Refresh App

Cull relevant data from contacts, calendars and social media to better prepare you for future meetings

Though many think Googling someone on the way to an interview is effective enough, a more useful aid in last-second research is Refresh, a new app for iDevices. The app connects to your calendar and contacts, features a notes section for pre- and post-meeting thoughts and—most importantly—aggregates additional information from a range of social media and profile-based sites (like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn) to present …

Tinitell

The world's smallest mobile phone designed to connect guardians and their lovable rug rats

Today, Kickstarter sees the launch of yet another clever product: Tinitell is the world’s smallest mobile phone designed specifically for kids. Yet this piece of Swedish innovation could easily find its way onto the wrists of adults too, given its solid design and simple accessibility. The audacious Tinitell harks back to an era when manufacturers were striving to make the tiniest phones possible. CH met …

Charged: Solar Impulse 2

Flying around the world without a drop of fuel (again) in the space-age aircraft is just the beginning

by Michael Slenske It’s staggering to think that, within less than a century, we’ve gone from Charles Lindbergh piloting the first solo transatlantic flight—Long Island to Paris in the Spirit of St. Louis—to two Swiss adventurers on the cusp of circumnavigating the globe in a solar-powered aircraft without so much as a drop of fuel (again). But that’s exactly what’s expected to happen next spring, …