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Observation Deck

Summary: Wired's senior editor Adam Rogers takes a weekly look at stories shaping—and shaped by—the Wired world.

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 Ep. 15: What Happens When Cars Start Talking to Each Other? | File Type: video/x-m4v | Duration: 3:42

The cars: They will drive themselves. That's pretty much a given at this point, thanks to artificial intelligence research at Stanford and elsewhere. And they'll talk to each other, too — the processes that let our cars go fast and get to where we tell them won't be centralized. There won't be a control tower. Software will sort it out among itself.

 Ep. 14: Books, Artifacts and Sending Information Across Time | File Type: video/x-m4v | Duration: 5:40

This week on the Observation Deck, I'm thinking about the different flavors of books, sending information across time, and the way to judge a book without a cover.

 Ep. 13: How Signs Shape Cities' Identities | File Type: video/x-m4v | Duration: 3:57

We inscribe words on our cities -- street signs, neon, billboards and sometimes poetry and knowledge about the city itself.

 Ep. 12: Why Hollywood Should Double Down on No. 2s | File Type: video/x-m4v | Duration: 3:29

You already know that the second movie in a big action trilogy is usually the best one. But I think I might have figured out why that's the case (no spoilers; watch the video above to get my theory).

 Ep. 11: Mapping a Bold New Approach to Breaking News | File Type: video/x-m4v | Duration: 3:26

In this edition of Observation Deck, I'm pitching an approach that combines all that data with geolocation technologies and maps. What would that look like?

 Ep. 10: Why I Want a 'Google Nose' | File Type: video/x-m4v | Duration: 2:35

Let's figure out a way to, as the techies say, surface all that data. I want to see (or smell) all of it. Who knows? Maybe the isoscapes of daily life will teach us all a way to build something new out of the basic ingredients of our everyday lives.

 Ep. 9: At Comic-Con, All the World's a Stage | File Type: video/x-m4v | Duration: 3:05

People go to cities to watch other people. In any city, at any given moment, some people are performing (whether they intend to or not) and some people are audience (whether they mean to be or not).

 Ep. 8: Science vs. Politics--In a Way | File Type: video/x-m4v | Duration: 2:31

Which is more important: The presidential election or the discovery of the Higgs boson? I try to figure out the answer, by way of some thinking about the differences between science journalism and political journalism as I've practiced them.

 Ep. 7: The Science Fiction We Need | File Type: video/x-m4v | Duration: 2:31

I try to think about changes in my favorite sub-genre, post-apocalyptic stories … because those stories have changed.

 Ep. 6: From Movie to Theme Park | File Type: video/x-m4v | Duration: 4:00

What happens when you build a ride, a whole environment, based not on traditional hand animation but on 3D, computer generated data?

 Ep. 5: We Deserve Better | File Type: video/x-m4v | Duration: 3:22

I imagine you're tired of talking about Prometheus at this point—and I know that all of us geeks have pretty much aired out our criticisms, questions, defenses, counterattacks, etc. But frankly, I'm still mad...

 Ep. 4: Saving the Planet with Pavement | File Type: video/x-m4v | Duration: 3:37

You might already know that reflective rooftops are better for the environment. They reduce the Urban Heat Island effect, help keep buildings cool, and therefore lower energy use. But on a recent trip, flying into Burbank, I began to wonder...

 Ep. 3: What is Genre, Really? | File Type: video/x-m4v | Duration: 2:20

Wired Senior Editor, Adam Rogers weighs in with the possibility that everything is genre.

 Ep. 2: The Time-Warping Power of Skyscrapers | File Type: video/x-m4v | Duration: 3:14

Wired Senior Editor Adam Rogers talks about skyscrapers and relativity in this week's Observation Deck.

 Ep. 1: What's Beneath Us | File Type: video/x-m4v | Duration: 3:21

Wired Magazine's Senior Editor, Adam Rogers talks about long forgotten tunnels, the romanticism of underground dwelling, and his own tale of a figure from underneath; in this inaugural edition of The Observation Deck.

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