Jared Lindzon

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The Slimmest Foldable Phone

Despite the growing number of foldable smartphones on the market, they’re still too bulky for many consumers. China-based electronics company Honor appears to have cracked the code with the Magic V3, the world’s thinnest foldable...

By Jared Lindzon

Changing Cells With Light

Prolific Machines’ photomolecular biology platform aims to change the ways cells function more precisely and easily using only light. The startup’s tech works by attaching light-sensitive proteins to various components inside any type of cell....

By Jared Lindzon

Space-Age Energy Creation

Former SpaceX rocket scientist and pilot Brad Hartwig once dreamed of going to space. Now he's focused on a different moonshot. Arbor, the startup he founded in 2022, has developed a system premised on oxy-combustion—the...

By Jared Lindzon

Speedy 3D Printing

3D printing is a game-changing technology, but it’s still pretty slow. Formlabs is changing that with Form 4. The desktop-sized 3D printer boasts print speeds up to five times faster than its predecessor by using...

By Jared Lindzon

Fully Autonomous Crop Dusting

Commercial farmers have long taken to the skies to spray their crops, but renting an aircraft is getting more expensive, and their less-than-targeted application can destroy landscapes. Meanwhile, choppers are too big and commercial drones...

By Jared Lindzon

A Better Way To Compost

Americans discard some 60 million tons of food annually, and only about 10% of U.S. households have access to compost collection. To help people dispose of food waste more sustainably, Mill Industries last year launched...

By Jared Lindzon

Better Breast Milk Storage

Breastfeeding is healthy for babies, but can be burdensome for parents. “While breast pumps have made significant strides, the coolers designed to store that pumped milk have lagged, often resembling makeshift lunch bags that only...

By Jared Lindzon

Military-Grade Child Protection

Research by AAA and the National Safety Council suggests that 52% of car seats are installed incorrectly, reducing their safety. That critical issue inspired aeronautical engineer Shy Mindel to co-found Babyark, which makes an app-connected...

By Jared Lindzon

Climeworks

Avoiding a climate catastrophe requires more than reducing emissions. “To limit global warming to 1.5°C, we need both rapid emissions reductions and carbon removal,” Climeworks co-CEO Jan Wurzbacher says. The company pioneered a way to...

By Jared Lindzon

United Airlines

If the airline industry were a country, it would be among the top 10 greenhouse-gas emitters. To accelerate a paradigm shift beyond petroleum-based jet fuel, United Airlines last year launched the industry’s first-of its-kind investment...

By Jared Lindzon

Waymo

We still don’t have flying cars or teleportation, but Waymo is making sci-fi fantasies a reality with its growing fleet of driverless taxis. The company doubled its operating zone in Phoenix in 2023, creating what...

By Jared Lindzon

Pinterest

With its virtual pinboards providing inspiration for cooking, fashion, home renovations, and other projects, Pinterest has become a refuge from rage-baiting social media cesspools. Young people and the brands trying to reach them have taken...

By Jared Lindzon

Nippon Steel

It’s a storyline straight out of the 1980s: a large Japanese corporation threatens American industry, raising the hackles of politicians and workers. But in 2024, things are a bit more complicated. In December, Nippon Steel...

By Jared Lindzon

Amazon

The world’s largest ecommerce platform just got even bigger. Amazon took its first major step into Africa in May, launching Amazon.co.za in South Africa, where customers can now order goods for same or next-day delivery,...

By Jared Lindzon

Toyota

Toyota Motor Corp. was well ahead of its time when it unveiled its game-changing Prius hybrid in 1997. But in recent years the world’s top-selling automaker caught flak for falling behind the industry’s shift to...

By Jared Lindzon

Boomitra

Farmers want carbon-rich soil to boost crop yields, and companies want to offset their CO2 emissions. Boomitra—which means “friend of the earth” in Sanskrit—was created to bridge the two. Though it isn’t the only company...

By Jared Lindzon

Stanley

In a few short years, Stanley cups have become this decade’s must-have hydration accessory. The 40-oz. stainless-steel, double-insulated Quencher, with a handle and straw for easy drinking, comes in dozens of colors to suit any...

By Jared Lindzon

Hyrox

A new fitness craze is going global. Launched in Germany in 2017 by an international race organizer and a field-hockey player, Hyrox’s appeal may lie in its relative painlessness. Unlike CrossFit, which involves barbell lifts...

By Jared Lindzon

Brightline

The U.S. has long been a laggard when it comes to high-speed passenger rail. Against the odds, Brightline is betting that fast trains traveling between Miami and Orlando, and Los Angeles and Las Vegas, can...

By Jared Lindzon

5 Things to Do Now to Protect Your Money During High Inflation

If you’ve purchased gas, groceries, a car, a home, or just about anything else lately, you’ve noticed that things are getting more expensive, quickly. In March, inflation reached 8.5%, representing the biggest year-over-year jump in...

By Jared Lindzon
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