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One Street Tweeter – the Twitter-powered road-painting printer
The G8 Summit, the annual meeting of leaders from eight of the world’s largest economies, is always a popular venue for protestors who don’t like what some of those leaders are doing. While you may not be able to make it to this year’s upcoming e…
One-room London apartment transformed into a two-level luxury home
When it comes to urban living, architectural innovation is very much about maximizing use of space. This example from London based firm Hogarth Architects does just that by taking a simple studio apartment and transforming it into a luxury multi-level …
Wind-prospecting balloon could seek out locations for turbines
There’s wind in that thar sky … That’s the sort of thing that – conceivably – might be wistfully said by someone who is tasked with looking for locations in which to locate wind turbines. Their job could soon be getting a little easier, howev…
Backer Capper allows for one-handed lens-swapping
Have you ever tried changing lenses on a DSLR, in a situation where you weren’t able to put the camera down? The problem is that it essentially requires three hands. You need two hands to twist off the old lens and put its rear protective cap on, and…
Architects transform submarine into a bar
Two hundred and fifty years ago, brewer Arthur Guinness signed a 9,000-year lease for his St. James’s Gate Brewery in Dublin, Ireland. To commemorate this event, the Guinness company could have rolled out a stretch limousine, but it decided to go one b…
VW shows four new concepts at GTI Worthersea
For three decades, the annual GTI-Treffen held at the Austrian Lake Wörthersee’ has been one of the highlights of the European calendar for Volkswagen enthusiasts. It is increasingly a venue where Volkswagen communes with its closest fans and presen…
Students develop mousetrap IV drip to tackle dehydration in developing word
In the most economically excluded regions of the world about 1.5 million children die of dehydration every year. When patients get to hospital for IV therapy, there may be not enough staff to monitor the drip, and the child may die from receiving the w…
FLYM folding speakers are only millimeters thick
Designed for the utmost portability, designaffairs studio’s FLYM folding portable speakers are made for any device with a standard 3.5-mm headphone jack without need of additional power…
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Race-ready Mitsubishi i-Miev to take on Pikes Peak
Mitsubishi Motors has today announced that it is to enter two electric cars into this year’s Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, taking place this July. In addition to the electric production i-MiEV taking part, Mitsubishi is entering its i-MiEV Evolu…
Nerve detour restores partial hand function in quadriplegic patient
It’s been a good news week for those suffering debilitating spinal injuries. First we looked at a breakthrough that enables quadriplegic patients to move robotic arms using just their thoughts and now, in related news, surgeons at the Washington Univer…
"Inexact" computer chip makes mistakes, but is 15x more efficient
Last year, a team of U.S. researchers applied the pruning shears to computer chips to trim away rarely used portions of digital circuits. The result was chips that made the occasional mistake, but were twice as fast, used half as much energy, and were …
New Kyocera smartphone transmits sound through vibrating screen
Designed to overcome the frustration of listening to phone calls in noisy environments, Kyocera’s new URBANO PROGRESSO smartphone provides an alternative to the traditional speaker by transmitting sound through vibrations in the handset’s display scr…
Map of Life shows distribution of any species throughout the world
Ever wondered if a certain species of animal can be found where you live? The Map of Life website aims to answer this question. A Yale University-led project built on a Google Maps platform, it lists virtually all of the vertebrate animals that can be …
Horizontal Shower gives new direction to keeping clean
If you find standing up in the shower just too strenuous then the Horizontal Shower from German company Dornbracht could be just the thing for your bathroom. It features an array of six “Water Bar” showerheads built into a horizontal platform that …
Wavegarden takes surfing inland
Imagine you’re hundreds of miles from the sea – you climb over a grassy hill and come upon a lake with perfect surf just waiting for you and your board. Spanish engineering firm Instant Sport is setting about making this scenario a reality with its cus…
