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Skin-cell spray gun drastically cuts healing time for burns

Aaron JacksonNovember 11, 2015February 4, 2019

by Aaron JacksonNovember 11, 2015February 4, 2019072

A technique that sprays a burn patient’s own cells on the burn to help regenerate the skin and drastically reduce recovery time has been created in the US. The gun has been under development since 2008

Innovation Sustainability Technology

Nigerian College Student Builds a $6000 Wind and Solar Powered Car

Aaron JacksonOctober 9, 2015February 4, 2019

by Aaron JacksonOctober 9, 2015February 4, 201916638

Segun Oyeyiola started with a Volkswagen Beetle and converted it into a fully renewable off-road vehicle. 8,000 miles away from Tesla’s Palo Alto headquarters, Segun Oyeyiola has managed to make a renewable car of his

Innovation Sustainability Technology

Stanford’s cheap, bendable, aluminium battery charges in one minute

Aaron JacksonOctober 9, 2015February 4, 2019

by Aaron JacksonOctober 9, 2015February 4, 201901048

An international team of scientists lead by Honjie Dai at Stanford University have stumbled upon a significant find; a battery made from aluminium, that charges in one minute. Not only can the battery be rapidly charged,

Environment Health Innovation Lifestyle Technology

Skarp Laser Razor raises over $3 million in first 2 weeks

Aaron JacksonOctober 5, 2015February 4, 2019

by Aaron JacksonOctober 5, 2015February 4, 20191118

If you’ve ever wanted to cross your razor with a laser for the perfect shave then look no further. While Skarp looks quite like a conventional razor, it works in a completely different way. Instead of

Innovation Sustainability

Self Healing Tires: Coming Soon

Aaron JacksonSeptember 29, 2015February 4, 2019

by Aaron JacksonSeptember 29, 2015February 4, 20190114

Usually getting a flat tire is a stressful process leading to the replacement of that tire and the old tire is discarded. However, a team of scientists are working to make replacing flat tires a

Innovation Lifestyle Technology

Watch Tesla’s new robotic tentacle arm find the car’s charging port

Aaron JacksonAugust 9, 2015

by Aaron JacksonAugust 9, 2015067

While electric cars are a major innovation set to change the way people get around in the very near future, the technology has also been driving all sorts of peripheral developments that will change what

Health Innovation Technology

Device immediately targets and destroys deadly blood clots

Aaron JacksonAugust 9, 2015February 4, 2019

by Aaron JacksonAugust 9, 2015February 4, 2019063

Australian researchers have developed a nano-size capsule that can be delivered to a patient intravenously (into the veins and thus blood) to immediately target and break down the blood clots that can cause strokes and

Environment Innovation Sustainability

Hanging turbines under bridges could power 500 homes

Aaron JacksonAugust 8, 2015February 4, 2019

by Aaron JacksonAugust 8, 2015February 4, 20192 46

Researchers from Spain and the UK have used computer modelling to show for the first time that hanging wind turbines below tall bridges can be a viable way to harvest sustainable electricity. Just one installation would

Innovation Technology

New Intel storage chip 1,000 times faster than flash memory

Aaron JacksonJuly 28, 2015

by Aaron JacksonJuly 28, 2015028

Intel and Micron have a new way to store data that they say is up to 1,000 times faster than NAND flash memory, the most popular non-volatile memory in the marketplace today. The new 3D XPoint™ technology

Tesla’s Model 3 will come in sedan and crossover styles

Aaron JacksonJune 27, 2015February 4, 2019

by Aaron JacksonJune 27, 2015February 4, 2019032

The world has been waiting since Elon Musk announced that an affordable Tesla Model 3 car is in the works. Now, Tesla Motors Chief Technical Officer, JB Straubel, said Tesla wants the Model 3 to