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Corsair Bulldog: Console-Size, 4K-Capable Living Room Gaming PC
by Rey M.L.
With a strong focus on 4K-res gaming, Corsair has brought together their PC case, cooling, and power expertise for their Bulldog DIY PC kit. It'll handle some really high-caliber hardware, all while being small enough and quiet enough to fit into your home theater setup.
Hyperkin Smart Boy Morphs Your Smartphone Into A Game Boy
by Rey M.L.
Time to dust off those old GB cartridges. Hyperkin's Smart Boy smartphone cradle intends to make your iPhone or Android phablet into Nintendo's circa-1989 handheld console, going so far as to include a working cartridge slot.
Turn and Brake With The Lumos Bicycle Helmet
by Paul Fitzgerald
A team of inventors out of Boston have developed a clever new bicycle helmet. Lumos is equipped with lights, letting motorists know when you are turning and braking. Will this invention really help keep cyclists safer on the big city streets?
Could Plastic Roads Be A Sustainable Alternative?
by Julia Bobak
While we generally associate plastics with the untenable generation of material waste, this need not necessarily be the case. Dutch consortium VolkerWessels hopes to demonstrate that building plastic roads may in fact be a more environmentally friendly option for our transportation infrastructure.
Get Answers From Real Doctors On Telegram Messenger
by Ellen Dudley
iCliniq.com have just launched a Telegram bot
so that you can ask their doctors anything from the comfort of your
smartphone, messaging them any time, anywhere. Questions are answered
within a matter of hours by their team of 800+ doctors across 71+
specialities, for just $19 a month.
Ollie Is An App-Enabled Robot, Not Your Father’s Remote Control Car
by Amber Leventry
A few years ago founders Ian Bernstein and Adam Wilson’s Colorado based
company, Sphero, introduced us to the Bluetooth controlled robotic ball
by the same name. They now want us to meet their newest creation. Ollie
is a souped-up, customizable app-enabled robot. This machine is not your
father’s remote control car.
Rotterdam Is Getting A Giant Floating Funhouse
by Paul Fitzgerald
Is Rotterdam on your bucket list to visit? It probably will be fairly soon anyway. The Dutch Windwheel will house hotel rooms, apartments, rotating cabins, commercial space, restaurants and so much more. So, what's in it for you and yours?
Bacteria Might Be Used As Live Robot Brains
by Julia Bobak
Scientists published a report this week in which a computer model was used to investigate the possibility of employing bacterial colonies to control mechanical devices like robots. The results were remarkably positive. Read on to find out how this new “living brain” development will impact everything from ecology to medicine.
Where Art Meets Science: Kirigami For Stretchable Electronics
by Julia Bobak
Kirigami is a variation of the more well-known origami, in which paper is both folded and cut. In the right hands, it allows for the creation of remarkably intricate works of art. Now, however, scientists are putting the technique to use for more than just aesthetics. They’ve discovered that cutting electronic materials in a similar fashion allows them to stretch up to 370% without loss of electrical performance. This may be just the breakthrough needed to develop practical and functional wearable electronics.
It’s Fashion; It’s Technology; It’s Wearable Drones!
by M Dee Dubroff
The merging of fashion and technology is a cultural phenomenon that is bursting at the seams. Meet the drones of the future which can be worn around your neck, on your wrist, on your feet and God knows where else. Check out these amazing devices of tomorrow.
Invention Of The Week? Kingii Will Help Prevent Drownings
by Paul Fitzgerald
A new wearable device has been developed in a bid to help greatly reduce the number of drownings in the U.S. and around the world. Kingii is a life preserver that you simply wear around your wrist.So, how does it work? And will it help save lives?
SMILE Is A New Energy Solution
by Paul Fitzgerald
Henrik Pranov is on a mission to provide low-cost solar technology to the developing world. The inventor has developed SMILE, which is unique and beneficial in every sense. So, what is SMILE and how does it actually work?
Brain Implant Gives Scientists Wireless Mind Control
by Julia Bobak
Controlling someone’s brain by implanting an electronic device is a common plot element in horror and sci-fi films and TV shows. Remember the super disturbing The Terminal Man? Or the episodes of Archer where the Russians have put a microchip in his head that leaves him wanting to kill his own mother? Well, now US researchers have developed a remote-controlled brain implant that allows them to choose the path a mouse walks through a maze with just a push of a button. Let’s hope they use their newfound powers for good and not evil.
