Tech-Savvy Moms Need Fewer Doctor Visits
Being an expectant mother is often thankless, expensive, and hectic. The journey from conception to birth can feel like it consists of little more than uncomfortable mornings, swollen ankles, and endless doctor visits. Or at least that’s how it may have felt before the advent of OB Nest, a thoughtful new approach to prenatal care for...
Jaguar and Waymo Unite to Rev Up the Driverless Car
Announced at the New York motor show, a recent deal between Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) and Waymo sees the car manufacturer supplying up to 20,000 of its new electric I-Pace cars to the autonomous vehicle subsidiary of Alphabet. With this deal, worth over $1.6 billion, Waymo will be able to incorporate self-driving technology into the...
The Oppo F7 Has A Ridiculous Selfie Camera
It’s easy to forget just how new of a concept the selfie camera is. After all, before releases such as the iPhone 4 popularized the concept around 2010, most of us had to resort to embarrassing mirror selfies for our profile pictures. Please, don’t remind me of those times.Well, needless to say we live in a golden age of selfies,...
How THC Can Actually Improve Brain Health
Have you ever wished you could give your brain a facelift? Researchers are discovering the antidote for “senior moments” may be as simple as a daily dose of dope. A recent study conducted by scientists at the University of Bonn and The Hebrew University of Jerusalem linked intake of THC (the active component of cannabis) to a more...
Three Employees Walk into Glass, Injure Themselves at New Apple HQ
In April 2017, nearly 13,000 Apple employees began the six-month process of moving into the all-new Apple campus in California. The massive facility, which originally began planning stages in 2006 under Steve Jobs, is shaped similarly to a spaceship and appears as if it could easily double as a nature commune. Officially titled, “Apple...
The Science of Sleeping In
Alarms, snooze buttons, weak coffee, traffic… there are so many reasons to loathe the morning routine. If you find yourself in a perpetual battle with your alarm clock, you might have type B chronobiology. Type B chronotypes are biologically inclined to hit the sheets later and wake up later than type As.This cycle is seldom...
Where Blockchain and Healthcare Intersect
Most people immediately associate blockchain technology with Bitcoin and cryptocurrency. Justifiably so, as that is how the blockchain was first introduced. However, since its inception, blockchain has made its way into a number of industries. At the recent North American Bitcoin Conference, I was pleased to discover that blockchain...
Throw Like Callie Bundy: The Internet Fitness Star Talks Sports, Tech, and Trolling
Throwing a football with precision can take years of practice, as even the greatest quarterbacks of all-time spent decades honing their skills. But for internet sensation Callie Bundy, that talent came naturally. Best known for her “trick shot” videos, in which she makes unbelievable throws from long distances, Bundy has amassed...
Are Hybrid Cloud Computing Environments Here to Stay?
Cloud computing has been a thing for a while now and the business world has quickly caught up by not only adapting to cloud environments but by taking advantage of the new options they offer. Even everyday users are by now accustomed to using services like Apple Cloud or Google Drive daily – and many professionals make the most of it,...
The Top 4 Electric Supercars
Not very long ago, the word “hybrid” sparked the thought of a Toyota Prius or a radically sluggish competitor that would get almost 50 miles to the gallon. Little thought was given to performance or style. All that mattered was fuel efficiency. No one ever imagined this technology could be incorporated into supercars. Few realized...
Jedi Bed?! Check Out This Mind-Controlled Bed By Reverie
It’s easy to forget how important our beds are. With how busy we can get during the day before finally coming home and crashing into bed (before spending the next hour scrolling through Instagram when we should be sleeping), we often take the essential piece of furniture for granted. Well, Reverie is here to change that with a bed that...
Internet of Things: Evolution of Technology
During the past few years, the Internet of Things has evolved from a term into a growing part of our lives. Still, we’ve only begun to tap the potential of connectivity between devices, machines, and people.Internet of ThingsLet’s start with your average day. You wake up and tap an app to activate appliances such as...
Making Waves - How Wave Machines Are Revolutionizing Surfing
Nothing quite beats surfing early in the morning – waking with the sun, feeling the first shock of cold water on your toes, watching the sunrise reflect off the water. It all makes for a surreal moment. However, if you don’t live near the coast, it may be hard to paint this picture in your head. Or, let’s say you do live on the...
Elon Musk Sells Many “Boring” Flamethrowers
By now, you may have heard that Elon Musk, through his Boring Company, is now in the flamethrower business. The Boring Company was originally formed to build underground tunnels in order to ease traffic congestion, so it isn’t exactly clear why they’ve set out to sell flamethrowers. But that is beside the point. Some have theorized...
Real-Time Sports Analysis with Dr. Antonia Zaferiou
Not all biomedical researchers spend their days moving fungal samples into test tubes with pipettes and Petri dishes. Some are out in the field, strapping sensors onto sweaty baseball players or pasting instruments onto pirouetting ballerinas. That’s where you can find Dr. Antonia Zaferiou, director of a growing research lab at Rush...
