps playing and playing and playing....(Play)(Games)(Shinya Arino stars in the reality show Game Center CX)Sociology and social workBrian Ashcraft
Me, my soul, and I.(Douglas Hofstadter)(Interview)Sociology and social workKevin Kelly
Metal heads.Sociology and social workChristina Couch
Must-Stream TV.Sociology and social workJeff Howe
Need Cash? Sue Google!Sociology and social workMichael Myser
Neptune shrugged: dive into the murky depths of a shooter that owes more to Ayn Rand than Doom.(BioShock)Sociology and social workKieron Gillen
Ode to joystick.(CULTURE)("Video Games Live" and "Play! A Videogame Symphony")Sociology and social workJoel Stein
Oil from the deep.(Chevron's deep sea oil production operation in the Gulf of Mexico)Sociology and social workAmanda Griscom Little
Operation Christmas.(Start/Infoporn)(a Santa Claus theory)Sociology and social workGregory Mone
Origin of a species.(U-Ram Choe's sculpture, the Urbanus Female)Sociology and social workAsami Novak
Our celebs, ourselves.(popularity of blogs)Sociology and social workJonathon Keats
Playlist: what's wired this month.(Play)(new products, websites and television shows)Sociology and social work 
Pop-up cities.(construction of Dongtan near Shanghai)Sociology and social workDouglas McGray
Printing food? Sweet!Sociology and social workMary Jane Irwin
Puffle kerfuffle.(animation games)Sociology and social workDawn Margolis
Puppet masters.(ENTERTAINMENT)(Robot Chicken employs action figures and stop-motion animation)Sociology and social workAdam Winer
Reservoir logs.Sociology and social workMichael Behar
RoboCop, PhD.Sociology and social workMike Daisey
Rock 'n' reel.(PROJECTIONS)(music-themed movies in Hollywood)Sociology and social workLisa Robinson
Runaway idea: the twin inventors of electronic monitoring still have regrets.(Posts)(Crime and Punishment)(Robert and Kirk Gable)Sociology and social workGary Wolf
Shooting cool.(Miles Davis)(Biography)Sociology and social workPatricia Bosworth
Singin' in the rain.(EDITOR'S LETTER)(Editorial)Sociology and social workMitch Glazer
Slicing up the moon.(Start)(Canada, Denmark, Russia, Norway and the United States claim territories in the Arctic and Russia, Japan, China and the U.S. plan to set base on the Moon)Sociology and social workRichard Morgan
Son of Hubble, prepare for liftoff.(James Webb Space Telescope)Sociology and social workErin Biba
Soul survivors.(Martin Scorsese, the Rolling Stones, and the making of "Shine a Light")Sociology and social workMitch Glazer
Splat. You're dead.(paintball game)Sociology and social workBen Paynter
Staring down the censors.(Chinese bureaucrats are betting that a high tech system will allow them to control what citizens do and say online. But they're fighting a losing battle.)(FREE SPEECH)Sociology and social workOliver August
Stars on parade.(gazing sky through telescopes)Sociology and social workRebecca Milzoff
Stupid laser tricks.(Hack)Sociology and social workChris Hardwick
Super breakout: escape old London's most feared prison - guided by GPS.(Posts)(Games)(location-based games recreate a prison break out of the Tower of London)Sociology and social workAria Pearson
Super sippy cups.(Play)(Test)(Product/service evaluation)Sociology and social workMelissa Wagenberg Lasher
Super slo-mo.Sociology and social workRebecca Milzoff
Thanksgiving under a microscope.(thanksgiving meals are put under a microscope to reveal their structure)Sociology and social workTom Conlon
The angry mogul.(MUSIC)(Universal Music Group CEO Doug Morris)Sociology and social workSeth Mnookin
The big dig.(The ancient port of Constantinople is found while digging for Turkey's tunnel project)Sociology and social workJulian Smith
The bone factory.(underground trade of human bones in India)Sociology and social workScott Carney
The dark side of Oz.(IDEA LAB)(the synchronicity of "The Wizard of Oz" and the Pink Floyd album "Dark Side of the Moon")Sociology and social workJim Windolf
The dark world of Ridley Scott.(Interview)Sociology and social workTed Greenwald
The game of life: when reality feels like playing Tetris, a new era has begun.(Start)Sociology and social workRex Sorgatz
