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 ZeroG® Mechanical Arm Technology receives UK Innovation Award1 1
  Equipois Inc., based in Los Angeles, has developed proprietary technology that aims to eliminate costly on-the-job injuries caused by exertion, repetition and strain. As noted on their website, th...  Experience Led Innovation1 0
Innovation is exceptionally difficult. Despite centuries of advances and improvements, nine out of 10 new products and services still fail at the point of market entry. This statistic highlights the n...  AMD Discovers How to Predict Cancer Drug Effectiveness0 2
Drs Chong-xian Pan and Paul Henderson of Accelerated Medical Diagnostics (AMD), have developed a technology that can determine the effectiveness of a cancer treatment, before giving a patient the full...  Three Pioneering Projects Win Coveted Vodafone and mHealth Alliance Wireless Innovation Awards0 0
The Vodafone Americas Foundation and mHealth Alliance announced the winners of the third annual Vodafone Americas Foundation Wireless Innovation Project™ and second annual mHealth Alliance Award. Th...  Innovation for Everyone0 1
At Imaginatik’s recent Innovation Leader’s Forum in NYC, Rowan Gibson gave a talk on his approach to building an enterprise-wide innovation capability. He mentioned that innovation should be appro...  CafePress: It's All About You0 1
CafePress is for people who love sharing their passions with others. Since its inception in 1999, CafePress has established itself as the #1 online destination for personalized gifts. With a communi...  New UHF RFID Metal Tags Released0 2
Evertrend Tags has released UHF EPC G2 RFID Metal Tags designed for metal environments, such as logistics tracking, Asset Tracking, Container Tracking etc. One of the key factors that have hindered th...  RFID-in-Metal Technology0 1
Xerafy Ltd. was awarded the 2011 Global Product Innovation Award for 2011 from the best practices research firm Frost & Sullivan. They were able to overcome the technical hurdle of ultra-high radio...  Beacon Power Develops Next Generation Flywheel1 2
The proposed 100kW, 100kWh system will use a "flying ring:" a lightweight hoop of co-mingled fiber composite with bonded magnetic materials mounted on the structure. This configuration eliminates the ...  Innovating the Humble Sandbag2 2
The lowly sandbag has been around for centuries, providing flood victims with a humble tool to ward off the devastation caused by high water. But Sand Brick Technologies, LLC looked at the sandbag ...  E-Fuel: Empower Your Fuel Choice1 3
The company's mission is to provide consumers with a superior fuel product to gasoline that's environmentally-friendly, inexpensive, and accessible to everyone. To do this, Quinn, and ethanol scien...  Innovative Pressure Testing Device0 0
Paragon Automation has recently developed an innovative electronic pressure testing device for use in testing pipeline pressure. The stand-alone unit has an LCD screen on which the measurements are di...  Plastics: Not Forever Anymore0 3
Plastics are forever, and they're everywhere. Their durability – a quality that makes them so useful – also makes them so destructive to the environment. Solegear, a Canadian company based in ...  Modifying Microbes to Create Fuel0 2
Many scientists and researchers are racing to come up with a biofuel to replace petroleum, but LS9 Inc. is approaching the challenge by genetically modifying microbes that will create an ethanol-like ...  Illumitex Lights the Way0 2
Matt Thomas, CEO of Illumitex, believes his company can stand out among competitors in the fast-growing LED device markeplace, with bulbs that produce more light and use less power. Their innovati...  Saving the Planet, one Flush at a Time3 4
How many gallons of water are "wasted" (pun intended) every day to flush urinals? Some estimates say 150,000 litres of water per urinal per year. Do the math. That's a lot of water. So, waterless uri...  SmartKem Develops "Smart" Chemistry0 1
SmartKem simplified the process of creating circuits and electronic components by eliminating the need to use high temperatures, vacuum chambers and chemical etching, and enables the printing of circu...  Breakthrough Battery Technology for Electric Vehicles0 2
Planar Energy has developed a breakthrough in large format lithium-ion batteries that uses solid state electrolytes within the battery, rather than the liquid electrolytes used in current technology. ...  Laser Sensors provide Accurate Data to Fish Farmers1 1
