Climate Lab - Climate Lab - Why your old phones collect in a junk drawer of sadness
AdultsGadgetsGlobal WarmingTechnology...Smartphones shouldn't be so disposable. Could fixing the way we make our phones help solve climate change?
Thin underwater cables hold the internet. See a map of them all.
AdultsInternet CultureTechnologyWorldYour internet isn't just underwater. It's also covered in Vaseline.
What are the challenges of nuclear power? - M. V. Ramana and Sajan Saini
AdultsGlobal WarmingTechnologyEnergy...Our ability to mine great amounts of energy from uranium nuclei has led some to bill nuclear power as a plentiful, utopian source of electricity. But rather than dominate the global electricity market, nuclear power has declined from a high of 18% in 1996 to 11% today. What happened to the great promise of this technology? M.V. Ramana and Sajan Saini detail the challenges of nuclear power.
Meet the Man Who Strapped Himself to a Rocket, For Science
AdultsHealthPhysicsTechnology...One man's quest to test the human limits of gravity on the human body.
Using GPS to Get Around Is Making Us Dumber
AdultsHumanScienceTechnology...GPS services have made getting from point A to point B a lot easier, but what effects does this have on our brains?
Hackers Can Now Break Into Your Phone Using Music
AdultsMusicSoftware EngineeringTechnology...New research shows sound waves can manipulate the accelerometer in your phone; what implications does this have for data security?
Graphene Could Solve the World's Water Crisis
AdultsFutureNatureTechnology...Turning saltwater into clean drinking water is an expensive, energy-intensive process, but could the wonder material graphene make it more accessible?
Why Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium Matters: Future MEGAPROJECTS
AdultsConstructionSportsTechnology...Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium is the most expensive stadium ever built. The $1.6 billion price tag was driven by a spectacular retractable roof design, an LED video board that is by far the world's largest, and the pursuit of LEED platinum certification.
100 Years of Home Innovation ? Mode.com
AdultsGadgetsHistoryTechnologyIncluding 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.
How Google's featured answers can go terribly wrong
AdultsInternet CultureSoftware EngineeringTechnology...Why Google search once said Obama was a king and dinosaurs weren't real.
Charge Your Cell Phone In 5 Seconds
AdultsGadgetsTechnologyFutureSupercapacitors: 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.
Amazing Images of a Changing Earth
AdultsSpaceTechnologyWorld...Incredible before-and-after satellite images of our dynamic planet.
Illuminating the Universe: The History of Light
AdultsHistoryTechnologyScience...Beyond what we can touch, taste, smell, and hear, we experience the universe through light. But how did we come to discover light, and how did we learn light's true nature, as the fastest thing in the universe, an electromagnetic spectrum, a wave and particle capable of the most amazing things? Here is the history of light, according to physics.
14-Year-Old Prodigy Programmer Dreams In Code
AdultsEducationSoftware EngineeringTechnology...Fourteen-year-old programmer and software developer Santiago Gonzalez might just be the next Steve Jobs. He already has 15 iOS apps to his name and dreams of designing for Apple. At age 12, Santiago became a full-time college student and is on track to earn his bachelor's degree in computer science and electrical engineering by age 16. By 17, when most teenagers are excited to just have their driver's license, Santiago will have his masters degree.
A Huge Advancement in Mind-Controlled Tech
AdultsDisabilitySoftware EngineeringTechnology...This tech helps paralyzed people type with their minds, but the sky's the limit.
Indigenous Panamanians protect their forests with drones
AdultsEcologyNatureTechnology...Settlers are illegally clearing trees on their land. So indigenous people are employing modern technology to stop them.
The Crazy Way Scientists Launch Rockets From Balloons
AdultsSpaceTechnologyScienceLarge chemical rockets are needed to launch payloads into space from the ground, but could rockoons, rocket balloons, be a more efficient alternative?
Take Augmented Reality Onto the Squash Court
AdultsSportsTechnologyImprove your squash game in a surprising way.
We Could Back Up The Entire Internet On A Gram Of DNA
AdultsGeneticsInternet CultureTechnology...Nature's code for life is stored in DNA, but what if we could code anything we wanted into DNA? Scientists are figuring out how.
IKEA to introduce furniture that snaps together in minutes without requiring tools
AdultsBusinessDesignTechnologyThe fiddly ritual of assembling IKEA products is set to become a thing of the past as the furniture giant introduces products that snap together "like a jigsaw puzzle".
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?