How to be a more patient person
My jaw clenches when Hulu videos buffer. I huff and puff when stuck in a sluggish line at a coffee Read More...
More than a meal: the swanky Rio restaurant for homeless people
In a chic, minimalist restaurant with an Italian name and an innovative menu, near the centre of Rio de Janeiro, Valdicir dos Santos tucks into his dinner. It consists of banana skin and vegetables served with tangerine sauce, beans, rice and farinha – the flour, ground from dried bread instead Read More...
Tesla is getting closer to delivering a truly self-driving car
Tesla owners have been presented with a new upgrade designed to augment their diving experience. By accepting the software update drivers will equip their cars with the ability to “Navigate on Autopilot”. This new feature allows the car to give driving suggestions, such as changing lanes, Read More...
This firm employs Kenyans below the poverty line to create data for AI
San Francisco-based company Samasource is employing impoverished Kenyans to create data that’s later used by high-level tech firms. Each day, the employees—75 percent of whom come from the slums—annotate images so that automated driving systems can “recognize” objects in the real world. Read More...
Patagonia stores closed on Election Day to get voters to the polls
Eco-friendly outdoor retailer Patagonia is encouraging citizens to get out and vote today by closing all its US-based stores. The retailer’s deed is part of a Time to Vote campaign supported by a number of major US companies that have made efforts to provide employees with enough time to Read More...
A clothing brand in India is converting plastic bottles into sportswear
India alone produces over 15,342 tons of plastic waste each day. One clothing company is making use of plastic waste by turning it into sports t-shirts. The company, Paragon Apparels, uses eight PET bottles of fizzy drinks to make one shirt. Now the clothing brand produces over 4,000 pieces of such Read More...
Jordan's capital is creating green mosques and schools to tackle emissions
Poking above the bright pink bougainvillea that spills into the street, the lone minaret of the Ta'la Al-Ali mosque towers over the Khalda neighborhood of Amman. Aside from its colorful stain-glassed windows and ornate calligraphy, this mosque stands out for another reason: its roof is covered with Read More...
The Ocean Cleanup System begins removing the great pacific garbage patch
A Dutch non-profit organization announced they were working on advanced technologies in an attempt to remove the plastic waste from the world’s oceans. The Ocean Cleanup launched in September the cleanup system called “System 001” from the San Francisco Read More...
‘School is very oppressive’: why home-schooling is on the rise
Every morning Ben Mumford starts his school day with maths. At the age of 10, he is already working at GCSE level, but he doesn’t always bother to get out of his pajamas in time for the Read More...
China has record electric car sales month
After a few months threatening to break the all-time record (102,635 units, set last December), the Chinese plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) market finally hit a new high, with some 104,900 plug-in vehicles being registered in September, up 66 percent and in line with previous months’ growth Read More...