 New Ocular Imaging Technology allows Early Disease Detection1 6
 Ultra Low-Power Microchips Set to Revolutionize Healthcare1 5
Scientists from MIT look set to revolutionize medicine by creating biomedical devices that run on very little power and have the potential to slash the sometimes exorbitant costs of healthcare. A tea...  A New Energy Source from Pea Plants0 6
We have a powerful energy source right above our heads but we are still not able to harness as much energy as we would like from the sun. Solar panels work well in desert regions but they are ineffic...  Playing Lego with Photons to Create Powerful Computers0 2
Radically faster computers, measuring equipment with superior sensitivity, more secure communication systems and improved control over chemical reactions are some of the dramatic features expected of ...  New Solar Cell from Readily Available Materials3 3
IBM has set a new world record for solar cell technology. It has built a solar cell from abundant materials that can convert 9.6 percent of solar energy to electrical energy, a 40 percent boost over ...  New Materials Inspired by Water-Catching Properties of Spider Webs0 3
Based on their research Lei Jiang and colleagues at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing created an artificial silk that mimics the water collecting abilities of natural webs. Whilst much is...  Self-Healing Polymer Prolongs the Lifetime of Oils0 6
Inspired by the self-healing properties of skin University of Warwick researchers in the UK have created self-healing polymers that can be added to automotive oils to prolong their life. “Self-he...  Fabric Batteries for Clothes that Can Conduct Electricity1 4
If you want to charge your cell phone just plug in your jeans! All you have to do is dip a piece of fabric in a solution infused with tiny tubes of carbon, and it turns into a battery. Simply coat...  A Mussel-Inspired Glue to Repair Fetal Membranes0 3
Taking their inspiration from nature a team of scientists from Northwestern University in the United States are developing a sealant that could be used to repair defects in human fetal membranes. The...  Complete Draft of the Soybean Genome0 2
Scientists have mapped out and sequenced the genome of the soybean, one of the world’s most important sources of protein and oil. It accounts for nearly three quarters of the planet’s edible prot...  Genetically Engineered Glowing Tadpoles Detect Pollution0 2
Genetic engineering has long been hailed as the one of the biggest revolutions in biological sciences. But while progress in the medical field has been slow due to a number of technical problems, ind...  Magnetic Paper can Make Tiny Motors and Robots1 2
Magnetic ferropaper is a revolutionary type of material that is the creation of scientists from Purdue University. The substance is made by impregnating paper with a mixture of mineral oils and magne...  Solid-Oxide Fuel Cells. A Greener Way of Producing Electricity from Natural Gas0 3
It sounds almost too good to be true, but two MIT scientists are developing a new kind of power plant that is capable of generating electricity without sending carbon dioxide emissions spiraling up in...  Next Generation Lens to Boost Communications3 2
 High Powered Lasers Create Potential New Imaging Technique0 5
Prof Chunlei Guo from the University of Rochester has been heralded around the world for being able to change the color of metals by scouring their surfaces with ultra-intense beams of light known as...  Phase-Changing Microcapsules to Reduce Energy Consumption1 5
The amount of energy needed to keep homes, offices, and commercial premises cool and comfortable has risen steadily over the past few years. In Europe air conditioning units account for 15 percent of...  Self-Destructing Bacteria for Better Biofuels0 8
Biofuel Benefits Biofuels are promoted as a solution to depleted fossil fuel reserves, rising oil prices and as a cleaner greener alternative to petroleum. A UK government study found that biofuel...  Cooler and Faster Computing2 5
John and Ma found they could completely control the electronic state of artificial atoms within the vacuum. This not only leads to the processing of optical information at faster speeds, but could al...  New Organs at the Push of a Button4 5
Advantages The idea is for surgeons to have tissues on demand for a number of uses. Scientists will be able to place almost every kind of cell into a specific pattern in 3-D by using pre-formed sc... |
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