Tony Fadell Is Trying to Build the iPod of Crypto
Fadell looks at the photos of the credit-card-sized wallet and its innovative E Ink touchscreen. When Ledger reveals it on December 6, it will cost $279. That’s a rounding error…
Radio Signals From Distant Galaxy Detected By Scientists
The detection of a new and strange fast radio burst originating from a galaxy located 3 billion light-years away has left astronomers puzzled. Fast Radio Burst or FRB are bursts…
‘Vampire Energy’ Is Sucking the Life Out of Our Planet
Priya Vijayakumar, CEO of WattIQ and an expert in unmanaged energy, explains that at the industrial level, 21 percent of all electricity consumed by buildings is wasted. “There’s all this…
In Praise of Unglamorous American Invention
Glue is not generally top-of-mind for me, which is why when my partner, Richard, presented me with a beautiful cutting board he’d made—hard Eastern maple, shot through with swerving purple…
The Future of Digital Assistants Is Queer
Queering the smart wife could mean, in its simplest form, affording digital assistants different personalities that more accurately represent the many versions of femininity that exist around the world, as…
Gifts for the Wannabe Molecular Gastronomist
Though some lifestyle gurus may claim to subsist on “chemical free” food, such a thing does not exist. Like the entire world around us, food is made up of complex…