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Thought-controled wheelchairs: what's next?

Thought-controled wheelchairs: what's next?

Finally, positive news out of the auto industry that has nothing to do with cars. Yet. Toyota is reporting that...
 
BodyTrace Internet-enabled eScale blabs to the world about your weight

BodyTrace Internet-enabled eScale blabs to the world about your weight

The BodyTrace eScale is a wireless scale that tosses your weight over to you computer and then out to the...
 
Indian artificial heart design uses cockroach heart technology

Indian artificial heart design uses cockroach heart technology

Who would have thought that cockroaches have something to offer modern science? Well, it turns out that while human hearts...
 
Babyglow babygro tells moms when their kid is sick

Babyglow babygro tells moms when their kid is sick

A pub landlord in Britain has invented a babygro that changes color to warn you if your precious little one's...
 
Leather band-aids make healing your wounds as manly as the wounds themselves

Leather band-aids make healing your wounds as manly as the wounds themselves

When you do something totally awesome and manly and end up hurting yourself, you want everyone to see your awesome...
 
Squad Firefighter Positioning System turns every firefighter into Master Chief

Squad Firefighter Positioning System turns every firefighter into Master Chief

The Squad Firefighter Positioning System, designed by University of New South Wales student Roy Hareguina, provides firefighters with the kind...
 
Smartfish adds a wiggly mouse to compliment its thinking, auto-adjusting keyboard

Smartfish adds a wiggly mouse to compliment its thinking, auto-adjusting keyboard

The last time we saw Smartfish, we were a little skeptical about the company's automatically adjusting Pro:Motion keyboard. We caught...
 
Tricorder-like device detects vital signs from 40 feet

Tricorder-like device detects vital signs from 40 feet

Here's the closest device yet to a Star Trek tricorder. Developed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Science and...
 
Stem cell-coated contact lens restores vision to the partially sighted

Stem cell-coated contact lens restores vision to the partially sighted

Researchers from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, have come up with a revolutionary treatment for corneal...
 
Memo robot is an R2-D2 for the elderly

Memo robot is an R2-D2 for the elderly

Designer Watinee Leewongjaroen's "Memo" robot is designed to be the perfect companion and caregiver. It monitors its charge all day...
 
SOLAQUA, a concept to use heat and UV rays to disinfect water

SOLAQUA, a concept to use heat and UV rays to disinfect water

The SOLAQUA by designer Jason Lam is a concept for a passive way to purify water using both heat and...
 
Oriental Living LED toothbrush an illuminatingly expensive product

Oriental Living LED toothbrush an illuminatingly expensive product

How do I love thee, Japan? Let me count the ways — and number one must be this toothbrush with...
 
Shine some light up your nose to relieve allergy symptoms

Shine some light up your nose to relieve allergy symptoms

There's nothing fun about allergies, what with the congestion and other symptoms basically ruining any fun you're trying to have....
 
British boffins unveil band-aid that zaps skin cancer with light

British boffins unveil band-aid that zaps skin cancer with light

Scientists have unveiled a revolutionary sticking plaster that can kill off skin cancer cells. The technology uses OLEDs, or organic...
 
Chinese retiree uses scrap to create steampunk robo-massage chair

Chinese retiree uses scrap to create steampunk robo-massage chair

The above photo might look like some gritty version of a virtual reality chair, but it is in fact a...
 

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