Collaborate Disseminate
We’ve recently been hearing about how scientists can tell which creatures are present in an aquatic environment, by detecting their cast-off DNA in the water. A new study suggests that doing so may soon become easier, thanks to natural DNA-tr… Continue reading Sponges help scientists detect waterborne DNA
If you’re managing security at a large outdoor event, then it’s important that you know where all of your staff are – at all times. A new system developed at Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology is designed to let… Continue reading Fraunhofer tech tracks security workers at big events
Amongst the challenges faced by the deaf is what’s known as the “cocktail party effect,” in which they have difficulty discerning one speaker’s voice from others in crowded, noisy environments. A new device could help, however – by buzzing tw… Continue reading Device may allow the deaf to "hear through their fingertips"
Commonly used to make a wide variety of items, low-density polyethylene can be recycled into new plastic, but there’s much more waste than recycling facilities can currently handle. With that in mind, scientists have now devised a method of c… Continue reading Heat and carbon turn plastic waste into jet fuel
If you’ve ever wanted to copy the bullet-time effect made famous in The Matrix, where the camera appears to move around someone as they’re frozen in action, then you might like the Wingo Pro. Taking a low-tech approach, it lets you swing your… Continue reading Wingo Pro brings bullet-time to home videos
Several years ago, thanks to the claimed health benefits of standing desks, quite a few startup companies were making the things. Now, a group of Chicago-based entrepreneurs have come out with their own unique take on the technology, in the f… Continue reading Suction-cup standing desk is an instant office with a view
If we’re ever going to get on top of the whole plastic waste problem, a partial solution may lie in substances that fix themselves when broken, instead of having to be discarded. With that in mind, many groups have been developing self-healin… Continue reading Self-healing material has resin in its "veins"
When most of us walk over uneven ground, our feet respond to the dips and humps by flexing the ankle and moving the toes. Prosthetic feet typically don’t do so, often resulting in falls. An experimental new model, however, uses a tripod-like … Continue reading Experimental prosthetic foot maintains stability on rough terrain
“Solar steaming” is an eco-friendly form of water purification in which sunlight is used to heat tainted water, turning it to steam which condenses back into liquid. That clean liquid is then collected as drinking water. A new system offers i… Continue reading Rosy tech offers better, cheaper water purification
More and more people are utilizing their smartphones for underwater photography, but there’s a problem with using a watertight housing made just for your device – it’s useless when you change phones. The Xpoovv, however, works with a wide ran… Continue reading Xpoovv underwater housing fits a variety of smartphones