Do You Know What’s Hacking Your Cell Phone?
Dr. Seuss’ famous “Cat In The Hat” is not far off from the life of a modern day hacker: “Have no fear, I will not let you fall. I know some good tricks, I will…
740 Gears and 15 Years Later, the Do Nothing Machine Lives Up to Its Name
The inventor of the Do Nothing Machine was a retired clock maker, named Lawrence Wahlstrom. Wahlstrom always had an obsession with gears and after stumbling upon a WWII bomb sight harboring a pile of gears,…
BionicKangaroo Is Capable Of Mimicking The Bouncy Ways Of The Real Thing
Recently, advancements in robotics came in the form of a robot mimicking a frog and its movements. Now, German company Festo has taken another step in robotics by creating BionicKangaroo, a robot that moves similar…
New Cars Required to Have Rearview Cameras by 2018
In a bid for safer roads, the US’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has ruled that all new vehicles under 10,000 pounds must be equipped with a rearview camera by May 2018. The ruling…
Are Vertical High-Speed Trains the Future of Public Transportation?
To save space on land and increase transportation capacity, British designers Christopher Christophi and Lucas Mazarrasa have designed a skyscraper rail hub with hyper-speed trains that travel vertically. The concept behind the design The basic goal…
See NASA’s Sci Fi-Looking Morpheus Lander in Action
NASA’s Morpheus lander, which is essentially a vertical take-off and landing rocket, recently completed a very successful test launch. The lander was designed in order to eventually land on planets without humans and is reusable.…
PlayStation’s Morpheus to Perfect Virtual Reality Gaming, Except for the Blurriness and Motion Sickness
Video games have come a long way since the introduction of the Atari home game console almost 40 years ago. First came the basic toggle stick controls of PAC-MAN and Pong, then the controller of…
New Program Connects Leaders and Innovators at 35,000 Feet
First there was first class, then second class. Now a major multinational airline has created “Innovation Class.” Chance encounters with people in unexpected situations, often referred to as coincidence, fate or “fortuitous happenstances,” sometimes lead to…
Does This Anti-Gravity Wheel Defy Newton’s Laws?
Derek Muller, of the popular YouTube channel Veritasium, recently attempted to replicate an experiment done by Professor Eric Laithwaite, involving a heavy wheel. Professor Laithwaite claimed that while he was not able to lift the…
What’s the Biggest Environmental Health Risk That Could Kill Us All?
A new study from the World Health Organization (WHO) says that air pollution is the single biggest environmental health risk in the world, responsible for seven million deaths globally in 2012. This is higher than…
