Living in a big city has it’s obvious challenges. Simply navigating the streets in a timely fashion often means countless life threatening decisions and maneuvers as you cross the urban landscape. Falling even a couple seconds behind can mean the difference between getting home at 5pm and 9pm — all because you missed that one subway or bus. Smartphones and mobile apps are becoming increasingly ingrained into our daily lives so much so that many cities have...

When the mercury starts rising, many people start heading for cooler pastures, particularly ones with nice soft carpet, comfy couches, and a nice ambient air temperature. That pretty much describes your typical living room. But for those unlucky souls who have to venture outside, a decrease in clothing is often warranted to keep them from melting. However, the true geek never worries about himself but about the life of his gadgets. When others are passing out left and...

Old incandescent light bulbs use a ton of energy.  The problem with that is that most of that energy is a wasted by product of heat.  Very little of the energy incandescent light bulbs use actually puts out light.  Sure we have compact fluorescents but those still don’t last as long these new bulbs developed by a Cambridge University research group.  The new LED lightbulb has a life of 100,000 hours, or 60 years!  The goodness doesn’t stop there....