If you’ve ever wanted to learn a variety of new exercises for specific muscle groups, check out MuscleWiki. It’s free, easy to use, and even calculates your macronutrients and calories .
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After Vermont Mandated GMO Labeling, Companies Are Starting to Comply Nationwide
When Vermont became the first state in the country to mandate the labeling for the use of Genetically Modified Organisms in food products in 2014, numerous companies vowed to sue to block the law. Now, many are beginning to label their products accordingly to comply with the law, which goes into effect July 1st.
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Alton Brown Makes a Gallon of Carbonated Ice Cream in 10 Seconds Flat
Alton Brown has been the world’s preeminent food science wizard since the early days of the Food Network, and he’s about to embark on his second tour. What better way to celebrate than with a big vat of ice cream?
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Counterfeit Coffee Is Now Something You Need to Worry About
Sip your morning coffee suspiciously, friend—it may not be what you think.
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This Tastes Like Burning: Electric Fork Tricks Your Tongue Into Thinking You’re Tasting Salt
This is the electric fork developed by researchers at Rekimoto Lab at the University of Tokyo in Japan. The fork was designed to electrically stimulate your tongue into thinking you’re tasting salt, so you don’t actually have to add…
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Samsung Smart Windshield needs to go into production ASAP
Every once in a while, a concept comes along that makes so much sense you wonder why it doesn’t already exist. The Samsung Smart Windshield is one such example. While technology for cars and trucks seems to move at a fever pitch, advancing what’s possible each and every year, motorcycles just don’t see the same type of advancement. It’s time for that to change.
The Samsung Smart Windshield is simple, and the technology already exists to put it into production. Using a smartphone like Samsung’s Galaxy series, along with an app and a small projector that shines specific information onto a motorcycle or scooter’s windshield, the concept allows a rider to see navigation information and can send automated responses to emails, phone calls, and text messages while the bike is in motion. While we’re tempted to say something like this could distract a rider, let’s not pretend that plenty of people aren’t already listening to music, glancing at a navigation system or even reading a set of directions printed on paper and attached to the tank or strapped on a wrist.
This isn’t the first time we’ve seen heads-up-style display concepts for motorcycles, but having Samsung, one of the biggest names in electronics and technology, at the helm bodes well. Previous concepts like this one from Reevu or, more recently, this one from BMW sought to integrate HUD tech into the two-wheeled world but focused on the helmet instead of the actual vehicle. While that still may be a viable option for some riders, an actual bike-based system seems easier to implement and potentially less distracting since you can choose when to pay attention to it.
As the video clearly indicates, this is still just a concept and not yet for production. Still, we can’t imagine it’s not coming soon. Check out the video above and let us know what you think.
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Girl’s superhero-inspired 3D-printed arm spews out glitter
When Jordan Reeves was given the chance to create her own superhero-inspired prosthetic arm, she conjured up something other 10-year-old girls can only dream of. She designed a cannon that can slip into her left arm that stops above her elbow and shoot sparkly ammunition: glitter. Jordan designed her "weapon" named Project Unicorn when she participated in nonprofit KIDmob’s and 3D software company Autodesk’s Superhero Cyborgs program in San Francisco. It connected kids with who needed prosthetic arms with engineers who helped them realize their own superhero-inspired designs.
Jordan and the other participants used Autodesk’s 3D design tools, including user-friendly 3D modeler Tinkercad and Fusion 360, to test their prototypes. They then 3D printed actual, working versions of their creations. Kids like Jordan can have fun with their prosthetics, since it’s not advisable to get more expensive ones until they’re old enough not to outgrow them.
Non-profit group Limbitless Solutions once 3D-printed an Iron Man gauntlet for a seven-year-old kid. A startup called Open Bionics is also working on 3D-printed arms inspired by Star Wars, Iron Man and Frozen’s Elsa. While Jordan thinks her cannon is fun and exciting, she says she’d love to have something more practical, as well. Something that can hold her phone and carry heavy things like groceries. According to Fast Company, Autodesk designer Sam Hobish is helping her create a more useful modular arm, so she can swap out her cannon whenever she needs to.
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