I saw this incredible story at Fast Company: Do you remember what you were doing when you were 15? Lillian Pravda is 15, and she is the CEO of a non-profit that has brought free vision care to over 24,000 children in need.
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What do thoughts look like? Here is a fascinating video of how Japanese researchers recorded a real-time video of thoughts forming in the brain. This brain is of a live animal called a zebrafish — a species with a translucent head — as it was stalking its prey. The scientists used a fluorescent protein that…
Have you heard of Bitcoin? It is a new kind of digital money that is being proclaimed as the first decentralized electronic currency in the world. Like the Internet, it’s not controlled by one organization or government entity. The open source project is said to be used by more than 100,000 people around the world…
University of Toronto engineering students and alumni have won a $250,000 Sikorsky prize for the world’s first human-powered helicopter. Says the AeroVelo website: We’re very excited for the world to learn about this exciting milestone in aviation history. At AeroVelo we hope to inspire people to take on great challenges and accomplish the impossible. We…
This begs the question: Just because you can, does it mean you should? Samsung’s new over-the-top refrigerator can play Pandora radio music, send tweets, check your Google calendar and more, but attendees at the Consumer Electronics Show 2011 think it may be overkill. Check out this video from Mashable.com on the Wi-Fi-enabled appliance: The International…
I came across this interesting iPhone app today from the Innovation Engineblog, and thought I’d share. This is the future of mobile communications! An astonishing app uses an iPhone’s accelerometer to sense the location of a tap on any surface and translate it into typed letters on a keyboard. We have virtual keyboards, clip-on keyboards,…
Here’s an interesting product I think is long overdue: Shoes that wrap around your feet like socks, and allow you to walk comfortably on hard or rocky surfaces. The brand name is Furoshiki: For about $110 you can get this innovation from Vibram. The Japanese company states: The concept for this type of footwear was…
