We can harness the power of wind in a field or on the ocean – but what about in drafty train tunnels? 27-year-old Charlotte Slingsby’s startup Moya Power seeks to generate electricity by capturing wind in existing infrastructure, Wired reported. The company employs a lightweight sheeting material to harvest low grade wind power. They have a pilot project underway on the London Crossrail. Slingsby pioneered Moya Power as part of […]
Generating Wind Power From Trains
Your Slippers Can Now “Park By Itself”
Nissan is apparently taking a pause from building cars so that they can give the world its first self-parking slippers. The company has taken a small chunk of its automated vehicle smarts and applied it to a traditional Japanese hotel experience. The end result here is silly, but also kind of charming. The company opened the doors of a new […]
Touchless Hand Dryer
This is the automatic hand dryer that helps reduce cross-contamination in a kitchen or the spread of germs in a bathroom. It can be placed on a counter or mounted to a wall and hygienically dries hands in as little as 15 seconds using an integrated fan and heating element. Its fan and heater can be used simultaneously or individually […]
Correct Your Posture With This Shirt
This is the fitted shirt clinically proven to promote good posture as well as relieve pain in the back and shoulders. The anatomical construction is reinforced with neuroband tension panels that activate and stimulate specific muscle groups to keep the body upright; the resulting controlled resistance increases core strength while supporting correct alignment of the spine. The shirt can be […]
Charge Your Devices By Placing Them Into This Bag
Charging your devices on the go could be as easy as putting them in your backpack. Dutch designer Pauline van Dongen has conceptualized and created a new pack that incorporates minuscule solar power beads, simplifying the recharging of smartphones tablets and other devices using the energy of the sun and a built-in cable. Called the Radius backpack, this handy bag features a strap that incorporates […]
Filter Made From Soybean Makes Water Drinkable Again
Imagine if you could create clean water from any source – no matter how dirty – in just one step. Australian scientists have managed to do just that with a new filter made from soybean-based graphene film. It’s so effective that it can make even the filthiest water drinkable – and it’s simpler, cheaper and more environmentally-friendly than other methods out there. The filter, […]
Award Winning Solar Panel
China-based Hanergy just launched the highest efficiency single-junction solar panel ever created. Hanergy’s US-based subsidiary Alta Devices produced the module, which has a 25.1 percent conversion efficiency and is capable of powering drones, electric vehicles and sensors. Solar modules from subsidiaries Solibro and MiaSole have also broken efficiency records – double glass CIGS solar modules at 18.72 percent and sputtering CIGS solar modules on flexible substrate […]
Can Edible QR Codes Administer The Right Pill?
A team of researchers believe edible QR codes are the future of medicine. Using QR codes, the dosage can be tailored to the patient. When scanned, the code will show all information about the drug, preventing people from taking the wrong medication. When we think of drugs that we can take at home, we may conjure up images of pills, […]
Plogging Starts Today!
There’s a new trend for environmentally-conscious fitness addicts who love to multi-task. You might think that’s a narrow overlap, but enough people are partaking in this new hobby to give it a name: plogging. According to Buzzfeed, plogging is how Swedish people are getting in shape and cleaning up their parks these days. The word plogging is a combination of “pluck” […]
A Toast To This Avocado Restaurant
Avocados have become the United States’ favorite fruit with consumption growing over the last 15 years. It’s led to the opening of a new all-avocado restaurant called Avocaderia in Brooklyn, New York. All of their options, from breakfast to smoothies, have an abundance of the trendy fruit. Even with a shortage of avocados in 2017 and prices rising by 125 percent, people were still […]