Bio-Organic Nanocrystals Charge A Cell Phone In Just 30 Seconds

You may have your Samsung Galaxy S4 or your latest iPhone, but if you don’t have battery power you’re basically holding a piece of junk. Rather than calling police to come to your rescue, you…

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Origami-Inspired Tube Squeezes Out Every Last Ounce of Toothpaste

Are you tired of having to roll up your tube of toothpaste all the time to get a little bit to come out? Nicole Pannuzzo, a student at Arizona State University, set out to make…

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Do You Know What’s Hacking Your Cell Phone?

Dr. Seuss’ famous “Cat In The Hat” is not far off from the life of a modern day hacker: “Have no fear, I will not let you fall. I know some good tricks, I will…

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740 Gears and 15 Years Later, the Do Nothing Machine Lives Up to Its Name

The inventor of the Do Nothing Machine was a retired clock maker, named Lawrence Wahlstrom. Wahlstrom always had an obsession with gears and after stumbling upon a WWII bomb sight harboring a pile of gears,…

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BionicKangaroo Is Capable Of Mimicking The Bouncy Ways Of The Real Thing

Recently, advancements in robotics came in the form of a robot mimicking a frog and its movements. Now, German company Festo has taken another step in robotics by creating BionicKangaroo, a robot that moves similar…

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New Cars Required to Have Rearview Cameras by 2018

In a bid for safer roads, the US’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has ruled that all new vehicles under 10,000 pounds must be equipped with a rearview camera by May 2018. The ruling…

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Are Vertical High-Speed Trains the Future of Public Transportation?

To save space on land and increase transportation capacity, British designers Christopher Christophi and Lucas Mazarrasa have designed a skyscraper rail hub with hyper-speed trains that travel vertically. The concept behind the design The basic goal…

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See NASA’s Sci Fi-Looking Morpheus Lander in Action

NASA’s Morpheus lander, which is essentially a vertical take-off and landing rocket, recently completed a very successful test launch. The lander was designed in order to eventually land on planets without humans and is reusable.…

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PlayStation’s Morpheus to Perfect Virtual Reality Gaming, Except for the Blurriness and Motion Sickness

Video games have come a long way since the introduction of the Atari home game console almost 40 years ago. First came the basic toggle stick controls of PAC-MAN and Pong, then the controller of…

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New Program Connects Leaders and Innovators at 35,000 Feet

First there was first class, then second class. Now a major multinational airline has created “Innovation Class.” Chance encounters with people in unexpected situations, often referred to as coincidence, fate or “fortuitous happenstances,” sometimes lead to…

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