Architectural designer and visualiser Honglin Li has proposed deploying floating high-rise waste-to-energy plants fuelled by plastic waste to clean up the oceans while generating electricity. The sci-fi proposal, called Filtration Skyscraper, imagines placing unmanned towers on abandoned oil rigs in parts of the oceans where plastic waste accumulates. Sophisticated machinery in the conceptual towers would generate electricity and biofuels from […]
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Achieve Your Dreams in Style: How to Start a Thriving Clothing Brand
Are you passionate about fashion and want to make a name for yourself in the industry? Click here to learn how to start a clothing brand. There’s never been a better time to start a fashion business. The global fashion industry is worth?$494,368 million in 2019. Are you a fashion designer who wants to launch your own range? Or an entrepreneur […]
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Cancer drugs are getting more effective at killing tumors, but there’s one big problem that may be holding them back from wide use: many work like a shotgun blast and harm healthy cells as well. Researchers from Georgia Tech have now developed a new way to deliver drugs only to where they need to be, using what they describe as […]
World’s First Autonomous Oil Spill Boat
Oil spills can spell big trouble for the environment, and an efficient and swift response is critical in trying to contain the problem. In the not-too-distant future folks dealing with such incidents may have a robotic helper to call on, with Boston’s Sea Machines Robotics successfully demonstrating what is says is the world’s first autonomous spill response vessel, which has […]
Wearable Helps Detect Autism Outbursts In Less Than A Minute
Sudden bouts of aggressive behavior can be an unfortunate reality of autism spectrum disorder, and caretakers need all the help they can get to minimize the harm they can bring. Scientists have developed a new monitoring device that can predict these outbursts up to a minute in advance, creating a new window of opportunity to not just prepare ahead of […]
Portable Air Quality Monitor
Design studio NotAnotherOne has designed a portable air quality monitor that clips onto your bag to test local pollution levels. Atmotube is a discreet black device made from plastic with aluminium details, that weighs less than 100 grams and can be easily attached to a bag or item of clothing so that it travels with the wearer. Designed by San […]
Refugee Matching Algorithm
Researchers have developed an algorithm to match refugees arriving in the US with the city where they are most likely to find employment and a good quality of life. Developed by researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts, Lund University in Sweden, and the University of Oxford in the UK, the algorithm aims to direct new arrivals to the US […]
Standing Desk Converter
Thinking about trying a standing desk but worried that you won’t like it, or might change your mind? The WOM Height Adjustable Tabletop Standing Desk Converter means you can go from a sitting desk to standing and back again, with minimal fuss and no extra furniture needed. The WOM desktop riser is ergonomic, comfortable, and offers the best of both […]
MagicDock
The iPad Pro has no shortage of cool, useful accessories from stands, to multi-port hubs and charging docks. They do their jobs, but the MagicDock does all of these things at once – and it looks darn cool in the process. When inventor was Steve Warren bought a 2018 iPad Pro he found to his surprise that there were no […]
Marble Effect Done From Using Waste Coffee Grounds
Designer Zhekai Zhang has developed a method of staining porcelain with used coffeegrounds to mimic the texture of marble, and applied the technique to a collection of lamps called Coffire. The method, inspired by ancient Chinese pit-firing techniques, forms an “imperfect” random texture, meaning each Coffire pendant light is different. The lamps are one of 261 design projects that have […]