Technology

March 1, 2017

81-Year-Old Woman Codes an iPhone App After Only Starting to Use Computers at 60

Programming may seem like a skill best left to the younger generation, but 81-year-old Masako Wakamiya has proven that people of all ages can crack the code. As the designer and creator of Hinadan, an innovative and one-of-a-kind app, the Japanese mover and shaker is undeniably skilled in the art of modern technology. Wakamiya learned the ins and outs of programming through a 6-month computer class. After completing the course and regularly consulting her teacher, she came up with the idea for Hinadan.

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October 15, 2016

Wind-Powered Device Pulls 11 Gallons of Drinking Water a Day From Thin Air

Did you know that over 2.2 billion people around the globe do not have access to clean drinking water? And that women and children can spend up to 6 hours a day collecting and carrying water, often polluted, to supply the needs to their family? Water Seer provides an innovative solution to make clean drinking water available to a wider part of the population.

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August 13, 2016

Smart Toaster Works with Ingenious App to Toast Your Bread Into Any Image You Want

Tired of eating the same boring, plain toast with butter every morning for breakfast? Toasteroid‘s “smart-toaster” lets you create your own designs that bake right onto the bread as it toasts. Just download the Toasteroid mobile app, connect your smartphone to Bluetooth, pop your bread in the silver sleek companion toaster, and you are ready to start designing your one-of-a-kind toast. Users can select either Toasteroid templates or doodle their own toast-worthy image.

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January 11, 2016

Artist Creates "Future Fossils" from Once-Loved, Now-Outdated Technology

We often associate fossils with the dinosaurs, but artist Jeff Klarin has a different idea of what's considered a relic. Working under the name Bughouse, he has created Future Fossils, a collection of sculptures that showcase once-loved yet now-outdated technological devices. Among them are the iconic boombox, Polaroid camera, and Atari joystick. All of Klarin's Future Fossils are objects and tools that were once widely-used and/or historically important.

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