Cut Your Morning Commute with a Solar-Powered Citycopter
The average person spends 61 hours a year stuck in traffic. That leads up to 56 billion pounds of carbon dioxide released into the air each year and $121 billion in gas spent while you…
Pepsi’s Spire Soda Machine Can Pour Up More Than 1,000 Beverages
Pepsi has just unveiled a crazy, cool new soda machine called Spire, designed to compete with Coca-Cola’s Freestyle machine. The Spire is capable of making more than 1,000 beverages, but the first thing you will…
Big Data Leads to New Models of Earth’s Wind, Weather and Ocean Patterns
Software engineer, former developer of financial trading platforms and now cartographer Cameron Beccario has created a series of interactive animation maps providing real time visual models of the earth’s global wind, weather and oceans. The…
The $2,000 Electric Skateboard That Will Turn You into a Skater Dude
Electric skateboards seem like a relatively simple idea but just ask the folks at Boosted Boards how complex creating the product actually is. After several years of struggling with design issues, specifically with mounting a…
The Birth of Atomic Powered Aircraft and Their Future
In 1942, as researchers involved in the Manhattan Project were preparing an atomic bomb for use in World War II, they began to discuss the use of nuclear power for use in aircraft. Despite all…
Your Hotel Suite is Ready to Board
Ask anyone who flies regularly, especially long haul flights, and they’ll tell you that getting comfortable in your seat for the journey can sometimes be impossible. Not all of us can go business class but…
Smart Voting Software Aims to Replace Politicians with Direct Democracy
Citizens of the mid to late 21st century will vote on local, state and national government bills directly from their smartphones, circumventing elected representatives who will have proven by that time, if they haven’t already,…
Shot in the Mouth as a Teen, Inventor Goes on to Create a Biometric Trigger Lock
At age 16, Omer Kiyani was riding around with some of his buddies when he got shot in the mouth by an unidentified person outside of the vehicle. The shooter has not been caught to…
Bizarre Contraption Gives You Privacy While Flying, Even in Coach
If you’re tired of having meaningless conversations with strangers and even having to look at other people on your flight, you’ll be glad to know a new invention will turn that cramped seat in coach…
The World Air Games Will Blow You Away
The Federation Aeronautique Internationale is the world’s “air sports” federation that sponsors the FAI World Aerobatic Championship, the premier and only official world multi-discipline air sport event. This year the FAI World Advanced Aerobatic Championships…
