 10 Sea Scum Selections - From Seaweed Biofuel to Algae-Powered Cars::Seaweed, kelp and algae might be nasty to look at, but they are incredibly essential to the balance of the ecosystem.
In order to show a little love for the marine life which usually gets cast aside… [MORE] |
 15 Scintillating Citrus Finds - From Recycled Bottle Juicers to Skateboarding Fruit::Fruits of the citrus persuasion are colorful and commonly found in your favorite cocktail or beer. In honor of the citrus group, we are bringing you 15 scintillating citrus finds.
Check out all the lemons… [MORE] |
 26 Scientific Products - From Scientific Cooking Kits to Experimental Lighting::It’s all and well when we indulge our fantasies with surreal surroundings, but we need to balance it out once in awhile before we lose our sense of reality. One way to ground ourselves is to introduce… [MORE] |
 Scientific Blankets - The Periodic Table of Elements Blanket Keeps You Warm::The periodic table of elements blanket will both keep you warm and help you learn at the same time. This is the ultimate in geek chic. This periodic table of elements blanket is sure to satiate the scientific… [MORE] |
 Injectable Breast Lifts - Tighten a Sagging Bust With the 'Breastox' Treatment::People have Botox injected into their faces to smooth away fine lines and firm sagging skin. Now, with the ‘Breastox’ treatment, you can do the same for your bust.
The Breastox treatment is essentially… [MORE] |
 Fuzzy Sci-Fi Art - Science Fiction Heroes Immortalized in Black Velvet::Science fiction has played a huge role in providing some of the inspiration for many of today’s scientific innovations. It kinda makes sense that the someone within the grasp of the cult of sci-fi would… [MORE] |
 Pinpoint Laser Preservation - Cyark Preserves Landmarks Through Laser Mapping::Experts at the Glasgow School of Art have mastered the process of laser mapping to produce exquisite images of historic landmarks and monuments that are millions of times more accurate than conventional… [MORE] |
 Smart Carvertising - Oxford Science Park Makes Periodic Table of Elements Vehicles::Oxford Science Park, based in the U.K., has come up with an ingenious marketing scheme that combines vehicles and science. The advertising scheme that Oxford Science Park has come up with involves covering… [MORE] |
 Insect Turbines - The Green Wavelength xBee Was Inspired by Bumblebees::Here is a wind turbine that just doesn’t quit—buzzing, that is. Well not exactly, but the Green Wavelength xBee was crafted to rotate and hover much like how a bumblebee, hummingbird, or dragonfly would.… [MORE] |
 10 Marsupialic Finds - From Blue Eyed Koalas to Kangaroo Chairs::The marsupial is a curious class of mammals which carry their young around in a pouch. Most commonly associated with Australia, there are marsupials found all over the world.
In honor of our pouched… [MORE] |
 Oil-Producing Water Bottles - Envion Transforms Plastic Waste into Oil::Washington-based company Envion may have the Midas touch when it comes to plastic trash. The company has developed a way to turn plastic waste into oil -- something that is extremely relevant with today’s… [MORE] |
 Online Book Catalogs - 'Librarything' Library-Quality Tracking App for Hardcore Book-Lovers::LibraryThing is a service app that allows personal online book cataloging and access from any Internet browser, including those on mobile phones. The LibraryThing app has several features including a combined… [MORE] |
 34 Ancient Civilization Discoveries - From Ancient Cityscapes to Ancient Rome Editorials::It’s impossible to forget our past. It seeps into our present-day activities and future possibilities. As a species, we continue to not only unlock secrets from our past, we draw inspiration from it as… [MORE] |
 10 Face Recognition Technologies - From Face Recognition Campaigns to FaceCodes::You never know when you’ll need face recognition technologies aside from what your digital camera can provide. Maybe you’ll go into the espionage industry or perhaps you just want to add some extra security… [MORE] |
 Mind-Mapped Sofas - Lucas Maassen Uses Sleep to Create the Brainwave Couch::When a person closes their eyes, brainwaves function differently. Using this principle, designer Lucas Maassen created the brainwave couch.
The brainwave couch is crafted by mapping the first 3-seconds… [MORE] |
 Eco-Friendly Outlets - The Energy Conserving Power Outlet is Helping to Save the Planet::Everyone knows that they should unplug any appliance they have when not in use (except you refrigerator). The sole reason being that the plugged-in object will still be using and wasting, energy. The energy… [MORE] |
 Vampire Skin Treatments - The Dracula Therapy is a Scary Way to Turn Back the Clock::The concept of vampires is now being used in skincare with specialists touting 'Dracula Therapy', the latest in anti-aging that may just give you the immortal skin of the undead (minus the pale complexion).… [MORE] |
 Weather-Predicting Probes - The SMOS Probe May Pinpoint Floods and Droughts::Launched from a Russian rocket, the Soil Moisture and Salinity (SMOS) probe was sent into outer space today by the European Space Agency.
