The Bloodhound SSC Can Travel at 1000 mph

After eight years of research and development, British engineers are ready to unveil the Bloodhound SSC: a supersonic car that was built with the sole purpose of breaking the current land-speed record of 763 mph. The Bloodhound carries the power of 180 F1 vehicles and was designed to reach a staggering 1000 mph in just 55 seconds. It’s basically a fighter jet with wheels instead …

Samsung Honored for Ingenious Use of Screens

Samsung and their ad agency Leo Burnett have won AdWeek’s top honor—the Gravity Award—for their ingenious idea to use Samsung’s technology to solve one of Argentina’s deadliest problems: traffic accidents on two-lane roadways. The duo mounted four monitors to the backs of cargo trucks to display the opposite direction lane and any oncoming vehicles, making it easy for cars stuck behind the slow-moving trucks to …

Facebook’s “Dislike” Button Will Express Empathy

Ever since the introduction of the “like” button, Facebook’s most commonly requested feature has been its opposite: a “dislike” button. But instead of quickly complying, the tech giant has spent years trying to determine how to best execute the “dislike” feature—and it may soon be ready. CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently announced to a small audience that Facebook will roll out a new button that would …