Pool noodles elevated
Thanks to the folks at Olive Garden, you can now float in your pool on a lovely swirl of fettuccine or even inside a tube of rigatonni. Gives a whole new…
Author: The Smart Reader Staff
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New EV battery charges up in seconds
Juicing up an electric vehicle takes time — many of the models on the market today require about seven or eight hours to recharge a depleted battery. But…
Tech startup combines fragrance with AI : Some say the whole idea stinks
It takes time to formulate a fragrance — between six and 18 months of formulations and revisions and trials, according to The Verge, on top of the months…
Behold the Sculptor galaxy
Google the Milky Way and you’ll find plenty of images of the galaxy that we call home. You may not realize that none of those images, including the ones…
Can’t please the everyone
National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore has had a lot of challenges since he first began photographing the world’s animals in a studio setting. His…
TSA’s strange rules
Traveling by air this summer? Remember there are things you can bring on the plane and things you can’t. If flying domestic, you can bring in live…
Chance meeting makes history
Who knows what would have happened if Paul McCartney had a dentist appointment on July 6, 1957? But it so happens the 15-year-old was free to see the…
How to know what is really a nut
Peanuts are neither the nuts of peas, nor peas, and, in fact, they are not even nuts. According to Live Science, the nut category of food has a lot of…
FTC drops case against Microsoft’s big video game deal
It’s official: Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of the video game giant Activision Blizzard is settled after the U.S. Federal Trade Commission dropped…
Gadget guide: High-tech hiking
High-tech outdoor gear has never been better and the market is flush with great new gadgets to suit everyone from casual weekend campers to experienced…