The SMOS probe is a satellite that can measure global levels… [MORE] |
 Eco-Friendly Big Rigs - Renault Premium Optifuel Features Fuel-Saving Aerodynamics::The aerodynamic Renault Optifuel Solutions Generation 2010 test vehicle aims to lower fuel consumption by 15%. The tractor has a redesigned cab and rearview cameras replace wind-resisting mirrors.
The… [MORE] |
 Illuminating Adhesives - The Sculpt-A-Light Duct Tape is a Brilliant Design::I use duct tape to repair things. I know it won’t hold in the long run, but it is a quick fix. Obviously, any duct tape innovation that comes along is good in my books, so the Sculpt-a-Light duct tape… [MORE] |
 16 Anti-Germovations - Other Ways to Avoid Seasonal Sicknesses Other than the Flu Vaccine::I’m not one to take medication or vaccines to avoid or get over the flu. Instead, I use the power of my body to naturally overcome such sicknesses. I understand the ‘merit’ and ‘rationale’ behind such… [MORE] |
 Stealthy Wind Turbines - RidgeBlade ridgeline Wind Turbine Has Nearly Invisible Horizontal Design::The RidgeBlade ridgeline wind turbine, winner of the 2009 Postcode Lottery Green Challenge, is a revolutionary micro power generating wind turbine design; It mounts horizontally along the roof ridge making… [MORE] |
 25 Fingerprint-Focused Features - From Biometric Scanning Systems to Fingerprint Jewelry::Your fingerprint is perhaps the most distinctive part of your external persona, so it’s no wonder that we’ve seen so many fingerprint-focused innovations. This slideshow aims to collect the best of these… [MORE] |
 Trippy Fingerprint Art - J.S.Campbell Photography Turns Thumbprints into Masterpieces::I’m loving this fingerprint art series from J.S.Campbell Photography. Campbell has taken fingerprints and turned them into something truly unusual, all with a little bit of a photographer’s magic.
We’ve… [MORE] |
 Face-Recognizing Door Locks - FaceID CVJB-G107 Recognition System Techifies Your Home::I decided it was time to go key-less with my doors locks, so I started researching the high tech fingerprint recognition reader locks and found that something even more high tech exists--the FaceID CVJB-G107,… [MORE] |
 Elemental Lunch Spots - Periodic Picnic Table is the Best Place to Do Your Chemistry Homework::I wish I would have had the Periodic Picnic Table in my life when I was going through high school chemistry. It's safe to say that science was not my best subject.
Just think of the elemental possibilities… [MORE] |
 Prefab Igloos - Icewall One’s Igloo Satellite Cabin Twarts Harsh Weather and Lunging Bears::The Igloo Satellite Cabin manufactured by Australia’s Icewall One is a pre-fabricated remote shelter that can withstand subzero temperatures, high winds, ice, snow, and lunging bears.
The transportable… [MORE] |
 20 Nose Candy Dandies - From Cocaine Dinnerware to Legal Cocaine Bars::Cocaine is the rich man’s drug of choice. So if you want to take a ride on the slopes just like George Jung, you might want to bring along a little bit of coin.
My suggestion? Save your money, and your… [MORE] |
 Dissolving Packaging - Harmless-Dissolve Transparent Bags Disappear in Warm Water::Harmless-Dissolve is a truly compostable packaging that dissolves in warm water. UK-based Cyberpac makes the clear, compostable bag, which can be printed with biodegradable inks and fitted with a biodegradable… [MORE] |
 Gatorade for Frogs - Electrolyte Replacement Therapy May Save Frogs from Fungus::The chytrid fungus has been taking a heavy toll on frog populations in recent years. The fungus kills frogs because it impairs absorption of electrolytes through the skin. While there is no cure, an orally… [MORE] |
 Trippy Wall Art - The 'LMK' Light Installation Takes You Into a Trance::I'm on board with nearly any color-changing art installation, but this 'LMK' light installation by Verena Michelitsch, Sabine Kmetitsch and Georg Liebergesell is one of my favorites. The walls are covered… [MORE] |
 Milky Way Montages - Axel Mellinger Travels 26,000 Miles for Panoramic View of the Night Sky::Axel Mellinger is one dedicated astronomer. Mellinger created this panorama of the night sky with 3,000 photos, and nearly as many hours in front of the computer. Milky Way montages like this don’t come… [MORE] |
 Gas-Free Car Sites - 'Grease Not Gas' Promotes Vegetable Oil Fuel Over Diesel::So you want to change your diesel-run vehicle to operate off of vegetable oil used in restaurant deep fryers, but don’t know how: That is why the website Grease Not Gas was created.
