Thanks to a group of 10 Zurich engineering students at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) and industrial design at the Zurich University of the Arts, the lives of people who are wheelchair-bound is about to change–in a big way. A new type of wheelchair, dubbed the Scalevo Wheelchair, allows …
Do your Billiards skills need a little work? Not anymore! Thanks to a project called “PoolLiveAid” by Luis Sousa, Ricardo Alves, and J.M.F Rodrigues of University of the Algarve, Portugal, you can improve your pool game–instantly. The software works as an “on-the-fly game processing” system to help even the most …
Synchronisation of 5 coupled metronomes done in Lancaster University, Physics Department. Enjoy Tick – Tock!!!
If you feel that your run-of-the-mill toilet seat just isn’t cutting it anymore, you’re not alone. As with many technological advances, the Japanese are at the forefront of the electric toilet seat trend. Plumbing companies such as Toto have been making high-tech, luxury toilet seats since the 1980s, which are …
Japan always seems to be one step ahead of the curve when it comes to new, innovative uses for technology. Far from the old chain and lock, Japan has a new way to store your bikes in congested cities. Safe from weather, theft, and more out-of-the-way than boring old bike …
All your (cyber) pet dreams have come true! A website called ipetcompanion.com now offers the ability to “play” with shelter pets online! Bringing much-needed attention to dogs, cats and other animals that are in need of a forever-home, you can go to the site, select the country, city, and/or specific …
We’ve all been there: halfway through a long run and getting that powerful craving…for tomatoes. You’re not alone. A lot of people in Japan have apparently been struggling with the running/lack of tomato problem for quite some time now. Luckily, the Japanese juice company Kagome has come up with an invention …
How is it possible to live without a human heart? For one man, a fatal heart condition was rapidly taking over his life, so he decided to take some serious help from science and technology to help stay alive. The man, a 55-year-old named Craig Lewis, was suffering from a condition …
The depths of weirdness you can find on the internet will never cease to amaze us–or make us keep scrolling for more. After stumbling upon a single gadget that made us do a double-take, the search binge began. Roughly 293 pages later, here are 14 of the most absurd, insanely impractical …
The website called Silk Road, launched back in 2011, has been a virtual ‘black market’ for anything from child pornography to illegal drugs and firearms to hitmen–all under a thick cloud of anonymity for both users and the site’s own creator. Throw in an alleged murder, millions of dollars, a …
