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Reuters Why is the Israeli mobile GPS startup drawing acquisition prices as high as Instagram and Tumblr?
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Morbid Database of the Day: Death Locations
Do you like maps and death?
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Toilet Tuesday
Do Obese People Need Their Own Jumbo-Sized Airplane Toilets?
German researchers say the "Big Lavatory Concept" is necessary to accommodate the world's larger body weights.
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Charts
New Orleans: America's Next Great Innovation Hub?
New Orleans was once a great city to get away from business. How it became a great place to start one.
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Don't Worry About Kids and Touch Screens, Worry About the Parents
Smart phones can help manage the tedium of parenting. But they also isolate us from a lot of the joy.
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Maps
4 of the World's Great Cities Like You've Never Seen Them Before
You probably didn't even know that watercolor comes in 3D.
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How Long Must We Wait for the Bladeless Windmill?
A few years, at least. But the future is bright.
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How Smartphones Could Revolutionize the Way We Heat and Cool Our Homes
Customers could run their appliances and manage their utilities from their mobile devices, cutting down on power use.
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Maps
A Satellite Map Capable of Erasing All the World's Clouds
Suddenly, the earth beneath our atmosphere becomes much clearer – and more beautiful.
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Videos
Amazing Treasure of the Day: A 114-Year-Old Sidewalk Clock
What time is it, New York?
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Toilet Tuesday
App Developers Turn Their Eye to Global Sanitation
Participants of the "International Sanitation Hackathon" have some promising ideas to fight disease and death caused by poor sanitation.
