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Science and DiscoveryCommercial Dog Cloning (Update) - Best Friends Again Program
We've told you about luxury pet cloning services in Asia, but now a California based biotech startup, BioArts International, has launched the Best Friends Again Program, a commercial dog cloning program.…
Rescue Grasshoppers - Leaping Rescue Robots
A tiny little grasshopper inspired robot can jump 27 times its own body length; that's ten times farther than any other jumping robot. Scientists hope the little leaper will be able to aid in chemical…
Tunnel Telescope From NYC to London - Telectroscope (GALLERY)
Completion of a 100 year old engineering project finally happened a few days ago. The tunnel between New York and London, called the Telectroscope, allows residents of both cities to peer down the giant…
Solar Speedboats - Czeers MK1 is World's First (VIDEO)
The Czeers MK1, a solar powered speedboat, is the world's first of its kind. The ten meter, 20-knot boat is a zero emission, 100% carbon fibre speedster covered in photovoltaic cells, from the top of the…
Vibrating Scales - Lose Weight Easily
Now here would be an easy way to lose weight: just stand on vibrating scales. Scientists at State University of New York in Stony Brook have apparently discovered that slight vibrations will prevent fat…
Anti-Radiation Fashion 3 - La-La Bras
This anti-radiation bustier was one of the featured items at the Beauty World Japan exhibition taking place in Tokyo this week. The La-La is a tourmaline-embedded bra/girdle whose purpose is to neutralize…
Emotion-Sensitive Pens - Philips Mood Pens
You've heard of mood rings? Philips, the electronic company, has filed a patent for a mood pen which can record your emotional state as you write. The sensors in the pen's shaft monitors your heart rate,…
Interactive Bubble Wrap Ads - Shiatsu Massage Poster (GALLERY)
I love interactive campaigns that involve the target audience in their mechanism and delivery. This Kofukan Shiatsu massage campaign is a great example of simple yet creative hands-on advertising that…
Cloning Cancer Sniffing Dogs - Making More Marines
The world’s first cancer sniffing dog is set to save more lives. The black Labrador known as Marine is to be cloned in South Korea at the end of this month.
Marine was first trained to sniff human…
Snot Pockets - The Nose Pouch
The Nose Pouch, as pictured here, is clearly a silly invention, intended for the insanely rich cold sufferer.
Armed with the built-in snot pocket, the second best benefit of this product is that it…
Yoga Street Signs - Directions for good Health (GALLERY)
Sharmila's yoga classes in Hyderabad, India have become really popular thanks to some really clever advertising by ad agency, Mindset. The ads, which direct people to the location of Sharmila's classes,…
Online Medical Records - Google Health
Google has released a new service that will allow people to track their medical records online. Google Health will track all your medical visits as well as track your tests results.
The password protected…
Wallpaper Speakers - Flexible Piezoelectric
Piezoelectric materials (crystals like quartz) can be used inside microphones and speakers in order to convert incoming electricity to sound, but they are brittle and bulky. Material scientist, Michael…
Cigarette Drawings - Smoking Kills More Than Hitler & Bin Laden
If only Hitler could charge a fee for his face being used in so many ads! Following the Malaria campaign which painted Hitler & Stalin with mosquitoes to illustrate the danger of the disease, a new anti-smoking…
105 Ft Kangaroos - Space Art for Global Warming
An giant, white cardboard kangaroo is posing in Melbourne for a space-based photo shoot. Specifically, the 105 foot (32-metre) image of Australia's national animal is being used in a study on global warming…
Forensic Innovations - Skin Scanner Recovers Fingerprints
The latest tool for forensic scientists is a scanner that can detect extremely faint fingerprints on the bodies of murder victims. Usually fingerprint dusting is the method employed for getting prints…
Designing to be Green - Eco Tech Disassembly
Our appetite for electronic goods, especially cell phones and computers, is so voracious, we are now threatening to deplete valuable resources and generate huge amounts of toxic materials at the same time.…
Taste Test Robots - Artificial Mouths
Food quality and flavours are of great importance in the food industry. Human taste-testers are still better at deciding if processed food is going to do anything for our palate. Recently, French scientists…
Innovative Sports Fabrics - d3o Smart Polymer (VIDEO)
d3o and it's a polymer compound that is flexible enough for the person wearing it to run, jump, roll or just about anything else. But when performing under a high impact scenario, like a slalom crash or…