At last year's CES, gaming lifestyle company Razer introduced Project AVA, an AI esports coach concept that was just a ...

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An AI-powered toilet seat has been named by Time Magazine as one of the top 200 inventions of 2024. It optically scans a user’s stool and urine, to detect any concerning changes that might indicate a ...

There are two kinds of kitchens in the world. The first is a sleek, serious, stainless-steel affair where everything is optimized for peak performance. The second, and arguably more fun, kind of ...

In the 1920s, Emma Read invented the “Baby Cage,” a wire box designed for parents to hang out of their apartment windows so their infants could get some “fresh air.” The cage functioned like a tiny ...

An invention to keep from splattering your clothes and hair with broth as you slurp your noodles. Also worthwhile if you want your friends to think you are a flower. Chindogu are Japanese inventions ...

Hugo Gernsback was a pioneer in the world of science fiction during the first half of the 20th century—so much so that the Hugo Awards are named after him. But Gernback also edited serious tech ...

Every day, hundreds of unique inventions designed to solve pressing human problems and make our lives easier, appear. However, not all devices are successful, and some of them cause only bewilderment.

It was quite a year for celebrity baby names, but then again, you could say that for every recent year. Some stars this year mined old-fashioned sources of inspiration, while others went wild with ...

Includes drawings of unusual inventions submitted to the patent office with clues to aid the reader in guessing the purpose of each invention. https://siris-libraries ...

How do you know that someone is “The One?” Gernsback tackled that question in 1924 with an idea for an invention that was supposed to inject some science into the world of romantic attraction. From ...