Collaborate Disseminate
If you’re the outdoorsy type, it’s possible you might have use for a flashlight, headlamp, bicycle headlight and camping lantern. Well, if you wanna keep things streamlined, Xeter Spark combines all four in one modular system.Continue ReadingCategory: … Continue reading Xeter Spark combines four outdoor lights in one system
Ordinarily, the microcircuit patterns used in microchips are printed onto flat silicon wafers, potentially limiting the chips’ applications. A new technique, however, lets such patterns be more easily applied to curved surfaces – and it uses “candy” to… Continue reading New technique uses candy to apply microcircuits to curved surfaces
So, you want an off-road electric motorbike, but you also kind of like the idea of those new-fangled snowbikes? Well, with Daymak’s new Combat Ebike you don’t have to choose, as it can be converted from the one to the other in about an hour.Continue Re… Continue reading Daymak’s Combat Ebike can be converted from motorbike to snowbike
Chronic wounds such as diabetic skin ulcers can be very slow to heal, potentially leading to amputations or sometimes even death. A new bandage could speed their healing by delivering electrical stimulation, but only as needed.Continue ReadingCategory:… Continue reading Experimental “smart” bandage speeds healing by zapping chronic wounds
Plastic ketchup bottles have a valve in the lid that opens to let ketchup out, and that sometimes “sputters” if the bottle is squeezed too hard. Dutch scientists have copied that mechanism to create an actuator that could be used in autonomous soft rob… Continue reading Ketchup bottles inspire new method of moving soft-bodied robots
It goes without saying that if a hockey player isn’t skating at their full potential, they’re not as good of a player as they could be. That’s where Scorched Ice hockey skate sensors are made to come in, as they assess the user’s skating performance.Co… Continue reading Scorched Ice skate sensors are like wearable hockey coaches
Water level sensors serve an important purpose in rivers, warning of floods and unsafe recreational conditions. A new one is claimed to be not only more robust and reliable than others, but also considerably less expensive.Continue ReadingCategory: Sci… Continue reading Tough, cheap sensor uses satellite signals to monitor water levels
Although many groups are developing power-generating “smart fabrics,” the technology is often too complex to be scaled up to commercial use. Now, however, scientists have devised a simple method of embroidering electrical generators onto regular fabric… Continue reading Embroidered patches allow existing fabrics to generate electricity
If you were pedaling over rough terrain while carrying a big load, you’d probably appreciate the stability offered by three wheels. The BiTrike was designed with such considerations in mind, as it features front and rear independent suspension, plus it… Continue reading All-terrain tilting BiTrike features independently suspended rear wheels
The leads that connect external pacemakers to the heart can potentially cause problems, either if they’re removed or left in place. German scientists are therefore developing an alternative, in the form of leads that get absorbed by the body.Continue R… Continue reading New pacemaker leads would dissolve in the body when no longer needed