Technology
September 4, 2025

These Sustainable Wooden Earbuds Use AI to Translate Over 150 Languages in Real Time

In a bid to combat the ever-growing number of plastic ear buds that end up in landfills, Sudeshna Naik, a UC Berkeley Development Engineering graduate, decided to create an alternative. She recently launched a pair of sustainable, wireless earbuds called The PIN, which are handcrafted from real wood and packed with impressive AI-powered features.

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Photography Gear
September 3, 2025

World’s First Waterproof Self-Flying Camera Can Capture All the Action at Sea

Over the past decade, drones have become increasingly easy to maneuver, allowing amateurs and professionals alike to take images from angles that were once impossible. At the forefront of this movement, HOVERAir is known for its compact, foldable drones. And now, they’re branching out with the HOVERAir AQUA. Touted as the “first waterproof self-flying camera,” HOVERAir AQUA is now available on Indiegogo.

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Tattoos
September 3, 2025

Dad Gets Tattoo To Match Son’s Surgery Scar After Life-Saving Heart Operation

Parents will do just about anything to make their kids feel loved. For New York-based Eric Conklin, that meant getting a tattoo to match the scar on his son’s chest. His little boy, Bennet, was born with a congenital heart defect and spent over a month in the Pediatric Cardiac ICU. In that short time, Bennet went through seven surgeries, which left him with a long scar down his chest.

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Photography
September 2, 2025

Photographers Capture Underground Pools and Passages of Lechuguilla Cave in New Mexico

For most of the 20th century, Lechuguilla Cave, New Mexico, was seen as a minor geological formation in the expansive Carlsbad Caverns National Park. However, in the 1950s, explorers noticed wind blowing from the floor of the cave, making them think there was more to it below the rubble-covered ground and began digging. Three decades later, cavers finally broke through, striking gold.

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