Silicon Valley’s Revenge On The Traditional Automotive Industry
The last time Silicon Valley proclaimed the end of the traditional automotive industry it didn’t go so well. In the late 1990s tech bubble, in the heyday of Pets.com and Webvan, online retailing was supposed to render old-school car retail obsolete. Those digital entrepreneurs may not have appreciated the historical significance of the...
Women Innovate! Mehak Vohra Founder and CEO of Jamocha Media
Meet Mehak Vohra.She’s 20 years old, and she recently decided to take a semester off her undergraduate career at Purdue University to pursue her own digital marketing agency, Jamocha Media, proving to women all over the world that you are never too young, and it is never too early, to make sacrifices for your dream.Her...
Beyond Step Counting - What Your Wearable Knows About Your Health
Personal healthcare is one of the hottest trends in tech. It’s so attractive that tech giants such as Apple, Google, and Samsung have all invested. But, to this end, just how useful are Apple Watches, Fitbits, and Android Wear?The technology driving wearable health trackers has advanced significantly since their debut. While many...
SmartPhone MD: How a Mobile Device Can Save Your Life
This year marks the 11th anniversary of the iPhone, a product that arguably transformed the way we communicate, create, and consume media. But the iPhone, and mobile technology as a whole has evolved to be far more than the combination iPod, smartphone, and Internet communicator Steve Jobs introduced in 2007. Even Jobs probably...
Drones of All Trades
It may be hard to believe that drones are used for anything outside of military operations or Amazon deliveries. However, these unmanned vehicles have a variety of applications, helping people do everything from mapping landscapes to monitoring construction sites. Their maneuverability and convenience allow them to access places that...
The Battle Against Highway Hacking
There are many important safety precautions to take while driving: always be aware of your surroundings, keep your hands at 10 and 2, maintain the speed limit, etc. A good driver can easily stay safe on the road, but even the best of drivers may not be able to protect their car from hackers. In an era of autonomous vehicles, the more...
Home Schooling - Turning a “Dumb” Home Into a Smart Home
It seems that everything is becoming “smart” these days. First, it was phones. Now everything from cars to toilets is getting the “smart” treatment. One of the most recent trends is making the home itself smart. These days, creating a smart home means so much more than just making your daily routine easier. Making your home smart...
The Exciting (Near) Future of Autonomous Cars
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in automotive applications is not open for debate. The only discussion right now centers on how quickly industries can advance this technology and truly disrupt all we have known about how both the car and the larger automotive world operate. This centers on autonomous cars but is much broader than...
Drug Overdoses Contribute to a Dropping U.S. Life Expectancy
For the first time in 22 years, U.S. life expectancy fell last year. At the time, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) reported that U.S. citizens could expect to live an average of 78.8 years, a 0.1 decrease from 2015. The last time a decrease of any size was seen was back in 1993. Now, the trend is continuing with another drop to an...
2017’s Best Tech Stocking Stuffers
The holiday season is here! A time for cheer, merriment, and articles with sloppy, uninspired intros. But you already knew that because of the twelve different versions of “All I Want For Christmas Is You” you heard on the way to work today. Well, in order to prepare you for your stressful last-minute shopping spree on December 24th...
Security Robot Fired From San Francisco Animal Shelter
The robots are coming, and they’re hungry for jobs. Industries such as cooking, bartending, and even surgery have a mildly murky future thanks to our eventual robotic overlords. We’ve known this for awhile now, with articles full of gloom and doom being constantly churned out, striking fear into the hearts of us simple carbon-based...
How Artificial Intelligence May Shape the Future of Video Editing
Over the last year, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has grown by leaps and bounds and is slowly but surely being implemented across many different spaces. Based on some of the developments showcased by Adobe, Microsoft and several other companies – it seems likely that AI is going to shape the future of video editing, in more...
Uber Elevates Transportation Into the Future
We’re in the midst of an automobile revolution. The car, as we know it, is rapidly changing form. It started with the electric car, which now has the attention and investment of most major car companies. Ride hailing and sharing programs changed the commute. Autonomous vehicles are just a few years away from being mainstream. (Waymo is...
Waymo is the First to Put (Actual) Driverless Cars On the Road
Driverless cars have been gaining a lot of hype as of late. Companies like Uber, Toyota, and Tesla have all been developing autonomous vehicles. However, all public testing of these vehicles has involved a human behind the wheel in the case of an emergency. But Waymo, the autonomous vehicle division of Alphabet, is gearing up to...
Strange Discoveries in Med Tech: A Timeline
Many cutting-edge medical technologies come about as a result of smart people, lots of money, and years of research and testing. But if the history of innovation is any indication, serendipity should take a lot of credit too. Here are a few notable and amusing highlights from the surprisingly long history of medical technology.~950...