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Inspiration highlights innovative initiatives and people influencing the tech industry while narrating the tales behind the ideas. It’s a place to honor originality, tenacity, and ground-breaking concepts that encourage others to pursue their dreams and make them a reality.
Bear sex and cancer: What The Oatmeal can teach us about social media
What do Bear Sex and Cancer have in common? $169,000. Matthew Inman, creator of the controversial info-graphic website The Oatmeal,...
Why you need to start saying NO in Social Media
If you are looking at Facebook, Twitter, YouTube or any other social network and are scratching your head as to...
Is DNA coding your data the future of stored information?
Recently on Spectrum, Scientists from Harvard University have successfully converted a 53,000 word book into a single strand of DNA....
How technology fanatics plan for a trip
Are you looking to take a trip this Summer? Or maybe you are planning to go home for the holidays?...
Greetings from Mars: We’re NASA and we know it (Video)
Greetings humans, curiosity the rover had you watch live from the web its landing on Mars to try and decipher...
Kuratas: for those who dream of driving a mechanized robot vehicle
If you have a couple million dollars and a burning desire to have a vehicle that none of your friends...
The force is strong with this one: An R2-D2 figurine you control with a matching watch
Hello my far away galaxy friend. We meet at last… Charge forth with light sabers, wookies and storm troopers and...
Femto-photography: one trillion frames per second
What is femto-photography? According to Ramesh Raskar, it's "a new imaging technique so fast that it creates slow motion video...
The mountable washing machine concept is heaven sent for the urban life
As the population grows we are slowly being forced into high-priced condensed living quarters, making living in the city bittersweet...
Digital hopscotch: how social media revived playing outside
Every now and then, I get tired of hearing the statement “When I was younger, I played in the streets”...
How commonality creates conversation
You’ve seen it, the way other people are able to get social interactions left, right and center. Almost like people...
Quick findings on Pinterest users
The wildly popular photo sharing site Pinterest has been at the center of both controversy and success over the last...
Apple takes another crack at invading the living room by dealing with cable operators
An unwillingness to "sleep with the enemy" may be behind cable companies' reluctance to deal with Apple, but that isn't...
Introducing the very first eco-friendly computer… shut up and take my money
The very first wooden framed computer has been created. Designers at MicroPro collaborated with the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and...
Disney is building creepy life-like human animatronics
The science of entertainment is getting more complicated. Disney Research in Zurich and Walt Disney Imagineering at Cornell are working...
Pinterest does not like URLs in descriptions
Pinterest can be such a fun place to post pictures you either take yourself or find on the web. Creating...
Should reading while driving be banned like tech devices?
Tech devices are banned in many areas due to their ability to distract us while driving, however what about all...
Firing in a social media world
The latest Joy of Tech comic from Geek Culture hits many people in today's economy close to home. It's all...
The WaterDog can save the life of your dog
When we get our furry family member we know that we must feed him or her and make sure that...
Duracell Powermat commercial brings up a good point
The product isn't new. The concept has been around for a while. The need will be around for much longer...