Mike Parziale started… [MORE] |
 Solar-Powered Insect Lures - 'Sundew Flower Trap' Attracts Insects to Carnivorous Plants::UK-based Min-Kyu Choi designed the ‘Sundew Flower Trap,’ a solar-powered gadget that helps to kill unwanted insects, like mosquitoes, by attracting them to carnivorous plants. Once inserted into the pot… [MORE] |
 Life-Saving Water Collectors - 'Savior Bud' Gathers Potable Moisture from Tree Leaves::The ‘Savior Bud’ water collection device uses a tree’s natural recycling processes to obtain water for human consumption. Kim Hyo Jin and Seol Ah Sun presented their eco-friendly design at the Seoul Design… [MORE] |
 Spooky Sci-Fi Spaceships - Galactic Horror Gallery of Stellar Vessels Will Creep You Out::During the spookiest time of the year, while ghosts and goblins line the streets and vampires and zombies fill the prime-time slots, there is another place where terror resides—within the sci-fi spaceships… [MORE] |
 Emissions-Eating Blossoms - The Toyota Flower Clears Away Excess Car Pollution::What do you do when you want to be environmentally friendly by creating hybrid cars, but the process to do so is incredibly polluting? Well, since the Toyota Prius creates so much pollution during the… [MORE] |
 Driverless Auto Designs - Stanford's Autonomous Audi TT-S Operates Only With GPS::Designed by students at Stanford University’s School of Engineering and VW, the next-generation autonomous Audi TT-S is the latest installment of concept vehicles that can operate without a human driver… [MORE] |
 Germ-Fighting Pitchers - The Restore Water Purification System Uses UV Clean Technology::The Swine Flu craze has us all wondering whether what we think is clean is really clean enough. At least with the Restore water purification system we can be sure that what we’re drinking is germ-free.… [MORE] |
 Studying Fruit Dunking - Experts Weigh in on the Best Apples for Apple Bobbing::You know it’s Halloween when researchers prefer to study the science of apple bobbing over something more socially beneficial—like the cure for cancer (I’m just saying).
Nonetheless, the results are in:… [MORE] |
 Recession-Induced Infestations - Could the Global Economic Crisis Result in More Invasive Species?::A new study has revealed that the global economic recession could proliferate the spread of invasive species. The term 'invasive species' refers to foreign species that adversely affect the habitats they… [MORE] |
 Scientific Cooking Kits - The Molecular Gastronomy Starter Set is the Gift That Keeps on Giving::With the recent news that Baby Einstein is a bold, bold hoax, it is refreshing to know that you can still educate your little one effectively. The Molecular Gastronomy Starter Set will get your chef-scientist… [MORE] |
 10 Cigar Innovations - Cigars Worth Smoking, from Electronic Cigars to Cigars Without Smoke::Now it is true that I do not approve of smoking. However, if you feel absolutely compelled to put some smoke into the air, these are cigars worth smoking.
As I said before, smoking is not good for you,… [MORE] |
 Biodegradable Garbage Bags - Combat Plastic Waste With the Green Genius Trash Bags::Green Genius LLC has introduced a line of biodegradable trash bags made with EcoPure additive, which makes the Green Genius trash bags biodegradable. The eco-friendly plastic bags are just as strong and… [MORE] |
 Eggy Eco Filters - Award-Winning Aquaovo Ovopur Water Dispenser (UPDATE)::The Aquaovo Ovopur has been named as a Best of the Year 2009 kitchen appliance by Interior Design Magazine. The elegant Ovopur water filtration device has won numerous awards for its innovative natural… [MORE] |
 Test Flight Fails - Triboelectrification Prevents the Ares I-X Rocket Launch::Triboelectrification is both a bitch to pronounce, as well as a thorn in the sides of would-be NASA astronauts. Also, triboelectrification happens to be the most recent cause of the space shuttle Ares… [MORE] |
 Auto-Tuned Science Songs - Carl Sagan and Bill Nye Get Lyrical in 'The Symphony of Science'::An auto-tuned music video of scientific information called ‘We Are All Connected’ will soon be topping the charts. The Symphony of Science series is a project created by John Boswell featuring Carl Sagan… [MORE] |
 Cereal Beer - Non-Traditional Ingredients Make Breakfast Taste Like Happy Hour::An industrious brew-master decided to try to make cereal beer. The cereal beer is part of a challenge to use non-traditional brewing ingredients to make an interesting and delicious homebrew.
The cereal… [MORE] |
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