The great escape.(escape of Central Intelligence Agency officials from Tehran on November 4, 1979)Sociology and social workJoshuah Bearman
The great GPS race.(Start)(Atlas)(global positioning system)Sociology and social workCyrus Farivar
The guru of getting things done.(David Allen)Sociology and social workGary Wolf
The king of ring-a-ding-ding.(THE SONGWRITER)(Jimmy Van Heusen)(Biography)Sociology and social workJames Kaplan
The meteor farmer.(Steve Arnold)Sociology and social workBen Paynter
The new space race.(Elon Musk's commercial space travel)Sociology and social workCarl Hoffman
The odor artist.(development of personal care products by Sissel Tolaas)Sociology and social workSally McGrane
The operator.(school teacher's phone service)Sociology and social workAustin Merrill
The other other white meat.(food products from cloned animals)Sociology and social workBen Payntner
The pedal to the metal, totally illegal cross-continental sprint for glory.(Alex Roy and Dave Maher attempt to break Cannonball Run record)Sociology and social workCharles Graeber
The price of technolust.Sociology and social workMaryann Jones Thompson
The righteous fury of Dick Pound.Sociology and social workMark McClusky
The road to ruin.(evaluation of gaming software developed by Rockstar Games)Sociology and social workDavid Kushner
The secrets of Silicon Valley.(TheFunded.com)Sociology and social workCarlye Adler
The sound of movies.(TUNE IN)(the Movies Rock concert and producers Kathleen Kennedy and Bruce Cohen)Sociology and social workEmily Poenisch
The takedown artist.(MEDIA)(Chris Carey)Sociology and social workPatricia B. Gray
The trouble with productivity: thanks, Google. You've turned me into the most efficient time-waster ever.Sociology and social workSeth Mnookin
The world needs more rebels like Einstein.Sociology and social workWalter Isaacson
They'll always have Dublin.(REUNION)(the making of "The Commitments")Sociology and social workDick Clement, Ian La Frenais
They shot, he scored.(THE COMPOSER)(Elmer Bernstein)Sociology and social workNick Tosches
Thumbs down.(Posts/ WIRED DISPATCHES: Aging)(competitive texting and the National Texting Championship)Sociology and social workNeil Janowitz
Tommy dearest.(THE ROCK OPERA)(Ken Russel's "Tommy" featuring the Who's)Sociology and social workJames Wolcott
Tray-table book.(Play: Print)(America From the Air)Sociology and social workJosh Mchugh
Turns out, money does grow on trees: eco-capitalists save Mother Nature by charging for her services.(the economic aspects of nature conservation)Sociology and social workDavid Wolman
TV's young guns.(Start)(Quincy Smith of CBS, Albert Cheng of ABC and Jason Kilar of Fox and NBC)Sociology and social workTroy Patterson
Untangling the mystery of the Inca.Sociology and social workGareth Cook
Wag the dog: a canine hotel may shound luxe, but there's no place like home.(Posts)(Wired Dispatches)(Hospitality)Sociology and social workLisa Katayama
We are here: with the help of GPS, Amazonian tribes reclaim the rain forest.(Posts)(Mapping)Sociology and social workAndy Isaacson
What's wired this month.(Playlist)(Play)Sociology and social work 
What went wrong.(the Iraq war and computer network technologies)Sociology and social workNoah Shachtman
When bots attack.(botnets can be used for distributed denial of service attacks)Sociology and social workJohn Robb
When stars record.(BLINDFOLD TEST)(Demetri Martin and David Cross guess the movie artists' sound recordings)Sociology and social workJohn Ortved
Where is Jim Gray?(Jim Gray, software developer for Microsoft Corp.)Sociology and social workSteve Silverman
While America sleeps: Washington policy makers ignore the threat of cyberattack at everyone's peril.Sociology and social workRalph Peters
Windows update.Sociology and social workCarolyn Rauch
Wish list.(gift ideas for the holiday season)(Buyers guide)Sociology and social workJonathon Keats, Sarah Fallon, Jon Phillips
Your outboard brain knows all.(Start)Sociology and social workClive Thpmpson
YouTube? Me too!(Hotseat)(Interview)Sociology and social workMiyoko Ohtake
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