Why Did a Billionaire Spend $36 Million on This Cup?
It sounds like a bad joke: Why did the billionaire buy the chicken cup? But there’s no punchline. What may seem like a relatively normal cup on the outside is anything but. For Chinese art…
BMW Develops Laser Beam Headlights That Won’t Blind Other Drivers
BMW will begin manufacturing new headlights for its plug-in i8 hybrid featuring a laser light concept that it claims will reach a high beam range of up to 600 meters. However, the technology is still…
Six Flags Unveils The World’s Tallest Drop Ride: 41 Stories High and 90 MPH!
Six Flags decided to remove their outdated, wooden rollercoaster called Rolling Thunder and replaced it with what?! The world’s tallest drop ride! The ride, called Zumanjaro, will be ready to go this summer at New…
Affordable Micro 3D Printer Smashes Its $1 Million Kickstarter Goal in a Day
This week, the Micro 3D printer, dubbed the “affordable 3D printer”, set some crowdfunding records by smashing its $50,000 target on Kickstarter in about 11 minutes. Before we knew it, the project had hit over…
Need WiFi? Look for a Flying Wind Turbine.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology startup Altaeros Energies has developed the BAT, or Buoyant Airborne Turbine, which can roam the skies as a WiFi hotspot. The flying turbine is filled with helium and can rise up…
The U.S. Navy’s New Railgun Can Hurl 23-Pound Projectiles Over 5,000 MPH!
The U.S. Navy’s latest weapon is an electromagnetic railgun launcher… Yes, it sounds intense but what does it actually do? For starters, the launcher is capable of hurling 23-pound projectiles at speeds exceeding Mach 7…
Big Data’s Big Promise in a “Small World”
The big promise of big data, according to Kirk Bome in a TED presentation (see below), is helping us find “small connections” between large numbers of data points that will have profound meaning for the…
Watch This Guy Play Music Without Ever Touching an Instrument
Former Cornell student Ray Li has combined music, technology and electronics to make an instrument that requires no musical background to play. With the help of a classmate, Li created a device that gets its…
Amazon Redefines Your “Dash” to the Supermarket with New Grocery Shopping Remote Control
Amazon has introduced a brand new grocery buying gadget called, “Dash.” This handheld remote control can be used to purchase food from Amazon Fresh, the company’s same-to-next day delivery service. That doesn’t mean you’ll be…
Volcanic Island “Cannibalizes” Its Neighbor “Pac-Man” Style
Snoopy-Shaped Island Eats Its Neighbor While Chinese and Japanese politicians, military leaders and “scholars” continue their “spitting contest” over the “Diaoyo Islands” or “Senkaku Islands,” depending on your point of view, a much more interesting…
