After Couple Publishes 3D-Printing Guide for Face Masks, Hundreds of Volunteers Start Making Them for Free
Not only are these single-use plastic face masks biodegradable, they can also be cheaply assembled in as little as an hour.
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Engineer Makes a DIY Cell Phone With Rotary Dial So She Doesn't Have to Use a Smartphone
Rather than learn to live with a smartphone, this engineer designed her own cell phone with a rotary dial-and she is helping others to make their own.
Dad Builds Adapted Nintendo Controller for Disabled Daughter-And Her Reaction is Adorable
This devoted dad plans to publish instructions so other parents of disabled children can build his special adaptive Nintendo Switch controller themselves.
Rather Than Shredding Food Scraps With Your Garbage Disposal, This Device Collects It All for Composting
The ingenious and easy-to-install device allows homeowners to flush all of their food scraps down the drain for composting, rather than the trash.
Relive the Moment The World Came Together 10 Years Ago in Historic Rescue of Trapped Chilean Miners After 69 Days
Rescuers in Chile are freeing 33 miners who have been trapped more than a half-kilometer underground for 69 days.
Spunky Grandma Uses Virtual Goggles to Ride Roller Coaster For First Time (With Hilarious Irish Profanity)
Just when you think you've seen it all in your old age, technology creates another modern miracle—and you can't look away, even though you want to.
This Inexpensive New Smart Mask Can Amplify the Speaker's Voice and Translate Speech into 8 Languages
With the first wave of distribution expected before December, an individual C-mask will be sold for roughly $40 to $50.
9-Year-Old Kenyan Boy is Honored for Inventing Handwashing Machine That Prevents COVID-19 Spread
Stephen Wamukota was recently awarded the Presidential Order of Service Uzalendo Award in recognition for his hands-free sanitation station design.
Rube Goldberg's Granddaughter is Asking You to Build a Machine That Drops a Bar of Soap into Your Hand
The annual Rube Goldberg Machine Contest will be open to international video submissions from engineers of all ages until May 31st.
Smart Watches Can Detect Illness, Diabetes, and Disease
According to a new study, your smart watch will be able to detect lyme disease, oxygen deprivation, illness, and diabetes.
Google Creates New AI That Can Outperform Doctors in Diagnosing Most Commonly Lethal Form of Cancer
This new deep learning system was able to outperform doctors in diagnosing one of the most commonly fatal forms of cancer in the US.
Lyft to Have Fully Autonomous Fleet of Self-Driving Cars by 2021
There's a surprising amount of environmental and economic benefits that comes from ditching human drivers from the transportation service.
Smartphone Microscope Will Let Kids Easily Explore Microbiology
This 3D-printed smartphone attachment will allow kids and students to learn about microbiology in a way that has never been available before.
Student Invents Smart Gun that Could Prevent Hundreds of Accidents
Using smart phone finger authentication technology, this smart gun can only be used by the intended user.
Dad Builds Backyard Roller Coaster For 3-Year-old Son
This youngster is lucky to have a dad with such a knack for engineering.
In Historic First, NASA Lands on Asteroid and Collects Samples of Debris That Helped Form Our Earth
NASA's OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft landed on an asteroid (Bennu) to retrieve a sample of primordial dust and rock to return to Earth.
Scientists Create Transparent Wood Nearly as Clear as Glass to Make Stronger, Better Insulating Windows
University of Maryland scientists made a transparent wood nearly as clear as glass to make stronger, better insulating windows.
New XPRIZE Funded by Elon Musk Will Award $100 Million For Top Carbon Removal Ideas to Address Climate Crisis
The largest XPRIZE in history funded by Elon Muck with inspire innovators to develop carbon removal solutions that combat climate change.
After Debuting World's Largest 3D-Printed Building, Startup is Set to Bring Affordable Housing to US
The 2-story building was printed on-site in Dubai with the help of just three workers-and the engineers now hope to build similar structures in the US.
Winner of 2021 Dyson Award Goes to First Ever Device to Monitor Glaucoma Symptoms From Home
HOPES, A device for pain-free, at-home eye pressure testing for glaucoma won the 2021 Dyson Award for breakthrough design.
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