Shopping for children can be an exercise in futility: As soon as you buy them something, they’re too big for it. These bikes solve that problem by expanding along with the growth spurts. Kids outgrow

The machine already requires very little energy to operate and could be run with solar power As useful as 3D printers are becoming in industrial design, they still aren’t exactly eco-friendly and are still mostly

Imagine being able to paint surfaces to make them batteries and then paint solar cells on top . . . Researchers at Rice University in Houston have developed a prototype spray-on battery that could allow

When nature calls, we just have to go. Now, scientists in Singapore have come up with an invention that makes going to the toilet a little more environmentally friendly. Their vacuum lavatory recycles human waste

Now here’s a clever solution for transporting, storing and charging multiple tablet computers. The PowerCRATE is a portable (you can even air-freight tablets in situ) solution for charging 25 tablets simultaneously without connecting any power

It’s designed to explore the ocean in a new way, mainly spending time under the sea. It could be an alien spacecraft or a 21st century version of Captain Nemo‘s Nautilus from Jules Verne “20,000

Southern and Moiseev have turned to Kickstarter to raise funds Although the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft was unmanned during its recent first flight to the International Space Station, the success of that mission nonetheless marked a

If the containers used to carry that water are dirty, it’s all for naught A new, cheap backpack made by Greif is designed to carry water more comfortably than in a jug on your head.

If the world runs low on water, we all may be forced to make our bodies consume less water. How would that work? A Japanese company has the answer. The Japanese design studio Takram was

Where Willow Glass differs from Gorilla Glass, however, is its unusual thinness and flexibility   Corning announced details of a major new glass design at the eighth annual Display Week in Boston, a trade event

This will significantly reduce costs – possibly as much as 50%   PRESS RELEASE A New Zealand invention, designed to make wind power more efficient and cheaper, has been singled out by a renowned wind

“Solar Floating Resort”   Italian industrial designer Michele Puzzolante has come up with a conceptual floating luxury hotel suite he claims could be entirely self-powering thanks to the dye-sensitized solar cells which would be integrated