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# Gajitz

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- [Go Go Gajitz: A Guide to Gadgets, Science & Technology](https://gajitz.com/go-go-gajitz-a-guide-to-gadgets-science-technology/) - Welcome to Gajitz, an interactive collection of novel innovations, past, present and futuristic. Over 30,000,000 visitors have stopped by to check out this site's vast array of inventive gadgets, remarkable scientific discoveries and forward-thinking technologies to date. You can start navigating the extensive Gajitz archive via five primary categories (linked toward the top of each page, beneath the
- [Sandfalls: Amazing Lakes, Rivers & Cliffs of Moving Sand](https://gajitz.com/sandfalls-amazing-lakes-rivers-cliffs-of-moving-sand/) - In a sandfall, dry sand either falls vertically over suitable drops or cascades down hard slopes, creating stunning visual effects. The process has been described as "dry sandflows cascading down the escarpment face, where the grain concentration decreases dramatically and the streaming component of stress greatly exceeds the collisional component" Sometimes water enters the mix and makes
- [LEGO Tape: Terraform Any Surface with Adhesive Blocks](https://gajitz.com/lego-tape-terraform-any-surface-with-adhesive-blocks/) - LEGO works are usually self-limiting, forcing you to build from static platforms on flat surfaces, but LEGO-based tape lets you take those designs into three dimensions, attaching them to walls and ceilings around you. Developed by Nimuno, a design studio inspired by LEGO, the flexible tape can be cut into different lengths and features adhesive
- [Business Bobble Head Blocks Unwanted Office Noises](https://gajitz.com/business-bobble-head-blocks-unwanted-office-noises/) - Working in an office comes with its share of ups and downs. On the positive side, we get to work with a variety of people who can fuel our creativity and keep us motivated. The downside to that space-sharing, of course, is that not all of us are on the same mental schedule. This weird-looking
- [High Caliber: Rugged & Armored All-Terrain Four-Wheeler](https://gajitz.com/high-caliber-rugged-armored-all-terrain-four-wheeler/) - The Polaris Sportsman WV850 H.O. all-terrain vehicle comes with all the fixings and then some, built to military specifications and featuring non-pneumatic bulletproof tires. No surprise: it was developed for the United State military, able to tackle tricky terrain under fire. This essentially indestructible ATV features 'terrain armor' tire tech out of Minnesota (a state known
- [Magic Calendar: E-Ink Displays Look Just Like Normal Paper](https://gajitz.com/magic-calendar-e-ink-displays-look-just-like-normal-paper/) - Bridging the gap between classic calendars and high-tech displays, this paper-like system lets you see your days, weeks and months in a conventional fashion while being tied into a high-tech system. Japanese traditions of painting, calligraphy and demure decor have given rise to the Magic Calendar from Japanese Android Experiments, something that lets a new-fangled
- [Micro-Planets: 3D-Printed Cosmos Collections for Desktops](https://gajitz.com/micro-planets-3d-printed-cosmos-collections-for-desktops/) - Planets scaled to sit on your desk, hold in your hand or collect in jar, these micro-wonders let you collect constellations, moons, even entire solar systems. Made by the Little Planet Factory in London, these 3D-printed models come with various degrees of detail, from real (raised ridges for Earthen land forms) to speculative (terraformed versions
- [iPhone 7 Plus Retro Edition Recalls 80's Apple Macintosh](https://gajitz.com/iphone-7-plus-retro-edition-recalls-80s-apple-macintosh/) - When Nokia relaunched its classic brick phone, nostalgia-seekers came out to snatch it up much like they will the Apple iPhone 7 Plus Retro by Coloware. This vintage-looking device takes its logo and shell colors and styling details directly from the classic Macintosh computer (you know, those ones with the floppy drives?). The phone itself
- [Spin Me Right Round: Company Presses Cremated Ashes into Playable Vinyl Records](https://gajitz.com/spin-me-right-round-company-presses-cremated-ashes-into-playable-vinyl-records/) - Like an eternal tattoo, if you plan on getting yourself turned into a record when you die you had best be careful about what track you want to be remembered by -- will it be a one-hit wonder or a timeless classic? Morbid or amazing depending on your point of view, Ask Studio is an offering
