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…
Delivery Drones: Amazon “Octocopters” Flying Packages To Your Doorstep
Amazon’s CEO Jeff Bezos has done it again. As early as 2015, Amazon Prime Air could be available to the public, specializing in package-delivering drones called “ocotocopters”. What Is An Octocopter? An octocopter is a…
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,…
Universal High-Tech Card Controls All of Your Credit and Debit Cards
Forget the stack of credit and debit cards that have been taking up all the space in your wallet. There is a new high-tech mega-card, or should we say “the real master card”, that works…
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…
$600 “Invisible” Bike Helmet is 4X Safer Than Traditional Helmets
Sweden has developed the technology for an “invisible” bike helmet, a device to be worn around the neck and rivaling the idea of vehicle airbags. Within one tenth of a second of impact, an inflatable…
