Vindy.com: Brain Swaggle is an interactive game that combines Scrabble and chess, making for an online game that’s strategic and stimulating, said Downing, the game’s creator, who is from Cortland. “I thought that it would be cool if somehow a game could be created combining the strategy of chess with the vocabulary skills needed for […]
Brain Swaggle: Where Scrabble Meets Chess Read More »
The high performance tyre of the future will be very different to the tires we drive on today, if the results of a recent design competition are a guide. Hankook Tire recently sponsored a competition of some of the best industrial design students in the US to reimagine the tires of the future.
The Tires of the Future Read More »
Metro: Mr Higgs, who describes his work as ‘being similar to Heath Robinson drawings’, spent four years building the prototype which has been branded a ‘fabulous talking point’. He said he was inspired by items in his grandfather’s workshop as a child and had spent most of his life creating wacky inventions. ‘The majority of
The £100k Corkscrew Read More »
Ryno Motors is a company in Portland, Oregon that is developing an electric motorcycle with a single wheel. It looks like the front of a motorcycle, and can travel more than 30 miles on a single charge. The company negotiating with a manufacturing partner and hopes to have the motorized unicycle on the market in
Ryno: One-Wheeled Motorcycle Read More »
People have been dreaming of hover devices since Back to the Future. Australian inventor, Chris Malloy, is helping make the hover dream come true with his new Hoverbike, reports gizmag. His efforts were prompted when his helicopter instructor likened a Robinson R22 light utility helicopter to an airborne motorbike. Disagreeing, Malloy set about building something
Ride The Skies With A Hoverbike Read More »
Fastcoexist.com: Kids outgrow their bikes unless, that is, they grow with them. Spanish bicycle designer Orbea has designed what may be the first line of bikes that expands with the frame of the owner. With a crossbar, stem, and seat that can be lengthened over time, as well as longer-lasting components, the aptly named Grow
The Grow Bike Invention Read More »
Do you want a little less sun in your outdoor fun? Are the rain clouds threatening to ruin your tailgating party? Then you’ve come to the right place! The Auto-mo-brella is the solution! A stable source of protection from the sun or rain, the Auto-mo-brella provides a way to produce shade or cover for camping,
Gravity Light: Did you know that there are currently over 1.5 billion people in the World who have no reliable access to mains electricity? These people rely, instead, on biomass fuels (mostly kerosene) for lighting once the sun goes down. A commonly held view is that solar powered lighting is the answer to these problems
Generating Light With Gravity Read More »
The film above is from the Competitive Enterprise Institute, and is adapted from the 1958 essay by Leonard E. Read “I, Pencil: My Family Tree as told to Leonard E. Read.†For more about “I, Pencil,†visit www.ipencilmovie.org. At this link, you will find a number of extended commentary videos on the same subject.
I, Pencil: The Movie Read More »
Earthtechling: The technology was commercialized in 1994 by Dyesol, an Australian solar company that sells various DSC products and supplies internationally. Each DSC, covered in titania (a white pigment) and ruthenium dye, is a tiny electrolyte that mimics the natural process of photosynthesis. When exposed to sunlight, the ruthenium dye creates electrons that are absorbed
Solar Cell Paint In The Spotlight Read More »
