Mark Mann

tuna sushi

Scientists Are Taming Endangered Atlantic Bluefin Tuna for Our Sushi

Scientists at the Spanish Institute of Oceanography have spent 15 years trying to domesticate Atlantic bluefin tuna, one of the ocean’s greatest apex predators.
Mark Mann
6.14.18
Technology

How Companies Are Using Technology to Make Workers 'Happy' in Their Crappy Jobs

Call center jobs are about to get a lot "friendlier," and maybe a lot more creepy too.
Mark Mann
9.5.16
Canada

This Canadian Startup Can Track Your Emotions Through a Fitness Monitor

Sensaura wants to revolutionize video games, advertising, and more.
Mark Mann
6.28.16
Canada

How a Canadian Pharmacist Is Planning to Overthrow the Tyranny of Doctors

Roger Simard wants to monitor every patient with smart wearables.
Mark Mann
6.22.16
Hacking

This Diabetes Activist Hacked Her Medical Device and Made an Artificial Pancreas

Activists are hacking medical devices to free the data.
Mark Mann
5.23.16
future

This Silicon Valley Billionaire Wants to Give Us All Robot Bodies

My surreal meeting with robotics pioneer Scott Hassan.
Mark Mann
5.9.16
Canada

A Canadian Startup Wants to Replace Drone Batteries With a Gas Engine

This range extender could keep drones in the sky for two hours or longer.
Mark Mann
5.4.16
Perfect Worlds

Every Catastrophe Ever Devised Has Happened on This Fake Pacific Island

Tsunamis, cyclones, mudslides, pandemics, mining disasters, rebel uprisings, and volcanic eruptions—Krizo has seen it all.
Mark Mann
5.7.15
Drugs

These Bioengineered Tobacco Plants are Growing Pharmaceuticals of the Future

Even though the existing crop of plant-produced drugs is small, there is potential to make virtually any biological drug.
Mark Mann
5.4.15
cars

The Best Way to Watch 'Furious 7' is With Lasers on an 8-Storey Screen

Vin Diesel's goofy grin has never looked better.
Mark Mann
4.10.15
Ares

Forget Dams: Let's Store Extra Energy in Rocks on Trains and Underwater Balloons

Building dams means making lakes, and making lakes means covering lots of stuff with water.
Mark Mann
4.6.15
The Building Blocks of Everything

This Gecko-Inspired Wearable Is Based on a Primal Motive for Self-Adornment

Meet the self-tracking smart patch that magically sticks to your skin.
Mark Mann
3.9.15
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