Chloe Olewitz
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New York, NY, United States
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Easily transform your boring bike into an ebike with the GeoOrbital Wheel
Transform your regular bike into an eBike in under 60 seconds with the GeoOrbital wheel, an electric modification that snaps on in place of the front wheel. → Read More
Research suggests that LED-studded fishing nets can reduce sea turtle bycatch by 64 percent
These fishing nets light up with LEDs to keep turtles from getting caught and killed unnecessarily. The nets are highly affordable and very efficient. → Read More
A Japanese AI program just wrote a short novel, and it almost won a literary prize
A novel written largely by an artificial intelligence passed the first round of screening for a national literary prize in Japan. A team from Future University Hakodate programmed the AI, and then set it loose to "write" the novel that was submitted for the prize. → Read More
A 19-year-old kid built this free robo-lawyer, and it has already appealed over $3M in parking tickets
This free robotic lawyer has appealed more than $3 million in parking tickets, and was built by a 19-year-old British programmer named Joshua Browder. → Read More
Astronomers just photographed the biggest supermassive black hole ever discovered
A supermassive black hole that's 21 billion times larger than the sun is hiding in the heart of galaxy NGC 4889. → Read More
Edward Snowden digs this mass surveillance sim, Need to Know
'Need to Know' a mass surveillance simulation game so cool, it got the Snowden nod of approval while raising funds on Kickstarter. Players join as agents of the fictional Department of Liberty, and climb the ranks in order to access classified files and spy on citizens. → Read More
These ‘mushroom death suits’ help your body decompose naturally after burial
Startup Coeio is launching mushroom-laced Infinity Burial suits. The organic burial process is designed to protect the environment and help decomposition. → Read More
Cue the doll dance party: Hello Barbie's Dream House is smart and voice-activated
The new Hello Barbie Dream House is a smart home that's totally voice activated, but it's presenting a lot of privacy concerns because it is also completely connected to Wi-Fi. → Read More
This New York City skyscraper looks like it’s wrapped in a wreath of gardens
A new NYC skyscraper designed by Bjarke Ingels brings the High Line park indoors in order to create green spaces and an open air environment for offices. → Read More
With 512 LEDs in an app-controlled cube, Tittle is like fireworks for your desk
The Tittle light is an interactive mood lamp with a 3D display composed of 512 LED pins. It can show 3D animations, music visualizations, and send emojis. → Read More
Smuggled into North Korea, your old flash drives could help topple a dictatorship
The Flash Drives for Freedom campaign smuggles foreign media like films, movies, interviews, and website archives into North Korea under the regime's ban. → Read More
The next apartment you rent could come with a smart lock already installed
The first Latch smart lock will only be available to real estate developers, so entire apartment buildings will feature Latch as their door entry system. → Read More
Amazing new autopilot system can safely land a plane if the pilot is incapacitated
An autopilot system from Diamond Aircraft can identify when a pilot is in danger and safely land the plane if the pilot is incapacitated and can't respond. → Read More
This super-flexible search and rescue robot was inspired by the American cockroach
A prototype for a new kind of safety robot was inspired by the flexible exoskeleton of the American cockroach. The robot will report to search and rescue experts about survivors trapped under rubble, and inform extraction plans from details about dangerous conditions. → Read More
New cotton candy-inspired technique is helping scientists build artificial capillaries
A bioengineer at Vanderbilt University has successfully used an adapted cotton candy machine to electrospin systems of artificial blood vessels. These capillary systems could be used to grow organs like livers and kidneys for transplant in the near future. → Read More
Feerless app displays pop-up trigger warnings on Netflix to warn people with PTSD
Feerless is a Google Chrome extension that displays pop-up trigger warnings on Netflix. People with PTSD can look away or fast forward through trigger scenes without going through the pains of flashbacks and anxiety, and other physical manifestations of PTSD. → Read More
Massive genetic study from 23andMe suggests there might be a ‘morning person’ gene
A huge study conducted by genetic analysis company 23andMe suggests that there's a "morning person" gene. Morning people are less likely to suffer from depression and insomnia, they are usually slimmer and they report needing need less than 8 hours sleep per night. → Read More
MIT engineers have developed a new kind of RFID chip that’s nearly impossible to hack
MIT and Texas Instruments have developed unhackable RFID chips to prevent common security hacks and fix vulnerabilities in the existing technology. Their ferroelectric crystal material is stops hacks like side-channel and power glitch attacks. → Read More
These wearable mechatronic wings react to stimuli, and you can make them with Legos
Of course, the wings won’t actually let you fly, but Wipprecht does ensure us that if you follow her instructions, the wings will look awesome and interact with your environment → Read More
Stanford team proves Cambridge and Colbert wrong: Spider-Man can definitely climb walls
A team of Stanford researchers has proven Cambridge and Stephen Colbert wrong with Gecko Gloves. The demonstration shows a human scaling a vertical wall, proving once and for all that Spider-Man's powers are definitely possible. → Read More