New Edible Rings on 6-Packs Can Feed Animals Instead of Harming Them
This innovative six-pack ring, made from beer by-products, will not be choking any animals or leaving plastic to pile up in the environment.
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Take Your Treadmill Outdoors With This Walking Electric Bike (WATCH)
A Dutch inventor is taking treadmills on the road with a "walking bike" that uses an electric motor and a gentle stroll to make it go.
Brazil's New Zika Strategy: Billboards Smell Like Humans to Attract and Kill Mosquitoes
These billboards in Brazil are designed to smell like people, luring virus-carrying mosquitos from more than a mile away into traps.
College Students Invent Gloves that Speak Sign Language Out Loud
Two University of Washington students have won a $10,000 prize for inventing gloves that translate sign language into audible speech, on the spot.
10-year-old Stumbles Upon New Molecule, Gets Published
A 10-year-old girl was experimenting with a molecule-building set in her Montessori school when she created an unusual-looking specimen. Clara Lazen randomly arranged a unique combination of oxygen, nitrogen and carbon atoms, with the result being a molecule her teacher had never seen before. Intrigued, he photographed it and sent it to a chemistry professor at Humboldt State University in California, who discovered that not only was Lazen's molecule unique, it had the potential to store energy.
Self-Taught Boy Genius From Sierra Leone Impresses MIT
15-year-old Kelvin Doe is an engineering whiz kid in Sierra Leone who has invented or manufactured his own batteries, generators and transmitters for radio broadcasting using spare parts he gathered from trash bins. Completely self-taught, the boy was invited by MIT to visit America recently to expand his horizons.
Simple Contraption Saves Women From Having to Break Their Necks Just to Carry Water
Women and children no longer have to damage their spines and travel miles every day just to acquire clean water.
Solution to Age-old Problem: Physicist Invents Drip-Free Wine Bottle
Whether you like Cabernet, Merlot, or Malbec, wine lovers everywhere can appreciate this new patent for a drip-free wine bottle.
Student Invention Takes Aim at Thanksgiving Kitchen Fires, Wins $50K
Thanksgiving Day results in more home fires than any other, most of which are caused by cooking – that's why these teens invented the Fire Mitt.
Woman Hailed for Inventing Foldable Paper Bicycle Helmet
This paper 'honeycomb' EcoHelmet can be manufactured, carried, recycled, and distributed as easily as it can protect the wearer from injury.
Groundbreaking Invention Helps Workers Stay Cool in 122 Degree Heat
Workers building the World Cup stadiums in Qatar are now a lot more comfortable in the heat, thanks to this invention ironically powered by the sun.
Woman Invents Amazing Car That Wheelchair Users Can Just Drive Away
A woman in a wheelchair wanted to help people like her to become more independent, so she designed and is now manufacturing an innovative electric car that provides easy access and drivability, without ever getting out of your chair. Stacy Zoern, an intellectual-property attorney in Texas, quit her job to build her new company, Kenguru.
10-Year-old Boy Invents Device That Will Save Children From Hot Cars
This 5th grader has just invented a device that could save hundreds of children from suffering heat stroke in hot cars.
Engineer Creates Green Oasis by Growing Glaciers in the Desert
Sonam Wangchuk is being hailed for creating ice pyramids as a source of freshwater for his Himalayan desert village.
Teen Invents Bra that Could Detect Breast Cancer
This 18-year-old's invention is still in the early stages of testing – but it could have the potential to save millions of lives.
Generator That Creates Electricity From Gravity Could Revolutionize Renewable Energy
The generator is capable of reaching up to 93% energy efficiency – which is a "game-changing" number in comparison to wind and solar energy.
Record-breaking Water Purifier Made of Paper Could Bring Clean Water to Desperate Areas
The researchers developed the device by revolutionizing an ancient technique that was first described by Aristotle more than 2,000 years ago.
Mother's Invention Helps Disabled Son and Countless Others to 'Walk'
A revolutionary harness designed by a mother to give her wheelchair-bound son a chance to walk has parents cheering.
Doctors on a Plane Save Woman's Life by Constructing Makeshift Ventilator Out of Nearby Parts
When an elderly plane passenger went into respiratory arrest on the plane, there was no ventilator to keep oxygen pumping into her lungs – so these two heroic doctors built their own.
23-Year-old Wins Top Prize for Cheap Bamboo Housing That Can Be Constructed in 4 Hours
A 23-year-old Filipino inventor has just won a multi-thousand dollar prize for designing a cheap bamboo house that could be assembled in 4 hours.
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