inventions

Tech

Bomb Defusal Made Easy with iRobot’s Throwable Bot

10.24.13

By Derek Mead
Tech

Sulfur Batteries Could Power Your Smartphone Four Times Longer

06.06.13

By Jason Koebler
Rolling into the Future with Inventist Shane Chen

04.26.13

By Alex Mierjeski
Tech

A Brief History of the Monocycle, Humanity’s Most Useless Vehicle

01.31.13

By Brian Merchant
Dean Kamen—Inventor of the Segway—Made a Bulimia Machine

01.23.13

By Gregory Pike
Tech

Exhaust Burger: Why Iranians Invented the Most American BBQ Ever

09.19.12

By Brian Merchant
Tech

In the 1930s, the Home of the Future Was a Ball You Towed by Tractor

03.27.12

By Derek Mead
Tech

The Technological Disobedience of Ernesto Oroza: In Isolated Cuba, Inventing to Survive

08.31.10

By MOTHERBOARD STAFF
Entertainment

Vice Presents The People’s Lists

04.01.08

By David Wallechinsky; Illustrations: Laura Park

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Music

Remember When Rick Rubin Held a Surprisingly Star-Studded Fake Funeral Connected to His Pioneering Hip Hop Label?

From Reverend Al Sharpton officiating, to a New Orleans-style procession, to a repast at a bowling alley, no one holds a fake funeral like Rick Rubin.

05.19.26

By Lauren Boisvert
Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

Music

3 Psych-Rock Albums That Sound Just as Good Today as They Did in Their Prime

These wildly underrated psych-rock albums still hold up decades later.

05.19.26

By Lauren Boisvert
Photo: Bobbi Lockyer/Refinery29 Australia – We Are Many Image Gallery / Getty Images

Life

‘Uniboob’ Is an Actual Medical Condition. Here’s How It Happens.

Doctors call it “bread-loafing.” Make of that what you will.

05.19.26

By Ashley Fike
Photo: O2O Creative / Getty Images

Life

The 37% Rule Says This Is How Many People You Should Date Before Choosing One

Get enough experience to know what you actually want

05.19.26

By Ashley Fike
Photo: Francesco Carta fotografo / Getty Images

Life

If You Feel Guilty All the Time, You Probably Have a High IQ. Here’s Why.

Of course Freud is involved.

05.19.26

By Ashley Fike