These days, we have a tremendous amount on our plates. We’re constantly looking for an energy boost, something that can give us an edge and extra motivation to get through the day. While coffee, cigarettes, energy drinks and other remedies have received mixed reviews, the most natural of solutions could be the secret to workplace productivity and a sense of well-being.
For all of you weekend warriors some exciting new open source 3D printing technology may well save your life one day. Researchers collaborating between Pennsylvania University and MIT have made significant strides in solving a huge problem in creating lab grown organs such as livers.
Charles Osborne is rolling over in his grave.
Thirteen year old Mallory Kievman from Connecticut has invented a remedy for one of the peskiest problems in recorded human history: the hiccup. Her brain child, Hiccupops, is on the fast track towards becoming stocked in first aid kits and hospitals nationwide, thanks to her victory at the Connecticut Invention Convention for kids.
Steve Nash and Ray Allen Deals Highlight Growing NBA Problem
Although small market Oklahoma City broke through and made it to the finals this year, the NBA is a league dictated by the big market franchises. The rich keep getting richer, the large keep getting larger; there should be a definite concern about where the league is heading.
Innovation in the world’s most popular sport
In a monumental decision that may affect professional sports the world over, IFAB, the International Football Association Board unanimously approved the use of goal-line technology for immediate implementation in soccer at the highest level. The technology will need to be licensed, installed and inspected in each individual stadium before it can be used, but should be seen on the pitch by 2013.
Nearly 97% of the Earth’s water is unpotable salt water. With the current expensive and energy guzzling nature of desalination, fresh water is becoming increasingly difficult to come by.
“The scarcity of fresh water resources and the need for additional water supplies is already critical in many arid regions of the world and will be increasingly important in the future.” -U.S. Geological Survey
Scientists at MIT have fine-tuned a computer simulation that would allow graphene, the strongest material currently known to man, to serve as the perfect low-cost, low-energy filter to harvest seawater as a consumable resource.
June was a pretty good month for domain name sales. There were three six figure deals to go along with countless five figure sales. The top transactions included some speculative investments, some URL shorteners, some bargains and some reaches. Here are some of the top June domain sales from around the world, with a little bit of research on who the buyer is, and what their plans might be.
Even with our incredible scientific and technological advancements, we still don’t understand the composition of 96% of the universe. That’s all about to change.
Years of research, hard work and setbacks have finally paid off; the $10 billion Large Hadron Collider has finally proven it’s worth. An international team of scientists and engineers in Switzerland today announced with 99.99% certainty that a new particle has been discovered, one that could be the missing piece to the standard model of particle physics. It’s the most massive particle known to science, and it’s attributes are consistent with the elusive Higgs Boson ‘God’ Particle.
The Burj Khalifa in Dubai has been the subject of an incredible amount of admiration, appearing in media and pop culture worldwide. The Burj, along with the man made islands, have made Dubai one of the most envied cities on the planet.
China is on the rise, and they’re looking to steal some of the thunder away from the Emirate to their west. They have laid the foundation to steal away the title of world’s tallest building, and they’re aiming to do it by next year!
Hundreds of homes have been destroyed, thousands have been evacuated, hundreds of thousands of acres have been destroyed. Colorado is facing the worst wildfire season in over a decade. You know a problem is serious when it’s visible from space.
This video was taken from aboard the International Space Station. You start to be able to notice the smoke about :30 into the video. It’s amazing that even from space, it takes a number of minutes just to orbit around a single state. Helps you appreciate the true size of our planet, as well as the fires themselves.