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Get A Better Grip When Riding The Subway With The Rail Reach
Riding the subway sometimes feels like it is the most unoptimized public transportation ever created. If you can squeeze yourself into the subway car during the busy hours, you are probably familiar with the events that transpire thereafter. You won't find a seat, and you will have trouble even find ...
NASA To Use 3D Printer To Print Objects In Space
You know something is going to change the world when it's picked up by NASA as a solution to one of their greatest problems. Believe it or not, NASA is looking into using 3D printing so they won't have to bring delicate, sensitive instruments and building blocks into space. The transportation cost f ...
Manga Generator Instantly Creates A Comic Of Your Life
I am one of those people who is big on optimizing everything. With optimization comes understanding, and that is usually what makes optimization so much fun, at least for me. There are a lot of different optimizations, and it would be impossible to implement them all. When it comes to creativity, op ...
Dad Hacks Power Wheelchair So His Little Boy Can See The World
This is your feel good story of the day, and it will make you appreciate your life and health. It's about a 2-year-old little boy named Alejandro who has Spinal Muscular Atrophy. It's a degenerative neuromuscular disorder that makes it very hard for him to move. Since he's on a 5 year waiting list t ...
Innovative ‘World’s Thinnest Keyboard’ Is Thinner Than You Think
Do you know how thick a millimeter is? I looked it up today. Here are some things that are about one millimeter thick: a piece of paper, a fingernail, a smallish raindrop, a biggish grain of sand and a lowercase 'o' when typed in Times New Roman size 10. Now, take that thickness and divide it in hal ...
DIY High Tech Rainbow Kicks: The High-Top Sneakers That Light Up
Light-up sneakers have come a long way in the past few years. If you want to show the world you have the most high tech custom sneakers ever, you might want to make these DIY high-top sneakers. You'll have to have a little 'know-how' when it comes to geeky crafts, but overall, I think it should be a ...
Hoop Tracker: The Smartwatch That Will Improve Your Basketball Skills
There are so many niche smartwatches that are available now or will be available soon. It started out that they were mostly designed for fitness, but now there is seemingly no end to what some of them can do. I think someday shopping for a smartwatch will be like shopping for a camera or TV. In othe ...
Knight Rider Fan Builds Perfect Replica Of The KITT Car
Fans usually take things to a whole new level once they get a creative idea into their manic minds. We have all seen the insanely creative Cosplay costumes, replica builds and all the other things that fans want to bring to our attention when they upload them to the Internet. Some fans take it way b ...
Kapture Smartwatch Is The Next Step In Wearable Technology
The world has entered a new stage of technology, the wearable era. Previously the only wearable technology we could even remotely call wearable was the Walkman. Times have changed, and now we're used to seeing all kinds of stuff that is supposed to make our lives a whole lot easier to live. We're al ...
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What A Phishing Email Looks Like And How To Detect One [Infographic]
If you are on your computer all day, it would probably be hard for a scammer to entangle you in the web of a phishing email. I've had my identity stolen before, so I've learned the hard way not to click on any links or download any attachments in email unless I'm sure about where they're coming from ...
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Mind-Boggling Internet Growth From 1984 – 2013 [Infographic]
For just a moment, think about what you were doing back in 1984. Were you in school, were you starting your first job, were you even born? I was just a kid in 1984, and I didn't even know the Internet existed, but it did. Back then, the Internet linked 1,000 hosts at University and corporate labs. I ...
Scientist From NASA Makes The Aurora Borealis In A Big Glass Jar
I thought it was interesting to learn the origin of the words 'Aurora Borealis' today. The Roman goddess of dawn is named Aurora, and the Greek name for the north wind is Boreas. If you've seen the Aurora Borealis, you know it's an incredible light show in the sky. According to the Geophysical Insti ...
Sprayable Energy: Caffeine Jolt Absorbed Into Your Skin With A Spray
I think I can speak for most people, or at least most Americans, when I say that we often rely on a caffeine jolt to get us going in the morning. Caffeine comes in many forms, but normally they're all drinkable. Now you might be able to get that caffeine jolt you crave but in a non-drinkable format. ...
Reasons Why Your Doctor May Be An Early Adopter Of Google Glass
About a week ago, I caught an interview on Bloomberg with technology entrepreneur and investor Keith Rabois. He was asked what the chances are that Google Glass will become mainstream, and without hesitation, he said 'zero chance.' Since I'm so involved in the technology community, his comment took ...
Wearable Device For Athletes Measures The Severity Of Head Injuries
Here in the States, the football season is beginning beneath the shadow of the recent NFL concussions lawsuit. Two days ago, the NFL website reported that they agreed to settle the lawsuit for $765 million dollars. This money will be spread amongst 18,000 retired players, and also be used to fund mo ...