Issue 13.07 | July 2005
Remix Planet
Keeping It (Un)real
The Gorillaz - the world's greatest live, pre-recorded, re-mixed, all-animated band - talk about sampling global pop culture.
By Neil Gaiman
Plus: When action figures meet sketch comedy
God's Little Toys
Confessions of a cut & paste artist.
By William Gibson
Plus: Gaming mods, from Scarface to SpongeBob
QT: King of Thieves
Scene-stealing, Tarantino-style.
By Beth Pinsker
Plus: My other car is a Mini-Hummer - the ultimate hacker "hybrid" vehicles
Spock the Sith Slayer
The mind-melding world of fan fiction.
By Neal Pollack
Plus: How to remix MTV, iMods, Nikes & more
Special Section
Wired Test
More than 75 of the summer's hottest products, tested and rated: • MP3 players • gas grills • ice cream makers • digital video cameras • handheld game systems • golf drivers • more!
Features
The Doom-Defying, Two-Fisted Marketing of Fantastic Four
Don't even try to tell Marvel Studios it won't be a hit.
By Jonathan Bing
The Coming Boom
Big Pharma has made billions pumping up the male population. Next up: female orgasms.
By Annalee Newitz
The Pentagon's Killer Chopper-Plane
The Osprey has been an R&D nightmare. But the tilt-rotor dream machine may finally fly.
By Ron Berler
The Rooftop Solar Revolution
Dotcom king Bill Gross wants to sell you a high-energy, low-cost solar concentrator that will fit on your roof. And overthrow the powers that be.
By Spencer Reiss
The New Face of IBM
China's biggest IT brand is going global. First move: buying the PC division - and the world-class management - of an American icon.
By Kevin Maney
Found
Artifacts from the future
By Seth Kaplan










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