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A Romanian flea-market seller thought an old machine was a typewriter and let it go for €100; the buyer, a cryptography professor, recognized a World War II Enigma I and sold it at auction in 2017 for €45,000

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A Romanian flea-market seller thought an old machine was a typewriter and let it go for €100; the buyer, a cryptography professor, recognized a World War II Enigma I and sold it at auction in 2017 for €45,000

A Romanian flea-market seller thought an old machine was a typewriter and let it go for €100; the buyer, a cryptography professor, recognized a World War II Enigma I and sold it at auction in 2017 for €45,000/Image: Reuters In 2017, a machine sold for €100 at a Romanian flea market turned out to be … Read more

Priscilla Chan gave $1.48 million to a Hawaii hospital through Chan Zuckerberg Initiative; it will fund an MRI and 3D mammography machine

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Priscilla Chan gave $1.48 million to a Hawaii hospital through Chan Zuckerberg Initiative; it will fund an MRI and 3D mammography machine

Dr. Priscilla Chan and her husband, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, have donated $1.48 million to Wilcox Medical Center in Līhuʻe, Hawaii, to expand advanced imaging services for patients on Kauaʻi. The donation will fund a mobile MRI unit and a new 3D mammography machine, as well as renovations needed to install the mammography equipment. The … Read more

Meet Benjamin Davis, the 16-year-old Massachusetts student who built a machine that turns 3D-printer waste into reusable filament and won $75,000

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Meet Benjamin Davis, the 16-year-old Massachusetts student who built a machine that turns 3D-printer waste into reusable filament and won $75,000

Davis, a student at Bishop Feehan High School in Attleboro, Massachusetts, built the machine as part of his science research project. The system uses waste plastic, including waste generated during 3D printing and converts it into filament that can again be fed into a 3D printer. A failed 3D print typically goes straight to the … Read more

At 14, a Kerala girl turned an everyday bicycle into a low-cost washing machine for Rs 2,000 that could wash clothes without electricity

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At 14, a Kerala girl turned an everyday bicycle into a low-cost washing machine for Rs 2,000 that could wash clothes without electricity

At a time when laundry was one more task competing with school, travel and family responsibilities, a Kerala schoolgirl began thinking about a surprisingly simple alternative to the washing machine she did not have. Remya, who was studying in the 10th standard, was already spending hours travelling to school each day and helping her twin … Read more