Like a superhero, one social worker turned inventor has come to every woman’s rescue with a unique purse that will also double as a charger for your cellphone. Chicago Tribune has more about this unique invention: Smartphone owners have plenty of on-the-go charging options, from USB sticks to solar-powered backpacks. But Liz Salcedo wanted an […]
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Livingston Daily: Tired of making your bed or your child’s bed each morning and annoyed by how much time it takes you? To solve those problems, Howell resident Jana Warford has invented a bedding system called Telae that she believes will “revolutionize the way we make a bed.” Warford said she designed her patent-pending product
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According to Ubergizmo, NASA supplied the astronauts on the recently launched Discovery with special glasses that would make it easier for them to see in space. Superfocus glasses aim to help folks suffering from presbyopia. The glasses act like a regular pair of spectacles, with prescription lenses on the outer layer, while a pair of
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SmartPlanet.com/blog: When we go to the hospital, we count on doctors and nurses to get us healthy, not make us sick—so why are so many health care professionals skipping out on the single most important factor in preventing healthcare-associated infections? Recent research shows that many hospital employees simply aren’t cutting it when it comes to
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NewScientist.com/blogs: A team at the University of Manchester in the UK has developed a carpet that can detect when someone has fallen over or when unfamiliar feet walk across it. Optical fibres in the carpet’s underlay create a 2D pressure map that distorts when stepped on. Sensors around the carpet’s edges then relay signals to
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Wired.com: Computer scientists have published a paper detailing how two algorithms could be used in conjunction with thermal imaging to scan for inebriated people in public places. In the paper, published in the International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics, Georgia Koukiou and Vassilis Anastassopoulos of the University of Patras in Greece detail two
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HumansInvent: In places like Singapore, where fresh water is scarce, one method to obtain drinking water is to filter out the salt from seawater. The usual process for doing this is known as reverse osmosis. Using membrane filtration technology, the salt is filtered out and chucked back into the sea. But this is an expensive,
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CBS News: The U.S. Open represents a showcase for a tennis invention that measures net cord tension. David Glass, an engineer from Knoxville with product development experience, received a patent for his TNT Gauge system in November 2010. The device, about 7 inches long and 1 ¼ inches wide, goes on the anchor hook on
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The Atlantic Cities (blog): Lorenzo Maggiore’s mission was to fund the production of a gun that kills bugs by shooting small amounts of table salt at them. Indiegogo users chose to accept it. With the looks of a nerf gun, the firing style of a shotgun, and the culinary instinct of a potato gun, the
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DigitalJournal.com: A Peruvian scientist invented a system based on a stationary bicycle that can produce enough power to light up a house for nearly a whole day. The invention may have wide application to provide electric power for lighting and heating in remote locations. The invention The device is called “Kallpa Runa”, which in Quechua
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