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Photosynthesizing Solar Cells
Andreas Mershin, a researcher at MIT, has created solar panels from agricultural waste such as cut grass and dead leaves. Mershin says in a few years it will be possible to stir some grass clippings into a bag of cheap chemicals, paint the mixture on your roof, and immediately [...]
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Overade foldable bike helmet
Cycling is undoubtedly fun and a great way to keep fit, but we all know it can be dangerous if you don’t take safety precautions — yet so many cyclists still don’t wear their helmets! A common excuse cyclists use is that they are such a pain to carry around, [...]
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Dr Mohamed Saafi and David McGahon have developed a smart paint that can detect microscopic faults in large structures.
Researchers have developed a ’smart paint’ able to detect tiny faults before damage can occur, and at a fraction of the cost of current methods.
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The lenses sit directly on the eyeball, and have been engineered using nanoscale techniques to work as a focusing device that pairs with a pair of hi-tech glasses.
Innovega, a company in the U.S. says, contact lenses which focus 3D screens directly into people’s eyeballs could be on sale as early as 2014. The [...]
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Pucker power produces anti-aging outcome?
“This easy-to-use beauty and skincare product was developed by an ordinary housewife. Chikako Hirama was simply concerned about her own age and wanted an easy way to combat those telltale lines. Just try the yellow or pink Pupeko daily using such techniques as puffing out your cheeks or sucking them in [...]
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A magnet forces the magnetic soap (on bottom of test tube) to rise up through an less-dense organic compound.
We usually think of soap as a way to make stuff less sticky. But a new process actually ups the stickiness of soap itself — by making it magnetic.
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Prevent leg burn and radiation damage with LapGuard.
By Deb Frey
I met the team from Digital Innovations at CES2012 in Las Vegas this year. The LapGuard With Radiation Shielding is a great device. What I like about their products is the simplicity of use. I have a tendency to work with my laptop on [...]
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The Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation System, works by stimulating the nerve which controls the muscles of tongue.
Scientists have come up with a new pacemaker-style device which they claim when implanted underneath one’s tongue could help stop snoring. A team claims that the new implant, called the Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation System, works by stimulating the nerve which [...]
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Why make your food when you can print it?
Futurist Thomas Frey talked about 3D food printers HERE and now we have a production model that can print with chocolate (and more). How awesome is that!
From Gizmodo:
Instead of the toxic smell of melted plastics, while the Imagine 3D printer is doing its thing, your workspace will [...]
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Found in Town
Many of us have lost a wallet or cell phone and have just been about to give up on humanity when a perfect stranger returns them. It’s the hypothesis of Found in Town, a new Chicago startup, that these moments of unexpected human goodness would be much more frequent if [...]
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Swap-O-Matic
Normal vending machines are so … boring. You put money in, candy comes out. But a new project aims to reconsider what a vending machine is and how we exchange good and services. (video)
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Energy efficiency is very important to overall U.S. energy consumption.
Buildings are blamed for as much as 40% of U.S. energy consumption, and while green construction is on the rise, identifying the best ways to make an older building more efficient can be a tedious manual endeavor. Retroficiency, whose aim is to disrupt the energy efficiency [...]
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DISPLAX Multitouch Globe from DISPLAX™ Interactive Systems on Vimeo.
The demo kind of falls apart when they start poking around Windows, but Displax’s new 40-inch diameter Multitouch Globe looks like an absolute joy when it comes to navigating interactive maps. It’s just too bad it’s a bit impractical…
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A new way to deal with political problems.
Over the past two weeks, staffers from HUGE, the Dumbo-based digital agency, have been at work on a different kind of interactive campaign. Yesterday around noon, a skunkworks team made up of software engineers, interaction designers, information architects, and more finally unleashed their side project on the [...]
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Skunk Juice magnetic ear buds
At CES in Las Vegas this past week I “Got Hooked Up” with Skunk Juice magnetic connecting ear buds. These earbuds are great for kids or adults who want to hook up with their friends’ music or videos.(Pics)
