Self-Filling Water Bottle Converts Humidity to Drinks for Thirsty Cyclists, Arid Towns
A university student has invented a bottle that turns humid air into a half liter of water every half hour.
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Somali Teen's Inventions From Trash, Earn Him Ticket Out of Poverty
He's living in poverty, but a 13-year-old's fascination with building his own electric gadgets from trash has earned him a free education.
Alarm Clock Wakes You With Pleasant Aromas Instead of Loud Sounds
This alarm clock lets you silence the buzzer and wake up to fresh smells of coffee, chocolate, and four other pleasant scents.
New Invention Bears the Brunt of Earthquakes By Using Good Vibrations
A new vibrating barrier can absorb most of an earthquake's energy and send it harmlessly away from older buildings so they don't collapse on people inside.
Teen's Device to Clear Plastic Garbage from Oceans is Almost Ready
Remember the teen who unveiled an ambitious plan to clean up the plastic floating in the world's oceans? Well, his invention is set to be deployed next year.
College Student's Device Can Turn Polluted Air into Printer Ink
This device doesn't just suck soot out of the air-it repurposes the stuff as printer toner.
De-icing Concrete Can Make Bridges Safer, Airports More Reliable
Mixing steel shavings and carbon into regular concrete creates road-building slabs that can be electrified to melt ice and snow.
Beaming Education From Space to World's Poorest, Remote Places
A company is using satellites to deliver free data to the whole world, where four billion people still don't have Internet connections.
Woman Keeps Hair During Chemo Thanks to New "Cooling" Cap
Thanks to a new "cooling" cap, which is still in clinical trials, Donna was able to keep her full head of hair while undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer.
'Drones for Good' Offers Flying Ambulance Toolkit
Every year a million people suffer from cardiac arrest in Europe and face a mere 8% survival rate due to slow response times of emergency services. Alec Momont seeks to improve existing emergency infrastructure with a network of drones capable of saving lives. His drone can speed to a location within 1 minute, when it would take an ambulance ten.
Teenage Entrepreneurs Develop Life-enhancing Device for Wheelchairs
Stephen Campbell noticed that his grandmother often backed her wheelchair into things causing embarrassment or damage, so he invented the solution.
College Kids' Invention Connects Disaster Workers When Cells Are Down
Reachi, a communication device soon to be in the hands of the Filipino Red Cross, can help emergency responders stay in touch even when cell signals are down.
Humanitarian Drones to Deliver Medical Supplies to Roadless Areas
Andreas Raptopoulos wants to use aerial drones to save lives, by helping the one billion people who do not have year-round access to roads.
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.
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