- [Touchscreen Car Windows Turn Back Back-Seat Views into Interactive Games](https://gajitz.com/touchscreen-car-windows-turn-back-back-seat-views-into-interactive-games/) - A wonderful way to keep kids interested in the outside world rather than glued to a small screen on road trips, this interactive window design lets riders zoom into passing landscapes, test vocabulary skills and make video games out of scenic surroundings. But you really need to see it to understand its potential, so take
- [Mac Fan Art Turns Classic Apple Computer into a Micro-City](https://gajitz.com/mac-fan-art-turns-classic-apple-computer-into-a-micro-city/) - Ever since it launched in 1984, the 128K Apple Macintosh has been a classic staple of computer history, introduce the public to an amazing new graphic interface, mouse and other fresh features. Compact by the standards of the time, it felt like a universe of power was packed inside the small shell, and this detailed
- [Tiny Cars Project: Mirroring Turns Parked Vehicles Surreal](https://gajitz.com/tiny-cars-project-mirroring-turns-parked-vehicles-surreal/) - Looking at once visually plausible and conceptually impossible, the hacked automobiles in this art project visual expectations to make slightly-altered realities that boggle the brain. José Quintela of Lisbon is a writer by trade but has been using Instagram's layout application to collect and modify all shapes, sizes, makes and models of parked cars. The vehicles
- [SkySaver: Rescue Backpack Lets You Rappel Down Buildings](https://gajitz.com/skysaver-rescue-backpack-lets-you-repel-down-buildings/) - A semi-automatic way to save yourself from a skyscraper disaster, this belaying backpack works automatically to lower you speedily but safely down the side of a structure on fire or otherwise posing live-threatening dangers. The SkySaver hooks onto a pre-installed attachment sunk into your wall, floor or ceiling. The bag portion clips quickly around your torso,
- [World's Fastest Human-Powered Vehicle Can Hit 86 MPH](https://gajitz.com/worlds-fastest-human-powered-vehicle-can-hit-86-mph/) - Looking like some kind of next-generation kayak, the Eta speedbike with pilot Todd Reichert now holds the global record for fastest human-powered vehicle. He and the team of AeroVelo competed in the World Human Powered Speed Challenge, where serious cyclists tuck in and try to beat previous records. They ramp up over 5 miles before hitting
- [LEGO Geek Shopping Bag Turns Hands into Figurine Claws](https://gajitz.com/lego-geek-shopping-bag-turns-hands-into-figurine-claws/) - A pair of New York designers have made a sweet bag that appears to turn its holder's hands into a set of grippers instantly recognizable as being the claws of a little human LEGO figure. Junho Lee and Hyun Chul Choi designed the bag to feature the LEGO logo as well as the iconic raised
- [Durabulb: 'Unbreakable' LED Survives 100-Foot Fall & More](https://gajitz.com/durabulb-unbreakable-led-survives-100-foot-fall-more/) - Throw it off the top of a building or down some stairs, or carry it in a bag without padding, and the Durabulb will take the licking keep on ticking (or lighting, as it were). The lightweight LED uses 80% less energy than conventional bulbs and its rugged design means it also requires a lot
- [Wireless Switch Needs No Batteries to Turn Stuff On & Off](https://gajitz.com/wireless-switch-needs-no-batteries-to-turn-stuff-on-off/) - In a world already packed with devices that need to be recharged or plugin in, this wire-and-battery-free switch saves some trouble and turns the energy of the user's own motion into its own unlimited power source. Developed by Panosonic, the switch generates power through users and can trigger anything around you from lights and fans
- [Foldable Phone Patent Presages Return of Flip-Type Devices](https://gajitz.com/foldable-phone-patent-presages-return-of-flip-type-devices/) - As smartphones continue to grow bigger they become increasingly unwieldy, hard to fit into pockets and purses, but Samsung's new patent shows they are getting series about a phone for next year that will fold. A series of bendable joints toward the center of their new patented device let it fold down the center much
- [Dub Box: Cool Pop-Up Campers Inspired by Classic VW Vans](https://gajitz.com/dub-box-cool-pop-up-campers-inspired-by-classic-vw-vans/) - Take retro cool on the road with this sweet vintage-style camper that serves as a family sleeper, food or event cart, complete with smooth curves and hidden surprises. A thousand-found fiberglass shell contains a pop-top just like its classic counterpart but packs a lot more, too, in its streamlined body than the original. Inside the
- [Spaced Out: Real-Life Space Invaders Game Uses Drones](https://gajitz.com/spaced-out-real-life-space-invaders-game-uses-drones/) - Equipped with light sensors and LED strips, a team of ambitious geeks and gamers animated the space drones and arranged them in a game formation using a specially developed autonomous flight software. On the ground the player sits on the laser gunner station which moves across rails and shoots laser beams. After 5 hits, the
