In a trailblazing move, Quorn, the meatless food manufacturer headquartered in the U.K., is now leveraging carbon labeling on more than half its product line. Carbon labeling delineates where greenhouse gas emissions are associated with production, manufacture, distribution and transport of a particular consumer product as it is brought to market. The carbon label serves to inform consumers of an […]
Carbon Footprint Labelling
The Wash Bag To Keep Microfibers Out Of The Ocean
Girlfriend Collective, the trendy and relatively sustainable activewear brand known for making its matching workout sets from recycled plastic, has just introduced a new product to help lower fashion’s impact. In an email to subscribers on Wednesday morning, Jan. 15, Girlfriend Collective unveiled the Wash Bag, a portable mesh washing bag that traps microfibers your clothing releases in the washing […]
Pulling Oxygen Out Of Moondust
The Moon has no breathable oxygen – which obviously presents a hurdle for astronauts. There’s only so much we can take with us, so figuring out how to produce it there is crucial. Now, ESA researchers have created a prototype device that can make oxygen out of the most common thing on the Moon – dirt. Moondust – more officially […]
These Ingestible Medical Devices Dissolved By Light
In search of advanced medical devices that can be ingested by the human body and don’t need to be surgically removed after, scientists at MIT have developed a new technology that would instead break them down by exposure to certain kinds of light. The research could help avoid the need for invasive endoscopic surgeries, with patients needing only to swallow […]
Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes
Last year, scientists at Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) made a big breakthrough, engineering mosquitoes that break the chain of Zika virus transmission. But they did so with multiple targets in mind, with the mosquito in question, Aedes aegypti, also acting as the number one disease vector for the dengue virus. The researchers have now added this […]
Using VR To Lift Me Out Of Traffic
Audi isn’t going full-time autonomous with its latest concept for CES 2020, but if you do choose to let the AI:ME drive itself, you can strap yourself into a set of VR goggles and swap your dull city crawl for a bird’s-eye flight through the hills. Part of the fun of concept cars in recent years has been watching car […]
Acoustic Meta Material To Reduce Road Noise
Road noise has long been a problem in cars, particularly when traveling at speed on the highway, but it’s even more obvious in electric cars, which don’t produce engine noise that can help mask it. Nissan has now developed an acoustic meta-material that is as effective as the sound insulation materials currently used, but at a quarter of the weight. […]
Infrared Visceral Fat Measurement
Although many people routinely pinch their belly in order to see how fat they’re getting, that’s really only a measure of their subcutaneous “under the skin” fat. The Bello device goes deeper, using light to measure visceral fat. While subcutaneous fat is located directly beneath the skin and over top of the abdominal muscles, visceral fat is situated behind those […]
Suction Cup Spins Water To Stick To Rough Surfaces
While there already are powered suction-cup devices that allow people or robots to climb walls, they only work on smooth surfaces. Chinese scientists, however, have now developed a system that sticks to rough surfaces via spinning water. Known as “zero-pressure difference” (ZPD), the technology is being developed by a team at Zhejiang University, led by Xin Li and Kaige Shi. […]
Can Dancing Really Show Your Identity?
Might it be possible that someday in the near future, an official might get you to dance around a bit, in order to confirm that you’re really you? Perhaps not, but nonetheless, a recent study has determined that people’s identities can be matched to their unique style of dancing. Scientists at Finland’s University of Jyväskylä started out by using motion […]