Category: Science & Technology
$3 Device to Save Millions of Lives
(Phys.org) —Researchers at India’s Institute of Technology Madras have developed a new kind of portable water purification system based on nanoparticle filtration. In their paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the team explains how their new device does its job—it employs nanoparticles to remove not just biological hazards, but toxic heavy [...]
A Message for Abused Children
Brilliant use of technology to target a message for children who may be abused (or may know of another child being abused), with a way for them to get help. Most importantly, they can see they are not alone. Granted, as this video is circulated more abusers will be aware of it and the message [...]
Smart Phones and Future of Medicine — wow!
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Check out The Science Barge!
The Science Barge is a prototype sustainable urban farm developed by NY Sun Works and acquired by Groundwork Hudson Valley in October, 2008 to be operated as an environmental education center. The Science Barge greenhouse, floating on the Hudson River, grows an abundance of fresh produce including tomatoes, melons, greens, and lettuce with zero net [...]
Dave’s Hydroelectric Plant
Originally posted at Wishadoo! “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” ― Richard Buckminster Fuller I would like to introduce you to someone who is busy building one new model for energy production in America. Dave Kinloch is [...]
Spray-on Skin Is a Reality
Original Story on Gizmodo The skin gun is not science fiction—it’s a prototype medical device that literally sprays skin cells onto burn victims to re-grow skin. Old methods like skin grafts took weeks to heal; the skin gun needs about an hour. We’ve heard about the spray-on skin gun back in 2008 but we didn’t think it’d [...]
Albertsons Stores Cut Waste by 90%
Original post at Supermarket News April 10, 2012 LAS VEGAS — Supervalu-owned Albertsons announced that 30 stores located in the greater Las Vegas area, Henderson, Nev., and Boulder City, Nev., have diverted more than 90% of all store waste from local landfills. Through recycling, organic composting and food donations, the stores combined to keep more [...]
Earthquake Wallpaper
Scientists at the Bayer MaterialScience used special stiff, high-strength glass fibers and wove them together to form a strong and flexible wall covering. The material has these fibers running throughout the “fabric” in four different directions, this allows the energy created by an earthquake to distribute evenly and protect against damage. The wallpaper is simply [...]
Super SmartPhone for the Blind
DrawBraille Mobile Phone is one of the most compelling concepts that focus on making mobile phones easy-to-use for the blind. Thanks to a new concept design by Shikun Sun, an industrial design student at Sheffield Hallam University in England, the visually impaired could be included in this trend. Let’s hope this becomes a reality soon! [...]
Solar ‘Wings’ Power Swiss Ski Lift
by Alyssa Danigelis Fri Feb 3, 2012 Original Article Tenna, a farming village in eastern Switzerland not far from resorts such as St. Moritz and Davos, has a population of about 112. As the mayor, Thomas Buchli, told Michele Andina of SwissInfo.ch in a video interview recently, “When it was time to restore the old lift, [...]
