The Great Idea

By Indri Hapsari | Sometime we must think out of the box, and the world will be better

Create Your Own Travel Size Spice Packs with Drinking Straws

Keep a collection of your favorite spices on you at all times with these airtight DIY spice packs.Maybe you like to carry around spices to enliven …

Out-there Airbus patent: Detach cabin from airplane | CNN Travel

(CNN) — Squeezing out a net profit is tough in the airline business. And while straining to do so, plane manufacturers have come up with some interesting ideas.The latest: Turn cabins -- the part of the plane where you sit -- into detachable modules separate from the planes. Then mix 'em and match …

An 8-Year-Old Came Up with an Amazing Way to Locate Missing Airplanes

Delta showed interest in the design after receiving a hand-drawn sketch from the boy.Benjamin Jensen—an eight-year-old from Ogden, Utah—came up with …

A Workout Shirt with Sweat-Activated Ventilation—That Works

Adventure“The world’s only sweat-activated venting system. Exclusive FreeVent Pro active venting technology uses moisture-activated polymers in strategic sweat zones. The polymers expand to lift open critical airflow channels as the pace climbs, and then close when the body cools and sweat …

Wrecked Building In Thailand Converted into Surprising Family Home[Before and After Photos]

This surprising building transformation in Bangkok, Thailand comes from IDIN Architects, who managed to re-purpose an old, wrecked commercial …

Architecture

Light-Up Valentine Cards

Contributors: GellaIntroductionLight up your love with paper circuits this Valentine’s Day - no soldering required! This tutorial will guide you …

Snowed in? 16 Minimal Material DIYs to Get You Through Storm Juno

Winter Storm Juno is headed into the Northeast this week and may have already snowed you in. We’re no weatherman, but we can give you one piece of useful advice: you should probably stay inside . After you’ve exhausted your entire DVD collection and Internet surfing abilities, why not use this …

Upcycled LEGO Crayons

What starts as one little box of crayons can multiply into a massive basket as soon as you turn your back--instantly you've got a mess of waxy …

Crafting

This explains why no men were using Pinterest

If you ever wondered why Pinterest took off with women and not men, we have our answer. Friday the company announced it had changed its search …

A Blind Woman Gains New Freedom, Click By Click By Click

For someone who is blind, a simple click can be the sound of sight.It's a technique called echolocation. Bats and other animals use it to see at night. And it's being used by an increasing number of people who are blind. They listen to how the clicking sounds they make with their tongues bounce off …

They're Building a 4,400-Mile Railway from Moscow to Beijing

It will take 10 years and cost $242 Billion.Getty ImagesChina is no stranger to mind-bogglingly big construction projects, so why not build a railroad across the length of Asia? On Thursday the Chinese government confirmed its plan to build a 7,000-kilometer (4,350 mile) high-speed rail line to …

At 90, She's Designing Tech For Aging Boomers

In Silicon Valley's youth-obsessed culture, 40-year-olds get plastic surgery to fit in. But IDEO, the firm that famously developed the first mouse for Apple, has a 90-year-old designer on staff.Barbara Beskind says her age is an advantage."Everybody who ages is going to be their own …

The Nessie Ladle Might Be The Most Adorable Kitchen Appliance Of The Year, And It's Only January

Every so often a kitchen appliance stands out to us as something totally unique and awesome, and we immediately add it to our wish lists. With so many cooking gadgets out there, it's not every day that something makes our heads turn, but we didn't have to look further than the top hit of Reddit …

Quirkbot Let You Build Robots Using Drinking Straws (video)

We have featured many different types of DIY robots here on Geeky Gadgets over the years, that can be created using a variety of different materials, …

We Went To SurveyMonkey, Where Engineers Use Treadmill Desks And Do Planks Between Coding

We recently stopped by SurveyMonkey, a Palo Alto startup that lets people create free, customizable surveys.SurveyMonkey celebrated the official opening of its new office on Friday by letting employees autograph the sign that will hang outside its building.SurveyMonkey may be turning 15 this year, …

Monkeys