Tagged: innovation

midnight scooper ice cream scooper painful

Someone Finally Fixed The Ice-cream Scooper – Startup Of The Month

Midnight Scooper is the September winner of our “Startup Of The Month” prize. See past winners here. Anyone who has ever scooped ice cream straight out of the freezer, knows the pain of jabbing the scooper in as deeply as you can, chiseling off bits and pieces like a stone-mason. Finally an engineering student from UCSD, Michael Chou, has solved the scooper problem. By adjusting...

a homemade toaster on the shelf next to consumer toasters

How To Build A Toaster In Under Six Months

This is the incredible tale of how one man built a toaster, from all-natural materials, in just six months If humanity stopped, and you were one of the last people on earth, could you rebuild society? Despite all of the technology that we’ve developed throughout history, no individuals possess enough knowledge to rebuild things like radios, and computers, and even toasters from nature, if...

The custom rig bill gates built for the ice bucket challenge

Video: Bill Gates Wins At The Ice Bucket Challenge

I didn’t think it was possible to win the ice bucket challenge, but Bill Gates did. First of all, he was nominated by Mark Zuckerberg, and nominated Elon Musk. Then, his video was outright cinematic (see below). Seriously, it was more of a short film than a video. Thirdly, he designed and built a custom rig to dump ice water on himself, and he...

a better way to give vaccines - the vacc stamp

Somebody Finally Created A Better Vaccine

Needles hurt…but more than that, they’re just a bit scary. The idea of a doctor shoving a centimeter-long syringe into your arm, filled with who-knows-what, is just not comforting. Luckily, one company has redesigned the syringe, to make the process nearly painless, and intuitive. The new syringe is called the “vacc-stamp”. It’s a round, flat piece of plastic that reminds me a bit of...

Apple iTV concept sketch

Will Apple Kill The Television this April? I certainly hope so

This April, Apple will reportedly release a killer new set-top box to replace the current Apple TV. Early reports suggest it may run “on top” of your current cable TV box, giving your TV a more functional interface, and offering access to services like Netflix directly on your TV. The fact is, Apple’s new device may do much more than those initial reports suggest....