Washington, DC Sewage Plant Spins Human Sewage into Fertilizer Gold
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Check Out These Solstice Webcams Capturing Today's Winter Celestial Event Live at Ancient Monoliths
At Neolithic sites across Great Britain and Ireland, the Winter Solstice is a spectacular event which is being livestreamed.
Fascinating Man Grows Citrus Even in Snow With His Geothermal Greenhouse (WATCH)
This greenhouse grows oranges, lemons, and grapefruit on Nebraska's high plains in the dead of winter for a dollar a day.
Engineering Students Design Robotic Arm for Teen With Brittle Bones
It was a big day for Dee Faught when a team of Rice University students gave him a helping hand. In fact, they gave him a whole arm. The bioengineering students took two years to perfect their R-ARM, a robotic device for Faught that fits on his motorized chair and uses a video game controller for manipulating the movements.
New Crop of MacArthur Fellows Get Half Million Each to Expand on Their Genius
23 people heard recently that they had been chosen to receive $500,000 each to fund their work, with no strings attached. Known as genius grants, the MacArthur Fellowships, given annually, are meant to provide recipients with the freedom to pursue creative activities and ambitious projects unburdened by financial concerns.
Student Engineering Project Helps Girl Feed Herself
For their their senior project, six Marquette University engineering students chose to design and manufacture a device that would help a young girl to feed herself. Without the device, Kailyn Pieper has to bring her mouth right down to the plate, when eating in the school cafeteria with her friends.
For Family in Plane Crash, Ring Tone Sets Off Chain of Hope
They thought cell phone service would be impossible, stranded on the remote Idaho mountain after their plane crashed. But then the Brown family heard a voice echoing into the night: "You are the dancing queen, young and sweet, only seventeen…"
When Son Sends Out Digital Prayer, a Stranger Answers to Rescue His Mom
No relative or friend proved to be a suitable donor match for Michael Andrade's mom. Weeks dragged on, with Lucy on a waiting list, while her condition grew visibly worse. Michael decided they needed to cast a wider net, and do everything he could to find a donor. Under the headline "Please help us find a liver donor," he added a grainy photo of himself as a boy on his mom's lap and wrote a detailed appeal on a Tumblr blog post.
Love Letters of Barrett, Browning Go Online
In honor of Valentine's Day, the 573 love letters between Elizabeth Barrett and her future husband, fellow poet Robert Browning, are available online for the first time, revealing their courtship, their blossoming love and their forbidden marriage.
New App "LocalHero" Gives Opportunities to Help Friends With Specific Needs
A new iPhone app launched this week, called LocalHero, lets friends help each other by identifying the people in a person's social network who are nearby and have the right skills or interests to assist with any task or need.
MIT Bringing Learning to Anyone With a Cell Phone
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has taken its revolutionary OpenCourseWare initiative, launched 10 years ago, to another level. Moving beyond the web, the new initiative extends higher education to anyone with a mobile phone. With initial funding from Google, the MIT Center for Mobile Learning was launched yesterday.
Apps for Good: Disadvantaged Youths Invited to Develop Mobile Applications
The group of altruistic technology professionals working under the name Apps for Good is now recruiting immigrants or unemployed youths from East and South London to develop phone programs relevant to their needs, and in the process teaching entrepreneurial skills and encouraging confidence.
Thousands of "Hackers for Good" Build Applications for Humanity
Two years ago representatives from Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!, Hewlett-Packard, NASA and the World Bank came together to form the Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) program, which steers technology developers toward doing good. Earlier this month, thousands of "hackers for good" gathered in more than 19 different global locations worldwide to participate in Random Hacks of Kindness #3. These teams are now off and running, working with NGO and government advisors to finish their applications for humanity.
Tech-Savvy Student Tracks Down MacBook Thief
An eighteen-year-old technology entrepreneur and Bentley College student didn't give up after his laptop had been stolen. After realizing that by using the online backup software BackBlaze which he'd installed on his laptop, he would be able to see the machine's browser history and track any hard drive updates.
Revolutionary Crowdfunded Drone Could Destroy All Land Mines in 10 Years
With regular mine detection techniques, the world wouldn't be land mine free for another 1,100 years – but this drone could do it in 10.
This Machine Relocates Trees So You Don't Have to Cut Them Down (WATCH)
If you simply can't leaf a tree alone, you can now have it relocated to a new home, rather than chopping it down.
Couple Can't Find Cruelty-Free Diamonds So They Make Their Own
The diamond industry notoriously exploits the environment and child labor – so next time you go jewelry shopping, check out these man made gems instead.
Tesla Autopilot Feature Saves Sick Driver's Life
When a Missouri lawyer was suddenly plagued by a pulmonary embolism while driving, his brand-new Tesla Model X saved the day.
Using Seawater for Heating, Arctic Research Center Dumps Fossil Fuels
An Arctic research center is ditching oil for a heating system that uses seawater, cutting its carbon footprint to benefit the wildlife it studies.
"Uber Against Hunger" Delivers Unused Food To Needy, Hits 1000-Meal Mark
The Unsung app will let restaurants, stores, and individuals use the "sharing economy" to deliver unused food to people in need.
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