Category: Inventions

Hong Kong’s maker group aims for Star Trek-like replicators

Hong Kong is catching up with the global community of makers — those entrepreneurs and tinkerers united by the passion to personalise, custom-build things, and yes, with the potential for Star Trek-style replicators. On Tai Nan Street in the working class district of Sham Shui Po, you’ll find Common Room, a small shop with the look of a trendy coffee bar.

Hong Kong’s maker group aims for Star Trek-like replicators

Hong Kong is catching up with the global community of makers — those entrepreneurs and tinkerers united by the passion to personalise, custom-build things, and yes, with the potential for Star Trek-style replicators. On Tai Nan Street in the working class district of Sham Shui Po, you’ll find Common Room, a small shop with the look of a trendy coffee bar.

Heston Blumenthal on his over-active mind

Heston Blumenthal’s head-spinningly exotic dishes have made him the nutty professor of British gastronomy. Now the inventor of snail porridge tells Event how his over-active mind has driven him to boiling point Heston Blumenthal just can’t sit still.

Friday 4 March 1663/64

Up, my eye being pretty well, and then by coach to my Lord Sandwich , with whom I spoke, walking a good while with him in his garden, which and the house is very fine, talking of my Lord Peterborough’s accounts, wherein he is concerned both for the foolery as also inconvenience which may happen upon my Lord Peterborough’s ill-stating of his matters, so as to have his gaine discovered unnecessarily. We did talk long and freely that I hope the worst is past and all will be well.

The Greatest Inventions of All Time

It’s difficult to pick one invention to stand out as the greatest of all time. There are so many manmade wonders that enrich our lives every day and make us question how we ever lived without them.

‘Superbattery’ can charge much faster and never explodes

A new longer-lasting battery technology that can’t catch fire has been developed by a team of engineers led by 94-year-old Professor John Goodenough, the co-inventor of the lithium-ion battery. Lithium-ion batteries are one of the most popular types of rechargeable batteries used in many mobile devices, but they can sometimes explode and catch fire – as was the case for Samsung’s Galaxy 7 exploding battery fiasco.

Nuclear Weapons: Trust But Modernize

The United States is planning to modernize its nuclear deterrent over the next 25 years, an effort already two decades late in implementation. That delay, a procurement holiday, resulted in all elements of our nuclear enterprise-the warheads, the communications, the submarines, the land based missiles and the bombers and their associated cruise missiles-reaching the end of their service life nearly simultaneously.

Nuclear Weapons: Trust But Modernize

The United States is planning to modernize its nuclear deterrent over the next 25 years, an effort already two decades late in implementation. That delay, a procurement holiday, resulted in all elements of our nuclear enterprise-the warheads, the communications, the submarines, the land based missiles and the bombers and their associated cruise missiles-reaching the end of their service life nearly simultaneously.

World Patent Marketing Invention Team Presents The Belt Charger, An…

World Patent Marketing, a vertically integrated manufacturer and engineer of patented products, introduces the Belt Charger, an electronic invention that allows people to charge their mobile devices using only their belt. “The electronics industry is worth $228 billion,” says Scott Cooper, CEO and Creative Director of World Patent Marketing.

Schools welcome chance to fan the flames of invention

SCHOOLS are relishing the prospect of Dyson’s new research and design centre at Hullavington and are hoping it will provide more opportunities for their students. The James Dyson Foundation already attracts young people to take up a career in engineering, design and research, and a number of apprenticeship schemes are available.

Pointe- -Calli re exhibits Montr al! Bell’s historical collections

The exhibition follows the development of this amazing device from its invention by Alexander Graham Bell in 1874 up to the digital communications revolution of today. Pointe-A -CalliA re , the MontrA al Archaeology and History Complex, in collaboration with Bell, is presenting Hello, MontrA al! Bell’s Historical Collections, a lighthearted and entertaining exhibition that looks at the evolution of communications through the advances in telephony and the role telephony plays in our lives.

EXCHANGE: STEM students create winning invention

In this Jan. 20, 2017 photo, teacher Matt Erbach explains to his students what he is looking for as the group of Streamwood High School students in Streamwood, Ill., design a micro generator using wind power to light up areas around homeless shelters. Their wind-powered generator idea won the state competition in the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow contest, which encourages teachers and students to solve real-world issues using classroom skills in science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics.

