Stories from around the web that we think you should read.
Saab Group, a Swedish aerospace and defense company (not the motor company), has developed a new technology to bulletproof buildings and possibly vehicles. The system is dubbed “Soft Armour,” and it basically …
A new DIY open-source sex toy company, Comingle, is developing the next generation of dildos through thoughtful design and superior engineering. After being challenged to create a vibrator that fit a specific …
Nicolas Fong’s animated GIFs have to be some of the weirdest we’ve seen in a while. In one, microbes morph into humans and in another purple eels swim through a sea of …
The story of James Robertson, a 56-year-old Detroit resident, quickly went viral after it was revealed that he walks 21 miles each day just to get to work. An outpouring of support …
Nearly 60 years since the publication of “To Kill a Mockingbird,” author Harper Lee has announced that she will release, “Go Set a Watchman,” her second-ever published work. With the help of …
Annual innovation lab and digital culture festival, FutureEverything, will celebrate its 20th anniversary this month. Leading up to this year’s event, FutureEverything’s director Drew Hemmet looks back at five of the festival’s …
In Sweden, a company is implanting RFID microchips into its employees. The chips—much like the ones embedded into pet dogs—are about the size of a rice grain and are placed just beneath …
Creative design company Soap Studio is bringing Batman’s Tumbler Batmobile to life with a miniature, multi-functional remote-controlled car. The 1:12 scale replica comes equipped with 16 LEDs, a night-vision camera for photo …
As the much-hyped blizzard of 2015 blew on, graphic novelist Liana Finck decided the best way to capture the spirit of the storm was to live-haiku the happenings going on around her. …
Balance bicycles are known to be effective at helping children develop coordination, balance and counter-steering techniques at a young age. While they’ve been around for a while, they’ve remained pretty much the …