The Most Funded App Campaign in Kickstarter History, Fluent Forever

Based on the bestselling 2014 book by Gabriel Wyner, the forthcoming Fluent Forever app (which has amassed a record-setting $507,495, or more than double its goal, and is still funding) approaches language lessons differently than everyone else. First, it trains users in proper pronunciation. Then it proceeds to teach vocabulary and grammar with pictures and example sentences, rather than with translations. It’s goal really is …

Dinner and Drugs Via Drone in Australia

Stocked up with food and medicine, drones in Australia are delivering necessities right to people’s doors—or yards. Project Wing, (which is part of Alphabet’s X) is getting much needed supplies to remote communities across the country, but it’s not a charity, it’s simply for convenience. Partnering with a pharmacy and a Mexican food chain, Project Wing can get people’s orders to them much faster—connecting those …

A Tiny Tavern for Three: Brooklyn’s Threesome Tollbooth

Roughly the size of a tollbooth, Brooklyn’s aptly-named Threesome Tollbooth tavern has enough space for a bartender and two guests. It also happens to be tucked into the supply closet of a former Italian restaurant. The whole unmarked operation is legal and the latest project from artist N.D. Austin and his partner Jesse Sheidlower. The drinks within are born of “esoteric liquors and liqueurs” including …