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Uber's Quest For Scooter Dominance Continues
With the possible acquisition of startup company Bird, Uber looks to gain ground in the battle for electric rental scooter dominance.
USASEF Sunday Wrap-Up
The United States Science & Engineering Festival ended with a bang on Sunday! Partially because of Dr. Kate Biberdorf showing off her explosive science experiments. In this Facebook Live exclusive, Editor-in-Chief Charles Warner and Vice President of Sales Jason Riggs discuss the amazing innovations being shown off throughout the...
USASEF Saturday Wrap-Up
We had an amazing time at the USA Science & Engineering Festival's first full day! In this Facebook Live, Jason Riggs and Anthony Elio will go over all the amazing things from the Festival's debut, from VR and robotics to flamethrowers and...
USASEF Sneak Peek Friday Wrap-Up
We had an amazing time at the Sneak Peek Friday of 2018's United States Science & Engineering Festival. We saw some amazing exhibits, interviewed some interesting people, and got a firsthand view of the innovators of tomorrow. Make sure to join Adam and Ants all throughout the weekend for wrap-up streams exclusively on Facebook...From Star Wars to Indoor Skydiving: You Can Do That on a Cruise Ship
Over the past decade, the $30 billion cruise ship industry has grown younger, according to Sharon Zackfia, partner at William Blair and Company. She says the average age on a cruise ship is approximately 40 years old.“Cruise lines like Carnival, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian, and especially Disney, have used innovations and...
Star of History's Vikings Alexander Ludwig Talks Sports
Actor Alexander Ludwig rose to fame playing Cato in The Hunger Games. More recently, he’s shared the big screen with Mark Wahlberg in Peter Berg’s Lone Survivor and starred with Jim Caviezel in the true high school football story, When the Game Stands Tall. But over the last four years, the actor has spent months in Wicklow, Ireland...
Will We Ever Have Real Lightsabers?
With Star Wars fully relevant for the third December in a row (and pretty much from now until the end of time), people have Tie Fighters, X-Wings, and Death Stars on the brain. And while we love the fictional universe, most of the iconic technology from Star Wars still seems like pure fantasy. But now, with the equivalent of droids...Scarlett Johansson On Cybersecurity, CGI, and Bacon
In our exclusive interview with Scarlett Johansson, we touched on no shortage of fascinating subjects. The snippet below showcases just a few of these topics, from the inclusion of cybersecurity in film to how CGI interacts with the art of filmmaking. We even got to speak about everyone’s favorite topic: the smell of...An Interview With "Cinema Snob" Brad Jones
The internet has given birth to plenty of interesting alternatives to traditional media. Streaming sites such as YouTube have led to plenty of unique shows and personalities gaining their own following. And nobody know this better than Brad Jones, who is best known as his movie reviewing character “The Cinema Snob.” The show...We Review the Mother of all Phone Chargers: The ChargeHub
Remember the good old days of flip phones? You know, those indestructible pieces of mobile tech with a seemingly everlasting battery? Well, those days are gone. Nowadays, you’re lucky if your phone is at 50% before lunchtime. Probably because we use our phones as our personal radios, TVs, cameras, game consoles and, oh yeah,...
Andy Tu Talks "Man At Arms" And The Future Of Digital Media
Streaming websites such as YouTube have forever changed how we see modern entertainment. Because it’s a much more direct connection with the audience, online content can cover more obscure topics while still being accessible to fans. A perfect example of this is “AWE me,” a YouTube channel created by Defy Media hosting such popular...YouTube's Most Unfortunate Trends
Like many people my age, I’ve been a pretty consistent user of YouTube since its inception. Which probably explains my complete lack of attention span due to experiencing so much vapid viral content at such a vital stage of mental development. But it’s not like I’ve got difficulties staying focused in my adult life. But hey, did...
Why I Love The Original iPod
With more and more news coming out regarding the upcoming iPhone X (which I’m sure no one will buy), what better time than now to look back at where it all began? But not the original iPhone because… I never owned one. No, let’s take a look back at the prehistoric ancestor of the iPhone: the iPod. The original iPod forever changed...Five Cool Science Experiments to Watch on YouTube
The case for cool science. One of the amazing things about the internet is how accessible its information can be. As adolescents become more and more immersed in their social media apps, smartphones, and tablets, the manner in which these young people view scientific breakthroughs is very unique. Experiments that were experienced in...
Driverless Cars are Ready to Disrupt Traffic. Are You?
Whenever someone opts for an Uber or Lyft instead of taking their own car to an urban destination, valuable real estate is left vacant: a parking space. Parking, a tedious and infuriating task on its own, is also a known villain in city traffic congestion. Donald Shoup, a professor of urban planning at the University of California, Los...How the Medical Revolution Starts with the Military
Many of us see images of a Special Forces soldier or a tank when we think of the Army, while failing to realize the host of scientific developments taking place within the ranks. As West Point graduate and highly regarded Army physician Dr. Kevin K. Chung told us during an interview, advances in medicine are often sparked by the...
Scarlett Johansson on Acting, Technology, and Ghost in the Shell
Science fiction is said to hold a mirror to the present. And, because of that, one might think it wouldn’t have much staying power – that after each decade we would cast off the old commentary and never give it another look. However, since Shelley’s Frankenstein in 1818, the genre has been home to classics that, because of their...
Will Tom Brady be the Next ‘Madden Curse’ Victim?
The NFL season is upon us once more! And you know what that means: no more wasting your Sundays spending time bonding with your family or trying to better yourself. Why do that when you can watch millionaires throw a ball to each other? Well, in honor of the wonderful sport that only dominates headlines 11 months out of the year, let’s...