Wheelchair prototype lets users stand

  I was checking out Fast Company the other day and saw a great article about an artificial hand that is so advanced that its wearers can sense surfaces with their fingers. as I dug deeper, I came across this video from the inventors of the project: As you can see, sensation is restored by…

Check out this amazing capability from HP, and it’s new project: Sprout.  It’s an all-in-one computer and 3D scanner that makes it easy to go from thought to expression in an instant. This is sure to bring about a dramatic shift in the retail industry! Take a picture of an object, manipulate it and re-print…

MasterCard has just launched a new innovation lab in New York City. The new 60,000 square foot facility will house those working on the MasterPass digital wallet, the Digital Enablement System, and MasterCard Labs’ Start Path, an accelerator for financial technology startups.  The MasterCard Digital Enablement System’s tokenization service will secure ApplePay transactions: “This is…

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. WATCH here:  

If you’re a NASA fan, you probably already know what the topography of Mars looks like, thanks to fun tools like Google Mars. Before August of 2012’s historic Mars landing, I played around with it a bit. But nothing compares with the real thing: Panoramic photos of the red planet –the most beautiful photos of…

This tiny swarm is not thousands of bees, but thousands of robots called Kilobots.  I saw this via Harvard University in a study that is quite amazing. The swarm can self-assemble into any two-dimensional shape, and can have all sorts of interesting applications.  What we’re looking at is actually the first steps toward an entire…