IBM’s Watson Reads the Tone of Your Email

Before you start responding to the weekend’s emails, you may want to consult IBM’s Watson. The artificially intelligent computer is now equipped to analyze the tone and sentiment of text. More specifically, it can determine if a passage is cheerful, negative or angry, open, agreeable or conscientious, and it will even describe how analytical, confident or tentative it is. After figuring out what you’re trying …

3D Print a Ford GT From Home

Dreaming of a new car but can’t afford one yet? Ford is filling in the void by offering up the digital files to five of their models, so that anyone with access to the proper equipment can 3D print one from the comfort of their home. So far, the files for the Ford GT, F-150 Raptor, Shelby GT350R, Focus St and Fiesta ST are currently …

CH25: Meredith Perry

How searching the internet helped a 22-year-old invent wireless electricity

Meredith Perry has brought us a step closer to a wireless world with her invention of wireless electricity. Called uBeam, it’s the only wireless power system that allows you to charge your device while moving around a room. Perry founded uBeam when she was 22 years old, shortly after graduating from The University of Pennsylvania in astrobiology. In spite of her Ivy League degree and …