New Exo-Arm Makes Your Arm Seem Weightless, Reducing Annoying Drink-Lifting Fatigue
Posted by admin in Design, Mobile technology on 24. Mar, 2011 | 0 Comments
Exoskeletons aren’t all just made for soldiers — now they can help desk jockeys reach for a pen or a cup of coffee, and reduce the fatigue that comes with typing all day long. The x-Ar arm support won’t give you superhuman strength or do your work for you — it will just help your [...]
PepsiCo develops first PET plastic bottle made completely from plant-based material
Posted by admin in Design, Science on 17. Mar, 2011 | 0 Comments
PepsiCo says it has developed the world’s first 100 percent plant-based PET bottle Mountain Dew’s green bottles could become even "greener" with an announcement from PepsiCo claiming it has developed the world’s first polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic bottle made entirely from plant-based, fully renewable resources including switch grass, pine bark and corn husks. The bottle [...]
Trees Infused With Glowing Nanoparticles Could Replace Streetlights
Posted by admin in Concept, Design on 12. Nov, 2010 | 0 Comments
Someday, This Tree Could Be Producing Its Own Light nauright on Flickr Taiwanese researchers have come up with the elegant idea of replacing streetlights with trees, by implanting their leaves with gold nanoparticles. This causes the leaves to give off a red glow, lighting the road for passersby without the need for electric power. This [...]
Planned Portuguese Eco-City Is Controlled By A Central Computer Brain
Posted by admin in Design, Electronics on 13. Oct, 2010 | 0 Comments
Urban Operating System Living PlanIT via Fast Company A new eco-city planned in Portugal takes a cue from biology, using a centralized computer “brain” to control functions like water use, waste processing and energy consumption. It’s the biggest attempt at urban metabolism, which attempts to compare cities to living organisms. PlanIT Valley, in southern Portugal [...]
Canadian Student Becomes First Human to Fly By Flapping Wings
Posted by admin in Design on 23. Sep, 2010 | 0 Comments
Snowbird The Snowbird weighs just 94 pounds but has a wingspan that nearly matches a Boeing 737. A Canadian engineering student achieved sustained flight in a human-powered ornithopter for the first time in August, and has just filed a claim for a world record, according to the University of Toronto. The Snowbird is the first [...]
