Researchers at the University of Washington have developed the ‘Vocal Joystick’ software, which allows disabled people to use computers in a better way. The software allows the computer to be driven by sound, in pace of the conventional functioning mouse. The difference between the Vocal Joystick and other technologies is that it does not use […]

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This unique bicycle won the 2008 Innovate Or Die contest and was created by five IDEO engineers and designers. The Aquaduct allows a person to carry a large amount of water while filtering it into clean drinking water at the same time.

 
 Pierre Vivant’s Traffic Light Tree
This bit of public art blends nature with traffic in one confusing sculpture. It’s Pierre Vivant’s Traffic Light Tree. A giant sculpture of fully-functioning traffic lights in London. For some reason it’s parked next to a roundabout near Canary Wharf.

 
A type of dry glue based on the sticky limbs of geckos has been developed, far exceeding the capabilities of the gravity-defying lizards, according to a study published on Thursday.

Research presented at the 20th annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) scientific symposium, sponsored by the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF), found that coronary heart disease (CHD) symptoms presented in the context of a stressful life event were identified as psychogenic in origin when presented by women and organic in origin when presented by men. The study […]

It would have made a great purse except one of the legs kept twitching
A picture is worth a thousand words. But what if they’re the wrong thousand words? And what if they’re words in some foreign language that you can’t read? What if you take your pictures to the bank and your banker says your […]

 
Bringing back the floppy
You remember the floppy disk, I’m sure. A once-useful storage device with a drive built into every computer, it could hold just over 1MB of data, which is basically nothing nowadays. That’s why you never see them anymore. But come on, you’ve got to admit that you have a soft spot in […]

Temperature Sweater
This might look like a regular old fleece sweater, but it’s got a bit more technology on board than your average warmth-providing garment. It actually has two LED screens, one on each sleeve, and built in thermometers to tell the temperature. One sleeve gives the temperature in Fahrenheit, the other in Celsius.

 
To Help With The Nursing Shortage
A group of scientists from Moscow State University are currently developing a new medical appliance known as an automatic syringe. The device will be ready for serial production next year and will be conducted in the city of Tula. According to the head of the University, Viktor Sadovnichi, “There are […]

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A landslide caught on camera. You start to catch your breath about the time the first clump of 30 foot tall trees crosses the road like a forest of ants. Pretty horrifying, but cool to watch. Second video after the jump.