- [Accident Proof: Stablized BMW Motorcycle Can't Fall Over](https://gajitz.com/accident-proof-stablized-bmw-motorcycle-cant-fall-over/) - Designed to leave accidents in the dust, this zero-emissions Motorrad Vision Next 100 uses self-balancing technology that purports to make the vehicle accident-proof and even let bikers ride sans helmet. "We imagine all the downsides of riding a motorcycle to be gone," said the designers. "The vehicle will be so safe that you cannot fall
- [Helmet Hair: LEGO Figure-Style Bike Cap for Human Riders](https://gajitz.com/helmet-hair-lego-figure-style-bike-cap-for-human-riders/) - Meticulously modeled after the stylized heads of hair that one can attach to LEGO figures, this 3D-printed helmet makes you look like an action toy while you ride your bike around town. The design and innovation firm MOEF created this prototype, basing everything from its size and shape to its color on the toy figure
- [Bionic Revolution: Prosthetics Will Outperform Real Limbs](https://gajitz.com/bionic-revolution-prosthetics-will-outperform-real-limbs/) - Within our lifetimes, we will see replacement limbs exceeding the capabilities of the ones humans are ordinarily born with - already they outperform in certain tasks, but soon they may well be better on all fronts. In the video below for WIRED, MIT Media Lab's Hugh Herr explains how he looks to nature when developing
- [Radio Activity: Device Selects Music By Desired Tempo](https://gajitz.com/radio-activity-device-selects-music-by-desired-tempo/) - Sometimes you want to listen to something based on style or era, but for those who want their music to keep pace with their mood or activity, this tempo-gauging gadget lets you select for speed. Designed by Gemma Roper, Radio Activity picks out tracks from Spotify based on beats-per-minute metrics, adjusting as you move the circular dial
- [Modular Mini Smart Car Shrinks, Parks Sideways & Links into Platoons](https://gajitz.com/modular-mini-smart-car-shrinks-parks-sideways-links-into-platoons/) - This smart little car does it all, compacting to smaller sizes on demand, sliding horizontally into parking spots (no more need to try and parallel) and linking up to form fleets of semi-automated vehicles. The EO Smart Connecting Car 2 (or: EOscc2) grew out a project by the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, and
- [Full-Screen Phone: Record-Setting Edgeless Display Design](https://gajitz.com/full-screen-phone-record-setting-edgeless-display-design/) - The Mi MIX by Xiaomi, a Chinese company, is a gorgeous realization of an age-old idea: making displays go right to the edge in order to maximize screen space with a minimalist aesthetic. Designed by Philippe Starck, this ceramic smartphone features a beveled chamfer, curved on each end, creating its unique appearance. No edges and
- [Iceland is Drilling a 5 KM Hole to Harvest Geothermal Heat from Magma](https://gajitz.com/iceland-is-drilling-a-5-km-hole-to-harvest-geothermal-heat-from-magma/) - Taking geothermal energy generation quite literally to the next level, Iceland is drilling a hole to tap into the Earth's magma, a virtually unlimited potential power source. The Iceland Deep Drilling Project (IDDP) is drilling 5 kilometers down into the Earth’s crust using its rig named "Thor" in order to reach hot zones between tectonic
- [World's Fastest Open-Top Submersible Lets Divers Cruise Below the Surface](https://gajitz.com/worlds-fastest-open-top-submersible-lets-divers-cruise-below-the-surface/) - The MK1C looks like a conventional submarine missing its hood, but this electric vehicle is aimed at underwater travel for those already sporting submersible gear. Marine biologists, underwater archeologists and special forces, the craft lets divers get in and out easily, but travel far faster than they normally could beneath the waves. Its designers claim
- [Table Pong: DIY Console Brings Atari Classic to Life in 3D](https://gajitz.com/table-pong-diy-console-brings-atari-classic-to-life-in-3d/) - Bringing the 1972 Pong classic Atari game back to life in a beautiful new form, the Table Pong Project will suddenly look a lot more like beer pong (or air hockey or table tennis perhaps). The real key (fast forward a few minutes to see it) is the reflective trickery that makes the entire thing
- [Squashed Bugs: VW Cars Compressed into Spheres & Cubes](https://gajitz.com/squashed-bugs-vw-cars-compressed-into-spheres-cubes/) - Fans of the classic Volkswagen Beetle will be amazed or disturbed to see their favorite vehicle squished like a bug. Indonesian sculptor Ichwan Noor takes apart VWs and wraps them into uncannily perfect spherical and cubical works of retro car art. The deformed wonders are remarkably well cared-for, at least as well as can be
