Whether you’re working a 40-hour week, running errands on the weekend, or jetting off somewhere, it’s become human nature to go through the same routine every time you leave the house: Phone? Check. Keys? Check. Fingerprint-authenticated Bluetooth wallet? Check. You read that right: a biometrics-protected smart wallet — meet Cashew. Funded on Kickstarter by 382 supporters, the Cashew Smart Wallet […]
Fingerprint Authenticated Bluetooth Wallet
Robot Shelf Stacker
Robots are an increasingly common sight in stores, helping customers carry their shopping, keeping track of stock and mapping the layout. Now they’re getting a bit more hands-on thanks to Japanese company Telexistence, which has begun trials in convenience stores of a robot shelf-stacker that can be controlled by a human via VR. The Model T (yes, it’s named after […]
Swedish Grocery Store To Price Goods Based On Carbon Footprint
Felix, a Swedish food brand, has opened a climate-conscious store that will guide buyers to make informed decisions when purchasing food items. In the newly opened store, items are priced based on their carbon footprint. To help buyers understand the impact of their choices on the environment, products in The Climate Store will be bought using carbon equivalents currency […]
High Tech Fish Eye Lens
Ultra wide-angle fisheye lenses are typically thick, bulbous contraptions, that can’t easily be incorporated into devices such as smartphones. That could be about to change, though, as engineers have now created one that’s completely flat. Designed via a collaboration between MIT and the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, the prototype device is what’s known as a metalens. This means that […]
Should You Upgrade The IOS 14?
Apple’s iOS 14 is here, bringing with it a series of awesome new features that should make using the iPhone an even better experience than it already is. The new operating system is available to all iPhones from the iPhone 6s, plus its accompanying iPad operating system, iPadOS, is available to a range of iPad models. Of course, now that […]
LeSportsac’s ReCycled Collection
In 1974, LeSportsac opened its doors for business in New York City. Much has changed since then, but not the company’s focus on creating innovative, colorful and useful bags that encourage an on-the-go lifestyle. With the modern-day zeitgeist squarely aimed at improving sustainable practices, both in the private and business world, LeSportsac’s most recent release removes plastic from the wastestream while encouraging […]
The Classic Spy Gun That Change The Game
In 1930, a new pistol went on sale that would revolutionize the firearms world. Best known to the public these days as the “James Bond gun”, the Walther PPK was arguably the first successful handgun made for concealed carry, and its now-classic design helped to introduce a number of technical features that quickly migrated throughout the industry as it became […]
Portable Guitar Interface
Guitar effects titan Boss has unveiled a personal amp/effects modeling interface for guitar that works with a mobile app to offer powerful tone shaping while learning or jamming with YouTube videos. Though learning to play guitar is hard, watching accomplished noodlers rock the house can help you get a feel for finger placement, timing, technique and more. But you don’t […]
Asia’s Largest Organic Rooftop Farm
Organic urban agriculture, renewable energy and beautiful landscaping come together at the Thammasat University Rooftop Farm (TURF), Asia’s largest organic rooftop farm that spans 236,806 square feet. Bangkok-based landscape architecture and urban design firm LANDPROCESS designed the productive landscape in response to both the Thai capital’s sprawling urbanization and rising food and water scarcity concerns amid the climate crisis. Equipped with solar […]
Tracking Sea Turtle Eggs Poaching
Believe it or not, sea turtle eggs are a common object of poaching and trafficking — and a creative new invention aims to change that. The InvestEGGator is a 3D-printed decoy sea turtle egg that can catch poachers in the act using GPS technology. The team behind the InvestEGGator first came up with the invention several years ago, and they just […]