Engineering Students Create A Fire Extinguisher That Blasts Out Flames Using Sound Waves

Two engineering students Viet Tran and Seth Robertson from George Mason University have introduced a prototype fire extinguisher that uses sound wave to put out fires.They started this project as a part of a senior research project, and after one year of struggle, they have invented a fire fighting device.They spend $600 of their own money to fund their project. They started...

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GM Developing Headlights That Will Control With Driver's Gaze

Vauxhall/Opel is working on the project which aims to develop such headlights that will operate with driver's gaze.Engineers at Opel/Vauxhall has unveiled eye-tracking technology which will make it possible for drivers to control the beam of light with eyes.This technology is known as Adaptive Forward Lighting (AFL+).The firm is also testing "LED matrix light system" which monitors light...

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Treehouse Building To Protect Residents From Noise And Air Pollution

Luciano Pia is an architect from Italy, has wonderfully designed a five story complex apartment which is located in Turin, Italy.A vertical potted forest includes trees and steel girders look like branches and allow residents to feel like they are living in a urban treehouse.This urban treehouse called 25 Verde means 25 Green.25 Verde protects its residents from noise pollution...

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"Analog Merory Desk" To Save Your Notes, Ideas And Sketches

Kristen Camara, who is a student at the Minnesota College of Art and Design, has made an Analog Merory Desk to record your past memories, notes, smart ideas and doodle.She wrote on his site, "this Memory Desk is a tool to record all the small items you write down once, but intend to forget tomorrow." The desk is made of maple wood which features 1,100 yards of butcher paper rolls...

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Toyota Unveiled 3 Wheel i-Road Car At TED

At the TED Conference, Steve Gundrum was smiling when he came out of a Toyota environment friendly electric car (zippy scooter).Gundrum drove i-ROAD prototype "personal mobility vehicles'' in the Vancouver centre during TED conference. Toyota brought the prototypes to TED to find out how the gathering's attendees see the future of mobility, said Jason Schulz of Toyota Motor Sales USA.  The...

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Neuroscientist Expects VEST Will Widen Range Of Human Senses

David Eagleman, who is a neuroscientist, has designed special cloth that will allow to sense what is going online without looking at any device.It is a sleeveless for top wearing with vibrating nodes that gives information to a wearer.It is known as VEST (variable extra-sensory transducer).It is able to sync tablet computers and has potential to convert stock prices, information...

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Facebook Allows Users To Send And Receive Money With Messanger App

Facebook has annoounced that it is adding a new feature to its Massenger app that will allow US users to send and receive money through it.According to a Facebook statement this service facility will be available in the next months. To send money, users can tap a new symbol icon "quot; in the Facebook chat room.Add the amount you want to send and debit card number then tap "pay" button...

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0.5 mm Thick Battery Could Be Utilized In Electronic Applications

A team of researcher from KAIST in South Korea, is developing a flexible battery that is thinner than a credit card and which could be used in various electronic applications such as watch straps, smart cards and wrinkle smoothing patches.The new battery is 0.5 mm thick and the electrodes are laid side by side on the same plane.The battery exposes a 7.4 voltage that is maintained over 5,000...

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New Desktop Application Has Potential To Increase Asteroid Detection, Now Available To Public

A software application based on an algorithm created by a NASA challenge has the potential to increase the number of new asteroid discoveries by amateur astronomers. Analysis of images taken of our solar system's main belt asteroids between Mars and Jupiter using the algorithm showed a 15 percent increase in positive identification of new asteroids. During a panel Sunday at the South...

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Scientists Used Fruit Flies To Describe How We Judge Cold And Hot

Scientists from Northwestern University have observed that how a fruit fly's brain reacts to hot and cold temperature, which has implications for understanding the way more complex human brain and how it replies to sensory stimuli. Marco Gallio, who led the research is an assistant professor of neurobiology in Northwestern's Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences said, "The brain is a beautiful...

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Japan Space Scientists Make Wireless Energy Breakthrough

Japanese scientists from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have taken a breakthrough step toward making solar energy transmition from space wirelessly becoming a reality.Japanese scientists successfully utilized microwaves to deliver 1.8 kilowatts of power by the air to a pinpoint receiver 55 metres away without wire.In this process the researchers convert electrical signal into...

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Apple Is Going To Unveil First Smartwatch

Apple is expected to launch smartwatch at a media event, San Francisco.Apple announced its wrist watch last year without specific launch date.Apple's Watch will be available in two different sizes and in three collections, these are Apple Watch, Apple Watch Sport and Apple Watch Edition.Apple Watch Edition is coated with 18 karat gold which is crafted from 18 karat yellow or rose...

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Recycler That Changes Waste Plastic Into 3D Printer Plastic

At the Unversity of British Columbia, engineering students (Dennon Oosterman, Alex Kay and David Joyce) have launched a plastic recycler that turns plastic into 3D printing material, the recycler known as ProtoCycler.It ables to crush plastic bottles and lego etc.After chruing, it melts plastic into a filament that can be ate into 3D printers. Dennon Oosterman said that we...

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British Scientists Generate Electricity With Urine

British scientists at the University of the West of England in Bristol, have revealed a toilet which create electricity with urine, that could be used to provide electricity in distant areas such as refugee camps.British scientists with aid agency Oxfam developed this urinal toilet.The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation was funded this project "Urine tricity." "It is always a challenge...

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Engineers Prepared High-Tech Ink To Build Do-It-Yourself Sensors

A team of nanoengineer from the University of California, San Diego developed a tool that will help to make sensors.The team of researcher has prepared high tech bio-inks which react with chemical such as glucose.Researchers filled the pens with this inks and draw sensors on the skin and on the leaves to measure glucose and pollution respectively.The pen could be used on phones for health...

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Solar Powered Plane Is Ready To Fly Around The World

 In the United Arab Emirates a solar powered plane made a third successful flight test and planned to promote solar power energy worldwide through the world tour.The flight test was one hour long from the UAE capital Abu Dhabi's small Al-Bateen airport and tested by two Swiss pilots Piccard and Andre Borschberg.Mission Chiefs said, "The pilot reported no problems." "Hopefully...

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