With a Simple Piece of Paper, Engineers Create Self-Powered, Wireless Keyboard
A new innovation from engineers at Purdue University turns paper and cardboard into a music player interface.
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Tech University Creates 2,000 Avatars for Students to Attend Virtual Graduation and Roam the Campus Like a Video Game
IIT Bombay gave its graduating students a ceremony to remeber, hosting a virtual event with avatars for every student.
Innovative Renovations of Old Hotels Make Perfect Affordable Housing -Including Great Amenities
Low-income housing has been made from an old Days Inn in Missouri, creating studios and one-bedrooms starting at $495.
Woman Designs Sturdy Cardboard Beds For Overrun Hospitals in India - And Her Proud Family Sells Them At Cost
Aryan Paper Group and architect Rhea Shah have created santizable cardboard beds for India's COVID-19 patients.
Scientists Uncover Secret In Centuries-Old Mud, Drawing A New Way To Save Polluted Rivers
Walter and Merrits from PA change how rivers are restored by demonstrating how 300 years of human interference creates sediment buildups.
Self-Powered Wildfire Detector Could Help Fight the Spread of Deadly Blazes, Using The Motion of Trees For Power
Michigan State scientists developed a remote forest fire detector and alarm system powered by nothing but the movement of trees in the wind.
Stylish Tiny Homes Are Now Being 3D-Printed In 24 Hours And Shipped to Your Site
Mighty Buildings, an Oakland, California construction company, is 3D-printing entire houses in 24 hours–and they're stylist and cheap.
Nigerian Entrepreneur Invents Giant Solar-Powered Refrigerators That Cut Spoilage to Help Farmers Earn 25% More
Inventor Nnaemeka Ikegwuonu created ColdHubs, 100% solar-powered cold storage rooms for keeping produce and fish fresh in Nigerian markets.
One of the World's First Communities of 3D Printed Homes is Set to House Mexico's Poorest Families
Thanks to a specially designed 3D printer for building houses in rural locations, these cozy homes required less than 24 hours of printing time.
Amazing Fungus Discovered at Chernobyl Could Be Grown On Rockets to Protect Astronauts from Toxic Space Radiation
Fungus found in the destroyed reactors of Chernobyl could be used as a protective radiation shield for astronauts, as it consumes radiation.
FDA Approves Low-Cost Ventilator Designed by Team of Volunteers - Including the Jeopardy Teen Champion
Volunteers who designed a low-cost ventilator-including Avi Gupta, the Jeopardy Teen champ-got approval from the FDA for its use on patients.
Topping Soil With Rock Dust Could Suck Billions of Tons of CO2 From the Air and Increase Crop Nutrients - Study
Using the ERW method of spreading basalt dust on top of the soil can reduce vast amounts of CO2 from the air, and increase crop production.
Giant Floating Balloons Will Bring Internet Access to 20,000 Square Miles in Remote Kenya
Large solar-powered balloons will beam 4G LTE internet onto remote parts of Kenya, as Telkom Kenya and Google partner to bring Loon Project to Africa.
Young Scientists Make Eco-Friendly Industrial Cleaners From Yeast, Transforming Chemical Industry
Two young chemical engineering students, Sean Hunt and Gaurab Chakrabatri, made a bio hydrogen peroxide from yeast, launching the Solugen line of cleaners.
Bionic Eye, As Sensitive as the Human Retina, May Give Sight to Millions
Robotics engineers in Hong Kong have developed a prosthetic eye that could restore sight to hundres of millions of people, and even improve the human eye.
Teen Invents Wristband That Could Curb Infection by Warning Users Against Touching Their Face
This 15-year-old inventor is responsible for developing the VybPro: a small bracelet that vibrates whenever the user is about to touch their face.
After 100 Days of COVID, XPRIZE Launches $5M Competition to Get Americans Back to Work
XPRIZE wants to solve the unemployment crisis in the US so they launched a $5M contest to reinvent job training methods to employ workers for good jobs.
Soap Bubbles Delivered By a Tiny Drone Can Pollinate Crops If Bees Aren't Available, Says Study
Japanese scientist Eijiro Miyako at JAIST has successfully pollinated a pear orchard using soap bubbles with pollen grains, hoping to find bee alternative.
Buried Roman City Mapped in Stunning Detail Using Ground-Penetrating Radar
The Roman city of Falerii Novi has been mapped in stunning detail using ground-penetrating radar, revealing impressive monuments and a public bath complex.
This Nurse Didn't Just Create a Replacement N95 Mask - Hers Filters More
A Texas "nurse scientist" created a better face mask, in case her nursing staff ever ran out-and Tommye Austin's TM 2020 is a better one by far.
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