These Absolutely Frightening Robots Will Give You Nightmares

Imagine ringing a doorbell and waiting for someone to come to the door when a 6-1/2-foot tall robot kangaroo comes rolling over the threshold, zips down a flight of stairs at nearly 10 mph and then down a snowy hill and into the parking lot behind you. Yes, this is the thing nightmares are made of.

Viagra inventor makes premature ejaculation drug

‘The time for small thinking is over, the time for trivial fights is behind us’: Trump strikes a presidential tone while addressing Congress as he tells them to reform tax and repeal Obamacare Shining star: Glittering Melania receives a standing ovation from Congress as she, Ivanka and Jared are joined by widows of men killed by illegal immigrants at Trump’s ‘biggest speech yet’ Trump is open to compromise legislation that would allow most illegal immigrants to STAY and may bring it up tonight in his speech to Congress Kellyanne Conway said she ‘meant no disrespect’ after being caught on the Oval Office couch while wearing her heels because she was asked to take a photo of the leaders of black colleges ‘We are a country that stands united in condemning hate and evil in all its very ugly forms’: Trump speaks out over anti-Semitic attacks and Kansas race murder in address to Congress … (more)

Viagra inventor makes premature ejaculation drug

‘The time for small thinking is over, the time for trivial fights is behind us’: Trump strikes a presidential tone while addressing Congress as he tells them to reform tax and repeal Obamacare Shining star: Glittering Melania receives a standing ovation from Congress as she, Ivanka and Jared are joined by widows of men killed by illegal immigrants at Trump’s ‘biggest speech yet’ Trump is open to compromise legislation that would allow most illegal immigrants to STAY and may bring it up tonight in his speech to Congress Kellyanne Conway said she ‘meant no disrespect’ after being caught on the Oval Office couch while wearing her heels because she was asked to take a photo of the leaders of black colleges ‘We are a country that stands united in condemning hate and evil in all its very ugly forms’: Trump speaks out over anti-Semitic attacks and Kansas race murder in address to Congress … (more)

Gemalto accelerate IoT innovation with new rapid prototyping tool

Gemalto , the world leader in digital security, is introducing a rapid prototyping tool that will speed and simplify the creation of new Internet of Things applications. The CinterionA Connect Shield development board utilizes the popular and highly accessible ArduinoA1 design environment, and features an intelligent modem chipset optimized for low power IoT devices that can deliver extended battery life.

The Heat Is On

The Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft that landed the Curiosity rover on Mars endured the hottest, most turbulent atmospheric entry ever attempted in a mission to the Red Planet. The saucer-shaped MSL was protected by a thin, lightweight carbon fiber-based heat-shield material that was a bit denser than balsa wood.

A winning invention on display at Northland Field Days

A machine that is billed as promising to increase kiwifruit yield and reduce costs will be make its Northland Field Days debut this week. Tired of watching pollen go to waste when pollinating his own kiwifruit vines, he came up with a machine that he says allows growers to use less pollen and increase fruit size and quality.

Nexenta, the Leading Open Source-Driven Software-Defined Storage…

Nexenta , the global leader in Open Source-driven Software-Defined Storage , announced today that CRNA , a brand of The Channel Company , has named Nexenta to its 2017 Data Center 100 list. This annual list recognizes technology suppliers that excel at powering, supporting and protecting the complex and demanding data centers on which today’s businesses rely.

mimiron 0.2.3

He once resided at the Temple of Invention, but is absent during the time of Loken’s rebellion. Mimiron is a CLI tool whose purpose is to provide a better workflow when manging tfvars.

New Game: Final Cut: Death on the Silver Screen Collector's Edition

Unravel the mystery of your father’s death and brother’s bizarre disappearance in Final Cut: Death on the Silver Screen! Your father was a famous movie director who liked to invent elaborate locks and devices. A mysterious villain demands you track down the pieces to his greatest – and perhaps most deadly – invention of all time! If you don’t, your brother will suffer the same fate as your father.

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