 Cholesterol Screening for 2 Year Olds - Early Obesity Prevention::Cholesterol screening tests are now being offered to toddlers as young as two years old. In addition, cholesterol drugs for children as young as 8 may soon be administered by doctors, to function as early… [MORE] |
 Get Paid to Pee - EcoSan Toilets in Musiri::If you want fast cash in India, all you have to do is visit a public restroom.
While countries like Germany charge you to use public restrooms, a new campaign in a rural town in Southern India is actually… [MORE] |
 Potato Gun Contests - Spud-Launching Science::Some people take potato guns VERY seriously.
It is unclear how the SpudFiles.com sanctioned Spud Gun Contest is judged by their website, as access is restricted to registered members.
My guess though,… [MORE] |
 Toy Balloons as Air Travel - Getting High with 150 Party Baloons::A boomer gas station owner rigged up a super lawn chair with 150+ helium filled party balloons and flew more than 200 miles. Hes balloon journey took him across a desert to a field in Idaho. His original… [MORE] |
 Kitten as Food - Firefox Shares Logo with Cat Cooks, Festival::I Can BE Cheezeburger! LOL. I love kitties, with a nice chianti and some fava beans. Every September, people from all around Peru flock to La Quebrada to have a festival in honor of Saint Efigenia. (Saint… [MORE] |
 Super Round Balls - More Impressive Than You Think::Australia has been busy creating a pair of the world's most round objects, ever. Made from silicon, these two spheres measure exactly 93.75 millimeters (about 3.7 inches) in diameter. It's taken months… [MORE] |
 Bionic Dogs - Maltese Puppy With Front Wheels, Not Paws::While there are a lot of bionic innovations for people, what we don't really see in science news are innovations for animals. A Maltese puppy has been fortunate enough to have David Turnbill, a generous… [MORE] |
 DIY Health Screening - EyeSite Vision Testing Kiosk by SoloHealth::SoloHealth plans to be “a world leader in self-service health screening.” The company has developed EyeSite, an innovative and award winning, kiosk style eye-health screening unit.
The company realized… [MORE] |
 10 Over-the-Top Bike Mods::Tricking your bike out when you were ten years old to look like a chopper was cool. 20 years later is just sad. Bi = two; bicycles shoudl have two wheels and no more! Especially if attached to a couch,… [MORE] |
 Acne Fighting Candy - Frutels Vitamin Gummies::Acne treatment in a... candy? That's what Frutels claim to be! The little bonbons are fruit flavoured
Even better, they're sugar free, so you can suck on 'em 'til your complexion is flawless without… [MORE] |
 Compostable Corn Bags - BioBags::BioBags are made of corn, a biodegradable material that is an innovative environmental alternative to regular plastic bags.
"BioBag is proud to be the best selling brand of certified 100% biodegradable… [MORE] |
 Orange Peels - Athletes Using Performance Enhancing Peels::Eating oranges is good for you and for athletes looking to enhance their performance without using banned substances. Athletes prefer to suck on oranges to help them recover quickly after strenuous sports.… [MORE] |
 Automated Aircraft Carrier Landings - When Will Robots Completely Take Over?::Landing a fighter plane on an aircraft carrier has always been highly dangerous as the ship is constantly moving on a heaving ocean. The task of guiding the approach and landing the aircraft would be… [MORE] |
 Plastic-Free Water Bottle - KOR ONE Hydration Vessel::Made from BPA-free Eastman Tritan, this water bottle is more than just a fancy name (KOR ONE Hydration Vessel). This vessel was designed by RKS Design to look good and to jump on the plastic-is-bad-for-you… [MORE] |
 Childhood Toys Evolved - Tater of the Lost Ark is the New Mr. Potato Head::I want a Tater of the Lost Ark. I love this guy. I will be seeing the latest adventures of Indiana Jones tonight and I will be thinking of Tater of the Lost Ark.
He has shoes, and teeth, and ears and… [MORE] |
 Homosexual by Biology? - Study Shows Gay Brain Resembles Opposite Sex::Have we finally found the answer to whether homosexuality is a lifestyle choice or a biological trait?
