CES begins tomorrow, but Wired.com snagged a peek at some of the coolest gadgets you can expect to see at the big show. Included: an ultralight Windows-based notebook, WowWee's latest toy robot, and a keypad-secured USB drive.

Tags: wired.com CES 2009 wired gadgets gadget lab electronics technology las vegas CEA

A high-speed video of mating flight in A. aegypti: a male pursuing a female in free flight. The audio track is from another mating sequence recorded from tethered A. aegypti.

Tags: mosquito music song animals

The Twitter hack.

Tags: twitter hack obama britney gmz

A movie of observations of Cassiopeia A (Cas A) over eight years from the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. After the time lapse sequence, the camera then zooms into three different areas of Cas A where evolution of different features can been seen. This movie - the first of its kind for a supernova remnant - reveals new details about the supernova explosion and its remnant seen today. (Credit: NASA/CXC/SAO/D.Patnaude et al.)

Tags: space astronomy supernova

A fly-through of Cas A based on the 3-D representation constructed from Chandra and Spitzer data. As Tracey DeLaney, its creator noted, "This is not an artists rendering. The data is in here." However, it does begin with an artists rendition of the neutron star leftover from the Cassiopeia supernova explosion about 300 years ago.Next, new features unseen in traditional 2-D data sets are visible, including details of how the parent star exploded. Green: iron observed in the x-ray Yellow: argon and silicon seen in X-rays, optical and infared Red: cooler debris seen in the infrared Blue: the outer blast wave, most prominent in X-rays. Credit: Visualization: NASA/CXC/D.Berry; Model: NASA/CXC/MIT/T.Delaney et al.

Tags: supernova astronomy space

A new year is almost upon us, and 2009 will likely be accompanied by a brand new set of gaming trends. Chris Baker and Chris Kohler run down their depressing predictions for the new year

Tags: gamelife video games technology 2009 wired.com wired magazine new year predictions gaming trends

A former F-16 jockey and a skateboard designer collaborate to design the tiny Icon A5 aircraft.

Tags: "cheap airplanes" flying "Icon a5" "icon air" "personal airplanes" "recreational flight" wired

Writer Chris Hardwick reveals the inside story of his feature on the art of organizational self-help. Spoiler: After three methods and six weeks, he's still a little disorganized.

Tags: "Chris Hardwick" wired "self help books" "getting things done" "the four hour work week"

Michael Sullivan has a thing for robots, sex and stop motion animation. Clips of his on-going feature, 'The Sex Life of Robots', as well as an exhibition of his robot sculptures are now on display at the Museum of Sex.

Tags: robots sex life michael sullivan stop motion museum of

Gadget Lab 22: We find out if the new Blackberry Storm has any thunder. Plus the Gadget guys have a look at a Chinese iPhone knockoff: beware of the Hi Phone.

Tags: "gadget lab" wired "blackberry storm" "hi phone" "fake iphone"

Alex Evans, Co-Founder of developer Media Molecule, visited the Wired Store to talk about the creative process that led to the making of Little Big Planet, and the way the game has unleashed the creativity of players.

Tags: Little Big Planet user generated content sony playstation alex evans media molecule

Watch Ice Culture in action as they convert 280-pound blocks of ice into everything from cocktail bars to frozen shot glasses.

Tags: ice "ice lounge" "ice sculpture" "ice culture" wired vodka

Fraudsters rack up millions of dollars in merchandise using fake credit cards with legit numbers hacked off the Internet. Detective Bob Watts of Newport Beach PD shows how it's done.

Tags: "credit card fraud" wired

The first manned space flight to orbit the moon launched from Earth Dec. 21, 1968. The crew sent this telecast from lunar orbit on Christmas Eve, reading the first 10 verses of the book of Genesis.

Tags: "Apollo 8" NASA "manned flight" Space Moon "Christmas Message" Wired Wired.com

Global warming is a cause for serious concern in low-lying countries. The Dutch aren't waiting for a catastrophe; they're taking measures to solve the problem now. City planners, take note!

Tags: wired magazine wired.com dutch delta dyke water environment climate change global warming rising sea levels netherlands

Want to punch the Millennium Falcon to light speed? If you lack piloting skills and don't know Shyriiwook, try a paper version. Here's how to make an origami Millennium Falcon.

Tags: "Millennium Falcon" "Star Wars" Wookies Origami Wired "Wired Magazine"

Robots at the University of California, Santa Cruz's Chemical Screening Center. They are scanning compounds from the sea floor looking for promising drug candidates.

Tags: drugs pharmaceuticals robots california UC UCSC

Looking for a stocking stuffer that'll be sure to light up your fireplace this year? Check out the Bonefire Recreational Flamethrower.

Tags: flamethrower fire wired.com wired magazine bonefire recreational

Do you know the real story behind the actual true non-fictional Santa Claus? No, not the cartoon with Burgermeister Meisterburger in it, although that's pretty awesome. We reveal the secret origins of Santa.

Tags: santa claus christmas holiday season lore sjoberg alt text episode 20 wired.com wired magazine humor comedy commentary

Jonathan Lees, a volcanologist from the University of North Carolina, and colleagues matched up HD video observations with seismic data to map the forces on Mt. Santiaguito in Guatemala.

Tags: volcano eruption guatemala