Every year, millions of tonnes of perfectly good food are wasted around the world because people aren’t sure it’s still fresh. To cut down on this, researchers at Fraunhofer are developing an infrared pocket scanner that will let consumers, supermarkets and other food handlers determine if a food item has gone bad and even its degree of ripeness. According to […]
Determining Food’s Freshness
Mobile Clinics For Disaster Zones
World Housing Solution, based in Florida, specializes in rapidly deployable buildings. Recently, they have focused on providing fully-equipped mobile clinics that can be fabricated and installed very quickly in disaster zones. The clinics are conceived as serving patients who can’t reach a hospital or medical facility. So far, the company has sent clinics to Houston when Hurricane Harvey struck and […]
Fishing Rod Sensors Tracks Your Catches
As any recreational angler will know, fish can be a finicky bunch – so when you do catch one, it’s good to keep a record of the location and conditions which allowed that to happen. Cyberfishing’s new Smart Rod Sensor is designed to help you do that. As any recreational angler will know, fish can be a finicky bunch – […]
Hearing Emotions
Most people will agree that phone conversations are more awkward than face-to-face chats, since you can’t gauge the other person’s mood by seeing their facial expressions. This is a constant challenge for the blind, which is why Huawei has developed the “face-reading” Facing Emotions app. Created in partnership with the Polish Blind Association, the Android app is designed specifically for […]
3D Printed Facial Masks
When it comes to hydrating facial skin, along with delivering nutrients to it, ready-made “sheet masks” have become quite popular. Neutrogena is now taking the concept further – its MaskiD system fabricates 3D-printed masks that are customized to the shape and needs of each client’s face. Users start by taking a smartphone selfie, from which a 3D digital map of […]
The Future of Architecture & Construction
We’ve now entered the post-digital age. Given you’re reading these words on a digital screen, this obviously doesn’t mean we’ve somehow moved beyond the digital. No, the post-digital describes the blurring of the digital and analogue worlds, when real experiences become interchangeable with virtual ones. We’re seeing this in AR, health and activity trackers, iBeacons, geofences and the internet of […]
Sunglasses Doubles As Headphones?
American audio brand Bose’s latest product is a pair of sunglasses that let the wearer listen to music, make calls and access augmented-reality experiences. Simply called Frames, the eyewear has a set of tiny, focused speakers in its arms that offer a listening experience similar to standard headphones. The wearable is an innovation on two fronts: first, it delivers personal […]
Taking The Boredness Out Of Long Journey With VR
Even when plugged into a portable music player or playing games on a smartphone, long bus journeys can be tedious. If you ride a FlixBus on select routes to and from Las Vegas, you could find yourself being offered a VR headset, to transport you to other worlds while the driver takes you where you need to go. FlixBus has […]
Road Running Through This Tower
Bringing to mind a child’s toy building blocks stacked atop each other, the newly-unveiled Vanke Headquarter Tower is another unique and confident design from Dutch firm MVRDV. The mixed-use project will rise to a height of 250 m (820 ft) and straddle a road in Shenzhen, China. The result of an architecture competition, the design for the Vanke Headquarter Tower […]
Pet Tracker GPS
If your dog has ever taken off on you at an off-leash park, then you’ll know the frustration of trying to figure out where they’ve gone. And while there are already pet-tracking devices that can help, they definitely have some shortcomings. The Findster Duo+ system takes a unique approach to getting around those limitations. Existing pet-tracking devices tend to fall […]