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UMass Amherst scientists invent new sensing eye mask
Wearable soft mask will be useful for new, cutting-edge sleep and psycho-social studies From the team that invented physiology-sensing pajamas at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, now comes a new,…
Designing a puncture-free tire
To address some of the issues, University of Illinois researchers focused on one component of the tire–the shear layer, which is just beneath the tread.
A rail system allows child seat to be simply attached to the wheelchair
The rail system, which curves around the wheelchair, resembles a bicycle frame. A child seat can be attached to it in a few simple steps. “The seat can be…
Stroke patients relearning how to walk with peculiar shoe
Stroke sufferers experience muscle weakness or partial paralysis on one side of the body, which greatly impacts how they walk, known as gait. Gait asymmetry is…
A ski jacket that actively gets rid of sweat
Man is a warm-blooded animal. If it gets too hot for him, he can tune down his body temperature. This feat is achieved by an evolutionarily refined “AC system”…
A fashionable chemical and biological threat detector-on-a-ring
According to a global analyst firm called CCS Insight, wearable electronics will be a $34 billion industry by 2020. Wearable chemical sensors currently in…
Healthy Hiking in Smart Socks
Researchers of the Chemnitz University of Technology develop tough electronic for sport and medical science
A shampoo bottle that empties completely — every last drop
It's one of life's little annoyances: that last bit of shampoo that won't quite pour out of the bottle. Or the last bit of hand soap, or dish soap, or laundry…
New Video Camera Released Featuring Ultra-High-Speed CMOS Image Sensor Developed At Tohoku University
An ultra-high-speed CMOS image sensor that offers 10 million frames per second with ISO16,000 photosensitivity has been developed at Tohoku University by a…
Safe motorcycle helmets – made of carrot fibers?
All over the world, research is being conducted into biodegradable and recyclable synthetics. However, fiber-reinforced components remain problematic – if…