Yale All In One Camera

As you fumble with your keys before opening the front door, there’s a good chance that the door’s lock is made by Yale. But the Assa Abloy subsidiary has more than locks in its home security portfolio. The company has just released an All-in-One outdoor camera that deters would-be intruders with light and sound. And it comes with voice control […]

Nordic Style Ventilation For Hospitals

In Nordic countries, where cold winters can keep people indoors, buildings often feature what are known as “displacement ventilation” systems. A Spanish study now suggests that such technology may also help keep patients from acquiring infections while in hospitals. By contrast, displacement ventilation systems introduce new air from vents located near the floor, closer to the patient. That fresh air […]

Electronic Capsule Tracks Oral Dosage

If someone is taking medication for something as important as preventing HIV, it goes without saying that they shouldn’t be lackadaisical about doing so. A new electronically-augmented swallowable capsule is designed to help, by letting patients and physicians know if doses are missed. The capsule is part of the ID-Cap system, developed by Florida-based company etectRx. That system consists of […]

Contraceptive Jewelry

Contraceptives like the Pill are only effective if you remember to take them. In an effort to integrate into the lives of women more seamlessly, researchers at Georgia Tech have developed contraceptive patches that can be attached to jewelry. Contraceptive patches have been on the market for decades, but to work properly they usually require a pretty strict routine of […]

Automate Growing Of Delicate Plants

It can be challenging, growing delicate plants from seeds. A group of Korean entrepreneurs is out to make the process easier – and techier – with the Wi-Fi-connected, water-pump-equipped and smartphone-controlled Bloomengine. Users start by placing an included disc-shaped peat pellet in water, and allowing it to expand. That expanded pellet is then put in the bottom section of the […]

Smart Highway Driving

Nissan’s ProPilot technology has found a new home, and a rather compact one at that, in the company’s all-new Dayz. The diminutive kei car is billed as the first mini-vehicle to offer the suite of driver-assist technologies, promising a safer and less stressful ride for those behind the wheel. ProPilot is at the heart of Nissan’s autonomous vehicle ambitions and […]

3D Material Designed To Treat Bone Injury

For some time now, we’ve been hearing about implantable scaffolding-like material that helps heal injuries to bones. Scientists have now developed a new type of that material, aimed specifically at difficult-to-treat osteochondral injuries. The long bones in our arms and legs have a layer of smooth, compressible cartilage at each end, which gradually transitions to hard bone underneath. This dual-density […]

Ultimate Parking Lot

Thor Industries used the inaugural RVX show to get serious about production and potential production RVs like the Sequence camper vanand Tuscany Lithium concept motorhome. But it also kicked back and had some fun … a lot of fun. Its custom-designed Heartland Cyclone Ultimate Tailgate trailer pulls up stadium-side, screens all the biggest games of the day on more than […]

Dog’s Shield

Ford wanted to explore how its automotive technology could be used to solve problems in other areas of life so it started an initiative it calls Interventions. With the active noise-cancelling technology, its design team chose to focus on dogs. Many pets are averse to fireworks noise, and particularly dogs with their sensitive hearing. The UK RSPCA estimates that 45 […]