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- Air Company wins first place in NASA's CO2 Conversion Challenge Wed, 22 Sep 21, 4:30amA technology, engineering and design-based company in New York has secured first place in NASA’s CO2 Conversion Challenge with a project that converts CO2 into sugars to create new resources on Mars...
- Record-breaking paper water purifier operates at near 100% efficiency Tue, 8 May 18, 2:29amResearchers at the University at Buffalo have created a highly efficient device that uses sunlight and black carbon-dipped paper to clean water. The paper is placed in a triangular arrangement, which enables it to vaporize...
- 11-year old inventor becomes "America's Top Young Scientist" for creating lead-detecting sensor Fri, 20 Oct 17, 2:01am11-year-old Gitanjali Rao earned the title of "America's Top Young Scientist" when she won the this year’s prestigious Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge...
- 11-year old inventor becomes "America's Top Young Scientist" for lead-detecting sensor Fri, 20 Oct 17, 2:01am11-year-old Gitanjali Rao earned the title of "America's Top Young Scientist" when she won the this year’s presitigious Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge...
- Insane new flying Iron Man suit will be 3D-printed Thu, 10 Aug 17, 1:17amHold onto your seats Marvel fans and tech enthusiasts. Before you know it, a real-life “Iron Man” suit will be on the market — and yes, it can fly. Developed by Richard Browning, the co-founder of start-up company Gravity,...
- 11-year-old boy invents device to save children from dying in hot cars Wed, 5 Jul 17, 12:52amChildren dying in overheated cars is one of those preventable tragedies that just shouldn't happen, and an 11-year-old boy in Texas decided to do something about it...
- Nigerian man invents cool jet car that operates on land and water Fri, 14 Apr 17, 8:33pmIf you're ever in Lagos, Nigeria, watch for a quirky aero-amphibious jet car roaming the streets. Self-taught inventor Kehinde Durojaiye transformed a bunch of junk he found into a vehicle capable of operating on land or...
- Pedaling Pianist Strikes a Chord With His Homemade Piano Bike Sat, 13 Apr 13, 7:00amPianos aren't generally thought of as the most portable of musical instruments, which makes tickling the ivories almost always an indoor activity -- but staying cooped up inside to play wasn't what musician Gary Skaggs had...
- 13 Year-Old Kenyan Invents LED System That Protects Livestock, Lions and Humans Wed, 6 Mar 13, 2:30amRichard Turere, a 13 year-old from Kenya, has been making waves at the TED conference with his innovative invention—an LED system that prevents lions from killing livestock (and also humans)...
- Colorful Carpet Made From Thousands of Digital Watches by Heidi Voet Wed, 30 Jan 13, 5:30amWristwatches were once a necessity, but now they’re entering the realm of novelty – more often than not, when you ask someone for the time they check their smartphone instead...
- Apple Files Patent for Wind Turbine That Can Produce Energy Even When There’s No Wind Sat, 29 Dec 12, 6:59amCritics of wind power all like to point out the same problem with turbine technology: “What happens when the wind doesn’t blow”? Apple, usually a maker of products that consume energy, recently filed for...
- Makeshift Magazine Launch Celebrates Innovative Design in Unlikely Places Sat, 22 Oct 11, 8:40amRead the rest of Makeshift Magazine Launch Celebrates Innovative Design in Unlikely Places Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: A Journal of Creativity, adaptive reuse, Africa, asia, developing world,...