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Vision: Eyeglasses With a Tunable Prescription

If you’ve ever been for an eye exam then you’re familiar with the process of looking through various combinations of lenses as the optometrist attempts to determine your ideal prescription.  Now...

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Kenya Gets More Mobile With Bicycle-Powered Cellphone Charger

Despite the ubiquity of cellphones, most people in Africa still need to travel great distances each time they need to charge their battery, a fact of life for many living in remote Kenyan Villages,...

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5 New Design Ideas From Dyson Award Candidates

On September 7, the James Dyson Award will be given out to the individual who best designs "something that solves a problem". Here are 5 of our favorite contenders for the prize...

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The Importance Of Innovation’s “Long Nose”

Bill Buxton, Principal Scientist at Microsoft Research, has written a fascinating essay in about what he calls the "long nose of innovation."

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Autumn Calendar Automatically Tears Off Its Own Pages

Stihl needed an inventive business gift to promote its new line of leaf blowers and Euro RSCG Germany delivered.

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(Video) Smart Curtains For Privacy

Niklas Roy's invention helps provide a sense of solitude in a public area.

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What Did the ‘Creative Economic Revolution’ Unleash in 2010?

A look at what startups produced in 2010 provides us some context and perspective at how the creative economic revolution is faring.

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Sony’s Innovative Dual-View TV

The technology may allow people to watch two different programs on the same device.

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Innovators Hardware Store Sells Tools For Inspiration

The Inventables online shop functions as a hub to help facilitate the possible by providing designers, inventors and artists with access to innovative materials.

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Stery-Hand Evaluates How Well You Wash Your Hands

The first prize winner at the European Innovact Campus Awards 2011 offers a method to verify cleanliness.

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The Next Big Tech Thing Has Already Been Done [Headlines]

People in the tech industry are always hunting for the next big thing but Bill Buxton of Microsoft says it's probably right under their noses.

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Electronic Instant Camera Prints Images Onto Receipt Paper [Video]

Inventor Niklas Roy's device combines an analog black and white videocamera and a thermal receipt printer.

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Clothes That Clean Themselves Using Only Sunshine

Scientists have discovered a cotton fabric that when treated with a chemical compound can remove stains when exposed to sunlight.

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Insulated Bag Retains Heat To Slow Cook Food With Less Energy

Eco-friendly Wonderbags reduce carbon emission and costs while preparing meals.

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High-Tech Baseball Cap Will Stop Truckers Falling Asleep At The Wheel

The SmartCap monitors brainwaves to detect fatigue and can reduce workplace accidents caused by drowsiness.

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Good Vibrations: Electronic Bodysuit Helps Patients With Nerve Disorders

The Elektrodress started out as a concept on the Swedish TV show "Dragon's Den", and will help individuals improve mobility and relaxation.

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Future Of Medicine May Have You Swallowing Super Fast Nano-Rockets

New remedy delivery system could travel incredibly fast using only our stomach acid to propel itself.

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Affordable 3D Printer Costs Less Than An iPad

High-tech gadget that was only available to designers, now goes mainstream.

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Samsung’s Implantable Medical Device Could Be Used To Monitor Your Brain

Samsung has applied for a patent on a device that communicates a person's physiological and pathological state.

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Inflatable Cast Immobilizes Injured Area Within Seconds [Video]

A blow up stabilizing bandage can stabilize a broken bone, sprain, and heavy bleeding.

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Artist Creates Real Clouds Indoors [Pics]

Berndnaut Smilde creates the clouds by carefully regulating humidity, temperature, and light in the space.

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Next-Generation Handcuffs Could Sedate & Zap Detainees

Patented apparatus would administer drugs and electric shocks.

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14 Year Old Girl Develops Solar-Powered Water Purifier

Deepika Kurup won $25,000 for her invention in the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Competition.

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Paper Humidifier Flower Works Without Electricity

A portable and aesthetic innovation to help prevent overly dry environments.

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Music Note Identifier May Lead To Earlier Parkinson’s Diagnosis

New technology can identify the Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods after 'hearing' only three notes.

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Square Skateboard Wheels Won’t Stop Rolling

SharkWheel’s helix cube-like shape is balanced in such a way to promote continuous movement on any surface.

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Hacked Old Spice Deodorant Plays Music When Opened [Video]

11-year-old Quinn Sheeran disassembled and repurposed the electronics from a birthday card to make the deodorant play the 'Rocky' theme.

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Coin Flipper Transforms a Simple Task Into an Unexpected Interaction

Programming and robotics reinvent an otherwise ordinary human movement

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A Simple Bag Helps You Save the Water Wasted for Your Hot Shower

Nifty invention makes sure every drop of clear water counts, even if its not warm enough just yet

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