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    Need a new battery for your phone? Why not use a piece of PAPER

    A team of scientists has invented a ground-breaking way of storing electricity – in PAPER. The experts from Sweden have developed a remarkable thin material which has the capacity to store power. The so called ‘power-paper’ is 15 centimetres in diameter ...
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    Egloo heats your room without electricity for 10 cents a day

    Can you heat your room for just 10 cents a day? Egloo can. Egloo is a clever little heater that harnesses candle power to heat a room without wasting electricity. Egloo works by concentrating the heat from the flame of a few ...
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    Convertible desk for office power naps

    There is no longer any excuse for nodding off in an important work meeting, because Greek designers NL Studio have created the first ever work desk that transforms into a full-size bed. The convertible deskwas designed to enable exhausted workers ...
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    Waterstudio’s floating sea wall harvests blue energy from crashing water

    Hundreds of world leaders are gathered in Paris to hash out a deal to save the planet from futureclimate change, but in the meantime, Koen Olthuis and the rest of the Waterstudio crew are working on solutions that we can ...
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    GHOST: Technology that leaps out of the screen

    Today we live in a world of flat-screen displays we use all day – whether it’s the computer in the office, a smartphone on the train home, the TV or iPad on the couch in the evening. The world we ...
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    The future of shopping is . . . second life on acid?

    When Victor Gruen invented the shopping mall in 1956, he wanted to give suburban citizens a sorely needed third place to socialize and shop. Today, malls have been usurped by e-commerce. And while the ease of one-click shopping fulfills the ...
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    Clothes with inbuilt air conditioning

    Researchers at the Technical Research Centre of Finland — VTT — have developed a mass production method for wearable air conditioning technology. The system — called Alykangas — consists of microscopic channels of plastic that can be integrated into garments, ...
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    This Swimming Robot Digests Pollution And Turns It Into Electricity

    This is the Row-Bot, a robot that walks on water, and gets its energy by eating the microbes in dirty ponds and “digesting” them in its artificial stomach. Using this method, it generates more than enough power to propel itself ...
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    These classrooms are designed to help children with ADHD focus

    Architect Lior Ben-Shitrit designed an innovative workspace space where children with learning disabilities and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) can thrive. The Isreali architect is known for designing attractive and alternate learning environments. Ben-Sheetrit designed the details and furnishings for the ...