Miscellaneous
The car of the future could drive on air without ever needing fuelling
The clean car story gets better and better. Current electric car still need batteries that require not so nice chemicals and time for recharging. The hydrogen fuel cell car is the next step with the fuel cell powering the electric engine. The first such cars will enter the roads of Japan and Read More...
Harnessing the power of waves with an floating hydraulic squid
Harnessing wave power in the seas around Scotland, a new hydraulic energy-capturing device shows promise. The floating squid-like mechanism is made of a central ballast shaft and three attached arms. As the arms move along an X,Y, and Z axis the hydraulic connecting points harness the energy as the Read More...
A magic wand saves energy while making tea
We boil too much water for the cups of tea we drink. And as the leading tea-drinkers in the western world, the British are in the right position to figure that out. They have calculated that the collective extra energy used to bring a whole kettle to boil when you only need a cup’s worth of water Read More...
Electric bacteria cold be source of future fuel
Standard approaches to green energy are great for consumers, but aren’t very useful for larger machinery, or huge cargo ships. The battery technology powering your Prius or the windmills that dot open landscapes don’t produce enough energy to get a containership from Stockholm to San Francisco. Read More...
A practical approach to green building
Buildings have been getting progressively greener, and we don’t mean in color. The Green Building Initiative (GBI), an organization created in 2004 with the aim of bringing sustainable building practices into the mainstream, recently turned recently celebrated it’s 10th year in operation. The Read More...
Device measures skin’s electricity to predict seizures
A new device, called Embrace, can predict a seizure before it occurs. MIT scientists discovered that there are spikes in electrical activity in the skin about 20 minutes before seizures happen. The new smartwatch will measure skin electricity, and alert the wearer of a spike so precautionary Read More...
New gel saves lives, stops bleeding instantly
The femoral artery is a huge artery that runs through your leg. The femoral is so big and bleeds so fast that if it is severed in any way there is little chance for survival. That notion could soon be a thing of the past because of a gel that stops bleeding instantly. Veti-Gel is derived from plant Read More...
“This is the best time ever to be alive”
The slide shows a dated photo of a young man. He’s carrying a stereo recorder on his shoulder. He has a walkman on his head. A photo camera around his neck. On the table he displays a video recorder with a stack of video tapes. And music cassettes. And Cds. And a loudspeaker. “Twenty years Read More...
A new destination for the good old payphone: hotspot
New York City is removing payphones and installing public Wi-Fi charging stations that will be kitted out with Android tablets and offer an array of city services, touchscreen maps for lost tourists, a 911 button, and other helpful tech-centric utilities. The initiative is similar to a London Read More...
Vaccine patch uses micro needles and doesn’t hurt
If you hate needles then you’ll love this new technology. Vaxxas, an Australian company, has come up with a needle-patch that has thousands of drug-laced micro needles. The micro needles barely break the skin when they administer drugs, and supposedly don’t hurt at all. Even more interesting is Read More...