Exercise and sleep. We need them both, but it's hard to find the time. What if we could just go for a jog and get a nap at the same time? A...
Some truly terrible people end up getting treated really well just because they are, quote-unquote, attractive. It's unfair, and linguist John...
For our Inventions series, Nick Kroll wants to create the KtD 3000, a modified Toyota Tercel that can turn cats into dogs. Why? Put it this...
Do you ever get the feeling that some world leaders and captains of industry are simply suffering from an empathy deficit? Majora Carter, the...
On tour with her band Morningwood, Chantal Claret often has to find dinner on the road... at 3 a.m. That makes it hard to eat well. But...
As a cutting-edge video artist, Lincoln Schatz is familiar with the different ways in which we perceive the world. It is no surprise, then,...
Tomlinson Holman knows a thing or two about sound. He created the THX standard for sound systems (THX actually stands for Tomlinson Holman's...
You may not think about it all the time, but somewhere, in the back of your mind, you wish you could do a backflip. With Nick Thune’s...
Our lives are becoming increasingly customizable. From Tivo to ring tones to virtual dashboards and RSS feeds, we can re-arrange and...
In the digital age we can send texts and pics to anyone, anywhere, instantly. But how might we share feelings? Through our feet, obviously....