How This Smartphone Case Charges Batteries Out of Thin Air
A smartphone case turns radio waves into electricity to recharge your battery out of thin air.
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NASA Device Finds 4 Buried Victims in Nepal by Detecting Heartbeats
Four men trapped under 10 feet of rubble were rescued in Nepal thanks to a heartbeat-detection device developed by NASA and the Dept. of Homeland Security.
Solar Solution: MIT Creates Way to Make Salt Water Drinkable
To help people in drought-stricken areas from California to India, new technologies are harnessing the sun to make saltwater drinkable.
Drones From Iran Actually Built to Save People - From Drowning
Another example of how a drone can be a lifesaver, rather than a killer, comes from a group of young engineers in Iran whose robotics expertise has been put to work developing an alternative to human lifeguards along the Caspian Sea coast, where more than a thousand people drown every year. Their drone can speedily fly to swimmers in trouble and drop three life preservers.
Innovative Crowdsourcing of Tweets, Phones Can Give Early Warnings of Quakes, Floods
Your smartphone could save your life before disaster strikes. Researchers are turning smartphones and social media into early warning systems for earthquakes and floods.
Teen Wins $50K for Making Plastic Out of Banana Peels
A 16-year-old girl from Istanbul, Turkey spent two years perfecting a plastic created from banana peels, substituting fruit waste for the typical petroleum base. On Thursday, Elif Bilgin's idea paid off when Scientific American named her the winner of its $50,000 Science in Action prize.
Breath Test Can Tell the Difference Between Heartburn, Stomach Cancer
If doctors had a way to easily spot the difference between cancer and indigestion, it could save thousands of lives. A new breath test device shows promise.
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