Given how compounds such as flavoring slowly dissipate out of gum as it’s being chewed, scientists are now looking into the controlled oral delivery of drugs via medicated gum. A new robot is being designed with that in mind, as a way of standardizing the chew test. Developed at Britain’s University of Bristol, the “humanoid chewing robot” incorporates a life-size […]
“Chewing Robot”
Smartphone Gimbal Rotating Selfie Stick
Are you a selfie enthusiast who is always snapping photos? Do you like to capture content that requires action shots or videos? You may not be able to put this innovative phone gimbal down. Start taking your mobile photography to the next level with the Movii 360° Rotating Selfie Stick, now available at 30% off. This selfie stick is not […]
Vollebak Repurposes Electronic Waste
With launches like the Graphene Jacket and Squid Jacket, British apparel maker Vollebak has been exploring how high-tech materials can help change the face, function and future of outerwear and leisure apparel. Now it’s back to explore a different topic: how to prevent high-tech materials from simply filling landfills when they reach the end of their initial life cycles. The […]
A Beginners Guide to Trading Pin Bars
One of the primary skills you need to acquire as a Rakuten forex trader is knowing how to trade pin bars. This is because pin bars are the most common price action patterns you will see form on your trading charts. Lucky for you, trading pin bars on their own is not as difficult as other people make it out […]
Reflecting Sun’s Heat
Just like a tennis player might don a white shirt instead of a black one on warm summer’s day, researchers see great potential in dressing buildings in reflective white paints to keep them cool. A team of material scientists is reporting a major advance in this area, producing a new kind of super white paint that reflects almost all incoming […]
Solar-Powered Poultry Farm
We’ve reported on several eye-catching floating architecture projects lately, including a “parkipelago” and a greenery-covered office. This solar-powered urban poultry farm is the most off-the-wall idea of the bunch though and, assuming it goes ahead as planned, will host roughly 7,000 egg-laying hens, as well as an area for growing food, in a harbor in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The building […]
Storypod For Kids
As any parent knows, kids love stories and they play a vital role in a child’s development. But as any parent will also know, kids also love to hear the same story over and over and over again. The Storypod is a smart speaker that lets kids not only listen and read along to their favorite stories again and again, […]
Conductive Plastic Uses Sandwiched Materials For More Transparency
Traditional plastics are so poor at conducting electricity that they are often used to insulate against it instead, making it the shielding material of choice for things like wiring and circuit boards. But scientists have long hoped to flip the script by adding other materials to give plastic conductive properties, and one team of researchers has now put forward a […]
New Process Harvests Protein From Wastewater
When shrimp are processed at seafood plants, the resulting wastewater contains a lot of protein. Scientists have now devised a method of harvesting that protein, so it can be used to supplement animal feed or food for humans. First off, it should be noted that organic matter is already removed from shrimp-processing wastewater before it’s discharged back into the waterways. […]
Air-Powered Robotic Jellyfish
The unique movement of jellyfish has made them a popular model of study for robotics researchers, who hope to develop advanced new machines that move with great efficiency. Scientists are now showing off a new breed of soft robots inspired by these marine creatures, which uses air channels to swim at great speeds. This new type of soft robot was […]