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· Ryan General
Modobag: The Rideable Luggage That Lets You Zoom Past Slow People at the Airport
A Chicago-based company is aiming to change the way people breeze through airports with the help of Modobag, a motorized suitcase. The rideable luggage seems perfect for people who find traversing inside an airport a cumbersome experience. While the concept may look silly at…
· Uncle Chang
Uncle Chang: ‘Stop Being Asian and Just Be Human’
Editor’s Note: Uncle Chang (pseudonym), founder of getriced.com, is an Asian-American Trump supporter based in New York City. He’s best known for his speech on the “He Will Not Divide Us” livestream protest at the Museum of the Moving Image on January 31. The opinions expressed…
· Ryan General
Chinese Show Accuses Muji of Selling Contaminated Food From Radioactive Parts of Japan
A Chinese consumer-protection show has accused the Japanese brand Muji of selling food products which may have originated from areas in Japan exposed to radiation. Aired annually via state-run China Central Television (CCTV) on World Consumer Rights Day (March 15), the show…
· Ryan General
New York Food Blogger Exposed For Cheating in Half Marathon to Win Second Place
A marathon runner, who finished second in a half marathon event with a standout time of 1 hour 21 minutes, was later caught cheating and got herself disqualified after being betrayed by her own fitness tracker. New York food critic and avid marathon runner Jane Seo was found to…
· Carl Samson
Why Japanese People Are Always Giving Gifts to Each Other
Many of us give gifts only on birthdays and other special occasions. Oftentimes, we also forgive those who forget them when we’re on the receiving end. But fly to Japan, where a unique tradition of obligatory gift-giving is commonplace. It’s called the “omiyage” culture. So if…
· Carl Samson
Google’s Amazing Timelapse Reveals How Insanely Fast China Has Grown
As the world’s most populous country, China is no stranger to the idea of migration and industrial development at different levels. The movement of activity to its more popular cities is an interesting phenomenon which, thanks to Google Earth’s Timelapse, can now be seen from…
· Carl Samson
Man Creates Map of Airport Wi-Fi Passwords From Around the World
A computer security engineer has created a map that shows Wi-Fi passwords from airports all around the world. Anil Polat retrieves passwords through his own travels and by asking people to share them over foXnoMad, his travel blog.
· Editorial Staff
Southwest Airlines Kicks UC Berkeley Student Off Flight For Speaking Arabic
A UC Berkeley college senior, who came to the United States as an Iraqi refugee in 2002, was removed from a Los Angeles flight to Oakland after a fellow passenger overheard him speaking Arabic on his mobile phone. Khairuldeen Makhzoomi, 26, was onboard a Southwest Airlines…
· Editorial Staff
Why You Should Never Point a Laser at a Helicopter
What happens when you point a laser at a police helicopter? They find you, zoom up, and things basically turn into a game of Call of Duty.
· Riley Schatzle
This New 16-Lens Camera Just Changed Photography Forever
A new camera is reinventing high definition photography because of its use of 16 different lenses in a single body. The L16 is the first-ever multi-aperture computational camera and was built using folded optics and sophisticated imaging algorithms — and it’s so compact that it…
· Editorial Staff
This Chinese Suitcase-Scooter Invention Needs to be a Thing Like NOW!
An unidentified inventor from Hunan Province, China may have just revolutionized the way people get to work and while it looks ridiculous, it might be exactly what China needs right now. We are calling it “the scootcase” because it looks like he literally mounted a suitcase to…
· Yunha Kim
3 Reasons Why it Sucks to Be A Female Startup CEO, and 3 Reasons Why it’s Awesome
What is it like to be a female in tech?