Tag: Concepts &Amp; Prototypes - Page 10
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iPhone Radiation Dock Will Help Japan Track Impacts of Nuclear Crisis
Japan is still reeling from the nuclear radiation issues following the record-setting earthquake experienced last month. To help, one collective has come up with an interesting device -- a portable Geiger counter that
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Stands for Change Design: The Hinge for iPad
At a Sustainability Summit in Los Angeles this week, I listened to a report about a Multifamily Rooftop Solar Project and took notes. (I'll report further on it
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Milan Furniture Fair 2011 - Lapin Kulta Solar Kitchen Restaurant by Martà Guixé
Once again Milan Design Week is here, and like most years, it is the small independent events that grab our attention. Like the Lapin Kulta Solar Kitchen Restaurant, that
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Forest Debris and Crushed Seashells Filter Radioactive Waste from Water
Radioactive waste in water is a big concern after the problems in Japan, but it turns out that there is a solution for filtering the waste from water supplies. By combining forest byproducts with crushed crustacean
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Crowd-Sourced Barcode Scanner Created For Identifying Zebras
This seems like one of those "of course!" ideas, but sometimes simple things take awhile to come around. Researchers have come up with a simple but effective way of identifying individual zebras through matching the markings on
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Sir Richard Branson's Deep-Sea Submarine to Explore Ocean's Unknown Depths
Our ocean, particularly deep ocean, is one of the least explored places on earth. We know just a fraction of what plants and animals live under the waves, and barely understand the complexity of ocean
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Graphene Could Help Electronics be Self-Cooling, Save Energy
Graphene is a substance that scientists have been highly interested in as an alternative material for faster-charging batteries. We've been hearing for several years about
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iPods Powered With Our Heartbeat Within 5 Years? Scientists Say Yes.
We've heard about futuristic concepts about our body's movements powering up batteries, and we even saw the (rather gruesome) experiment with a rat powering a battery with its body
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Samsung's Clever Idea For A Tablet Device to Replace Cell Phones
My biggest beef with tablet devices is that they don't replace anything we have in our gadget line-up. They do more than a smart phone or e-reader, but less than a
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200-Year-Old Technology Fights Fires With Electricity
Firefighters are trained with many different tactics for fighting a fire. Though the one we're most familiar with is the giant water hose, it turns out that an electrified stick could do the trick just as
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First Practical "Artificial Leaf" Powers Fuel Cells for Rural Homes
Scientists have long been trying to mimic the photosynthesis perfected by leaves
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San Francisco Nightclub's Sustainable Dance Floor Powered By Partiers
Last weekend, 1400 club patrons at Temple Nightclub in San Francisco shook their booties and booted up the power of the sustainable dance floor. 480 Watts were generated
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Solar-Powered Hamster Ball Purifies Water for Drinking
We love seeing designers come up with ideas for solar powered fresh water purification and generation for underdeveloped areas. While most of them won't pan out, it keeps the spark going for figuring out ideas
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Why Isn't Every Key A Keybrid? It Makes So Much Sense.
When I first saw the Keybrid in Wired Magazine I thought a) why bother? and b) how would it work, when you see a wall of blanks on every locksmith's wall? But then the designer, Scott Amron, sent me some and I realized that a)
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Secret To Self-Repairing Computer Chip Is "Graceful Degradation"
Computer chips continue to get smaller and smaller, but as a trade off they also get more fragile. Could the secret to making tiny chips last longer lay in getting them to repair themselves? A team of
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DIY Skylights From Used Water Bottles Replace 50-Watt Bulbs
An ingenious invention by an engineer in Brazil has made an enormous difference in his town. Simply placing a bottle of water in a hole in the ceiling can light up a room with the same brightness as a 50-watt light bulb!
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RoboRoach Kit Makes You Mind Master of Live Cockroaches (Video)
Um, PETA? You might have a problem with this. It's a DIY kit that turns the average cockroach into a remote
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Submarine-Boat Hybrid Goes All-Electric for Greener Get-Aways
If you've been wanting a better way to explore reefs or tropical seas without actually getting wet, you might have found your solution. The Ego is a "compact semi-submarine" from Raonhaje, which works as both a motor boat and a
