Scientists have just announced that they’ve developed tiny medical devices that can dissolve in the body. About the size of a microchip, the devices were tested in mice and proved successful in a round of federally funded laboratory tests. This advancement in…
Hitachi has developed a way to store digital data that can last up to hundreds of millions of years and can withstand temperatures of up to one thousand degrees. Announced Monday in Tokyo, the device is made out of glass quartz (the same stuff they make…
Ever find yourself wanting to take a nap, but can't because there's too much light and/or noise? Well, want no more with the Ostrich Pillow. Why is it called the Ostrich Pillow? Maybe it's because ostriches were thought to bury their head in the ground when in…
Say the word “Pop” and open up, as the Popinator uses sensitive audio receivers to discern the source of the sound and then catapults a kernel of popcorn toward the mouth! While modern mechanics and their uses continue to expand, it is this type of…
As you know, iPhone 5 was released in stores a couple of days ago. Here are some of my thoughts. The excitement is palpable and adulation roars among the unsatiated masses that wait in lines around the world for the vaulted glass doors to swing open. The Buddhists…
While kids are quite happy to stream, download and pirate music these days, a handful of vinyl veterans are clutching their black circles and sticking their noses in the air. It’s all part of it: feeling the vinyl, stroking the cover art, dropping the needle…
Meet Izhar Gafni. He’s made a working bicycle purely out of cardboard. Gafni comes from the great tradition of inventors who stubbornly say no to the impossible. Inspired by a news item about an inventor who made a cardboard canoe, Gafni tireless created the…
Please allow me to nerd out for a moment. Remember the 1984 film The Terminator – where the audience can see the world from the T-800’s POV and there is all sorts of pertinent information, like instantaneous analysis to determine who’s an enemy and who’s not,…
Boston Dynamic and DARPA’s Legged Squad Support System (LS3) “Pack Mule” is semi-autonomous and can carry 400 pounds of gear through tumultuous terrain. Holy Cyborg Bull, Batman! The enemy may have you surrounded, but DARPA is trying to make it so that a…
These earphones might literally blow your mind. Well, not literally, because they’re not live rounds – they’re just really cool looking earphones. Munitio, a San Diego based company “specializing in lifestyle electronic accessories,” present a line of…
The PowerSki Jetboard is a fast, lightweight, stand-up motorized surfboard that anyone can ride. Why? Because everyone knows standing on a regular surfboard in calm water is boring and you look stupid. This steroid packed surfboard runs on a patented, single…
There are some days when you think, wouldn't it be great to have a briefcase that will keep everything safe? If you have a job where bullets are constantly whizzing by and you've grown tired of explaining the holes in your briefcase, then this bulletproof attaché may…