This morning, NASA astronauts Peggy Whitson and Shane Kimbrough will take a stroll outside of the International Space Station to help upgrade the orbiting lab’s power systems. Specifically, the duo are going to help swap out the old nickel-hydrogen batteries the ISS has been using with new, more efficient lithium-ion batteries. The duo are veterans of […]
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The First iPad For The Blind #tactile
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_4O3AxtbnM This is pretty cool, an iPad for the blind. It’s been a long time since there’s been innovation in this space. The company is competing at CES 2017 in Vegas. BLITAB is the World’s first tactile tablet for blind and visually impaired people. BLITAB is a next curve Braille device for Braille reading and […]
Americans eat 554 million Jack in the Box tacos a year, and no one knows why
More than 1,000 times a minute, someone bites into what has been described as a wet envelope of cat food—and keeps eating. Jack in the Box is known to most of the country for its hamburgers and bigheaded mascot. But for many of its devotees, the magic of the fast-food chain lies in its interpretation […]
New peanut allergy prevention guidelines
The Guy On the Left Must Not Have a Skeleton
I’m thinking that these guys just realized they are in the Matrix and that they can move in slow motion and dodge bullets. Either that or they’ve got two cameras going here. One that is recording them that they speed up and slow down, and another on the crowd that they keep playing at normal […]
Renewing Medium’s focus
We’ve decided to make some major changes at Medium. I’ll start with the hard part: As of today, we are reducing our team by about one third — eliminating 50 jobs, mostly in sales, support, and other business functions. We are also changing our business model to more directly drive the mission we set out on originally. […]
Transcript of Simon Sinek Millennials in the Workplace Interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MC2X-LRbkE This is a transcript of an interview with Simon Sinek about his take on millennials in the workplace recorded in Dec of 2016. I thought it was meaningful and decided to type out the interview for my blog. If you have any opinions on what Simon summarizes, please leave me a comment below. I […]
Faraday Future Introduces Its Would-Be Tesla Killer, the FF91
It’s been a rough year for erstwhile electric car company Faraday Future. Several members of a senior staff recruited from the likes of Tesla, BMW, and Google, as well as the aerospace and medical device sectors, reportedly jumped ship. The company fell behind in paying the contractor building its factory in Nevada, where state treasurer […]
Bill and Melinda Gates back an implant that could prevent HIV
You don’t have to wait until after an infection to fight HIV. A technique known as pre-exposure prophylaxis has you taking preemptive medicine on a regular basis, greatly reducing the chances that HIV will take root in the first place. Needless to say, such a treatment could change the world if done well — and […]
