Cough Up $13,000 to Brew Up a Cup of Tea in 60 Seconds
We all know the telltale whistle of a kettle ready to brew the perfect cup of tea. Waiting for the water to reach the optimal temperature seems to take forever, though. Bkon’s Craft Brewer cuts…
Could This Invention Solve a Major Problem with Public Bathrooms?
Public restrooms — two words that immediately send shivers up your spine. Is it that mystery liquid on the floor or the un-flushed toilets that make you feel like you’re the star of a really…
New Treatment of Hepatitis C Has Over 90% Success Rate
Hepatitis C is the most common cause of cirrhosis (liver scarring), liver cancer and the most common reason for liver transplantation in the world. As many as 500,000 people die each year because of hepatitis…
Bill Gates Funds the Birth of Graphene Condoms
Manchester, England, was the birth place of the Industrial Revolution, home to the father of atomic theory, John Dalton, and the father of modern computing, Alan Turing, not to mention Karl Marx, the contraception pill…
Gillette Engineers High-End Razor to Encourage Men to Lose the Beard
Proctor and Gamble revealed in January that razor sales were down because of a secular decline in facial shaving. Seeking to reverse this trend, P&G is getting ready to release a new high-end Gillette razor…
Father of Drag Racing Hopes to Hit 200 MPH in This Electric Dragster
“Big Daddy” Don Garlits, who many refer to as the father of drag racing, was the first man to ever break 200 mph in a dragster. But that was about 40 years ago. Now, Garlits…
Are Brain Implants the Beginning of Super Humans?
Surgically implanted microchips in the brain can help the deaf hear and the blind see, the crippled walk and the Alzheimer’s patient remember things. But what else are we capable of with this kind of…
Withings’ Pulse O2 Adds Blood Oxygen Level Monitoring to Its Wearable Tech
The advancement of wearable technology continues to grow with many new exciting developments on the horizon, especially since Google announced Android Wear and Apple’s iWatch on the way. Despite Nike pulling the plug on its…
Escape Adulthood with Your Own Tiny Tree Cube
Tree houses are no doubt the ideal place for children to play, enjoy the outdoors and to do something creative in summer vacations. They’re not only loved by kids but also Some love treehouses as…
Dastardly Japanese Robot Wins “Rock, Paper, Scissors” 100% of the Time
Janken, an upstart robot at Tokyo University’s Ishikawa Oku Laboratory is, without a doubt, the best Rock, Paper, Scissors (“Jan, Ken, Pon” in Japanese) player in world history; the game came down to us from…
