Two BYU students created a webservice called DivvyThat.com to split utility bills between roomates. Universe has more: Dusty Hulet was explaining to a professor the business idea of electronically splitting utility costs between roommates when a student approached him; he said his roommates owed him $200 each for months of utility bills. Having utility costs […]
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According to The Telegraph, scientists have developed a computer chip that converts tiny movements, like the twitch of a finger or a heart beat, into electricity. The team, presenting their findings at the National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society, have used it to power LCD displays and diodes, as well as to
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What will you be doing when you reach 91 years old? For some people, that age means sitting back and enjoying each day. However, Harold Isaacs is using this time to invent. Some years back, Harold was reading a book on engineering and how it applies to an urban ice-making plant. The book included information
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Frank Fish was on vacation with his fiancée in Boston when he spotted a fine-art sculpture of a humpback whale in Quincy Market. On closer inspection, he noticed the flippers had bumps on the edges. “I thought ‘The artist got this all wrong,’” he recalls. “But when the store manager pulled out a picture of
According to Neatorama when an aquarium in Japan planned their holiday displays for Christmas, they decided to harness the natural talents of one resident: the electric eel. The lights on one small Christmas tree are powered by the eel’s natural electricity, which is picked up by two aluminum panels in the tank that act as
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I has only four ingredients: alcohol, caffeine, guarana and taurine. It comes in a multitude of flavors, and it’s now under fire by critics. Four Loko is an alcoholic energy drink that was created by Ohio State graduates, Chris Hunter, Jason Freeman and Jeff Wright. Inspired by their time in school, they decided to fill
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Numerous research studies show that our bodies operate by 90 minute rhythms during the day. When we’re awake, we move from higher to lower alertness every 90 minutes. Matthew E. May at OPEN Forum says we should try to get things done in bursts of intensely focused activity, interspersed with periods of rest and recovery.
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If you have used a digital camera or any gadget that requires batteries, occasionally you insert the batteries the wrong way preventing the device from working till you switch them around. GadgetVenue reports that Microsoft has invented a new technology called InstaLoad that allows a device to be powered regardless of which way you put
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The Associated Press reports that Florida officials are seeking inventors to save the state’s pristine beaches from the Gulf of Mexico spill. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection organized a demonstration by 10 U.S. and Canadian inventors to find the best methods to clean tar off an oil-fouled section of Pensacola Beach. Eight others were
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mlive.com: As he puts it, Gary Szekely developed an app. Only it wasn’t for an iPhone, iPad or any other multimedia device – Szekely’s new technology instead applies to the unsung vending machine. The owner of Kalamazoo-based Advantage Vending has a patent pending on a device that attaches to a particular brand of refrigeration system
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