Thursday Morning Spice
Queen Anne cruise ship arrives in Cape Town, Donald Trump puts 90-day pause on implementation of tariffs, Cinemas threaten Minecraft Movie audiences, Cell C confirms stolen data has been leaked, The plans to put data centres in orbit and on the Moon, and 15 amazing inventions that came out of South Africa.
‘One Giant Pee For Mankind’ – Spacesuits That Recycle Astronauts’ Urine Are Now A Reality
Sometimes the seemingly strange ideas are the best ones. To infini-pee and beyond!
Another Classic ‘Only In South Africa’ Moment As Shopping Trolley Replaces Wheel [Video]
A video doing the rounds on social media shows a motorist in a green Golf making a unique plan for one of their car’s missing back wheels.
Five Of The Most Important Scientific Discoveries Made This Year
2019 has been a good year for scientists, who have made discoveries that have significantly expanded our understanding of Earth, the universe, and our place in it.
Are You Still Using Spoons To Stir Things? Pfft, Get With The Programme [Video]
A designer named Scott Amron has created a thing that he says helps to further eliminate our dependence on single-use plastics, like coffee stirrers.
10 Odd Ideas That Made People Very, Very Rich
Some entrepreneurs struck gold with their weird and wonderful ideas for products. Here are 10 of the oddest inventions.
Bill Gates Reckons These Tech Innovations Are Going To Change The World
Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates weighed in on the tech and scientific advances he believes will impact the world in 2019 and beyond.
There Were Some Pretty Useless Gadgets At This Year’s Consumer Electronics Show [Videos]
Forget the stuff that’s going to advance society, because here’s a list of the most useless inventions on show at the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas.
‘Smell-O-Vision’ And Two Other Epic Film Industry Flops
The entertainment game is always looking for ways to improve, but over the years some innovations haven’t really panned out as they would have hoped.
The Ridiculous Story Of How That Singing Fish Made $100 Million In A Year
If you’re looking for a little inspiration to see you through Friday, how about the story of how a simple novelty gift came to hang in the Oval Office.
Four Unusual ‘Shark Tank’ Inventions That Have Been Surprisingly Successful
Ever watched ‘Shark Tank’ and wondered what happens to the products that are backed by the ‘sharks’? Well, here are a few of the most bizarre yet popular ones.
Five Of Africa’s Most Innovative Inventions From The Past Year
While Africa may have a few hurdles to overcome, some locals are doing what they can to invent relevant and innovative solutions. Here are five we’re fond of.
These Three Discoveries Actually Started Off As School Assignments
Every teacher will tell you about the slog and grind of reading school assignments, but now and again something huge comes out of a student’s hard work.
Woman Invents Playground Toy That Sells Millions – Doesn’t Have Patent – Doesn’t Make A Cent
It’s not often an invention becomes a roaring success, but when it does, there’s one thing you really want to get on pronto. Yeah, the patent.
The Stories Behind Some Of The Best Designed Inventions Of All Time
Everything we make use of on a daily basis has some sort of story, but a few ‘simple’ products actually have pretty incredible tales to tell.
Our Top 5 Favourite South African Inventions
South Africans are pretty on top of things when it comes to finding new ways and means to get the job done. Some of our inventions might surprise you.
Mental: Amazon Launches Single-Item Buttons To Stick Around Your House
Amazon wants to be the place where you buy everything, and they’re not going to stop until it is. This makes the choice that much easier.
Ok, These Are TIME Magazine’s Best Inventions For 2014
TIME’s annual round-up of the best inventions, making the world a whole lot more fun and interesting for us all!
TIME Magazine’s Best Inventions Of The Year Are…
TIME Tech announced their Best Inventions of 2012 last week. The list, consisting of 25 items, contains everything from body armor for women, a civilisation starter kit, a motion-activated screwdriver, and a home HIV test kit.
New Cardboard Bike Could Revolutionise Transport In Rural Africa
I don’t like cyclists very much, I’ll be the first to tell you. But even I have to marvel at the ingenuity of this new Israeli invention. Amateur cyclist and Israeli inventor, Izhar Gafni, has created a bicycle made of cardboard – which could be the massive game changer for rural people who need to get from A to B.
Awesome Digitalised Pop-Up Biography Of Oft Overlooked Inventor, Nikola Tesla [VIDEO]
Nikola Tesla was one of greatest inventors of our time, most notably giving us alternative current electricity, which we still use every day. Modern-day illusionist and magician Marco Tempest recently paid homage to him with an amazing collaboration of analogue and digital technology, creating a futuristic pop-up book biography. Click through for the fascinating video.
Inventions We’re Still Waiting For
Remember watching Back to the Future and Terminator or RoboCop and thinking that one day you will have a flying car or cyborg abilities? Well what happened to these inventions exactly? And seriously, where are our jetpacks?