When he was 7, Vin Diesel and some friends broke into a New York theater with intentions to vandalize it. Instead of calling the police, the theater’s artistic director handed them scripts and offered them parts in the upcoming show. This became Diesel’s first acting role.
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There are glasses which allow a red-green color-blind person to see colors the way everyone else does.
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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Sony researchers have developed a refrigerator that only opens when you smile.
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Cuban rescue workers use sniffer rabbits to find people in collapsed buildings.
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Students at MIT developed a wristband that can regulate your “thermal comfort”, which could possibly eliminate the need for central heating and cooling.
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