Pet companies have finally realized that the toys most dogs love make a
noise that’s not a squeak. It’s the crisp, crunchy, crackly sound of a
PET (as in Polyethylene terephthalate)
bottle, the kind that water, soda, and other beverages are generally
bottled in. Whether it’s a preferred sound or the feel of the crunch
that attracts a dog to a water bottle, I can’t say, but dogs love ’em. The question is do you want your dog chewing on a potentially harmful
bottle?
Patients at a dental clinic in Zhubei, Taiwan have less to fear (and more to see) now that the office’s hygienists have taken to wearing skimpy French Maid outfits. The respectful nurse/maids bring slippers and serve coffee to arriving visitors who leave later with the cleanest teeth EVAR!
A parking lot made from thick, hexagonal solar cells tough enough to
support the weight of a tractor? It’s more likely than you think.. A
12-by-36 foot prototype "solar parking lot" made from the super-tough
panels can generate enough power by day to keep nearby street lamps and
signs safely glowing at night.
Bike Hugger’s limited edition waxed canvas Hugga Tool Rolls are handmade in Seattle and built to hold a spare tire, CO2 canisters, as well as a couple bike tools.
While the idea sounds great on paper, Sony’s high-end clip-on smartphone camera isn’t worth the money.
An international group of inter-disciplinary scientists in oncology,
plasmonics, nano-fabrication, microfluids, and surface chemistry have
developed a detection device that can identify cancer in the blood long
before any detection device available now. Though many years and many
scientists have contributed to its development, the cancer detector and
tracker is deceptively simple-looking and fits on a chip that’s only a few square
centimeters in size.
Are you an athlete? Do you like working out to your favorite songs? The Grip + protective case for the iPhone 5 and 5s could be exactly what you need. This product was developed with the athelte in mind and comes with features for the sports enthuiast.
Look Sofia, no batteries! After proving its all-electric, ultra-capacitor, no-batteries technology over seven years and 8 million kilometres in Shanghai, China, the innovative Chariot E-bus is bringing its talents to South Bea, er, make that Sofia, Bulgaria.
Remember how, in The Matrix, Neo was able to basically stop time, stepping easily around his foe’s bullets? Remember thinking about how awesome that was if you could do the same? Apparently, the folks who developed Superhot did – it’s a shooter where time stands still until the moment you move.
On June 12, the World Cup in São Paulo is going to be kicked off in a very unique fashion: a paralyzed young adult will walk onto the field in a robotic exoskeleton to deliver the first kick. There are some who trumpet this as a step towards making wheelchairs obsolete…but is it?
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