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

8/8
Correspondent Josh Davis of Wired magazine investigates an Internet botnet attack of Estonia's banks and newspapers; Host/Field Producer Ziya Tong delves into technology that is helping children with Asperger's Syndrome by translating facial expressions into emotions; Special Correspondent Adam Rogers explores the disappearance of home chemistry sets and Wired Science reports on cardiac surgery performed by a "RoboDoc."

8/15
Host/Field Producer Ziya Tong follows retired oceanographer Curtis Ebbesmeyer's journey to a giant garbage patch in the middle of the North Pacific Gyre; Wired Science takes a look at new ways that water, wind, and technology are being used to fight today's fires; we investigate the impact of global warming on plant growth and Special Correspondent Adam Rogers tests out a new technology that claims to be able to "read your mind" and tell if you are lying.

8/22
Wired Science checks in with mechanical engineers to make sure every baseball that makes it to a Major League game has the correct amount of hardness and bounce; Host/Field Producer Ziya Tong visits a group of professionals who are redesigning wheelchairs; we investigate bringing cloned animal meat and milk to the public, and Milton Garces takes us through his studies on infrasonic waves.

8/29
Wired Science visits with Dr. Anthony Atala and learns about building organs in his lab; Wired Science heads to two underground labs in search of neutrinos; Special Correspondent Adam Rogers combs Kansas wheat fields for rocks from outer space; and Wired editor-in-chief Chris Anderson explores the world of unmanned aerial vehicles.

9/12
Wired Science shows us how Southwestern desert communities are facing the "peak water" crisis; Ziya Tong attempts to settle the debate over analog vs. digital recording with the help of some "golden ears"; Ziya also hacks a disposable camera to show how anyone can accomplish high speed photography; Adam Rogers takes a look at the X-Prize competition; and we visit a Bio Bank where samples of tissue, organs, and body parts are stored.

9/19
Wired Science travels to Vermont to watch as sensors are placed on a bridge to monitor the health of the structure; Ziya Tong examines restless leg syndrome and what ignited this condition into a business; Rocky Roccanova, CEO of TouchTable, Inc., demonstrates TouchTable's interactive interface; Adam Rogers looks into purchasing his own satellite; and Wired Science's very own GeekDad, Dylan Tweeny, sets out to build a UFO hovercraft with his six year old daughter. Adam Rogers chats with Franklin Chang Diaz, retired NASA astronaut, to discuss how his work is changing rocket engine technology.

9/26
Wired Science travels to Japan and meets up with a GeekDad who builds fighting robots for competitions; Adam sits down with Anne Wojcicki and Linda Avey, the co-founders of 23andMe, to chat about giving people insight into their genetic information; we meet medical professionals who are working to eliminate symptoms of various diseases by supplying electricity to the brain; chemistry teacher Chris Schrempp makes hot ice; we venture out to the first International Rocketbelt Convention in Niagara Falls; and Ziya Tong travels to Colorado's Mesa Verde National Park to discover how lasers aid in the preservation of ancient sites.

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.