Entertainment
The ‘robotic’ pool cue is foolproof: video
Youtuber Shane Wighton has built a robotic pool cue with a camera and a mechanical arm that makes it foolproof: watch the video
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News
Most read news of the week: 17 April
Last week’s most read news selected by our editorial staff: Neuralink, future houses and Valerio Braschi’s distilled carbonara
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Gadget
Seat Guard: the simplest solution to avoid sitting too much
Seat Guard – Microbreaks is a new health innovation to prevent excessive sitting: is a technical intelligent device for healthy sitting on any surface
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Construction
The homes of the future: smart, self-sufficient and virus proof
An Australian start-up company designs and builds smart, energy self-sufficient homes that protect their inhabitants from all sorts of viruses and bacteria: will these be the homes of the future?
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AI
Neuralink: a monkey plays Pong using only its brain (VIDEO)
The Neuralink ‘monkey test’ announced a few weeks ago by Elon Musk has come to a successful conclusion: the animal played Pong using only its brain to control the game.
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Life
It looks like water but is actually ‘distilled carbonara’
Chef Valerio Braschi has created distilled carbonara: a shot of liquid as clear as water but with all the flavour of Rome’s best-loved pasta dish.
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Motors
The one-wheeled motorbike: top or flop?
On Alibaba you can buy a one-wheeled bike for a modest €1560: watch the video to find out if it’s a top or a flop buy
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News
Most read news of the week: 10 April
This week’s top stories: mini wind turbines, infrared to recognise Italian pasta and an ingenious project to recycle face masks
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Life
100% Italian pasta? Find out with infrared
A CNR research team has developed a system that uses infrared rays to identify pasta made with 100% Italian wheat
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Events
The Patent Magazine is media partner of IIDC Hong Kong
The Patent Magazine has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with IIDC, the Hong Kong International Invention and Design Competition Supporting young inventors, encouraging matching between stakeholders and presenting the most innovative prototypes: these are the objectives of the partnership…
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Electricity
Mini wind turbines that produce energy even without wind
British start-up Alpha 311 has developed special mini wind turbines that can generate electricity even in no or very weak wind conditions
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Construction
Recycling masks to build roads: the RMIT project
Researchers at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) have developed a project to recycle surgical masks into construction material for streets and pavements
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Tech
Microsoft Mesh: the smartworking of the future is in ‘Mixed Reality’
Microsoft has unveiled Mesh, a ‘mixed reality’ platform that will allow people to participate in events and meetings remotely with physical interactions and Virtual Reality avatars
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News
Most read news of the week: 3 April
Our editorial staff’s pick of the most-read news stories of the last week: strange lights in the US, Facebook’s teleportation and the date when we’ll be back to normal after Covid-19 What are the most read news stories of the last week? What were the trending topics in the world of innovation? What…
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News
Weekend inventions by Corneliu
Weekend inventions are environmentally friendly products, Air by Corneliu brand, which, by implementing creative-innovative concepts, contributes to increasing the quality of life MicroU MicroU, an ecological and multifunctional alternative to glasses pouch, with a protective and cleaning function,…
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Medicine
Covid: when will we get back to normal? ISS sets the date
The ISS study “Return to normal: COVID-19 vaccination under mitigation measures” has indicated the date by which we will reach a “zero-Covid” level in Italy
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News
Zuckerberg: “By 2030 Virtual Reality will enable teleportation”
In a podcast dedicated to new technologies, Facebook’s CEO announced that, by 2030, its Virtual Reality glasses will allow users to teleport
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Space
Strange lights in the US sky: Professor Aaron Coyner’s explanation
On Friday night, many residents of the northwestern states of the USA spotted strange flying lights in the sky above their heads: physics professor Coyner tried to give an explanation
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