The insulin pumps diabetics currently rely on do a great job of delivering the hormone as needed, but need regular replacing due to what are known as fibrils. These form over a day or two as insulin compounds accumulate into clumps and create the risk of blockages, but scientists in Australia have engineered what they say is a safer alternative, […]
Insulin Made From Egg Yolk
Upcycling Wire Hangers
When searching “what to do with wire hangers,” you’ll find a lot of articles about all the creative ways a person can upcycle wire hangers. But what if you don’t want to upcycle wire hangers? What if, alternatively, all you want to do is get rid of them? Tons of people want to know if wire hangers are recyclable, and […]
Amazfit Studio Motion Tracking
Home fitness is a hot topic in this time-poor day and age, and you better believe companies are beavering away trying to apply all the very latest technologies in an effort to make getting fit and staying in shape as easy and effective as possible. The latest offering comes from wearables company Huami, which has teamed up with “fitness entertainment” […]
Sea Turtle Rescue Center Mimics Natural Ecosystems
Located on Iztuzu Beach in Southern Turkey, the Research, Rescue and Rehabilitation Center for Sea Turtles will raise awareness for the wildlife that calls the unique ecosystem home. In true environmentally conscious architectural form, the design was inspired by the natural curves and traces of the beach tides and the surrounding native pine trees and reeds, all of which help […]
Clutter Free Your News Articles With This App
The amount of disinformation and misinformation available when it comes to the latest news is becoming an increasing issue for many consumers, so the ‘Volv’ app is intended to help correct this. The news and magazine app is focused on providing users with only the need-to-know information surrounding a particular issue or update. The app takes in stories from top […]
Non-Antibiotic Gels Healing
Polysporin may be in for some serious competition, as Swedish scientists have created a healing gel that not only kills antibiotic-resistant bacteria, but also reduces inflammation within wounds. It could someday replace antibiotic-based medications. Being developed at Lund University, the gel contains a type of peptide known as TCP-25. Peptides are short chains of amino acids that occur naturally in […]
Samsung’s New SSD
Samsung offered anyone with an interest in efficient data transfers a very enticing option with its T5 SSD in 2017. The electronics giant has now stepped up its game in a big way, rolling into this year’s CES with its successor, the portable T7 Touch SSD that offers double the read and write speeds and a fingerprint scanner for extra […]
Plant Based Pork
Having made a splash with its plant-based burger over the past couple of years, Impossible Foods is now leveraging its technology to take on another form of protein. The newly introduced Impossible Pork is just the second product from the Californian startup, and will be a pivotal one as it expands its mission to reduce the environmental impact of the […]
Fiji’s Eco Cousteau Resort
For travelers who want to learn more about the environment they are visiting, the Jean-Michel Cousteau Resort, a leading eco-luxe property in Fiji, is helping guests do just that with a recently expanded program for botanical education. Guests to the resort can take new tours, where they learn about medicinal and edible plants as well as rare palms. The initiative […]
Plastic-Layer Thickness To Form Unique IDs For 3D Printed
As is the case with items that are manufactured in more traditional manners, it’s certainly possible for 3D-printed products to be counterfeited. A new system could help identify such bogus goods, by printing a unique code right into objects. Known as Fused Deposition Modelling, the most common form of 3D printing involves using a nozzle to lay down successive thin […]