This Device Lets You Charge Your Phone on the Go Using Your Body’s Own Energy
HandEnergy is an ingenious apple-sized device that charges your phone anytime, anywhere. But what really makes this thing special is the fact that it uses your own personal energy to do it. In a time where power-banks and solar-power devices have become mainstream, a device that lets you charge gadgets on the go doesn’t sound […]
Chilean Inventor Creates Hammer and Saw-Proof Work Gloves
Coming up with effective hand protection in dangerous environments like construction sites has been an elusive goal for many years, but Chilean inventor Jorge Sgombic claims to have finally come up with a truly safe solution. Boots with built-in toe protection have become a requirement on most construction sites these days, so foot safety is […]
Couple Receive Hundreds of Mysterious Letters Addressed to Santa Claus, Fulfill Them All
Every holidays season for the past six years, Jim Glaub and Dylan Parker receive hundreds of letters to Santa Claus at their New York apartment. No one knows why this has been happening, or when exactly it started, but the two don’t much care. They’re just focused on making sure that every sender receives a Christmas […]
Meet the Kindhearted Businessman Who Throws Grand Weddings for Fatherless Indian Brides
In India, it is expected that the bride’s family organize and especially pay for the wedding, so when a young woman’s father (the main bread earner) dies, she can almost certainly forget about having a wedding, especially if she comes from a poor family. Most often than not, widowed mothers simply don’t have the means to marry […]
Would You Pay $30,000 to Have a Beer Tailored to Your DNA?
A London-based brewery has recently launched a unique service that uses cutting edge genetic profiling to create “the world’s most personalised beer”, based on the client’s DNA profile. And it “only” costs £25,000 ($30,550). Ciaran Giblin, the brewmaster of Meantime Brewery, was the world’s first brewer to have a beer tailored to his own DNA, and was so […]
Kissenger – The Smartphone Accessory That Lets You Kiss over Long Distances
Long distance relationships are always tough, and the lack of physical interaction is one of the main reasons for that. There’s no substituting human touch, yet, but rapidly-advancing technology already provides some intriguing alternatives. One such example is the Kissenger, a smartphone peripheral that allows users to kiss over long distances. The concept of long-distance kissing has […]
Woman Falls in Love with 3D-Printed Robot, Wants to Marry It
Leading artificial intelligence expert David Levy recently said that he expects human-robot marriages to become commonplace by 2050, and the recently revealed romantic relationship between a French woman and a robot she 3D-printed herself seems to confirm the beginning of this trend. The first time I saw this story circulating online, I was almost convinced it […]
Amsterdam Introduces Contactless Payment Jackets for Beggars
It’s getting and harder and harder for beggars to survive on spare change handouts these days. People have become too reliant on alternative payment options to carry cash around with them, and those that still have a few coins in their pockets are often afraid that recipients will just spend it on alcohol, drugs or […]
Thousands Attend Mexican Girl’s Birthday Party After Online Invitation Accidentally Went Viral
Rubi Ibarra García, a 15-year-old girl from the small Mexican village of La Joya had arguably the highest attended quinceañera party in history, after thousands of people from all over Mexico, and even the U.S. turned up for the big event on December 26. It all started earlier this month, when Rubi’s father, Crescencio, posted a video on Facebook […]
Rejoice, You Can Now Buy a Solid Gold, Diamond-Encrusted Donald Trump iPhone
Goldgenie, a luxury goods company famous for gold-plating just about anything for its wealthy clients, has recently launched a unique Donald Trump-themed iPhone 7 made out of solid 24K gold and encrusted with diamonds. And the best part is that this gem costs only $151,000. The Goldgenie retail store in Sharjah, a city near Dubai, […]
Chinese Students Are Forced to Take Tests Outdoors in Thick Smog
A school principal in China’s Henan province was recently suspended for making young students take tests outdoors in smog so thick that they could barely see their papers, despite receiving orders to close the school. On December 20th, 480 students from the No. 1 Middle School in Linqi town, Linzhou, were forced to take their […]
No Joke: Russian Online Store Auctions Off 21-Year-Old Man to Recover Debt
After failing to deliver on the contract he had signed with Russian online gift store Pich Shop, a 21-year-old entrepreneur agreed to be auctioned off to the highest bidder and marry a complete stranger for at least one year, in order to avoid being sued. A week ago, a strange listing showed up on PichShop.ru […]
The Unlikely 25-Year Friendship Between a Human Diver and a Fish
Tateyama Bay, in Japan’s Chiba Prefecture, is the meeting place of two very unlikely friends – local diver Hiroyuki Arakawa and an Asian sheepshead wrasse by the name of Yoriko. The pair met 25 years ago and have been visiting each other ever since. Arakawa has been looking after an underwater Shinto shrine located in Tateyama Bay […]
This Exceptional 32-Year-Old Can Speak 56 Languages Fluently
It’s not unusual for youth nowadays to speak more than one language, but 32-year-old Muhamed Mešić is not your typical polyglot. He can communicate fluently in 56 different languages and claims to understand over 70 of them. Ever since he was a little boy growing up in Tuzla, an industrial city in the former Yugoslavia (currently in Bosnia […]
The Dog Father – Indian Man Takes Care of 735 Dogs That Nobody Else Wants
45-year-old Rakesh Shukla is a talented software engineer and CEO of a successful tech company, but among India’s animal lovers he is known as “The Dog Father”, an exceptional man who founded the country’s most advanced dog rescue center and who personally takes care of 735 abandoned pooches that nobody else wants. 10 years ago, […]