Watch a Helite airbag vest deploy in a crash test. Deploying in 80ms the Helite airbag vest protects internal organs from impact damage, stabilizes the neck, spine, and torso, and protect the chest, hips, and ribs. The vest can be reset once it has been deployed in about two minutes with a new CO2 cartridge. Price starts at $62.
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Vertical Walking – An equipment that lets you move between floors of a building with only ten percent of the effort needed to climb stairs. It does not require any external power.
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BeON Home takes a new approach to home protection, using LED light bulbs that learn and replicate your everyday interaction with your light switches to deliver effective and preventative home security.

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Luftikid is the result of German grandfather’s brilliant mind. He patented and used his family company to market his new invention. Luftikid is the missing piece in child passenger safety.
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It attaches to your skin and show how your body responds to exercise.

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Shinning in darkness! The spray is virtually invisible in daylight but light-reflective in the dark.
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When Emma Lawton was 29 she was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.
As a graphic designer, drawing is a huge part of her life but over the past three years the tremor in her hands has grown more pronounced stopping her from writing and drawing straight lines.

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In a new twist to waste-to-fuel technology, scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed an electrochemical process that uses tiny spikes of carbon and copper to turn carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, into ethanol. Their finding, which involves nanofabrication and catalysis science, was serendipitous.
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Dr. Nakamatsu, colloquially known as Dr. NakaMats, is the most prolific inventor in the world. He holds 3,500 patents and counting—more than any other inventor living or dead. He recently celebrated his 88th birthday and plans to live to 144, while dealing with his greatest challenge yet: treating his cancer.

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Interesting list of solar powered creations.
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The screen size of a smartwatch provides limited space to enable expressive multi-touch input, resulting in a markedly difficult and limited experience. Here is an interesting method to get around that issue.
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Edible Cutlery is part of our series, India Innovates, that attempts to bring out the stories of some of the most brilliant minds in our country.

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Inspired by the strange properties of spider silk, researchers have created “liquid wires” that could be used in soft robotics

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Watch this complex object get 3D printed in less than 15 minutes. Sean and Norm visit Carbon, the makers of the M1 3D printer, to get a demo of this new super fast 3D printing technology working in real-time. We chat with Carbon’s VP of Product, Kirk Phelps, to learn how the CLIP 3D printing tech works, and why it’s more than just about really fast prints.

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While solar power is one of the most eco-friendly and safest solutions for energy, it isn’t always considered efficient. Kyocera and Century Tokyo Leasing are now implementing a new technology, building solar plants that can float on water, for improved efficiency in power output.

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