News
The ring that transforms body heat into electrical energy
A team at the University of Colorado has designed a special ring capable of transforming body heat into electrical energy: it can power a smartwatch
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Gadget
Avi and Zeno: pushchairs for parents who want to do sports
Cybex has launched a range of pushchairs designed especially for sporty parents: they attach to the waist or to the bike and allow you to move around in total comfort and freedom
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News
Most read news of the week: 8 May
Our editorial staff’s pick of the most-read news stories of the last week: Pow-Wow Fashion Tech Week, Samsung SmarTag+ and the Gurkha armoured SUV
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Motors
Gurkha: the ‘zombie-proof’ armoured SUV
A Canadian company has built an armoured SUV equipped with shatterproof glass and security systems that are perfect ‘to fight your way through zombies in an apocalyptic scenario’.
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Gadget
Samsung SmartTag+: a community for finding lost property
Samsung’s SmarTag+ is a wireless sensor that uses the UWB network to create a community for finding lost keys, wallets, backpacks, suitcases and other items.
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Events
Pow-Wow Fashion Tech Week: the first event dedicated to fashion and applied technologies
May 18-20. Pow-Wow Fashion Tech Week will host Guè Pequeno, Defhouse, Paul Cook, Marky Ramone and many other international guest stars.
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Gaming
“Space For Children’: a video game helps children cope with Covid-19
ESA has published the video game “Space For Children” to help children cope with Covid-19: free to download from all digital stores. Covid-19 had a devastating impact on the entire planet. Entrepreneurs, the self-employed, pensioners, civil servants, professors and students have all been challenged…
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News
Most read news of the week: 1 May
Last week’s most read news selected by our editorial staff: super pink moon, ambulance drones in the Netherlands and the first voice-operated coffee machine
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Home Automation
“Alexa, make me an espresso’: the first voice-controlled coffee machine
The new Lavazza coffee machine is equipped with an intelligent chip that integrates Alexa’s functionalities: a voice command is enough to order a perfect espresso
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Science
The ‘super pink moon’ is coming: how, when and where to see it
On the night of 27-28 April, a wonderful “pink supermoon” can be admired in the sky, a very rare and exciting astronomical phenomenon.
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Life
Rescue arrives by ambulance drone: test in the Netherlands
Delft University in the Netherlands has designed an ambulance drone that can deliver an automatic defibrillator within minutes in the event of cardiac arrest
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Health
Let’s free the vaccine from patents: appeal for the universal right to health
On the occasion of Liberation Day, intellectuals and scientists launch an appeal to free the Covid-19 vaccine from patents: “against inequality and for the universal right to health”.
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Electricity
Triumph’s legendary bike goes electric: new bike video
The British stable has unveiled the Project TE-1 Prototype, an electrically powered bike with Triumph-style performance: video
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News
Most read news of the week: 24 April
Our editorial staff’s pick of the most-read news of the last week: Apple Car, QR Code in the sky of Shanghai and the Domino’s pizza delivered by robot
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Events
BIIS 2021: here’s what happened
The 2nd Beirut International Innovation Show (BIIS 2021) happened virtually between 8 and 10 April 2021, with the participation of more than 70 inventors from 14 countries. The inventions were to both individuals and institutions such as the Turkish Inventors and Innovators Network, the Egyptian…
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Electricity
Apple Car: Cupertino’s first (electric) car on the way
The Apple fanatic’s dream may soon become reality as CEO Tim Cook is about to sign a deal with LG to produce the first 100% electric Apple Car.
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Robotics
1500 drones form a giant QR code in the sky over Shanghai (VIDEO)
Cygames celebrated the anniversary of a video game with a spectacular flight of 1,500 drones that formed an XXL QR Code in the sky over Shanghai: watch the video.
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Life
Domino’s: pizza delivered by robot
Pizzeria chain Domino’s has developed a delivery service with self-driving robots that deliver pizza directly to the customer’s home.
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