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Our team of synchronised swimmers assessed the MP3 players for comfort, ease of use and sound quality »
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We lived with each of the cars for a week, commuting into London via a mix of city roads and dual carriageways »
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Ease of fold, weight, ride quality and price were assessed, as well as suitability for commuting and how they fared in heavy traffic »
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Carved from a single piece of rosewood, this clutch bag is the result of a three-year study into the use of wood as a fabric »
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From DIY perfumeries and distilleries to café furniture, these designers have used copper in their alchemy »
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After its radical re-engineering by Munich-based designer Christian Zanzotti, this time-honoured Persian smoking device has taken on an altogether more Teutonic feel »
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This claims to be the world's first knitted football boot. Primeknits are as strong as conventional boots, but much lighter »
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The circular base of this stripped-back turntable is made from Delrin, a resin so dense that it behaves almost like metal »
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We are what we attend to. What we pay attention to drives our behaviour and affects how we feel »
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In the field of exhibitions, however, digital life's potential is only just beginning to be explored »
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Too much of what we revere as innovation merely proliferates products, styles and services in an increasingly baroque display of creativity »
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Idling capacity -- the untapped value in under-utilised commercial, personal and urban assets such as these -- is pervasive »
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George Stigler, a 1982 Nobelist in economics, used to say: "If you never miss the plane, you're spending too much time in airports." »
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To film the next batch of alien Transformers invading Earth, Michael Bay needed a new kind of camera -- so IMAX made him one »
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There's a new way to appreciate your favourite tracks -- unspool the data and hang it on the wall »
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Benjamin Grant spots art in the everyday -- from 600km up. "I've always been trying to find ways to get people more interested in space," says the 25-year-old New Yorker »
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Inspired by twitchers' field notes, Dutch designer Ruben Pater, 29, created the Drone Survival Guide, which illustrates 26 types of UAV, drawn to scale »
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For fans of revealing outfits: a sensor-packed sweater that transmits your emotions with LEDs »
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Guardians of the Galaxy is introducing a universe too big for even Wired to map... »
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The MX3D robot arm extrudes steel with 360-degree articulation »
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Meg Jayanth has turned Phileas Fogg's 80-day challenge into a choose-your-own adventure game for iOS »
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After hi-tech wearables come skateables: a bolt-on sensor pack that monitors boarders' every slam and nollie »
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A London-based music researcher has created Mogees -- a pocket-sized sensor for your iPhone that transforms any surface into a playable, programmable synth »
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These photographs weren't taken -- they were grown, replacing photosensitive chemicals with photosynthetic organisms »
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This macabre sculpture is, according to its creator, Belgian scientist Frederik De Wilde, made from the blackest black in the world »
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This issue, for the fourth year running, we showcase the 100 hottest European startups that you need to know about »