America is addicted to energy. Let’s not even talk about the incredible amounts consumed by our homes and vehicles. This is about fueling the human machine with any type of upper we can get our hands on. Adults have been addicted to coffee for at least 500 years. Ever since Red Bull brought energy drinks to the U.S. and gave us wings, hundreds of rivals have arrived on scene to try and tap into the lucrative market. Now, Five Hour Energy and similar energy shots are popular due to their convenience and kick. Many Americans don’t sleep nearly as much as they should, and need to jump start their bodies to make it through the day. A new alternative to the traditional energy powerhouses has arrived on the scene at the hands of a Harvard Professor.

MySMS is bringing the world together like never before

What if you could text anyone in the world, on any platform, instantaneously and for free? What if you could do this while leaving your smartphone in your pocket? A successful Austrian company, Up to Eleven Digital Solutions, is making these dreams a reality today through a new application called MySMS.

As we work towards a greener and more sustainable future, we’re going to need natural materials that want to work with us. One of the most overlooked smart materials in the world is bamboo. Many people are familiar with it’s versatility, but few know the true extent of the life enhancing benefits that it provides.

Bamboo is the fastest growing plant in the world, with reports of some species growing 1-4 feet per day (though most grow 1-4 inches, but still)! A common misconception of bamboo is that it’s a wood; it’s actually a grass. It’s nearly pest resistant and able to grow in a wide variety of climates, both hot and cold. Bamboo is easy to maintain as it requires little water. Bamboo can shelter us, feed us, and purify our air: it’s designed to help us in more ways than we know.

Those of us who use our phones for more than just the occasional call know that infinite battery life (or even a full days worth) is too good to be true; but is it really?

We’re sharing and collaborating at a rate unsurpassed in human history. Pictures, videos, research and news is being transported at blistering speeds from one corner of the globe to another. What if we could transmit data 85,000 times faster than we are today?

That idea won’t seem so farfetched if you examine research by scientists in the field of twisted light.

Domain names are incredibly important to individuals and businesses as they are the real estate of the 21st century. Once you purchase a name, you hold the deed forever.

The price of an individual domain name depends on who you ask. Verisign is the company that controls all of the dot coms, and sets their wholesale price. After that, it’s up to the individual registrars as to how much of a mark-up they want. GoDaddy.com is currently the most popular registrar in the United States. Their current base price for a .com is $12.99 per year.

If you haven’t heard of the incredible opportunities that haptics offers us, then prepare to have your mind blown. Haptics essentially enables us to transmit touch via the internet, much the same way we currently transmit sound and sight. Some of the top companies in the world such as Apple are working to bring haptics to their product lines as soon as possible.

Everyone loves to eat. If you love to eat, often times you’ll find you have to cook. Cooking isn’t generally associated with being much fun. With these futuristic gadgets, though, you’ll want to strap on the apron and hit the kitchen.

Power.com announced today that they will be offering for sale “Premium” e-mail accounts for sale @Power.com. They promise that you will “Own your @Power.com email for life. Members with accounts in good standing can keep them, give them to a child or even sell them on the open market. They are yours to do with as you please.”

Doctor Michael Ioffe and Professor Fernando Patolsky at Tel-Aviv University are fine-tuning a straw that will signal to victims when and if they are the targets of a date rape drug attack.

The smart straw is casually dipped in a drink, and if it detects GHB or ketamine, the drink will almost instantaneously emit a clear alert. Initial tests of the smart straw have proven to be 100% accurate with zero false positives.