Treadmills are a convenient way of ensuring you get your daily workout rain, hail or shine, but they’re also large, heavy and not fit for every home. The Mini Walk from Chinese exercise equipment specialist IPO Sports takes cues from the smartphone, serving as a sleek, digitized treadmill compact enough for even small apartments or tiny homes. It meets your […]
The New Kind Of Treadmill
Cafe In Sydney Offers More Personalised Service Through Facial Recognition
The faces of customers at Sydney’s Bahista Cafe are scanned by an iPad as they approach the barista at the coffee machine. Instantly the customer’s name, favourite order and whether they are due for a loyalty reward flashes up on another iPad facing staff. Business at the cafe has significantly increased following introduction of this new service. Facial recognition […]
Charge Your Gadget By Your Body Movements
KINETIC ENERGY GOES ELECTRIC We have a lot of devices these days, and they all need to be charged. Though there are now pads for wireless charging, these are still plugged into a power outlet. In many cases, the charging process has barely evolved at all in the past decade or more. But now, researchers from the University at Buffalo […]
Stronger Cement Made From Volcanic Ash
It is one of literal building blocks of modern civilization, and somewhat ironically plays a significant role in one of its largest looming threats. Producing cement is a hugely energy intensive process that accounts for around five percent of global CO2 emissions, so scientists are continually searching for greener ways of doing things. Now a team from MIT has found […]
Tesla Of Canals
GHOST SHIP A new autonomous ship built by Dutch company Port-Liner, dubbed the “Tesla of the Canals”, is getting ready to hit the waters connecting the ports of Antwerp, Amsterdam, and Rotterdam this summer. The vessel is powered solely by a set of 6 meter (20 ft) long batteries which are charged using carbon-free energy provided by one the Netherland’s largest energy […]
Walk/ Ride Your Way To Work
Looking for the next fitness trend that takes you outdoors but doesn’t include running due to your hips, back or knees? By the same token, not everyone aspires to be a cyclist and walking doesn’t get you there and back fast enough. So what’s a budding or pre-existing fitness enthusiast to do? Simple, get yourself a Lopifit. It’s the world’s first walking […]
Jellyfish Chips The New Cool Thing?
Jellyfish are not exactly the centerpiece of most people’s ideal meals. The umbrella-shaped animals are slimy, tasteless, and can be extremely poisonous. But a population boom and the need to reduce meat — and other foods that require extensive energy to produce — consumption, means humanity has to get creative when it comes to making lunch. It turns out jellyfish […]
Your Ultimate Adventure Packraft
One of the cooler outdoor innovations to really take off into its own sport over the past two decades or so, the packraft opens up new adventure opportunities, packing down to backpack size so it can easily carry to and from the water’s edge. Denver’s Kokopelli Packraft is one of the specialists in packraft design, and it’s currently launching […]
Buddy System Bracelet
Safety and security is a big issue for a lot of women. All you have to do is check out the news to understand why. In the last two or three years Ohio has been in the spotlight for a series of abductions that have resulted in forced captivity and even death, so it’s not surprising that more and more […]
Get Statistics From A Throw
Since the introduction of smart technology into the world or sports there have been some pretty amazing advances in safety and performance tracking extending beyond simple fitness trackers. Now, there are safety vests for skiers that not only provide feedback on your run but also sense spills and inflate before you ever hit the ground, or football helmets with multi-directional impact protection systems. Last […]