Groovy Toyota Changes Colors to Match Your Mood
Remember how popular mood rings were in the 70s? Happy. Sad. Mad. Mood rings supposedly read your mood and change colors to match it. Toyota has come up with, what’s basically, a mood ring on…
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Autonomous Undersea Vehicles (AUVs) Unveil Ocean’s Mysteries
According to scientists, 80% to 90% of the world’s oceans are unexplored. Humans may know more about the moon and outer space than oceans just 15 miles off the world’s coastlines. The Mariana Trench, the…
Technology Outsmarts Mother Nature’s Fiery Fury
Climate change has altered weather patterns around the world. According to researchers, as the greenhouse gases warm the earth, we can expect more wildfires across the globe in the near future. Every year, forest fires…
4G-Loaded Smart Trench Coat Tells You When It’s Raining
Progress in technical fields has been enormous and we’ve come to rely on it in our day-to-day lives, so much so that we apparently need technology to tell us it’s raining outside. Techies have developed…
Philadelphia Pulls the Trigger to Become First City to Ban 3D Printed Guns
Philadelphia has voted unanimously to ban the production of firearms using 3D printers, becoming the first U.S. city to make printing any firearm or “any piece thereof” illegal. Councilman Kenyatta Johnson, author of the legislation,…
Your Next Piece of Furniture May Be Partially Made from Potatoes
What’s normally a side dish may become a side table in your home in the near future. Potatoes are being served up in a new biodegradable, recyclable medium density fiberboard (MDF). MDF is a popular…
Trash-Talking Robot Garbage Can Lectures You About Litter
Beware litterbugs. If you’re thinking about littering, you’re about to get called out … by a robot. Studies have shown that litter attracts litter and if streets and public places were clean, people would think…
Low Cash Flow? This Wallet Shouts to Keep You from Spending.
If you are an impulsive buyer, this crafty Japanese wallet can help you save money by rolling away when you reach for it. The Living Wallet looks like a regular wallet except for the small…
New Text, Email or Facebook Likes? There’s a Scent for That.
Scentee is a plug-in accessory that plugs into the headphone socket of iPhones and Android smartphones. Whenever you receive a comment on your Facebook post, an email or an SMS text, you could get a…
BMW Alpina D3 Bi-Turbo Goes from 0 to 62 in 4.6 Seconds. And It’s a Diesel.
Specialist automaker Alpina, one of the world’s highly-regarded manufacturers of luxury vehicles, has been working closely with BMW since 1961. This long-standing collaboration between Alpina and BMW has come up with what it claims to…