A new Swedish study has revealed that gay men and heterosexual women have halves of a similar size.… [MORE] |
 Motorcyle Art - Motorbike Concept from Recycled VCR and PC parts::You really have to see this one to believe it. At first glance, I even questioned whether the picture was created with the magic of Adobe PhotoShop.
The artist, Alex Andromeda created this model in… [MORE] |
 Binaural Recording - The $3899 Otokinoko Microphone Has Ears::It’s called binaural recording and it works like this: a microphone that is shaped like your head (spherical) and has ears records sounds the way humans actually hear things.
When played back through… [MORE] |
 Dirt-Repelling Paint Job - Chamelic::It sounds more like a magic spell than a new technology - a dirt-repelling coating. Spray it on glass, metal, or plastic and… that’s it. The surface stays clean. Developed by the University of Leeds… [MORE] |
 Perpetual Passenger Train - Non-Stop Metro Rail Transit::Taiwanese inventor, Peng Yu-lun, has designed a non-stop passenger train. It takes a lot of energy to start and stop a moving train due to something called inertia (mass x speed). Awesome! Wait a minute.… [MORE] |
 Printing Without Labels - Barcode Imager Prints Directly on Packages::This innovation makes life in warehouses easier while helping to save the world. In short, the revolutionary HP Handheld sp400 All-in-One is the first and (currently) only scan/print solution to integrate… [MORE] |
 Animal Acupuncture - East Meets West::This is an alternative to more traditional veterinary techniques - animal acupuncture. Dr. Ann-si Li of Berkeley, California offers 1-hour sessions of acupuncture for ailing pets. She says animal acupuncture… [MORE] |
 Oil Pooping Bugs? - Scientists Create Unlikely Source of Petrol Energy::Biofuels are expected to be a hot new source for energy, but oil-pooping-bugs? It's true.
Scientists at LS9, a Silicon Valley research firm, have been experimenting with this unlikely source of energy.… [MORE] |
 UPDATE: Cooking Eggs with Mobile Phones a Hoax::Luckily, the post about cooking eggs with mobile phones has turned out to be a hoax. I say ‘luckily’ for all those people who keep a mobile phone in their pants and then make calls next to their head… [MORE] |
 Robot Built to Explore Antarctica - The SnoMote Goes Where You Won't::Antarctica's frigid conditions make exploration dangerous for us humans. Enter SnoMote. SnoMote is a roving, autonomous snowmobile/robot designed by Georgia Tech to gather weather data and maneuver… [MORE] |
 5 Organic Alcohols - Green Drinking::Why not, right? Organic green beans. Organic spaghetti noodles. And now, organic alcohol. This means none of the iffy chemicals that they put on everything to make stuff grow quicker and bigger. It only… [MORE] |
 Seizures Triggered by Specific Music - Musicogenic Epilepsy::Stacey Gayle is a Canadian woman living in Queens, NY who suffers from a very rare malady - musicogenic epilepsy. Her epileptic seizures are triggered by some music. In her case it was Sean Paul's "Temperature"… [MORE] |
 Skin Antennas - Wireless Connection for Medical Implants::We already have wireless internet at home and Wi-Fi outside the home. Why not a personal wireless connection for different medical implants like pacemakers in our bodies too? William Scanlon and Gareth… [MORE] |
 Shoes Made of Rice - The Secret to Olympic Gold?::The secret to winning Olympic gold may lie in an innovative new shoe made with grains of rice.
The Japanese sneakers, custom made by Hitoshi Mimura, will be put to the test by United State distance runners… [MORE] |
 Floating Ecopolis for Climate Refugees - The Lilypad::This ecotectural marvel built by Vincent Callebaut could serve as a luxurious future retreat for 50,000 inhabitants seeking refuge from rising waters due to global warming.
