Four years after the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation awarded $710,000 for the development of a revolutionary waterless toilet, the technology has \ received a second financial boost. The Nano Membrane Toilet, as developers at Cranfield University call it, now has…
A Redwood City, Calif. startup called Neurotrack Technologies Inc. has created a brain health app that is helping scientists unravel the mysteries of memory, and work to find a cure for Alzheimer’s. Its simple browser-based app screens users for signs of cognitive…
I’ve never owned a car with an automatic transmission. From my 1969 Datsun 2000 roadster to the 2011 Mini Countryman S that currently sits in my garage, I’ve had a long line of vehicles that required more than just pressing…
A competitor solves a Rubik’s cube using one hand during the Rubik’s Cube European Championship in Prague.Thomson Reuters In his 2013 TEDx Talk, “The first 20 hours,” author and business expert Josh Kaufman busts the myth that learning new skills…
Oct. 12, 2016, 10:30 AM 16,681 Every year hundreds of thousands are infected with the HIV virus. However, an Oxford-led study revealed something unprecedented in a group of children in South Africa: a built-in defense against HIV that prevents the…
The nearly century-old teardrop pull-behind design gets a sleek, stylized upgrade by (of all people) a boat builder. With its smooth curves, flared edges, and shiny lacquered finish, the Chesapeake Light Craft (CLC) teardrop build looks more like a yacht…
The 21st Century is bringing a yearning for physical objects and low fidelity – two threads that perfectly combine in the anachronistic cassette tape. Now, I find talking about cassettes tends to get some chortles, perhaps people mumbling under their…
Uber and Airbnb, the hugely popular marketplaces for taxi-like car rides and hotel-like short-term rentals, are usually considered to be successful case stories for the emerging “sharing economy.” Another buzz phrase, “people as a services,” describes the business models of…
screenshot High school students have recreated Martin Shkreli’s infamous price-hiked HIV drug for less than a 12-piece fake mustache set. That’s right, for $2, these amazing braniacs recreated the same drug that the pharma douche is selling for $750. That’s…
Facebook wants to teach you all about how AI works Image: PA Wire/Press Association Images By Brett Williams2016-12-01 22:12:43 UTC Pay attention, everyone: Facebook is trying to teach you something. Since you probably let the social network distract you from…