TAK Studio has came out with an innovative idea that will minimize the amount of energy spent to power the street lights that light up the roadside, no other source but from the passing vehicles generate clean energy. This Turbine Lights has been entered into the Greener Gadgets 2010 competition, using the wind generated by vehicles whipping by them will keep your night drives safe with wind energy. The Turbine Lights have a lot of potential, good for wind-heavy cities or a road with heavy traffic, no doubt this would be a great addition to roads…
Source:Upcoming.current.com
Posted by admin on February 6th, 2010
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The art of sustainability in which waste materials are often used to provide certain products a new look isn’t always practical – as here is the case with these rather irregularly notched looking metal undies. But don’t go thinking that all accessories made from old computer chips and circuit boards are terrible. Some, like these rather gorgeous earrings and some of them are characterized by rich abundance such as bib necklace, are actually quite lovely and will definitely cause less… annoying.
Source: Ecouterre.com
Posted by admin on January 24th, 2010
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Bart Weegens is a scientist from Belgium who has found a low-technology method to go about landmine detection to tackle issue of unexploded mines. The idea could save hundreds of lives. So called the HeroRAT is an intelligent species and easy to train and with many new recruits easy to breed.
According to Bart, the rats have a great sense of smell and it is practically easy to train them although the training is a little time consuming.. So basically he is putting a leash on a rat to lead it or hold it in check by deploying them in the field to detect land mines by scent.
Source: Socyberty.com
Posted by admin on December 14th, 2009
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Google Goggles is Google’s newest search tool which lets you search the web using visuals rather than text using your mobile (Android on mobile device). You can use this apps to search books, images, landscape, logos, artwork, businesses, and barcodes, among other things. Capture instant a photo of the attraction and Google Goggles will provide you info related to that images and as well as the GPS location. It also have a text reader, so it’s fast and easy to save your info once you grab a picture.
The visual recognition technology used in Google Goggles yet growing at Google labs so it does not yet support organic objects like plants, animals or people, but in the future, it will change the way we search the Internet, it will make easier to quickly identify any objects, learn about, and itemized display the world around us.
Posted by admin on December 6th, 2009
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Lufthansa recently launched MySkyStatus website that sends altitude while you’re in the air. The information about the location, departure and arrival updates of the flight can be automatically fetched to your Facebook and Twitter pages. This tools is ideal for people who have to pick up other people at airports. The apps is easy to set up. Let’s get started.
Posted by admin on October 11th, 2009
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Paramount Pictures and Iconic Brands will be launching Godfather Italian Organic Vodka in Spring 2010. However it is still not clear what ingredients it’s gonna be made with or where it’s going to be bottled, seems these details are kept secrets “in the family.” like this quote from Godfather- Don Corleone to Sonny- “Never tell anybody outside the family what you’re thinking again.”
The Godfather inspired vodka sales can take off like some other famous celebrity brand- Dan Aykroyd’s Crystal Head Vodka to Justin Timberlake’s 901 Tequila. Nothing Sells Like Celebrity- Celebrities appear in 24 percent of the ads in India itself.
Posted by admin on October 4th, 2009
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It has been noticed that People in Odenplan, Stockholm were much more using the escalators than the stairs in the subway station. The local group conducted an experiment to see if they could make people use the stairs too by adding in a bit of fun! They came up with an idea of Piano Stairs and it seems to have worked out well that you can notice through this video.
The Piano Stairs actually produce real piano-like notes when the keys-(the stairs in this case) are stepped on… Check out the video above to see how the fun theory change people’s behavior, people enjoying the music and getting some workout too.
Posted by admin on September 27th, 2009
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