Recycling Trash Into Incredible Instruments
These inventors recycle trash to make string instruments and music that sounds incredible. Making everything from a hatchet violin, a golf club...
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How firefighters are training with virtual reality
Firefighters in the United Kingdom are using virtual reality to practice for real-life blazes, with the technology recreating the unique challenge of...
The unemployed NASA robot stuck on planet Earth
A vastly expensive space rover, built to explore Mars, was deemed surplus to requirements by NASA. Out of work, with its life’s purpose seemingly s...
Is this the future of fast internet?
Researchers at Aston University in Birmingham, England have managed to send data 4.5 million times faster than the average home internet. This makes...
Lost in Translation: How what3words overcame the language barrier to redefine global navigation
what3words divides the entire planet into 10 feet squares. Each square is assigned a unique three-word combination and with just 25,000 different...
Why are cell phones illegal in this quiet American town?
Green Bank is a small town in West Virginia with a population of just 141. It’s an innocuous little place, situated in the peaceful woodlands and r...
Playing Video Games With Mind Control
The future is now - or so it seems. Perri Karyal is a gamer, Twitch streamer, psychology graduate and a genius with the ability to control...
This Man Drives a Burger To Work
What's the craziest looking car you've ever driven? Our latest contributor has driven the wackiest looking vehicles. Literally. We're talking...
Meet the Voice Behind Your GPS
Meet Karen Jacobsen, a voiceover artist from Queensland Australia, who has one of the most recognisable voices in the world. As the original voice of...
The True Stories Behind Comic Sans and Ctrl-Alt-Del
Thanks to the brilliance of these four computer programmers we can play Solitaire on our computers, discover Easter eggs in video games, write emails...
The NASA Engineer Making STEM Sing
Growing up, Dajae never saw anyone like her represented in the world of STEM. But after attending Missouri University of Science and Technology as a...
How Robots Are Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in India
The robo-doctor will see you now. Her name is ELF. A humanoid robot, she simulates face-to-face interactions between doctors and patients at a major...
