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Throughout the densely-populated country of Bangladesh, a lack of access to clean drinking water is responsible for a variety of debilitating and often-lethal infections. Soon, however, residents could filter virtually all harmful microbes ou… Continue reading Algae-derived paper filters pathogens out of water
Of all the shapes and sizes that multitools come in these days, the form of a credit card is a highly practical one. The latest to follow this line of thinking comes from accessory maker Disc, which has taken to Kickstarter with a sleek sheet… Continue reading MultiCard Multitool slides out of your wallet to perform over 21 tasks
Even though road signs already tend to be highly reflective, some night-time drivers still don’t notice the things. New technology could help, as it causes signs to reflect in an attention-getting rainbow of changing colors.
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It was just last year that we heard about Vollebak’s Black Light Jacket, which incorporates a series of black spots that reflect white in bright light. The company’s new Black Squid Jacket takes things several steps further, as the whole thin… Continue reading Color-changing jacket is inspired by squids
Every day, dairies dispose of milk that for one reason or another is deemed unfit for human consumption. A Los Angeles-based startup by the name of Mi Terro is taking some of that milk and using it to create T-shirts, that reportedly have som… Continue reading Softer-than-cotton antibacterial shirt is made out of milk
Though facial recognition technology isn’t exactly flavor of the month at the moment, it could prove popular among revelers queuing at a busy bar. British data science company DataSparQ has introduced the A.I. Bar service, which helps bar sta… Continue reading Facial recognition system helps stop queue-jumping at bars
Ever receive a package and have nothing on hand to open it sharper than the keys in your pocket? With the Microblade Pill from Microcarry clipped to your keychain, you’ll never experience that problem again. A different style of EDC knife, th… Continue reading Pill-size keychain blade puts cutting power in your (smallest) pocket
If you were designing a new back brace, trying it out on people could be kind of risky – what if it was flawed, and ended up hurting the test subjects? It was with this in mind that scientists at Britain’s University of Lancaster have created… Continue reading Human torso simulator is set to test back braces
Killing up to 200,000 people annually, schistosomiasis is one of the most deadly parasitic diseases in the world, second only to malaria. Soon, however, prawn aquaculture could be used to control the snails that spread it – and to provide rev… Continue reading Prawn aquaculture could provide income – while stopping disease-spreading snails
They’re known as deepfakes – photos or videos that have been very convincingly manipulated to depict people saying or doing things that they never actually said or did. They’re potentially quite the problem, so an experimental new deep neural… Continue reading Learning from photos, a deep neural network identifies deepfakes