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With the exception of Aquaman and possibly Jacque Cousteau, humans cannot swim well underwater. And how can we with such primitive equipment? Flippers are impossible to use; I can’t stand idiots who constantly talk about scuba diving. Is there any...

Maybe we’ve been spoiled by technology, but sometimes reaching for the iPhone and mashing the “snooze” button on the touchscreen is just too much early-morning thinking for us. Victor Johansson must have felt the same way when he cr...

Put away that microphone – a marker is two turntables’ best friend. Robert Howsare‘s Drawing Apparatus puts them to work, unplugged this time (sort of). Howsare fitted together a few thin pieces of pine to create hinges which bend with...

It never fails – when you’re on a long flight and have to get up to make your way to the lavatory, there is always a beverage or meal cart blocking your way. It’s been an annoyance to air travelers since the beginning of commercial...

It’s ironic that some of the most banal materials can also be some of the most resilient. Forest by-products like sawdust and woodchips have the potential to be more fortifyingly superior to Kevlar. The discovery of cellulose nanocrystals that orig...

Not exactly your simple driver download and installation, an MIT scientist is doing research that could lead to downloadable memories. Dr. Ed Boyden is decoding brain patterns in hope that our memories could one day be copied into information to impr...

As gruesome as it seems to us today, public executions used to be a source of entertainment for the whole town. Families would walk to the town square where they would watch a convicted criminal be killed in any number of ways. Not exactly the kind o...