chrisBelieve it or not, smartphones are rapidly approaching their 20th birthday, and they have certainly changed since their inception. Between their video streaming capabilities and their effectiveness in hosting a variety of iPhone app award winning programs, smartphones allow their users to do virtually anything while out and about. Still, there is room for improvement, …
Homeowners looking for an easier more energy efficient means of controlling the temperature inside their homes will love the Nest thermostat. This nifty high-tech thermostat is the new replacement for old fashioned rectangular thermostats. Those old thermostats were confusing anyway. The Nest, which is now being sold at Lowe’s stores around the country, is easy …
The inventor of the light bulb and avid promoter of electricity, Thomas Edison, warned that the world’s supply of coal and gas would someday run out. This warning came in 1931, earlier than those of any modern green activist. The inventor of most of our electric gadgets and certainly the man who brought electricity into …
There is a lot to be said for convenience and privacy in paternity tests, but new ideas are changing the way paternity tests are administered. For instance, if you need a paternity test in UK relationships, you may simply order a kit online, provide a saliva sample and send in the results. Within several days …
The stars are lovely and magnificent. Without stars human beings wouldn’t exist. Animals and flowers wouldn’t exist. Just about everything on Earth, including Earth itself, wouldn’t exist had starts decided to not so lovingly explode and give us the essential elements needed to produce us. The elements the stars give off are carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, …
Black holes continue to be one of the most complex and unknown objects in the known universe. As we all know black holes are objects with so much gravitational force that nothing, not even light, can escape its grasp. Black holes, like a solar flare, are known to release massive amounts of energy in the …
Solar flares are beautiful, dangerous, powerful, and potentially a massive source of energy that is yet to be harnessed. Solar flares give off enormous amounts of radiation. So much, in fact, that is the star nearest to us (not our Sun) were to have a massive solar flare in our solar system’s direction, our Earth could possibly …
Many great inventions are evolving behind garage doors across the world. The really great ones are solving problems that we created in the past having destructive qualities, without contributing to other problems we will have to resolve in the future. These sustainable inventions are the foundation we need to build our future upon like a …
Everyone carries with them preconceived notions of how things are, or how they should be, based on their experience with them. In particular, the physical qualities of things are often unquestioned. These preconceived notions create boundaries that are often subconscious. Therefore, it is refreshing to learn about discoveries or inventions that seem to defy our …
A high school student from Texas is showing us that innovative and sustainable thinking is already coming from the next generation of inventors and scientist. As the next generation is forced to contemplate the crisis that their past generations have bestowed upon them, the intention of an idea can mean everything. Param Jaggi, a senior …