WIRED 2015 is our annual two-day celebration of the innovators, inventors, artists and entrepreneurs who are reinventing our world. For more from the event, head over to our WIRED 2015 hub. http://www.wired.co.uk/wire...
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Like John Torode and Gregg Wallace at the end of an invention test, Moley Robotics wants you to stop cooking. The UK company has unveiled what it claims is the world’s first robot chef at the Hanov...
Video games are brought into existence for a huge variety of reasons; the simple equation that combines past success and sunk cost to churn out sequel after sequel is a big part of it, for instance...
In this series, Investec Private Banking explores the people behind some of the UK’s most extraordinary companies. Meet Giles English, who founded British watch company Bremont – against the odds
"Kids were calling this the Mickey Mouse hat. So we thought, 'why not make some Mickey Mouse ears?'" says Ana Maiques. Her company, Neuroelectrics, has created a piece of headgear to monitor the br...
Chemotherapy could one day be replaced by high-tech pills that directly target cancerous cells. New research into nanotechnology is looking to tackle huge problems on a tiny scale.
The bacteria in your gut could be having a big impact on your brain, with new research on animals showing a clear link between what goes on downstairs and what happens upstairs.
Innovators and investors in health technology have a fundamental responsibility to look beyond just making money, and focus on getting breakthroughs into the hands of patients, physician and entrep...
Are you as functionally optimised as you could possibly be? The likelihood is that you're not, but research being undertaken by Red Bull might one day help you to change that.
Geoff McGrath, VP at MAT, tells WIRED Health 2015 he wants to measure people the same way it measures F1 cars -- and learn more about how to solve fundamental problems of human health.
In December 2014, Intel revealed that it had been working with Professor Stephen Hawking to create a new system to help him communicate and interact with the world around him. In an unprecedented m...
"We tried to design a medical device that was also beautiful. It is a very very simple device with a ring of LEDs that tell you the time," says Matteo Lai, showing off his company's medical grade w...
In 2006 Nigel Ackland lost his right arm in an industrial accident. Six months of pain, surgery and infections followed before he told doctors to amputate his arm below the elbow. Now, Ackland wear...
Adam Gazzaley is building a repertoire of games that could one day help us reduce or even reverse the impact on our cognitive faculties of disorders such as Alzheimer's, or deficits caused by brain...
How do you disrupt the NHS -- without joining a political party? "It causes a lot of trouble sometimes," admitted Tony Young, NHS England's clinical director for innovation, at WIRED Health 2015. "...
Like John Torode and Gregg Wallace at the end of an invention test, Moley Robotics wants you to stop cooking. The UK company has unveiled what it claims is the world’s first robot chef at the Hanov...
Speaking with Wired magazine editor David Rowan in London at an event on 25 September, Thiel said that "uniqueness", "secrets", and a monopoly on the marketplace were the key to successful startups.