Artificial Reefs
YouthEnvironmentGadgets...This Melbourne-based research lab has worked with the City of Greater Geelong to develop a multi-pronged solution to coastal erosion.
Explaining Self-Driving Cars
YouthGadgetsTechnology...What exactly are they? How do they work? And is it safe to have cars on the road without a driver behind the wheel?
How to Use Recycled Tech Devices as Learning Tools
TeachersGadgetsTeacher CafeThe movement of un-makings spaces in the classroom. Students get a chance to take apart old electronic devices and ask questions about how they work. Give your class the chance to create something new and share it with others.
IRISPen: A Digital Highlighter
TeachersGadgetsTeacher Cafe...One of the hottest tech gadgets of this year, the IRISPen. A tool that can scan textbooks and transfer items in note form to other digital platforms like tablets and laptops. Every university student will want one.
How iPhone Changes the Smartphone Market Every Year
AdultsGadgetsTechnologyThe launch of Apple's iPhone X brought face recognition, animoji, and the notch into the mainstream. Many of these features appeared before Apple incorporated them into their phone, but once Apple does it everyone seems to follow along.
This Week I Learned to Blacksmith with Alec Steele
AdultsCreativityGadgets...This week I learned to blacksmith with Alec Steele. I forged a Scottish knife called a sgian dubh.
A psychologist debunks the claim that fidget spinners help kids focus
AdultsGadgetsPsychologyFidget spinners are everywhere these days. You can buy them on any street corner for a few dollars, and both kids and adults are obsessed with them. The companies that make these hot new gadgets claim they help relieve stress and anxiety and can help kids with ADHD focus. David Anderson, PhD, a clinical psychologist from the Child Mind Institute, shares his thoughts on spinners.
Climate Lab - Climate Lab - Why your old phones collect in a junk drawer of sadness
AdultsGadgetsGlobal Warming...Smartphones shouldn't be so disposable. Could fixing the way we make our phones help solve climate change?
100 Years of Home Innovation ? Mode.com
AdultsGadgetsHistory...Including toasters, radios, and microwave ovens, there have been a number of life-changing household breakthroughs through the years. Follow along to see the smartest appliances and laborsaving devices that have emerged in the last century.
Charge Your Cell Phone In 5 Seconds
AdultsGadgetsTechnologySupercapacitors: They'll enable you to charge your cell phone in 5 seconds, or an electric car in about a minute. They're cheap, biodegradable, never wear out and as Trace'll tell you, could be powering your life sooner than you'd think.
Disney Invented A Room Where Your Phone Will Never Die
AdultsGadgetsTechnologyResearchers have created a room that can charge your phone wirelessly. Could this be the future of charging technology?