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Music technology in the toilet
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Music technology in the toilet

A US technology firm has invented a device that combines portable music players with toilet rolls. Atech Flash Technology says the device, called iCarta, is designed to…

December 11, 2018
The car is powered by bioethanol
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The car is powered by bioethanol

A group of students at La Joliverie High School in St. Louis. Sebastian-sour - Loire, France has successfully built a bio-ethanol vehicle. The winner of the 2006 Shell E…

December 11, 2018
Control of objects by thinking
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Control of objects by thinking

On a 2m long green carpet, a pink dog guarding the goal, a white dog carrying football to the net. This would be nothing special if the behavior of the two dogs was not…

December 11, 2018
Device disabling digital camera
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Device disabling digital camera

Researchers have created a prototype device that disables digital cameras. In the future, this kind of device can prevent theft from a certain distance and

December 11, 2018
Robot 'baby' learned as a person
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Robot 'baby' learned as a person

A robot can interact with the world in a similar way to a real baby that has been created by French, Italian and Swiss scientists. It can provide researchers with the la…

December 11, 2018
The least fuel-efficient cars in the world
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The least fuel-efficient cars in the world

TeamGrean is the world's most fuel-efficient car by a British inventor. This 3-wheel drive runs 3,400 km with only 1 liter of gasoline. The 32-kilogram car, just lik…

December 11, 2018
Computer alarm for drowsy miners
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Computer alarm for drowsy miners

Australian researchers are developing a computer system that monitors the status of mine workers and informs the manager when he or she shows signs of fatigue.

December 11, 2018
Oxygen bottling to relieve stress
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Oxygen bottling to relieve stress

Japan's Seven-Eleven will launch a new product, the O2 Supli (pictured), at stores in Tokyo later this month and across the country in June.

December 11, 2018
What genetic variation makes our species unique?
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What genetic variation makes our species unique?

This generation follows the other generation, anthropologists always looking for ways to discover what made us human. The famous classical painter Louis Leakey thinks th…

December 11, 2018
Self-relocating
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Self-relocating

Understanding the suffering of transit passengers for hours at the airport with heavy luggage, American designer Peter Yeadon has devised the Fido suitcase to be as self…

December 11, 2018
Cauliflower test strips
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Cauliflower test strips

Jack Ladenson, a chemist at Washington University in the US, successfully developed a caffeine test strip in a cup of coffee. This success is based on the properties of…

December 11, 2018
New solution for fusion reactor
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New solution for fusion reactor

Physicists have claimed to have solved a common problem in fusion reactors - a solution considered as a clean, cheap, safe, and almost limitless source of energy for the…

December 11, 2018