Blogs Posts on "Inventions"

Amazing Military Robots Climb, Haul, Run Like Living Things by Gajitz | Tech with a Twist on Nov 19, 2009In previous decades, we had fantasies that, by this time, robots would be doing our jobs and all of our household chores so that we could live lives of luxury. We’re still not quite there yet, but robots have started doing things we never even...

StairSteady Helps People Walk Up Stairs by Craziest Gadgets on Nov 19, 2009StairSteady Helps People Walk Up Stairs StairSteady Helps People Walk Up Stairs The StairSteady was invented by Ruth Amos when she was just 16 years old (pictured!) to help those with limited mobility walk up and down stairs easier. The StairSteady...

FACT: your Chapstick has the power to kill you by Learn Something New Every Day on Nov 17, 2009Chapstick is a trade-marked brand name for lip balm, but the name has become so popular to use with any kind of lip balm that they could be in danger of losing their trade-mark. (like what happened to the Yo-Yo) The one and only Chapstick was invente...

Space Case: Compact Camper Van Carries Everything by Gajitz | Tech with a Twist on Nov 14, 2009Necessity is the mother of invention, of course, and some of the best things in the world have come about because someone was frustrated enough with the current choices to come up with an alternative. Such is the case with the SpaceCamper, the innova...

Forget Robot Chauffeurs: This Robot Pedals Your Bike by Gajitz | Tech with a Twist on Nov 11, 2009Who doesn’t enjoy a nice bike ride, especially when it’s with someone you love? If you’re as addicted to robots and technology as we are, or if you’re just really lazy, this invention is right up your alley. Meet Joules, the b...

FACT: penicillin owes everything to the cantaloupe by Learn Something New Every Day on Nov 9, 2009Penicillin remains one of the most significant medical advancements, umm, ever. Before its first use in 1940, infections from a skinned knee or a shaving cut could prove fatal. There was nothing doctors could do to fight bacteria. Until the P-bomb ca...

The Complete Guide to Google Wave, information that really wants to be free by The Mobile Fun Blog on Nov 8, 2009What is Google Wave? The latest from Google Labs, for now available only as a limited-distribution preview, Google Wave is—what? The ultimate collaboration tool? Really superior e-mail? The most ambitious (and confusing) web application ever...

The Prometheus Device by 2dayBlog on Nov 5, 2009Wanna be X-men Pyro or maybe Kyo Kusanagi? Take a look at this Prometheus Device. It is a hand-mounted appliance that shoots fire created by Everett Bradford, check it out after the break. [via LikeCool]...

FAA Review May Scuttle Hobbyist Inventor’s Ingenious Method For Shipping Drugs by Technology Review on Nov 3, 2009An Ohio inventor's cargo box has drawn interest from major shipping companies, but now faces years of FAA review A new refrigerated cargo box for moving pharmaceutical products has attracted the likes of delivery giant UPS, but its inventor may go ou...

Swapping Data USB Wedding Rings.. by Strange Pictures on Nov 1, 2009You like it? Share it with the rest of the World!!