Grist List
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Solar snowboard charges your phone with power collected on the slopes
The dudes at Signal Snowboard have made a snowboard equipped with solar panels that can actually charge your phone.
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Oil spill art project makes oil seem to flow uphill
Matt Kenyon's art installation seems to defy gravity.
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Soon you’ll be able to drive an electric car from Boston to D.C. with almost no recharging time
Range anxiety no more. Tesla is installing two high-powered charging stations in Connecticut and Delaware.
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Australia is so damn hot that they had to add new colors to their heat maps
The heat maps previously went to 118 degrees F -- now they go to 129.
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Scientists make LEDs 55 percent more efficient by copying from fireflies
Turns out, fireflies and LEDs have to overcome a similar problem.
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New rule specifies that electric cars must go VROOOOOM
"Quiet cars" would have to emit some sort of sound when they move slower than 18 miles per hour.
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Giant squid, caught on film for the first time ever, is beautiful and TERRIFYING
The scientists who took the footage basically couldn't believe what was happening.
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In the future, your computer could know exactly what you want for dinner
Pretty soon your computer will start knowing what kind of meals you should make and eat. And if it's not good you won't be able to complain to anyone.
