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Science and DiscoverySuppository For Your Car - Moletech Fuel Savers (CES 2008)
No, you don't put these capsules in your car's exhaust pipe but, you do stick them somewhere not far from it. The company, Moletech, is claiming that the use of their product will get 20% better gas mileage…
Real Flying Carpet - Physicist Turning Aladdin's Vehicle Into Reality
The mythical, magic carpet method of travel may become reality as a mathematician works on solving the clues to levitation. Although Professor Lakshminarayanan Mahadevan of Harvard University in Cambridge,…
2025 Firetruck Concept - Harald Belker's Futuristic Vision
Designed for the film, Fahrenheit 451, artist and designer, Harald Belker, created this rendition of what firetrucks might look like in 2025.
The entire project brings up a good point - why have firetrucks…
Cactus Food - Colombian Students Create Cactus Burgers and Wine
A group of students from Siapana in Guajira, Colombia are producing a series of food products from cactus. Yes, cactus.
With the help of Rafael Márquez, the only cactus expert in Colombia, they have…
Genetically Engineered Pets - Fluorescent GloFish
Researchers in Singapore have been experimenting with injecting fluorescence genes from jellyfish into average Zebra fish eggs and have produced fluorescent GloFish.
The experiment will enable researchers…
Asphalt for Energy - Road Energy System
Think of how hot the pavement gets in the summertime, when you take off your shoes, there's not much your bare feet can do but scurry at top speed as the soles of your feet are scalded. There's a lot of…
Genetically Modified Glittering Animals - Gold Seahorses
It wasn't enough to have luxurious objects, diamond-encrusted and golden everything. For those who could afford it, the mainstream luxury trend got old, very fast. The Vietnamese market found a way to…
Laptops Get Smaller - Napkin PC
This concept for a portable, napkin-like computer was designed to be used in a group environment.
It works like this: The computer is in the base station. Data and images are sent wirelessly from the…
Surgery In Space - Zero Gravity Surgery One Step Closer (Follow Up)
Space travel has to be the most exciting and brave adventure any human being can embark on. But what happens if you become injured or ill to the point of needing emergency surgery while out in space? It's…
Portable Fish Tank
In this technologically-advanced world we live in, the best we have come up with to carry our fishy friends is in a clear plastic bag. I'm not sure who designed this next-generation of mobile fish tanks…
Ice Skating Testicle - Check Your Balls Campaign (VIDEO)
You've got to have balls to come up with an ad like this.
In the comic advert, an ice skating man dressed up in a testicle suit is continually checked by a hockey player, getting slammed against the…
Psychedelic Therapy - Retro Drugs As Modern Medicine? (VIDEO)
Baby boomers that experimented with LSD and magic mushrooms in the 60’s and 70’s are now senior scientists nearing retirement in the FDA and other institutions, and are no longer afraid to assert their…
Top 20 Science Innovations and Discoveries in 2007 (GALLERY)
These were the 20 most popular Science and Discovery posts in 2007, based on our traffic statistics. If you have a something you'd like to submit to our 'Science and Discovery' category, you should Join…
Medic Alert Tattoos - Replacing Bracelets With Ink
Folks with certain medical conditions have worn Medic Alert Jewelry for years to warn paramedics and doctors of their diseases or allergies. There is now a growing trend with younger people displaying…
Remote Control Creepy Crawlers - Battle Beetles
2007 has given us a variety of remote control objects - cars, helicopters, dragonflies, and now, battle beetles. The battle beetles come in three types: Brown Bot, Hercules Bot or Giraffe Stag-Beetle Bot.…
Gift Exchanges With Strangers - The Freecycle Network (VIDEO)
I think most of us have thrown stuff out stuff that we knew somebody else could have put to good use. The Freecycle Network of is made of thousands of groups worldwide that help used goods find new owners…
Gadget Lets You Speak With Your Ear - "E-Mimi-Kun" (VIDEO)
A new device that doubles as an earphone and a microphone for mobile phone users by detecting air vibrations inside the ear is the new trend in sound technology. Dubbed "e-Mimi-kun" (good ear boy), the…
Sleep Replacement Drug - Snorting Orexin A
Discoveries like these are what make cool hunting so exciting. Sleep could be replaced in the future by the simple act of snorting a newly discovered brain chemical. The drug could prevent the feeling…