McDonald’s Custom Made Milkshake Straw – Get Yours Quick
Remember the McDonald’s Shamrock Shake? Well it is coming back and McDonald’s wants to promote it by reinventing the straw for maximum shake drinkability. “It was a puzzling assignment but one with an ambitious goal,” said Seth Newburg, principal engineer and managing partner at NK Labs. “From a physics perspective, it’s actually quite difficult to […]
Broken Zipper Repair
Apparently repairing a broken zipper is pretty easy. The ADSRO 6pc Zipper Repair/Replacement ($5) makes fixing a zipper a quick and painless event. It works on most zipper failures including split zipper tracks, broken sliders, and even missing teeth. You simply cut off the old zipper slide and clip on the new ADSRO zipper slide. […]
Tesla Supercharger Stations To Double This Year
The Tesla is the only electric car company that is addressing the charging issue head-on. What other car company has a massive global quick charging network? This is more about the United States even though Tesla is growing the Supercharger network worldwide. Currently Tesla has 2,636 Supercharger stations at 373 locations in North America. Impressive right? […]
UPS Testing Truck-Launched Delivery Drone
The delivery via drone dream is a cool idea but has many hurdles to overcome. The biggest one is the range of said drones. I don’t imagine we will see drones delivery from warehouse to homes/businesses anytime soon. With that said, UPS’ latest approach seems like a great idea. The plan is to have a […]
Danbocchi Soundproof Cardboard Studio
I have lived in apartments and condos with walls so thin I could hear my neighbors daily conversations and other things. Things I didn’t want to hear. And I am sure they could even hear all of the noise we made on our side of the paper thin walls. I have never been so self […]
Samsung Note 7 Detailed Fire Autopsy
Three and a half months after Samsung discontinued the Galaxy Note 7 smartphone they finally have a full autopsy of the causes. Yep, causes, there were a few things that went wrong. Heck, they even made a pretty infographic (after the break) to explain the problem. Samsung apparently used two different battery manufacturers which they […]
12 Million CIA Records For Your Viewing Pleasure
First off, these files aren’t coming via the standard way (leaks), they have been declassified by the Central Intelligence Agency and put online. Anyone with an online connection can spend the next few years reading once classified CIA documents. Here is the link, have fun.
Darth Vader Toothpick Dispenser
Starwars fans rejoice. There is a Darth Vader Toothpick Dispenser dubbed the ToothSaber. It works by moving a lever on the back of Darth Vader and he grabs a hidden toothpick and yields it like a lightsaber. Awesome!
MIT 3D Graphene Is Ten Times Stronger Than Steel
We keep hearing how graphene is going to change the world. Better substrates, building materials, and batteries because of this magical stuff. Not much actual product has made it to market but the demos keep getting better. This video from MIT shows graphene’s hexagonal lattices in action for something that is 5-percent as dense as […]
Why Trump Deserves Trust, Respect and Admiration Book
Calm down already. This is a joke book full of blank pages, essentially a notebook. Not stating any political viewpoints here. Just thought it was funny. The book is titled Why Trump Deserves Trust, Respect & Admiration. You can get yours here for $5.