CheckTonight allows potential online dating partners to prove they have tested HIV/STD free using a secure website. According to CheckTonight, this will mitigate the “awkwardness, unreliability, and ambiguity associated with discussions of sexual health.” The free service allows individuals to visit one of 5000 private testing labs across the United READ MORE >
The InCore microphone from Nap Enterprise is one of many advancements made in telecommunications since the days of speaking to each other through smoke signals, featuring an earbud microphone that picks up speech from the ear and not mouth, enabling you to carry out conversations over your cellphone even in READ MORE >
A 58-year-old blind pilot from the UK, Miles Hilton-Barber, completed his dream of a lifetime, a 13,500 flight from London to Sydney, Australia, braving severe weather conditions. He flew a Microlight aircraft that resembles a hang-glider/tricycle. It was equipped with specialized navigational information, which enabled the success of the flight. READ MORE >
Neurosky has just released photos of their prototyped mind reading game controller. With focused thoughts, the user can effectively control movements and actions. Behind the mask is a sensor that touches the user’s forehead and reads the brain’s electrical signals. Then it sends them to a wireless receiver inside the READ MORE >
Dr. Dickson Despommier, Columbia University professor of environmental sciences and microbiology, proposes that building crop farms on top of urban skyscrapers could provide food in land deficient populations and protect the environment. In a recent New York Magazine article, Despommier explains how 150 vertical farms could feed the entire population READ MORE >
The FCC has finally given the nod to the SMS Technology M500 watch phone and will probably come in a wide variety of designs to suit your taste and fancy. Based on the specifications given so far, we know that the M500 comes with all the basic phone functions including READ MORE >
If you’re fed up with being served rubbish in fast food restaurants, then you will love this website. Its concept is simple: comparing the pictures of fast food in advertisements to the fast food you are actually served. The results are both shocking and amusing. And of course you don’t READ MORE >
Say the word Pininfarina and I’m instantly intrigued. The latest object of desire to get the magic touch from the Italian design house most famous for the Ferrari is the humble storage drive. SimpleTech has created a Pininfarina-designed SimpleDrive line that includes a portable hard drive, external hard drive and READ MORE >
Flying from London to India just got a lot more comfortable. Jet Airways has created a service that is basically like having a small cabin to yourself for the flight The 26 square foot room has two seats that convert into an 83-inch bed, dining for two and a 23-inch READ MORE >
Mattel is using technology to create a new twist on a 48-year-old toy to appeal to today’s Web- and multimedia-savvy girls. On Thursday, Mattel unveiled Barbie Girls, four-and-a-half-inch tall MP3 players designed to look like dolls. The company hopes the new toy, which brings together Web surfing, shopping and music READ MORE >