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Solar cell phone charger
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Solar cell phone charger

This is the ordering product of Vodafone Telecom. Booster Brolly is equipped with 12 x 2 volt solar panels on the umbrella. They play the role of converting solar energy…

December 11, 2018
Window glass integrated solar battery
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Window glass integrated solar battery

Soon, the windows of homes and office buildings will become efficient solar collectors and can compete with roof-mounted solar panels. This is the goal of Heliatek, Germ…

December 11, 2018
Use a robot to patrol the marine environment
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Use a robot to patrol the marine environment

Both marine and freshwater environments are now facing constant threats from climate change, industrial pollution and waste water. Monitoring of water quality and monito…

December 11, 2018
Lightning bolt
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Lightning bolt

If the current laser can blind enemy satellites or burn enemy gases, in the future this technology can guide the lightning bolts straight and destroy targets on the batt…

December 11, 2018
New material captures CO2
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New material captures CO2

Researchers at the University of Nottingham are developing a new spongy material called the NOTT-202a that can absorb CO2, marking a significant step forward in the crea…

December 11, 2018
Intelligent watches that force people to wake up
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Intelligent watches that force people to wake up

This watch can force a timer to wake up, be aware of someone on the bed, and alarm when the fire risk. This is a product by the student group Faculty of Electrical and E…

December 11, 2018
Make recordings from the dead ashes
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Make recordings from the dead ashes

With the service of using cremation ashes to record a disc, relatives can hear what you want to say after you die. And Vinyly (UK) is launching a very poisonous service:…

December 11, 2018
Race to build the descendants of Concorde
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Race to build the descendants of Concorde

Boeing, Gulfstream and Lockheed Martin have joined forces with the US Aerospace Industries (NASA) to build a super-jet capable of completing the four-hour journey from L…

December 11, 2018
Unique bike made entirely of wood
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Unique bike made entirely of wood

Around this time last year, we saw a 100% bike made of SplinterBike wood at Victoria & Albert Museum in London, attracting more than 320,000 visitors.

December 11, 2018
Ford launches 'safety airbags' for cars
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Ford launches 'safety airbags' for cars

This self-inflating seat belt is a combination of a normal seat belt with a protective cushion containing an airbag installed in the rear seats. Accordingly, the 'sa…

December 11, 2018
Produce 250,000 times the temperature of the sun
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Produce 250,000 times the temperature of the sun

Physicists at Brookhaven National Laboratory (USA) have been included in the Guinness Book of Records because, in a series of experiments on the collisions of gold ions…

December 11, 2018
Produce electricity and fertilizer from the toilet
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Produce electricity and fertilizer from the toilet

Scientists at Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) have developed a new toilet system that can turn waste into electricity and fertilizers and save up to 90% of…

December 11, 2018
Beer can cool itself within 2 minutes
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Beer can cool itself within 2 minutes

Researchers at the Center for Environmental Strategies, University of Surrey (UK), have developed a self-chilling cans called ChillCan, which aims to cool beer and bever…

December 11, 2018