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Turn ordinary people into surgeons
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Turn ordinary people into surgeons

Experts of the European Aeronautics Agency (ESA) are trying to build a device that can support the implementation of simple surgeries in urgent conditions.

December 14, 2018
Semiconductor an atom
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Semiconductor an atom

Experts from the University of New South Wales (Australia) have made breakthroughs when successfully developing semiconductors from a single atom.

December 14, 2018
Electric mask
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Electric mask

Brazilian Joao Paulo Lammoglia has devised a device to take advantage of the owner 's respiration in the form of a mask. With this initiative, the author was awarded the…

December 14, 2018
Portable washing machine weighs 180g
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Portable washing machine weighs 180g

This washing machine is called Scrubba, and the inventor Ashley Newland came up with the design idea in 2010 when he climbed the mountain in Mt Kilimanjaro. Scrubba weig…

December 14, 2018
Photovoltaic cells are thinner than spider silk
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Photovoltaic cells are thinner than spider silk

Austrian and Japanese experts have just announced a new invention: photovoltaic cells are thinner than spider silk and tough enough to bend around a human hair.

December 14, 2018
Thinking device
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Thinking device

Attached to the strap around his head, iBrain is part of an experiment to allow Dr. Hawking, a long-term paralysis of Lou Gehrig's disease, to communicate with the outsi…

December 14, 2018
Child protection seats in cars
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Child protection seats in cars

British engineers have designed a special chair, like a cocoon, mounted on a car exclusively for children to prevent accidents. When an accident happens as two vehicles…

December 14, 2018
Self-cleaning glass
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Self-cleaning glass

The anti-dirty glass is the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) invention in the US, Livescience said. Not only does it prevent adhesion, it also eliminates ligh…

December 14, 2018
Imminent demise of irons?
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Imminent demise of irons?

Displaysense claims they have invented SteamRail, a device that wipes out the need for clothing, because it can wipe out wrinkles and folds of 35 pants, only in 9 minute…

December 14, 2018
New way to remove ink on paper
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New way to remove ink on paper

Researchers at Cambridge University used short wavelengths to erase text and images printed on paper. Ultraviolet rays and infrared light converge in the laser to remove…

December 14, 2018
Greatest inventions in the UK
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Greatest inventions in the UK

Instead of television or jet engine, toilet paper, Custard cream cake and smiley potato cake became an excellent

December 14, 2018
New way to create antimatter
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New way to create antimatter

Physicists at the University of California, Riverside, USA, have discovered a new way to create positronium, a strange atom and only exist for a short time ...

December 14, 2018
The world's first invisibility cloak
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The world's first invisibility cloak

Invisibility cloak has long been a dream for the world science community and is a familiar image in science fiction and magic movies. Now, that dream has come true.

December 14, 2018