Marine walks across Asia guided by Google Maps, raises $70K for charity

December 11, 2012 3:02 PM Rebecca Grant
Rebecca Grant

Editor's Pick U.S. Marine Sgt. Winston Fiore completed a 5,000 journey across Southeast Asia to raise money for reconstructive surgeries for children in the developing world.

Kinetic energy may power our home and gadgets starting in 5 years

December 19, 2011 5:09 PM Meghan Kelly
Meghan Kelly

In the next five years your shoe may be what powers the battery in your cell phone. Engineers are harnessing the power of kinetic energy and one IBM employee thinks widespread usage of the technology isn’t far off.

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Workout-tracking app Endomondo hits 5 million downloads, gets $2.3M

September 26, 2011 4:09 PM Cody Barbierri
Cody Barbierri

What fun is sweating through a tough workout if there’s nobody around to be impressed by it? Endomondo is a mobile fitness-tracking application that not only tracks your workouts, but also shares that information with like-minded fitness buffs for motivation.…