Suppose you’ve just fired up Yelp to hunt down the nearest KFC, texted your friends to get their order and then posted a sweet victory Snapchat of your crispy haul. That probably just took a chunk from your smartphone battery — but don’t worry dudes, KFC’s got your back with a device chargerin your take-out…
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This Simple Computer Game Seriously Boosts Children’s Math Skills
What’s the best way to get a child to learn mathematics? As it turns out – and probably much to the chagrin of many parents – one of the most effective ways appears to be teaching mathematics through videogames. Multiple studies have shown that videogames improve cognition, reasoning and mathematical abilities in young children, particularly…
‘Test Like You Fly’: What Qualification Means for SLS Rocket
The word “qualification” has become quite synonymous with testing and building the world’s most powerful rocket, NASA’s Space Launch System, which will make missions possible to an asteroid and the journey to Mars. So, what does it mean for rocket parts to be “qualified” for the mission of going to deep space? And how does that…
This gorgeous, cheap smartphone is one of the best you can buy
OnePlus currently has four smartphones tied to its name while others like Samsung have hundreds. Yet, the latest model, called the OnePlus 3, is one of the best Android phones we’ve ever tested and used. The OnePlus 3 is the latest Android smartphone from a small Chinese company called OnePlus, which started off by selling…
Elon Musk wants to build a robot that does your housework
After bringing electric cars to the masses and taking people to Mars, Elon Musk’s next goal is to design a robot to do your chores. Musk and some of the other leaders of the nonprofit artificial intelligence group Open AI jointly announced that they are “working to enable a physical robot … to perform basic…
This tiny attachment turns any helmet into a speaker
I like cycling while listening to music, but I also enjoy not being run over by cars. This is exactly the kind of problem that the technology industry is primed to “disrupt,” and thankfully, the internet’s legion of startups hasn’t disappointed. Domio is a small device about the size of a hockey puck, which uses…
NASA’s new Apple TV app lets you live stream launches and check on the space station
These days, if you want to watch a NASA-sanctioned rocket launch or astronauts play on the International Space Station, you typically reach for your computer. You can always watch these kinds of space activities on TV with NASA’s cable channel, but for those who don’t want to shill out money for that, online broadcasts through…
Earth’s Third Van Allen Radiation Belt Made By A “Space Tsunami”
Earth’s incredible magnetic field is not only useful when using a compass. It is there to protect us, and life on Earth would not be possible without it. The magnetic field stops energetic particles and it traps them in large swarms around the planet in zones that we call Van Allen radiation belts. Two of…
This Stunning Salt Water Powered Car Is Ready For European Roads
We all know gasoline comes from oil, and we all know that oil is a non-renewable source of energy. Finding a new fuel source that could power our vehicles and also be renewable would be a wonderful invention for our planet. While we have come up with ethanol as a substitute for gasoline, the toxic…
Apple’s design guru wants an iPhone that looks like ‘a single sheet of glass’
It’s starting to become clear that the iPhone coming out this fall – presumably the “iPhone 7” – is going to be boring, and the iPhone coming out in 2017 could be a radical departure from previous models. Now we know what Jony Ive, Apple chief design officer, envisions for the radically redesigned “2017 iPhone.”…
Low Fat Chocolate Has Potential To Electrify Production
The application of an electric field helps chocolate flow more easily, removing the need for the world’s favorite treat to be so rich in fat. The effect is not large enough to turn candy bars into health food, even if you ignore the sugar, but could still lead to serious calorie reductions. Has Willy Wonka…
A huge team of Apple veterans is now making smart accessories for your car
Pearl is trying to upgrade older automobiles with connected hardware For a while now there have been rumors that Apple is working on a car. The company still hasn’t publicly acknowledged this project, but a startup coming out of stealth today provides a nice taste of how a car might look and feel if it…