Dubbed the Lilypad, the floating… [MORE] |
 Weightloss Shoes - Chung Shi Footwear::Chung Shi is the maker of an innovative new footwear promising to aid in weight loss. The fitness shoes have a built-in "Pilates System," and promise to stimulate and build new muscles, thereby boosting… [MORE] |
 Earthquake Detection via Satellite - NASA's Disaster Avoidance Plan::Early detection of earthquakes would be incredible, and it might not be such a far off discovery. Leaked information from NASA revealed plans to build a natural disaster avoidance system capable of prematurely… [MORE] |
 Sculpting with Moon Dust - NASA's Lunar Telescope::It sounds romantic to use lunar dust as a tool for creation, but it's not just an ethereal dream. NASA thinks they may actually be able to utilize the dust to construct a lunar telescopes and light-collecting… [MORE] |
 Cooking With Cellphones - Popcorn Popping Is Another Hoax::A few days ago we featured a video showing how to hard boil an egg using your mobile phone. Well if you are into mobile cooking, here is a great new recipe you should try. The video shows a group of friends… [MORE] |
 Waterless Washing Machines - Xeros Uses Only 1 Cup of Water/Load::Xeros, a UK company has invented a washing machine that could wash your clothes with as little as one cup of water. That's incredible considering that would be a 98% reduction in water and energy most… [MORE] |
 Lunar Roadtrip Vehicles - The Moonstream::The Moonstream is a bus-sized rover designed to navigate the moon’s surface. It was designed by Anthony Sims, a student at the Art Center College of Design, a private college in Pasadena, California.… [MORE] |
 5 Hot Green Women - Ecosphere Knock-Outs::Earthfirst.com is picking the Top 25 Hottest Women and Men of the Ecosphere. I'm really skeptical of any list that has Angelina Jolie as #6, but that's where she is ranked. Here are numbers 10 through… [MORE] |
 Retired Primate Sanctuaries - Chimp Haven Charity::Chimpanzees are our closest living animal relations and deserve to be treated well when they have outlived their usefulness to us in medical research, when they grow too old to be in the entertainment… [MORE] |
 Fountain of Youth Pills - Anti-Aging Drugs::You could soon be able to live a longer and, more importantly, healthier life with a little pharmaceutical help. The so-called "diseases of aging" such as cancer, diabetes, dementia, heart disease and… [MORE] |
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 Waste Heat as Energy - ElectroTherm Green Machine::During my travels, I often see many sources of energy being wasted. This can be in the form of building air conditioners or refrigeration units that vent heat to the atmosphere, or even the heat given… [MORE] |
 Cell Phone Microscopes - The CellScope Diagnoses Malaria::A research team at UC Berkeley is working on a potentially life-saving technology that could diagnose Malaria using a cell phone and a special microscope. This is a great breakthrough as it eliminates… [MORE] |
 Mobile Car Tents - Hannibal USA Rooftop Tents::Hannibal USA Safari Equipment makes the ultimate vehicle accessory: a tent that sits on top of your ride. Designed for, and made famous in, Africa, roof tents offer superior protection from the elements.… [MORE] |
 Visible Magnetic Fields - NASA's Magnetic Movie::Magnetic fields are usually invisible but scientists from NASA’s Space Sciences Laboratory have successfully found a way to make them visible, as demonstrated in the video. Nasa’s short film, appropriately… [MORE] |
 Microscopic Noodle Bowls - World’s Smallest Bowl of Ramen::A team of Japanese scientists have created the world’s smallest noodle bowl with a diameter of 1/25,000 of an inch under a project aimed at developing nanotube-processing technology. In fact, the bowl… [MORE] |
 Mind Reading Hats - Portable EEG Reader Baseball Cap::Wouldn’t it be cool to have a hat that can read your mind? Sounds impossible, but actually, it could be done.
At first glance, it may look like an ordinary baseball hat. Try inspecting it, however,… [MORE] |
 Crash Predicting Vehicles - Self-Bracing Car::Every safety device counts when it comes to car collisions. A safety feature that is activated before impact rather than after, as with air bags, would be extremely useful in saving lives. European engineers… [MORE] |
 Cooking Eggs With Cell Phones - Russian Experiment Shows Its Possible::Two Russian journalists from the Pravda Newspaper in Moscow conducted an experiment in which they cooked a raw egg using their cell phones. If this experiment is real, it could finally be the visual proof… [MORE] |
 Air Rage Detectors - In-flight Surveillance::CCTV cameras could one day be installed on airplanes to combat air rage and detect terrorists on aircrafts. The European Union's Security of Aircraft in the Future European Environment (SAFEE) has developed… [MORE] |
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