Belgium has officially started building their massive offshore wind farm that’s expected to be operational by the end of next year. The Norther project, valued at over $1.4 billion USD, will have a capacity of 370 megawatts when fully completed. It’ll spread out with 44 wind turbines in total, and it’s expected to satisfy 10 percent of Belgium’s needs by […]
Belgium To Build Biggest Offshore Wind Farm
Elevated Pods Instead Of Subways & Cars??
Emissions from personal cars contribute an enormous amount of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, accounting for about one-fifth of all U.S. emissions, according to the Union of Concerned Citizens. These emissions are a major part of global warming, and some scientists think the only way to make a dent in the rising temperatures on our planet is to eliminate or […]
Can This Retinal Prosthesis Help Restore Sight To The Blind?
Researchers in Sweden and Israel are collaborating to design a simple retinal prosthetic device that could help restore sight to people with certain types of blindness. A chunk of the photoactive film is similar to a pixel in a digital camera sensor, and can convert light impulses to electrical signals to stimulate nerve cells in the eye. While the implant […]
Artificial Pancrease Created For Critical Care
Admetsys, a company headquartered in Boston, has developed a system for controlling blood glucose levels in critical care patients. Essentially an artificial pancreas, the system relies on a lab-on-a-chip that’s embedded within an intravenous catheter to measure glucose and lactic acid, automatically supplying insulin or glucose to keep the patient within normal range. Measurements are done about every five minutes, […]
Cure Your Headache With This
This is the only head wrap that combines gentle compression and therapeutic heat to alleviate pain from stress and tension headaches. Its two built-in air bladders operate similar to hospital compression boots and use compression intervals to stimulate circulation by helping blood vessels expand and contract. A warming element provides heat therapy that relaxes tense muscles in the face and […]
Aloe Bud May Turn Out To Be Your Best Bud
App Attack is a weekly series where we search the App Store and Google Play Store for the best apps of the week. Check out App Attack every Sunday for the latest. More often than not, life can become busy and stressful — which means self-care gets put on the back burner. This week we have an app that will help […]
3D Printed Bicycle Tires Never Go Flat
Will cyclists pedal bikes with airless tires in the future? BigRep just unveiled a new set of 3D-printed bike tires and took them out for a whirl in Berlin, Germany. The airless tires are made from PRO FLEX Filament – a new thermoplastic elastomer that introduces flexibility to 3D-printing. Designer and test cyclist Marco Mattia Cristofori described the ride as […]
Monitoring Your Vitals From Afar
Whether it’s heart rate, breathing rate or muscle activity, there are wearable devices that are capable of measuring just about biometric data point you can think of. But what about no-contact methods of measuring that don’t involve physically touching you at all? That is something researchers from Israeli startup ContinUse Biometrics have been working on. Their resulting device — capable […]
Self-Sufficient Cocoon Home
This self-sufficient home topped with a soaring cocoon-like structure envisions new heights of off-grid living. The Cocoon Smart Home, designed by Richard’s Architecture + Design (RA+D), will be the first Minergie-ECO certified building in the Dominican Republic. With solar panels, a geothermal system and rainwater harvesting, this Santo Domingo home fully embraces sustainable design. RA+D wanted to design the ideal automated house that […]
This App Reduces Food Waste By Getting Leftovers To Those In Need
Restaurants, catering companies, grocery stores, and any place that manages large amounts of food often have huge amounts of leftovers that end up in the trash. Not only is it a wasteful practice when so many people are hungry, it also creates waste that takes up room in landfills. The energy used to produce that food is also expended to […]