Shark liver oil is a common moisturizing agent in many beauty products. Stay away!The poor sharks can't seem to catch a break. Whether it's their fins, skin, meat, oil, or cartilage that people want, or if it's just their misfortune to be caught up in fishing nets and left to die as bycatch, these magnificent apex predators face never-ending dangers from humans. An estimated 100 million are kil...

Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat have lapped longtime veggie-burger makers, forcing them to beef up their fare.Jordan Bruneau has a beef with veggie burgers. They can taste like they’re good for you. Mr. Bruneau was miffed when his local Fatburger restaurant ran out of new Impossible Burger meatless patties, intended to look and taste like real meat, and settled for a Boca burger, typically ma...

The Link shoes are an eclectic mix of madness, creativity, and innovation.I’ll be honest, I’m used to seeing some incredibly ludicrous designs. Floating phones that can take hands-free selfies? Sure. A side table that’s also a bluetooth speaker? Yep. In my line of work, strange concepts aren’t dismissed as unacceptable. They’re welcomed for their fresh perspective, and honestly, I love a p...

Today’s Chart of the Week draws from the MIT Technology Review, which features Bill Gates’ predictions for the top 10 breakthrough inventions that will capture headlines in 2019.Top 10 Breakthrough Technologies1. Gut Probe in a PillThese swallowable devices can detect and potentially prevent diseases that cause malnutrition and stunted growth in millions of children worldwide.2. Custom Cancer...

Apple has filed for another patent (number 20190174088) regarding a head-mounted display (HDM) for augmented reality/virtual reality applications. It’s for a display system that involves an HDM that works with devices such as keyboards.Apple is widely believed to be working on AR glasses, widely believed to be dubbed “Apple Glasses.” Loup Ventures analyst Gene Munster — says Apple’s augmen...

As content creators increasingly adopt direct-to-consumer models, video gaming has become a legitimate competitor to TV and movies. What are the implications for strategic planning? Product and partnership development?AS the media and entertainment (M&E) industry prepares for seismic shifts in video, new behavioral trends reveal that video gaming could provide more disruption in the battle...

While a baby's cry can worry a parent, at the same time it can be irritating too. A group of researchers in the US has come up with a new artificial intelligence method which is capable of identifying and differentiating normal and abnormal cries.The method can detect whether the cry is because of hunger, illness or something else. The research was published in the IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatic...

With 200X the range of Wi-Fi at 1/1000th of the cost of a cellular modem, Helium’s “LongFi” wireless network debuts today. Its transmitters can help track stolen scooters, find missing dogs via IoT collars and collect data from infrastructure sensors. The catch is that Helium’s tiny, extremely low-power, low-data transmission chips rely on connecting to P2P Helium Hotspots people can now bu...

Toy maker’s slow progress shows challenge of scaling up bioplastic. Lego A/S has spent the past seven years trying to make its blocks with plastic derived from plants, but it keeps hitting brick walls.Lego tried making pieces from corn, but they were too soft. Its wheat-based bricks didn’t absorb color evenly or have the requisite shine. Bricks made from other materials proved too hard to pul...