- [Travel Wearable: Click-to-Talk Mobile Translator Necklace](https://gajitz.com/travel-wearable-click-to-talk-mobile-translator-necklace/) - A slim white gadget worn around the neck, the portable Ili translator is clean, simple and easy to use: a microphone records sounds and a speaker delivers the message in a target language. Amazingly, it relies on a built-in database so it does not need a wireless, Bluetooth or other connection to work. Perhaps this
- [Welcome, Human, to China's Largest Robot-Run Restaurant](https://gajitz.com/welcome-human-to-chinas-largest-robot-run-restaurant/) - From your robotic greeter at the front door to your automated waiter, your visit to this restaurant in Kunshan City will feature all the cybernetic staff you hoped to have serve you in the future. Fifteen robots in total roll around the eatery, cooking food, taking orders, serving meals and greeting customers as they enter. A
- [Convertible: Maglev Living Room Doubles as Driverless Car](https://gajitz.com/convertible-maglev-living-room-doubles-as-driverless-car/) - Minimizing your travel time and complexity between home and, well, anywhere else, this living-room-and-car combination takes you straight from a skyscraper condo to the streets of your city. Charles Bombardier, a mechanical engineer from Canada, worked with vehicle designer Ashish Thulkar to develop Tridika. The resulting pod-like living room is secretly a maglev car designed
- [Mixtape Coffee Tables Remix Retro Nostalgia & Vintage Furniture](https://gajitz.com/mixtape-coffee-tables-remix-retro-nostalgia-vintage-furniture/) - TAYBLES tap into our nostalgia for cassette tapes, a love of handcrafted wood furniture and a functional desire to have mood lighting close at hand. The Los Angeles company creates wooden tables, each shaped like a tape and sealed with clear epoxy. LED lights tucked into the pair of central holes add light and color to
- [Go Go Gadget: Wristband Turns Your Fingers into a Phone](https://gajitz.com/go-go-gadget-wristband-turns-your-fingers-into-a-phone/) - No matter how small devices get, you still have to get a speaker near your ear and microphone near your mouth, which generally requires a certain minimum dimension unless your fingers can do the talking while you're walking. The Sngl taps into a wristband and turns your fingers into the receiver, requiring no speaker on the device.
- [H20 to Go: Ford Car Designed to Pull Water from Thin Air](https://gajitz.com/h20-to-go-ford-car-designed-to-pull-water-from-thin-air/) - Ford engineers are working on a system that would allow vehicles to collect and recycle condensation produced by vehicle air conditioners, turning waste water into potable drinks on hot days demanding AC use. The On-The-Go H2O prototype unveiled by the company is a much simpler version of the envisioned device, but does basically the same
- [Portable Power: Folding Micro-Turbine for Mobile Wind Energy](https://gajitz.com/portable-power-folding-micro-turbine-for-mobile-wind-energy/) - Compact, lightweight and highly portable, this mobile charging unit by Nils Ferber weighs around a pound and can provide power day and night, particularly on windy hills for remote hikers. The Swiss designer made the unit fold up into something about the size of a hiking pole (indeed, if he can make it more robust,
- [Student Accidentally Invents Battery to Last for 400 Years](https://gajitz.com/student-accidentally-invents-battery-to-last-for-400-years/) - If necessity is the mother of invention, perhaps luck or experimentation is the father, as this remarkable student-made rechargeable battery discovery illustrates. Doctoral candidate Mya Le Thai at the University of California was playing around in the lab when she found a method to make batteries last for hundreds of years. A team of researchers
- [Responsive Exoskeleton Lets Users "Feel" Virtual Realities](https://gajitz.com/responsive-exoskeleton-lets-users-feel-virtual-realities/) - Seeing is believing for some VR users, but to truly top off the virtual reality experience one needs to be able to touch imaginary worlds, which the Dexmo exosuit lets users do. Made by Dexta Robotics, this exoskeleton provides tactile feedback in response to what users are seeing and interacting with in virtual environments. The system
- [Japan is Developing Spatial 3D Maps for Self-Driving Cars](https://gajitz.com/japan-is-developing-spatial-3d-maps-for-self-driving-cars/) - In an effort to get self-driving cars on the road by the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, Japan is working to digitally chart the nation's major roadways with special mapping technology to create detailed 3D data sets. Dynamic Map Planning, a joint venture of various automotive companies, is crunching data on hundreds of miles of expressways to
