Collaborate Disseminate
While there’s enough room to carry two or more bikes in the cargo area of most minivans (with the back seats removed), there’s typically nothing to keep them securely in place. The Slide&Go system is designed to help, by providing floor-mounted wheel-a… Continue reading Slide&Go system keeps bikes in place in the backs of vans
If you want to continuously monitor your body temperature, and you already wear earrings all day long, why not just have those earrings do the job? That’s the thinking behind the Thermal Earring, which may someday be coming to an ear near you.Continue … Continue reading Thermal Earring feels its wearer’s heat – via their earlobe
After sugarcane crops have been harvested, a great deal of fibrous stalk waste known as bagasse is left over. That substance has been incorporated into an eco-friendly building material called Sugarcrete, which recently won an international Climate Pos… Continue reading Sugar cane waste converted into concrete-beating Sugarcrete
Sandblasters are great for removing paint and rust from surfaces but they’re generally not considered home-use tools, since they must be used with an air compressor. The BLSTRsander is different, however, in that it’s self-contained and compressor-free… Continue reading Compressor-free BLSTRsander is a sandblaster for everyday use
There are many situations in which blind people don’t necessarily have to see what they’re holding, they just need it described to them. An experimental new wearable device, known as AiSee, is designed to do that very thing.Continue ReadingCategory: We… Continue reading AiSee wearable tells blind users what they’re holding in their hand
At the end of a long trail ride, most people likely aren’t too thrilled at the prospect of hoisting their bike up onto a conventional vehicle-back rack. That’s where the Load ‘n’ Lift comes in, as it motorizes the job.Continue ReadingCategory: Outdoors… Continue reading Load ‘n’ Lift rack gets low and uses a motor for easier hefting of bikes
Canadian firm Deep Trekker is probably best known for its Revolution, a top-of-the-line underwater ROV (remotely operated vehicle). The company is now offering a much smaller, less pricey yet still very capable model, however, called the Photon.Continu… Continue reading Photon mini ROV is big on performing underwater tasks
While some other urban air mobility startups are still just producing renderings, eHang’s EH 216 eVTOL has already been tested and cleared for commercial air taxi work in its home country of China. The company has now gone a step further, by announcing… Continue reading eHang’s eVTOL air taxi will cost buyers less than $350,000 (in China)
Ordinarily, when there’s a leak in an underground natural gas pipeline, the affected section of pipe has to be excavated and replaced. Soon, however, a pipe-inspecting and -repairing modular robot may make doing so unnecessary.Continue ReadingCategory:… Continue reading Resin-slinging robot could repair gas pipelines from the inside
Much as we may like sun-dried tomatoes, they’re typically pretreated with sulfur dioxide or salt before the drying process, which may actually be carried out in an oven. By contrast, a new type of cherry tomato has been selectively bred to dry right on… Continue reading New type of cherry tomato self-dries while still on the vine