Long before The Lord of the Rings was written (the movies were still decades away), J.R.R. Tolkien sent Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit, along with a company of thirteen dwarves on a quest to retrieve their dragon-guarded mountain and treasure, and now LEGO has given us The…
Most of us pre-millennials pine for the days when you can wind real film in camera, watch it develop, and put it in a photo album or project it on a wall. But many post-millienials pine too for the same tangibility – that demographic that considers the early 90s…
I once read a legitimate scientific paper that said in roughly 200 million years giant arboreal squid-like creatures called Squibbons could be the next intelligent species after humans “leave” Earth for more habitable planets. The thing is, lots of scientists,…
Why can’t we turn any surface into a “virtual” keyboard? We have gotten used to the idea of typing solely on physical keyboards, but wouldn’t it be cool to just start typing away on any rigid surface, like your desk or kitchen counter to write an email or a…
The Tesla Model S four-door sedan is the first COTY winner in the 64-year history of the Motor Trend Car of the Year Award not powered by a gas-guzzling internal combustion engine. The technology of batteries is catching up to the needs of a world desperate to…
You might not know it, but there are some downsides to using your baby as a mop. There’s no simple squeeze mechanism to wring out the dirty water, you can’t leave your baby in a bucket of dirty water, and the main reason... society says it’s unethical to use a…
So often in our life, science imitates nature and this newest robotic invention is no exception. The cleverly named Dragonfly is designed to mimic, you guessed it, a dragonfly. And like it's living counterpart, this soon-to-be creation can hover in place as well as…
Meet CIROS, a robot that will gladly make you a salad. It might take twice as long as its human counterpart, but c’mon give the thing a break... it’s a robot... that can make a salad and do other chores too. Introduced only about a week ago at Robot World…
Ever realize the battery on your phone is about to die but you don't have anywhere to charge it? Hate jockeying for that last power outlet at Starbucks? Jockey no more. Starbucks is teaming up with Duracell to try out a wireless charging system at 17 Boston locations.…
Counting sheep may be a thing of the past now that the Official Tetris Animated Alarm Clock is racking up bedroom points. What are the buttons shaped as? Well, Tetriminos of course. After blasting away at the 8-bit old school Nintendo “Tetris” game’s…
With a natural disaster like Hurricane Sandy, it’s easy to be reminded how short life really is. It’s easy to realize that the only thing we have in life is the people in our lives and our experiences. All else is ephemeral. What better to capture our memories and…
Take home protection into your own hands with the coolest ice cream pint protector available, the Ben & Jerry’s Euphoria-Lock. You remember the premise: you arrived home after a hard day’s work and opened up the icebox to find . . . a gaping hole in the…