- [Found at Sea: Googly-Eyed Cuttlefish Looks Like a Pokemon](https://gajitz.com/found-at-sea-googly-eyed-cuttlefish-looks-like-a-pokemon/) - It looks like a toy some child let fall overboard while on a ship in the ocean, but the Rossia pacifica (known as the stubby squid) is entirely real and the video is here to prove it. Spotted by E/V Nautilus off the coast of California at a depth of nearly 3,000 feet, the strange creature looks surreal,
- [For Sale: Nike's Back-to-the-Futuristic Self-Lacing Shoes](https://gajitz.com/for-sale-nikes-back-to-the-futuristic-self-lacing-shoes/) - Just in time to hit the pre-holiday purchasing rush, Marty McFly's famous footwear from Back to the Future will be available to buy starting at the end of November. The HyperAdapt 1.0 is going to carry a high price tag (yet unannounced), but heck, it will lace itself, too. Each shoe has a cable system using
- [World's First Hydrogen-Powered Train Arriving in Germany](https://gajitz.com/worlds-first-hydrogen-powered-train-arriving-in-germany/) - The first of its kind, a new hydrogen-powered passenger train is being developed by a French company and slated to be used in Germany starting next year. The ultra-quiet "hydrail" transit system is powered by hydrogen fuel cells that give off steam and water. The train pulls from a hydrogen fuel tank stored on the roof
- [New 1 Terabyte SD Card: Record-Breaking Storage Capacity](https://gajitz.com/new-1-terabyte-sd-card-record-breaking-storage-capacity/) - Breaking the world record for the highest-capacity SDXC card in the world, this design by Western Digital's SanDisk comes just 16 years after the company shocked the world with a 64-megabyte version with 1/16,384th the storage capacity (and two years after their 512 GB one). There is a lot of talk about Moore's Law slowing
- [Go Fish: Waterproof GoPro Responds to Voice Commands](https://gajitz.com/go-fish-waterproof-gopro-responds-to-voice-commands/) - The GoPro Hero 5 is a feature-loaded camera to be sure, but its real boast is its ability to be waterproof without a specialized case and respond to voice commands for hands-off use. The sleek-looking gadget comes in silver and black, shoots 4K video at 30 frames per second, and is designed for amateur and
- [DIY Kit for Kids: LEGO Flybrix Drones Are "Crash Friendly"](https://gajitz.com/diy-kit-for-kids-lego-flybrix-drones-are-crash-friendly/) - New build-a-drone kits combine LEGO bricks and off-the-shelf parts designed by Flybrix to create kid-friendly, wirelessly-controlled drones made to be easily reassembled if they run into something and crash. In the words of another famous kid-friendly robot: disassemble, reassemble! Flybrix is a San Francisco startup aiming to make drone-building easier and more accessible. Their kit-based flyers can
- [Fukushima Nuclear Fence: Japan's Ice Wall is Nearly Done](https://gajitz.com/fukushima-nuclear-fence-japans-ice-wall-is-nearly-done/) - It sounded preposterous to many when it was proposed, but a few years (and over $300,000,000) later the underground ice wall designed to contain a vast nuclear spill is almost finished. Groundwater from the compromised plant in Fukushima poses a serious threat to Japan and the rest of the world. Over 1,000 tanks are storing
- [Vision Van: Future Delivery Truck Deploys On-Board Drones](https://gajitz.com/vision-van-future-delivery-truck-deploys-on-board-drones/) - The Vision from Mercedes-Benz comes equipped with a set of detachable rooftop drones to make the last steps of a delivery smooth, reliable and efficient. It works on both ends, too: the drones can load up the compact freight vehicle from a distribution center then detach and deliver goods at a destination. Packages can be
- [China's "Underwater Space Station" to be 10,000 Feet Deep](https://gajitz.com/chinas-underwater-space-station-to-be-10000-feet-deep/) - China is working to create a massive subsurface sea lab thousands of feet below the surface of the ocean, aiming to hunt for minerals in the South China Sea and presumably to cement their claim to the disputed region. The project is one of the country's top scientific priorities, according to the Chinese government, and
- [NES Mini: Classic Nintendo Back with 30 Games for Just $60](https://gajitz.com/nes-mini-classic-nintendo-back-with-30-games-for-just-60/) - The original must-have gaming system is back on the market with the Nintendo Entertainment System: NES Classic Edition. At a glance, it looks just like its predecessor, but clearly much smaller as it fits in the palm of your hand. The device connects to your TV and comes with a controller also like the original, though