Hitch Will Help Rescue Flash Flood Victims
by Paul Fitzgerald
Flash flooding seems to happening everywhere these days. However a young inventor is coming to the rescue. Michael Mucha has developed Hitch. So, how will his invention help save lives?
No Chemicals Needed: Preserve Food With Blue Light
by Julia Bobak
Scientists in Singapore have demonstrated that blue light, coupled with mildly acidic conditions and cool temperatures, has a strong antibacterial effect. This opens the door to using blue light emitting diodes as a novel means of food preservation, without the need for any additional chemical inputs.
Hair Loss and Restoration: Gone Today and Back Tomorrow
by Marjorie Dorfman
For millions of people who have suffered hair loss, advances in cutting-edge technology are offering new hope for successful transplants, with the aid of a robot. Read on for more on this amazing scientific innovation.
Invention Of The Week? Wheel Washing Machine And TreadMill Lets You Work It, Wash It
by Paul Fitzgerald
Doing laundry while on the run just took on a whole new meaning. Meet The Wheel – an all-in-one washing machine and treadmill that utilizes kinetic power. Question is this: will you buy one?
GHOST Displays Will Revolutionize How We Interact With Smartphones And Tablets
by Julia Bobak
If there has been one relative constant as display technology has advanced over the past decades, it’s that screens tend to be flat. In fact, much research has gone into finding ways to make them flatter, thinner. Now, European scientists are developing an exciting new technology that takes a completely different tack. GHOST, or ‘generic, highly-organic shape-changing interface’ displays allow viewers to manipulate their screens in 3D – to literally drag the two-dimensional images contained therein into our three-dimensional world.
Innovative Prosthetic Limb: Just Like The Real Thing With No Hurt Feelings
by Marjorie Dorfman
Prosthetics have always offered the amputee their own set of advantages
and disadvantages. Although providing limb mobility, artificial limbs
usually come with phantom pain; that is, until now with the advent of a
new prosthetic limb created at the University of Linz in northern
Austria. Read on for more about this amazing medical innovation.
Drink-Up: HidrateMe Is A Smarter Water Bottle
by Paul Fitzgerald
Water – we all need it. It’s good for us. But the problem is many of us don’t drink enough of it. A team of inventors have found a clever way to get everyone to drink more water on a daily basis. Thirsty yet?
Parametric Tape Measure Reinvents The Traditional Tape Measure
by M Dee Dubroff
Cameron Bowen, a recent Royal College of Art graduate, has developed the Parametric Tape Measure, which blends the world of fashion with technology by enabling tailors to generate digital fabric patterns and simultaneously maintain the intimacy of the fitting process.Read on to learn more.
Robot Turtles: A Board Game To Teach Preschoolers Computer Programming
by Amber Leventry
A growing trend in children’s games is the combination of technology and
traditional toys. Toys like Avakai, apps like Osmo, or video games like
Bloxels require children to play with actual wooden dolls, puzzle
pieces, and blocks in order to get the most out of their smart
toys and iPads. This is because inventors know it is best to learn
with tangible concepts and toys. Computer programming is fair game too.
Robot Turtles is a board game which teaches kids the fundamentals of
programming and coding.
NYC Will Soon Have World’s First Underground Park
by Paul Fitzgerald
A forgotten slice of New York City will soon be transformed into the world’s first underground park. But the big question is how will a team of inventors actually pipe in sunlight way down below?
Detecting Cancer By Levitating Cells
by Julia Bobak
Scientists use magnetic levitation as a means of sorting cells and are able to differentiate between white blood cells, red blood cells and various types of cancers. The method, which is relatively straightforward and scalable, could offer incredible value to researchers and clinicians.
GoodWorld & Tsū, Social Networks With Charitable Algorithms
by Ron Callari
A new era of ‘social giving’ has entered our zeitgeist. Fundraising is no longer an activity practiced solely by wealthy
philanthropists. Folks who have a passion for giving don’t have to be
members of the elite, the likes of the Bill Gates or the Jimmy Buffets
of this world. Today’s social networking is providing folks of lesser
means with a conduit to working for the greater good.
