In 1948 Bernard Silver, a graduate student at Drexel Institute of Technology in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA overheard the president of the local food chain, Food Fair, asking one of the deans to research a system to automatically read product information during checkout. Silver told his friend Norman Joseph Woodland about the request, and they started […]
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YourLocalGuardian.co.uk: A sixth-form student from Sutton Grammar School has been chosen to represent the UK in a European-wide young scientist competition. Andrew Cowan, 17, from South Park Road in Wimbledon, created a remote controlled search and recovery robot as part of his A-level coursework. The robot so impressed the competition judges, that he was chosen
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The Atlantic: Imagine a $120 box that sits between your cable modem (the box that brings the internet into your house) and your wireless router (the thing that fills your house with wifi) and blocks every kind of ad that can be delivered over the internet. No more ads on your laptop, tablet or smartphone.
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Finally, a chip that understands a nacho-eater’s need to enjoy each and every topping without stealing all the middle chips: Spoonachos! Best thing since the spork. Designer Denis Bostandzic deserves a Nobel Peace Prize for this one. My question is…why did it take till the 21st century to come up with this product? Via: Holy
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Mail Online: ‘A spray of WA|HH and the shock is immediate, like a sensorial alarm.’ Each WA|HH canister, which contains 2 milliliters of alcohol, delivers just 0.075 milliliters per dose, a thousand times less than a cocktail. People who puff will even be able to pass a breathalyzer test moments after ingesting the spray. Flash
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Smelly-vision is here! Olly is a little white box that you connect to the internet that notifies you via your sense of smell. When it receives a notification from the internet, be it a new email, or a tweet or a change in weather, it emits a smell just like a Glade Automatic Spray.
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The Hygiene Handle is covered in 23 pressure points that release a sterile gel when it is pulled to open the door. Inventor Matt Roberts, 31, said the idea has been trialled at two hospitals and he is hoping the invention will be rolled out nationally by the NHS. The father-of-one, said: ‘I came up
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Niche Invention: Bite Counter The Bite Counter is a watch-like device that counts how many bites of food you take. Working like a pedometer that counts your steps, it counts the number of times you bring your fork up to your mouth. The Bite Counter tracks wrist motion. In order to pick something up, the
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At approximately the size of a beach ball and completely black, the Spherical Air Vehicle looks likes a miniature Death Star that can transmit live video from a camera. The drone can fly down alleys, hover, take off vertically, and it can even bounce on the ground, reports AFP. The latest model, the seventh prototype,
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Wired: From 1790 until 1870, U.S. patent law required inventors to submit actual physical models of their novel machines along with their drawings and descriptions. These miniature testaments to innovation – “not more than twelve inches square … neatly made” – are the subject of a new exhibition at Harvard University, Patent Republic. The display
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