Lifesaber Your Limitless Power Supply

Between battery packs, solar chargers and even wood stoves that produce electricity, there are plenty of ways to power devices when in the wild. But there’s something reassuring about the dependability of a hand crank generator, and the newly launched Lifesaber is a particularly modern and handy example promising a limitless supply of power along with an ability to produce […]

Floating Off Grid Home

French naval architect Jean-Michel Duacancelle was inspired to create Anthénea after watching the James Bond movie The Spy Who Loved Me. The floating dwelling certainly looks like the kind of place that a Bond villain would choose to live in and has some nice features including an underwater window and solar power. Bringing to mind the UFO 2.0, the Anthénea […]

Old Bus Into Swimming Pool

French artist Benedetto Bufalino has spent years turning everyday vehicles like caravans and cars into art installations. His latest project involved transforming an old bus he found at a local junkyard into a swimming pool. Named Le Bus Piscine (or the Bus Pool), the project is made from an old Tadeo bus the artist found in his local junkyard. Working […]

Using Magnet To Absorb Shocks

With a few exceptions, robotic grippers aren’t known for having a soft touch – so they often can’t be trusted with delicate objects. That may be about to change, however, thanks to a shock-absorbing gripper developed by scientists from the University at Buffalo. Created by a team led by Assoc. Prof. Ehsan Esfahani, the experimental new gripper incorporates two motorized […]

Networked Missile Defense

In a demonstration of how future wars will be fought as much in cyberspace as on the battlefield, Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, the Missile Defense Agency, and the US Air Force connected an F-35, U-2 ultra-high altitude reconnaissance aircraft, and a multi-domain ground station via data links as part of a missile defense exercise called Project Riot. The purpose was […]

Ultrasound For Ear Inspection

Presently, doctors optically check for middle-ear infections utilizing what is known as an otoscope. Now, however, researchers have developed a version of the device that reportedly works even better … by adding ultrasound to the mix. Incorporating technology developed by Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems and US-based OtoNexus Medical Technologies, the gadget still does allow doctors to visually peer […]

More Sustainable Diaper Options

If you’re a parent of a baby in diapers, you probably have a lot on your mind right now. One of those things is probably changing diapers — and another is probably the sheer amount of money you spend on them, and consequently, the amount of diapers you’re sending to the landfill. (And also, sleep. Remember sleep?) Most babies use […]

Rolling Footwear

If someone already has difficulty walking, you might think that putting what looks like a roller skate on one of their feet certainly wouldn’t help matters. According to a new study, however, the iStride Device has indeed been shown to improve the gait of stroke victims. After a person has suffered a stroke, the partial paralysis on one side of […]

Banana Leaves As Biodegradable

Plastic pollution negatively impacts the health of our planet. Waste management has led to an irreversible environmental crisis that is felt by wildlife, especially in the oceans. One organization, called Banana Leaf Technology, is helping to address the stark reality by proposing banana leaves as a biodegradable alternative to single-use plastic. After the preservation process, the enhanced leaves have increased […]