JakPak, an all-in-one waterproof jacket, sleeping bag and tent could be a very useful piece of clothing for Man vs Wild-type adventurers or...
Greener Gadgets 2010 showcases green design, innovation and technology
While politicians grapple and stop-start over the growing concern for the welfare of our planet, more of us are wondering what we can...
Internet ‘in running’ for Nobel Peace Prize
Image via Wikipedia The internet is among a record 237 individuals and organisations nominated for this year's Nobel Peace Prize. The number of nominations surpasses...
A Place to Bet Real Money on Movies
Image via Wikipedia Think that this spring’s “Robin Hood” movie will be a blockbuster at the box office? Next week you will be able to...
Eye concept – a glimpse of Tesla’s future?
The all-electric Tesla Roadster is indeed a fine-looking, high-performance automobile, but its projected $US109,000 price tag will likely put it out of reach of the...
3D TV is here
After all the hype prompted by the success of Avatar in cinemas and the flood of 3D technology unveiled at trade shows like CES...
Storing megawatts: Liquid-metal batteries and electricity
Image via Wikipedia Making aluminum requires a lot of electricity. That's because the metal bonds tightly to oxygen and it takes a lot of energy...
Zep’lin flying boat ponders the future of electric vehicles
A boat that flies. Now there's a vehicle Phileas Fogg could really have used. Zep'lin is a blue-sky concept developed by industrial designer Damien...
The Lithium Chase
Image by lennox_mcdough via Flickr For many years, few metals drew bigger yawns from mining executives than lithium, a lightweight element long associated mostly...
Carbon nanotubes offer new way to produce electricity
Scientists have discovered that a moving pulse of heat traveling along the miniscule wires known as carbon nanotubes can cause powerful waves of...
Monitoring greenhouse gases
Image via Wikipedia Highs and lows You might think that measuring the levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere would be a priority. If you did...
Magic Fingers: Digging Into Multi-Touch Technology with Both Hands
Image by Eliel via Flickr At Perceptive Pixel's offices on Manhattan's West Side, Jefferson Han stands in front of a megasize multi-touch screen and...
Antro SOLO human-electric-hybrid aims for double the fun
Hungarian designers Antro are aiming to introduce a new fuel efficient vehicle to the consumer market by 2012 which (like the recently covered HumanCar) will...
Tree seeds could provide low-cost water purification for developing nations
“In the developing world, more than 1 billion people cannot get clean drinking water... The United Nations says that dirty water causes 80 percent...
It’s 2010 – finally my jet pack is here!
It's been a long time coming. While Arthur C. Clarke's satellites have taken to space, and James Bond's futuristic mobile technology has become common...
Google Busting Out Breakthrough Solar Thermal Technology in 1-3 Years?
Image via CrunchBase Google “green czar” Bill Weihl has just reported that if all things go as planned, we could see Google rolling...
Building a Better Teacher
Image via Wikipedia ON A WINTER DAY five years ago, Doug Lemov realized he had a problem. After a successful career as a teacher, a...
China’s Cyberposse
Image via Wikipedia The short video made its way around China’s Web in early 2006, passed on through file sharing and recommended in chat rooms....
Skinput turns your hand into a touchscreen and your fingers into a keypad
Always thought your skin was more than just a thing to stop your insides falling out? Well, you were right. Chris Harrison has...
Dreaming the Possible Dream
Image via Wikipedia USA-centric but world important THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN The thing I love most about America is that there’s always somebody who doesn’t get the word...
Nanotech Discovery May Green Chemical Manufacturing
Image via Wikipedia A new nanotech catalyst developed by McGill University Chemists Chao-Jun Li, Audrey Moores and their colleagues offers industry an opportunity to reduce...
Small Liquid Sensor May Detect Cancer Instantly, Could Lead to Home Detection Kit
Image via Wikipedia What if it were possible to go to the store and buy a kit to quickly and accurately diagnose cancer, similar to...
A quantum leap for lighting
HOW many inventions does it take to change a light bulb? More than you might think. Around the world, many people are switching from...
Hexakopter: remote-control helicopter puts on amazing aerial display
We've seen the value of using multiple rotors in unmanned microcopters like the CyberQuad, DraganFlyer X8 and more recently Parrot's AR.Drone. The...
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