Children can pick up THC from secondhand marijuana smoke
The dangers of secondhand cigarette smoke are well documented, and have led to several laws restricting where people can smoke publicly. The dangers of secondhand marijuana smoke, though, have not […]
Will YouTube Ever Have Some Real Competition?
Online video entertainment has become synonymous with YouTube. While Netflix and Hulu offer streaming shows that still follow the episodic formula of television, YouTube has become its own individual media […]
Children Can Now Program Doorbells And Burglar Alarms
When you think of educational toys, building blocks and games that teach children the sounds farm animals make generally come to mind. However, with the growth of STEM education, children […]
The Captivating Creativity Of Google Doodles
Essentially the portal to the rest of the internet, Google has seen plenty of change over time. From the omission of the exclamation point at the end of its title […]
Why Are We Brand Loyal?
What happens when an unstoppable force hits an immovable object? Well, a long-winded argument about iPhones vs Android happens. I’m pretty sure that’s how the old saying goes. Since the […]
The Rise And Fall Of Pokemon Go
July of 2016 already seems like ages ago. The sun was shining, the Chicago Cubs had an empty trophy case, and everyone was walking around looking at their phones. OK, […]
Social Media Brownie Points
We need to have a conversation about the endless political/social commentary petitions that fill our social media feeds. Enough is enough. We get it. You care deeply about [insert social […]
We Need To Talk About Mom’s iPad Addiction
Mom’s iPad Addiction Exodus 34:29 “Moses came down from Mount Sinai, carrying the tablets beholding the word of God. His face was shining.” If you replace “Moses” with “moms,” and […]
Digital Natives Can’t Evaluate Web Credibility
Digital natives have a much easier time sharing a Facebook video or retweeting a funny meme than evaluating the bias and credibility of the original content, according researchers from the Stanford […]
On the Set with Assassin’s Creed Star Michael Fassbender
LONDON – Before Star Wars Episode VIII took over Pinewood Studios, Ubisoft Motion Pictures, New Regency, and 20th Century Fox spent several months bringing the bestselling video game franchise, […]
Affordable Drones For The Holiday Season
While it seems like they’ve been in the cultural lexicon for quite some time, we’re all still pretty new to the world of drones. Outside of hearing rumors of drone […]
The Awesome World Of Lego Remakes
YouTube has definitely opened us up to a lot of new trends. From the Mannequin Challenge to Draw My Life, we’ve seen our fair share of intriguing content. However, one […]
Here’s Exactly How Long It Takes To Get Caught Up On The Marvel Universe
Let me just open up this article by saying I am a fan of Marvel films and the Marvel Cinematic Universe in general. Ever since I saw the thrill of […]
Confronting the Expanding Virtual Caliphate
Confronting the Expanding Virtual Caliphate ISIS is using social media and the Internet to garner unprecedented numbers of Western-based supporters. The alarming trend has everyone from the White House to […]
The Force Is Strong With Mark Hamill in Star Citizen: Squadron 42
Mark Hamill is best known to gamers as Luke Skywalker. But, in addition to reprising that role in the upcoming Star Wars Episode VIII movie, coming out December 15, 2017, […]
NES Classic Edition In Short Supply
If you’re like me, your top priority over the past week has been obtaining the recently launched NES Classic Edition (or “NES Mini”) console. And, if you’re like me, you […]
The Futurist and the Door Lock
Doors are portals. Sometimes they’re just a means to an entrance, and sometimes they lead to other worlds. If you had a wealthy friend, maybe you remember walking into their […]
Tis the Season for Tech & Style Reviews
Style with Spy Atlas Sunglasses Mornings are already hard enough without having to squint in the sun. Thanks to the classic frames, these glasses look good from the beach to […]
Oddvertising Works
If you can’t be clever, just be weird. Such is the motto of oddvertising, a trend that has become commonplace in the world of advertising. For those who didn’t just […]
Increase Your Happiness: Eat, Sleep, and Check-in with Yourself
2016 hasn’t been too kind and many people are trying to find ways to escape their misery. The Google Play Store is full of apps that claim to increase happiness, […]
#Politics and the Rise of the Internet Journalist
