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Genius Hacker Creates a Kit That Will Make Your Car Self-Driving For Under $1000
In the very near future, self-driving cars will save the United States $1.3 trillion annually by lowering fuel consumption ($169 billion), reducing crash costs ($488 billion) and boosting productivity ($645 billion). Right now, the technology is developing around the world as a…
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Design Student Invents Genius Biodegradable Alternative to Plastic Water Bottles
The dangers of using plastic is no secret — not only is it bad for your health, it’s also bad for the environment. According to the following excerpt by PostConsumers.com: “…the average time for a plastic bottle to completely degrade is at least 450 years. It can even take some…
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Genius 24-Year-Old 3D Prints His Own Braces for Only $60 – And They Actually Work
Amos Dudley, 24, is a digital design student whose story has amazed the internet after he created his own braces using a 3D printer and just $60. According to CNNMoney, he printed himself 12 teeth correction trays and is currently wearing his last one.
· Laura Dang
Some Genius Just Created Every Pokémon Fan’s Ultimate Dream
A Pokémon fan just took their love of battling to the next level. Thanks to Reddit user kennywdev, seeing a Pokémon battle in real life is now a reality. Kennywdev was determined to create a 3D game to move holograms using QR code cards for his project.
· Jacob Wagner
Google Reveals How Much They Paid the Guy Who Bought Google.com — And It’s GENIUS
Last October, researcher and ex-Google employee Sanmay Ved was able to purchase the domain name google.com for one whole minute for the price of $12. He documented his experience which caught the attention of Google, who rewarded him for discovering the little loophole. We knew…
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35 Chinese Restaurants Caught Using Opium to Season Their Food
In China though, some restaurants have an unorthodox way of keeping customers hooked on their food: opium. According to a report by the Independent (via Xinhau), the highly addictive narcotic has been found to be used by 35 restaurants across China as seasoning in their food.…
· Laura Dang
Meet the 22-Year-Old Physics Genius That Harvard Believes is the Next Einstein
Sabrina Pasterski was only 14 years old when she stepped foot into MIT’s campus offices seeking approval one morning for the single-engine plane she built. Fast forward eight years and the 22-year-old is now an MIT graduate and Harvard Ph.D. candidate interested in answering…
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Genius Teenager Invents Brilliant Solution to Stop Texting and Driving
A typical teenager’s mind is often occupied with a number of things. For some it’s taking a good selfie and for others it’s having a lot of followers on Instagram. For one teenager, T.J Evarts, it was the question of how to save people’s lives on the road. Evarts, now 20, is the…
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Here’s the Genius Way Luxury Brands Are Luring Rich Chinese College Students
Knowing how much Chinese consumers love designer goods, Western luxury brand sellers are aggressively targeting mainland students in the United States. Nearly a third of of wealthy parents in China send their children to the United States for primary school or college, according…
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Genius Startup Invents an iPhone Case That Charges Using ANY Wireless Charger
Wouldn’t it be nice to have your iPhone 6 charge wirelessly, like some of those other newer mobile phones around? For some reason, Apple has yet to give any of its products the power to charge wirelessly. This is a feature that has been promised numerous times in the past and…
· Laura Dang
Seventeen-Year-Old Genius Finally Gets Job at NASA After Getting Rejected For Being Too Young
This teenaged whiz kid might be too young to vote or drink, but he holds two college degrees and works on drone and aircraft surveillance technology for NASA. Moshe Kai Cavalin, 17, graduated from community college at the age of 11 and went on to pursue a bachelor’s degree in…
· Mahbod Moghadam
Rap Genius Founder: ‘Stop Talking Shit About Theranos!’
Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal wrote this hit piece on Theranos, basically saying that Theranos is a hoax. The main accusations, mainly coming from former Theranos employees, it seems, are that Theranos uses a lot of other companies’ testing machines and that Theranos’s own…
· Mahbod Moghadam
Rap Genius Founder: My Top 5 Y Combinator Demo Day Companies of 2015
I actually think Mucker Lab in L.A. is much better than Y Combinator — especially since it is located on Main Street in Santa Monica in the middle of the baller area next to all the cool bars. Also, the Mucker partners give you 24-hour access to the VC, so you can, like, throw…
· Mahbod Moghadam
What I Learned From My Rap Genius Cofounders
I beef with my co-founders now, but I have to admit — they taught me some valuable things. Ilan Zechory was the first person who ever told me that the internet was going to blow up. This was in 2005. For those of you who don’t remember those times, let me explain to you:…
· Riley Schatzle
Genius NFL Star Explains Why He Drives a $9,000 Used Nissan Versa
While some might be under the impression that all professional athletes drive exotic sports cars or enormous diesel trucks, Baltimore Ravens guard John Urschel finds that his used Nissan Versa is more than sufficient. In fact, it’s his dream car. Many athletes that go from…
· Mahbod Moghadam
Based God’s Curse Falls Unto Rap Genius
Editor’s Note: Mahbod Moghadam is a co-founder of Genius (formerly Rap Genius). The opinions expressed in this piece are solely his own. Today is one of the hardest, most painful days of my life. Today, Lil B The Based God — one of my most based, most principled heroes — placed…
· Max Chang
Genius 17-Year-Old Invents Gel That Instantly Heals Blood-Gushing Wounds
At 17, genius Joe Landolina invented VetiGel, an algae-based polymer that can completely stop a wound gushing with blood in under 12 seconds. Now 22, Landolina is the cofounder and CEO of Suneris, a Brooklyn-based biotech company that manufactures the solution.
· Max Chang
Tyra Banks Just Backed a Startup App That Offers a Genius Way to Send Pictures to Friends
Tyra Banks, fierce television personality and drill sergeant to aspiring models, can now call herself a startup investor. ScreenPop, a neat new app that allows you to send images directly to your friend’s lockscreen, was officially released today and has garnered exceedingly…
· Sebastian Dillon
This Guy Just Discovered a GENIUS Approach to Job Hunting We All Should Learn From
It’s no secret that many college students today are struggling to find decent jobs after graduation. The market is simply not the same as it once was. One of these struggling graduates is 22-year-old Alfred Ajani, who’s applied to more than 300 jobs since graduating with a…
· Benny Luo
Mahbod Moghadam: Why Rap Genius is Going to IPO One Day
There are many different types of entrepreneurs- there are tech entrepreneurs, online entrepreneurs, and then there are rockstar entrepreneurs like Rap Genius co-founder Mahbod Moghadam. You’ve probably come across Rap Genius at some point, whether you are looking up lyrics to…
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As Marvel's first Asian lead in 'Shang-Chi,' he turned a studio experiment into a franchise anchor — then used the platform as an outspoken advocate, treating visibility as a mandate, not a milestone.