Tag: Technology

This First Transgender Doll Aims to Educate Kids About Gender Identity

To an adult, a child's toy may appear to be nothing but a colorful piece of plastic that clutters the lounge room floor. But in reality, a simple toy can be an incredibly powerful educational tool for the young minds that engage with them. That's why a toy manufacturer in Canada has developed Sam, the world's first transgender doll. Sam is designed to educate, not...

This New Digital Urn Makes us Approach Death in a Radically Different Way

The traditions of burial and cremation after death are near universal practices that have come to be recognized as fundamentally human signs of respect for our dead. We have buried our dead for over 100,000 years and traditions of cremation stretch back 20,000 years; these are ancient signals of love, empathy, and belief in afterlife utterly unique to our species and culture. However, as...
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These Teenagers Have Invented a Straw That Detects Date Rape Drugs

For college-age women in America, the risk of becoming a victim of sexual violence is 3 to 4 times higher than for any other...

The New Hype: Tattoos You Can Actually Listen to

Tattoo enthusiasts around the world are in a frenzy over the newest advancement in body art technology - audible, sound wave tattoos. That's right,...

This Teenager Says He Invented a Bra That Can Detect Breast Cancer Signs

In 2017, approximately 252,000 new cases of invasive breast cancer are expected to be diagnosed in American women; approximately 41,000 American women will die...

Why We Should be Excited About, Not Scared of, Robot Bees

In a new development that sounds like a plot line from a futuristic sci-fi film, researchers have created a robotic, bee-imitating drone in the...

3D Printers Can Now Print Homes… And They Only Cost $10,000

Forget about dealing with flaky contractors or shopping for a home, only to realize that it'll take you a decade to save up for...

This Fact-Checker is What Everyone Needs to Stop the Spread of Fake News

The phrase "fake news" has been in the news a lot over the past several months. From reports on the internet plague's impact on...

This Futuristic Brain Implant Aims to Improve Our Memory

The world of neuroprosthetics is an extraordinary and ground-breaking branch of neuroscience that is set to change the face of medicine as we currently...

This New Water Filter Kills 99% of Bacteria & Helps Millions of People

Across the world, 663 million people do not have access to clean water. 1,000 children per day die due to preventable water and sanitation related...

This ‘Bionic’ Suit Can Help People with Disabilities Walk Again

The concept of a lightweight bodysuit that amplifies human strength and mobility whilst healing the body may well strike you as outlandishly futuristic, and...

This New ‘SkinGun’ Helps Burn Victims Regrow Their Skin in Just a Few Days

A new system developed by New York-based biotech firm RenovaCare is offering a glimmer of hope to burn victims nationwide. The system harvests a...

VR Now Lets You Eat Your Favorite Food Without Gaining a Pound

You’ve probably got some sort of eating habit that you wish you could break—we all do. Whether it’s an insatiable love for sweets or...

This Creepy Robot Said it Straight: She Wants to Destroy Humans

There is no getting around it. Humanoid robots are going to be our servers, coworkers and well, possibly our killers. Okay, maybe we are...