This series imports the DNA of Wired Magazine - a pre-eminent science/technology magazine - into a fast-paced and timely television series. Its beat: the latest happenings in sci/tech and its impact on health, culture, communication, entertainment, politics, and business. The program builds on the magazine's attitude, breakout journalism and great design, to create a world of thought-provoking feature stories, fun facts, and highly topical departments. It includes a wide scope of content from around the world that appeals to people who are passionate about new ideas, recent discoveries, and the latest innovations.

Fridays, 8/8-10/10/08 from 4:30-5:30 a.m. ET

10/3
Adam Rogers rummages through a "space junkyard" to see how spaceships are being reverse-engineered from 40-year-old technology; Ziya Tong interviews computer scientist Louis von Ahn about using human perception to digitize books; Wisconsin neuroscientists show off an invention that's helping blind patients see with their tongues; Chris Hardwick interviews maverick genomics pioneer Craig Venter; Ziya Tong travels to Napa Valley to find out what science has to do with creating the perfect bottle of wine.

10/10
A Woods Hole Institute expedition travels to the Arctic Ocean Autonomous Underwater Vehicles in hopes of discovering new life forms; chemistry teacher Chris Schrempp turns cotton balls into smokeless gunpowder; Chris Hardwick and Kamala Lopez take us on a tour of The WIRED Living Home; Ziya Tong explores the area in West Virginia known as "the quiet zone" and learns why this is the perfect site for radio astronomers searching for life on other planets; photographer Felice Frankel shows us the hidden beauty of science; and Adam Rogers goes behind the scenes to show us how Hollywood is cracking the code to create "perfect water" on screen.