11/18/2013, When you live in the desert, you would know that water is one precious resource that should not be wasted at all. Needless to say, water conservation is something that is taken seriously in the Middle East, and a startup in Israel known as Woosh Water intends to help conserve water while reducing the amount of plastic consumption. How are they going to do this? Well, through the reinvention of […]

10/23/2013, Nature has more often than not been the inspiration when it comes to delivering solutions to problems. Take flight for instance – the way a bird’s wings is shaped has led us to develop the gift of flight, and this time around, British engineers have managed to gain inspiration from dolphins when it comes to a brand new kind of radar device which is said to be able to track […]

08/12/2013, No, what you see above is not a photo that has had its orientation changed, and neither is it part of the science fiction world of “Upside Down” as depicted in the movies sometime last year, but rather, it is simply that – an upside down car that will run just the way it is. I guess you can call this to be a frightening fusion of a wretched 1990 […]

06/30/2013, A flashlight powered by just a human hand's heat alone sounds impossible...not!

05/20/2013, They say that walking can be one of the best forms of exercise, and do you happen to agree with that particular assessment? If you say so, then you might be interested in what this particular group of students who happen to hail from Rice University have managed to come up with – a new kind of shoe energy harvester which will use the amount of energy gathered to power […]

04/16/2013, Designer and innovator Daan Roosegaarde has made a name for himself in the past thanks to tech-infused fashion, including projects like the glow-in-the-dark Smart Highway as well as the Intimacy project. The latter would be an interactive dress which actually ends up as transparent in response to social encounters. Well, a recent interview at Design Indaba saw Roosegaarde share that his company intends to bring the Intimacy project to new […]

03/06/2013, You know what they say, where there is a will, there is a way. Suleman Khan, an MSc final year student at the Institute of Physics and Electronics, University of Peshawar (UOP), has managed to figure out a way to develop a low-cost wireless bomb defusing robot which will definitely be more than welcome, as it offers an extra line of defence for bomb disposal squad (BDS) personnel to fall […]

02/21/2013, Necessity is the mother of all invention, but what about building stuff just for fun, or out of interest as your hobby? I suppose enthusiasm as well as the constant striving to improve oneself is there in this bunch of Russians, who actually forked out around $1,500 in parts to construct this two-legged Ostrich robot from scratch. You can basically ride on this robot, and we do wish that it […]

02/20/2013, We have seen our fair share of devices that run on solar power in the past, but surely a solar panel that flies? That takes the cake, at least for now. A group of students at Queen Mary University of London have a vision to develop a solar-powered copter, which would definitely offer something that remote controlled toys which fly are unable to deliver in this day and age. Right […]

02/07/2013, Now here is a material that I believe, when bonded on a molecular level with a down and out scientists in a freak accident with some sort of radiation thrown into the picture, would create a decent superhero or supervillain, depending on which side of the fence you are batting on. In a nutshell, this is a new kind of reusable adhesive that is capable of liquefying and solidifying at […]

01/14/2013, You know what they say, if you want something done, then you gotta do it yourself. Considering how it is rather dry in the Land of the Rising Sun during winter, it makes perfect sense to unpack that humidifier from time to time and keep things running nice and cool instead of being totally dry. In fact, a desktop humidifier became the inspiration for this budding inventor who decided to […]

01/01/2013, Do you like to go skiing or snowboarding? If you have answered “Yes!” for the latter activity and are still figuring your way around on a snowboard, then you would do well to pay attention to the future thanks to this technologically enhanced snowboard that will vibrate to help guide you down those treacherous slopes. A particular researcher is looking into developing devices that can be taped onto people’s limbs, […]

12/27/2012, I am one of those who think that cockroaches are one of the grossest things alive, and these critters do not seem to die no matter what you do – bug sprays, roach traps, the works. In fact, it is said that if you kill one, there are plenty more of its brethren that remain unseen. Here is an amalgamation of the old and the new, in the form of […]

12/21/2012, Be thankful that you are not allergic at all to any kind of food, as there are some folks out there who could actually endanger their lives if they were to consume some peanuts, let alone come into contact with it. Well, when you are out in the big, bad world, eating food that is prepared by someone whom you do not know, you cannot be too careful. Perhaps if […]