I don't like heights. But I do like Game of Thrones. That's why, a few years ago, I had mixed feelings about trying an experimental virtual-reality version of the Wall, the skyscraping barricade that protects the show's human characters from its white, walking monsters.Seconds after I wired in, I heard, and felt, an icy breeze. A vast, wintery nothingness stretched beyond the horizon. Then I lo...

Las Vegas has brought in streetlamps that are powered by a combination of solar and kinetic energy.This is part of a series of articles that looks at entrepreneurs hoping to get their ideas off the ground through crowdfunding. At the time of writing, each of these innovations is currently seeking funding.New York based EnGoPLANET partnered with the city of Las Vegas to install the world’s firs...

Muslims are projected to become the second-largest religious group in the U.S. before 2040, yet this highly influential group has been largely overlooked by the fitness industry. Now, the sportswear sector is undergoing an update, reimagining athletic attire to appeal to more conservative female clientele.VEILPromising to be the future of “modest” sportswear, Veil offers functional and fashio...

In the past, insoles for patients with diabetes were hand-made by orthopedic shoemakers. In the future, these specialist shoemakers will be able to produce insoles more cost-effectively thanks to new software and the use of 3D printers. This approach means the mechanical properties of each insole can be assessed scientifically and more effectively.3D structures made of TPU for insoles. These st...

Thermoelectric devices harvest energy using a temperature difference between their two sides to generate a voltage.Matrix Industries, based in Menlo Park, Calif., is coming out of stealth mode today to say that it can fix that. Company founders Akram Boukai, CEO, and Douglas Tham, chief technology officer, think that thermoelectric technology is ready to power wearables now, and soon will make...

Dr. Yakup Avşar, founder of AVSAR Aesthetic Surgery Clinic in Istanbul, Turkey, used to create hand-sculpted masks of his patients’ faces to give them an idea of what changes they could expect. The technique wasn’t perfect, though; it was a time-consuming, arduous process that was difficult to make alterations to, and the results just weren’t realistic enough for the patients to get an accu...

If you believe in the mantra “innovate or die,” you might conclude that the largest consumer and retail brands are terminally ill. Giants like Kraft and Clorox all seem to be too slow and enslaved to shareholders to innovate. At the same time, they may be too large to perish… at least for now.What we have here is the perfect storm for a consumer mergers and acquisitions (M&A) avalanche.B...

Daxx ranked different states across the US by the average salaries they offer software engineers (as of October 2016) based on the data available on Indeed and SimplyHired. This infographic features the 20 highest-paying states for software developers, as well as the average salaries in the seven fastest-growing states for tech jobs in the US. It also displays a map showing the states with the...

Michael Kors is running a Singles' Day campaign within China's WeChat app, which may intrigue mobile-minded marketers in the U.S. The fashion brand is posting GIFs and interactive games to its WeChat account that center around the theme of 'one'—an important number for the holiday's marketing representing that someone is alone.Being single is big business in China. Today is Singles' Day, a hol...