Enhancing Mobile Photography with the Moment Case

The Seattle mobile phone lens-maker launches a second Kickstarter for a smart shutter button integrated case

Designed to elevate the mobile photography experience to a more professional level, Moment launched with a two-piece lens system on Kickstarter in January 2014, pulling in nearly $500,000 and over nine times their goal. But while their lenses have undoubtedly upped the ante for many photographers, their stand-alone camera app was less inspired. To create a single cohesive platform, today marks the crowd-funding launch of …

Temporary Tattoo-Based Glucose Monitoring

UCSD researchers develop a wearable that painlessly detects dangerous blood sugar levels

Living with diabetes comes with a plethora of difficulties, and drawing blood to test glucose levels every day is certainly not the least of them. Fortunately, nanoengineers at UC San Diego are paving the way toward the painful technique’s obsolescence, with a new wearable tech that can monitor blood sugar levels without breaking the skin. Developed by graduate student Amay Bandodkar, the device uses small …

The Robotic Future of Pour-Over Coffee: Poursteady

Behind the scenes with the makers of the machine that automates (and quickens) the coffee shop pour-over experience

The crowded premium coffee shop: on the one hand, it’s a lively communal living room where conservations mingle and the energy is palpable—all walks-of-life coming together in the common search for next level java. On the other hand (and often where the coffee is best), it’s a hellish struggle where lines are competitive and the wait for a pour-over is akin to watching the last …