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Electric vehicle charging for apartment dwellers
Electric vehicles (EVs) are the cars of the future, they’re environmentally friendly, and pretty easy to charge—just plug it in over night. But what if you’re one of the millions of Americans that live in an apartment without your own garage? A new company called Powertree aims to solve that Read More...
Friends improve your heart’s health
Loneliness has been linked to higher mortality rates for some time now. A study done in the late 70s found that over a 9 year study period individuals with the least number of social ties died at a rate twice that of those with the most social ties. Now a new study conducted by Canadian researchers Read More...
Bill and Melinda gates see big changes coming in the next 15 years
Every year for the past five years Bill and Melinda Gates have written an open letter talking about their foundation, and the work that it’s doing. In this year’s letter the Gates spoke at great length about the improvements that will be coming over the next 15 years for people in developing Read More...
Amazon builds giant wind farm
More and more tech companies are trying to go green, and Amazon is no exception. The web services company announced that it is constructing a 150-megawatt wind farm in Indiana. 150 megawatts provides enough power to serve around 46,000 US homes, however this giant wind facility will be used to Read More...
App lets you lend your eyes to the blind
Blind people are as independent and able as any seeing person. But I could imagine there are times when it would be helpful to be able to “borrow” someone’s eyes. A new app called Be My Eyes lets you do that, not literally of course. The way it works is Be My Eyes connects blind people to Read More...
Eat walnuts for better memory
Just a handful of walnuts per day, or less, can noticeably improve your memory, according to a new study. The study had thousands of study participants consisting of over 20 year olds living in the US and found that those who ate more walnuts performed better on cognitive tests they were Read More...
Neurofeedback treats a number of ailments
Neurofeedback uses a combination of videos, video games, computers, and other tool to get patients to regulate their brain activity. The patient is usually connected to sensors that read their brain activity, and the therapist uses imagery to cause different and desired brain waves. While studies Read More...
Hybrid aircraft takes flight
By 2050 air travel is expected to increase six fold, and greenhouse gas emissions are projected to rise 50 percent. Planes are among the largest consumers of fossil fuels and emitters of greenhouse gases. So any way to save planes gas will surely impact greenhouse emissions. Cambridge University Read More...
Looking for parking could be a thing of the past
Drivers waste around 70 million hours a year looking for parking. It’s not just a drag; it pollutes the environment, and wastes gas. To solve this problem Ford has come up with a way to use the sensors already embedded in many car’s bumpers, to help drivers parallel park, and use them to help Read More...
Twitter predicts heart disease
Twitter has catalyzed revolutions, is regularly the first place news stories are broken, and if you’ve heard of the #hashtag it’s because of Twitter. Now Twitter is filtering tweets through an algorithm to predict the likelihood of developing heart disease in a given area, and surprisingly—or Read More...