Prepare to want something that you have never wanted before, a third thumb! An English designer has invented a “third thumb” that can be controlled by pressure sensors in your shoes. A genius way to add more functionality to your hands and attract some strange looks in public!
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Virgin has just completed their first passenger test of their Hyperloop “train.” This entirely new mode of transport works using electromagnetic propulsion and can reach up to 670mph! This is an exciting look at what could become a normal way to travel in years to come.
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Have you always had a desire to fly like a bird? Well BMW may have just made your dream possible by creating an electric wingsuit that can actually gain back altitude when falling. This is a big jump in personal flight and it just looks out of this world! Check it out!
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This “chairless chair” enables employees to rest when their job requires them to stand or be in a bent over position for long periods of time. It has an ergonomic design that fits the human body with little restrictions and saves space in workspaces where chairs would get in the way.
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The BolaWrap™ 100 is a remote restraint that shoots a bola style tether made out of Kevlar that is 8 feet long. The purpose of the BolaWrap™ is to entangle the subject, without harming them. This technology will be essential to subduing a subject, and reduce the use of firearms. It is essentially a police
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An insight into what people in the early 1930s thought the future would look like, the Schienenzeppelin Train was an experimental railcar that looked like a Zeppelin airship. It was powered by a huge propeller at the back, and reached speeds of around 143mph!!
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This is a robot head massager that attempts to instantly put you into a relaxed state so that you can sleep well and enjoy your life. If it can actually achieve this, it will be a gamechanger! The only thing left now is to try it, will you?
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We’ve all been there, need to ride your bike, but don’t want to get helmet hair. Well Hövding has the answer, an airbag, for your head. It comes in a collar that attaches around your neck and inflates around your head in 0.01 seconds. That stylish, safe choice!
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Students at the College of Engineering in Utah State University (or the Ascending Aggies as they like to be called) have developed the PVAC System. This lets you scale walls like any lizard and shows that college students actually do more than party all the time. Want to climb a wall like SpiderMan? This is
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The first generation of this system from a team at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), was developed three years ago as a proof of concept in order to validate that such a system could work. The device is aimed at extracting clean, drinkable water from the atmosphere, even in “dry” regions, using solar or any
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Have you ever seen something that looks like it shouldn’t move but it does? This non-circular planetary gear (in the form of a fidget spinner) is so satisfying to watch, you will be mesmerized! Thank us later!
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Check out the new Mercedes VISION AVTR, which has an organic battery made from recyclable materials. Oh wait, it can also drive sidewards as well!! Even though it is just a concept car for now, this really makes you excited for the cars of the future!
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The Schmitz Mittz, are taking hand protection to another level. Designed to be practically indestructible, these gloves are made for those who rescue people that become trapped in cars and need the extra protection. As can be seen, it protects from cutting, hard impacts and fire, amazing!!
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This particular turbine can provide power for up to 60 homes, 24 hours a day. The company that makes these turbines, Turbulent, might have come up with the solution to your electricity bill. See how having running water near to your home can result in free electricity for life!
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Functional human skin can now be 3D printed with an adapted printer that covers cuts and wounds with skin cells. 3D printed skin cells heal wounds three times faster than normal human skin, and while this is still not yet a reality, scientists are working on treating patients with the method by 2022! Also check
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Check out these mesmerising gyroscope experiments: Gyroscope in space. It maintains its stability once it’s spinning. Omnidirectional drone gyroscope. 3D Printed gyro sphere. Gyroscope bike tire trick. Give this one a miss! We mean it! This video shows the classic gyroscope in action and explains it’s working principle:
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Sometimes engineers underestimate the power of resonance and positive feedback phenomena, when a small disturbance is exacerbrated through the feedback loop, resulting in a disaster.A great example of this phenomena is the infamous Millennium Bridge, nicknamed it the “Wobbly Bridge”. Due to the structure of the bridge, with the cable supports at the side rather
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Spontaneous synchronisation Check out this fascinating video of numerous metronomes set off at random times at random frequencies. Slowly but surely the clicks begin to merge, motions come closer and then eventually spontaneous synchronisation is there before your very eyes. This only works on raised floors, where the group with the greater combined metronome direction
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Fundamentals of Rocket Science, with Falcon 9 You will understand the working of Rocket engines, how different stages separate, how orbit transfers and maneuvers work. You will learn about the Falcon 9 rocket in detail. Along with the rocket, you will have a strong grasp of various systems and innovations pioneered by Spacex. You will
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The Dzhanibekov Effect phenomenon, also known as the Tennis Racquet Theorem, is a result in standard mechanics which describes the movement of a rigid object with the help of three distinctive key moments of inertia. It is correspondingly dubbed as the Dzhanibekov Effect, after the Russian astronaut named Vladimir Dzhanibekov who discovered the consequences of
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As news about the Paris agreement starts to filter through the system, the controversial stand of a significant portion of the population over climate change becomes clear as do the conflicts of interest that don’t have to exist. Can science help? When it comes to science, renewable energy and their economic potential, we are faced
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