Editor’s Note: This article originally ran in the summer issue of Innovation & Tech Today, however it explores a lot of the flaws of how the media covers politics, and why […]
We Review Some of the Best Outdoor Gear Out There
Priority Bicycles Eight You’re going to get there somehow, so it might as well be looking good. The stealth black lines of this belt-driven commuter are classy, the fenders keep […]
NBA Legend Rick Fox Believes Video Games are The Next Sport
Three-time NBA champion Rick Fox has excelled in professional sports. Now he’s found a way to compete at the cutting-edge of sports. Fox owns Echo Fox, a professional eSports team […]
Snowden Explains The FBI’s Email Review Process
With the 2016 Election nearly over, there’s been one topic that has been debated ad nauseum: the email scandal involving Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. Despite Secretary Clinton being cleared by […]
The Martian Chronicles: Looking at a Future of Human Life on Mars
In November 2016, an international crew of six astronauts will embark on a perilous journey to an unforgiving planet, extremely hostile to life, aboard the ship Daedalus. They will be […]
Emily Calandrelli, The Space Gal
Bill Nye. Neil deGrasse Tyson. Michio Kaku. These three scientific ambassadors have much in common (including an appearance in these pages). They are all storytellers of science, raconteurs of rationalism […]
4 Nature-Inspired Sustainable Technologies
“A sustainable world has already been invented,” according to Dr. Janine Benyus, who argues nature has implemented sustainable technologies much earlier than man. A biologist and TED Talks alumna, Benyus […]
Explore the Origins of “The Forgotten City” with Nick Pearce
It’s his first mod, but when you traverse through this abandoned kingdom, you’ll think he’s done it for years. Nick Pearce took his once sprawling, empty city, and took the […]
AmeVRica – The Promise of Political and Economic Change in a VR Government
It seems these days that politics has devolved to a zero-sum game and endless polemical warfare. Innovative solutions to pressing political problems typically don’t seem visible to most of the […]
Eating Beer with Dan Kurzrock
With Dan Kurzrock of ReGrained. “Granola” has become a playful slur for environmentalists over the years. When you say, “He’s pretty granola,” you’re immediately summoning an image of hippie parody […]
A New Take on Innovation: The Women Leaders of Brookstone
We often hear about the men behind a company, but when I flew to Merrimack, New Hampshire to interview the execs behind Brookstone, it was the power of the company’s […]
Vine to be trimmed by Twitter
At a time when apps are ubiquitous, it’s hard to imagine them ever not being available. I’m still surprised and a little saddened when I search for an old app I used […]
4 Best, Classic Mobile Games Worth Revisiting
Mobile games have evolved quite a bit over the years. While your mobile device used to come with nothing more than a stripped down version of Solitaire, phones have essentially […]
Can Pandora Survive?
When I was first introduced to the world of streaming music, it was all about the internet radio site Pandora. In a time before almost every song ever created was […]
Peacock Spider Dances Its Way Into Our Arachnophobic Hearts
You’d never consider spiders to be symbols of romance, especially during this time of year. Depicted as hairy, with dripping fangs and far too many eyes, spiders have scared the […]
The Corpse Flower is a Late Bloomer and Reeks of Death, Say Happy Botanists
The Chicago Botanic Garden has a lot of stinky celebrations coming up these next few years. The garden’s collection of 13 Titan Arum plants may be blooming in the next […]
Why The Nintendo Switch Will Be A Success
Since its mysterious mention in March of 2015, there has been tons of speculation on the nature of the Nintendo’s new project, code-named the NX. Would it be a new […]
The Heart of the City
It’s clear that Cleveland has transformed in the last decade, in ways that have fundamentally changed the city. Before reading this section, you may have thought of the city as […]
From Transplant to Print Job
An IV slowly drips out the passage of time as a patient lies nearby, sick of waiting. Like others in need of a transplant, she can do nothing but wait, […]
Cleveland Rocks the Tech Scene
Let’s be honest. Cleveland isn’t the place people think of when “technology” and “innovation” are brought up in the same sentence – Silicon Valley has dominated that head space for […]