Glen Tickle
Amelia's dad. Steph's husband. Writer, comedian, gentleman. Good at juggling, bad at chess.
Project Fi, A New Wireless Service by Google That Makes Use of the Strongest Connection Available
Project Fi is a new wireless service by Google that is focused on offering the highest-quality connections across different networks and devices as simply as…
Trakdot, A Smart Luggage-Tracking Device That Sends Updates About Its Location While in Transit
Trakdot is a smart luggage-tracking device that can be easily placed into a piece of luggage that sends updates about its location while in transit.…
A Look at How One Laboratory Is Working to Engineer the Perfect Robotic Fish
A recent video by Motherboard looks at how Professor Maurizio Porfiri and his Dynamical Systems Laboratory at the New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering are…
Scottish Grandfather and Grandson Play a High Stakes Game of Pie Face
In the video “Budgie & Jayden” by Sharon Boswell O’Brien, a Scottish grandfather and grandson play a high stakes game of Pie Face, a board game…
Apple Watch Commercial Parody Features Christopher Walken’s Memorable Speech From ‘Pulp Fiction’
A new Apple Watch parody combines simple footage of the Apple Watch with Christopher Walken's memorable speech from "Pulp Fiction".
A Rare Quadruple Rainbow Spotted in Glen Cove, New York
Amanda Curtis, founder of Nineteenth Amendment, snapped a beautiful photograph of a rare quadruple rainbow over Glen Cove, New York on April 21, 2015. Quadruple…
The Polaroid Zip, A Phone-Sized Portable Printer That Does Not Use Ink or Toner
The Polaroid Zip is a phone-sized portable printer that produces two-inch by three-inch full color images without the use of ink or toner. The Zip…
An Explanation for Why YouTube Video View Counters Often Freeze at 301 Views
In a recent episode of the Mental Floss series Big Questions, host Craig Benzine explains why the view counter on YouTube videos often freezes at 301 views. The…
Scientists Discover How the Octopus Coordinates Its Eight Arms to Move
Scientists at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Weizmann Institute of Science have published a paper in the journal Current Biology that explains how the octopus coordinates its eight…
Google Lets Users Hunt for the Loch Ness Monster in Google Maps Street View
To celebrate the 81st anniversary of the publication of the famous “Surgeon’s Photograph” that claimed to show the Loch Ness Monster, Google is letting users…