- [Sewer to Brewer: Solar System Turns Urine into Beer](https://gajitz.com/sewer-to-brewer-solar-system-turns-urine-into-beer/) - A new solar-powered machine developed by Belgian scientists turns urine into beer, but could also be used to recycle waste into fresh water in areas of need. Ghent University researchers created this system with developing nations in mind, particularly: sunny locations with plenty of solar access but limited fresh water and located off the grid. Urine
- [Taurus 2x2: Folding Motorcycle Features Two-Wheel Drive](https://gajitz.com/taurus-2x2-folding-motorcycle-features-two-wheel-drive/) - We tend to think of all-terrain vehicles as rough, rugged and consisting of at least three wheels, but the Taurus aims to change all of that and also be easier to transport by car (packed right into the trunk). This 2x2 has two-wheel drive and a Honda GX-210 four-stroke engine delivering power to both front
- [Rocking Lamp: Neat Origami Bird Light Bobs on its Perch](https://gajitz.com/rocking-lamp-neat-origami-bird-light-bobs-on-its-perch/) - The Perch Light is a lovely illuminated gadget, a lighting fixture that doubles as dynamic decor. Wrapped in synthetic paper, the counterbalanced bird rocks gently in the breeze or when poked gently. London-based architect and designer Umut Yamac originally created a limited run (or: flock) of these a few years back, but recently relaunched them
- [Lunar Close-Up: New Consumer Camera Zooms Way Into the Moon](https://gajitz.com/lunar-close-up-new-consumer-camera-zooms-way-into-the-moon/) - What used to take a clear sky and a telescope can now be accomplished on a semi-dark evening with an off-the-shelf, computer-model camera. No need to join NASA or hitch a ride with SpaceX to see the lunar surface when there's a Nikon P900 handy. As consumer camera tech takes off, more and more possibilities
- [Robot Underground: Climbing Bot Designed for Space Caves](https://gajitz.com/robot-underground-climbing-bot-designed-for-space-caves/) - Interplanetary spelunking sounds like a luxury sport, but for scientists it can open up whole new worlds of discovery if robots can be programmed and designed to go cave diving on other planets. One particular“robot called LEMUR, short for Limbed Excursion Mechanical Utility Robot, is designed to climb the porous walls of a cave 150
- [Flush & Fuel: Drivers Can Gas Up at Sewage Plants in Japan](https://gajitz.com/flush-fuel-drivers-can-gas-up-at-sewage-plants-in-japan/) - Japanese drivers can now drive up to sewage treatment centers and fill up their rides with biogas-based hyrodgen, thanks to a new toilet-to-tank initiative, the first of its kind in the world. The methane and carbon dioxide piped into the first operational plant (more in the works) are being turned into usable fuel thanks to
- [Straight Out of the Batcave: BMW Titan Motorcycle Design](https://gajitz.com/straight-out-of-the-batcave-bmw-titan-motorcycle-design/) - With luxury befitting Bruce Wayne and dark details worthy of Batman, this BMW concept bike by Istanbul-based Mehmet Erdem is a fresh take on a fancy ride. The 'Titan' lets you lean into curves, hugging an aerodynamic frame with a side-clipped rear tire hugged by turn signals and break lights. The whole thing looks as
- [Growth Spurt: India to Plant Record 50 Million Trees in 1 Day](https://gajitz.com/growth-spurt-india-to-plant-record-50-million-trees-in-1-day/) - Pakistan dazzled the world when a state-sanctioned effort planted close to a million trees in one day, but India aims to blow that record away by a multiple of over 50. More than 800,000 volunteers are being given sapling to plant along roads, rails and in existing forests, all to be done within 24 hours
- [In Touch: Ring Shares Long-Distance Hearbeats Remotely](https://gajitz.com/in-touch-ring-shares-long-distance-hearbeats-remotely/) - A touching substitute for physical contact in the digital age, this ring is designed for remote relationships, letting you feel your lover's pulse wirelessly (and them to feel yours). The Touch ring links to your wireless device and taps into the internet to share your pulse with a paired device on a partner's finger. The ring glows
- [Carnivorous Glow Worms Mimic Night Sky to Catch their Prey](https://gajitz.com/carnivorous-glow-worms-mimic-night-sky-to-catch-their-prey/) - Sounding more like a science fictional creature than a real-life animal, these amazing critters imitate the stars in the sky in order to catch meals. Disorienting through astronomical imitation, these predators have evolved to use nighttime navigational strategies of other species to their advantage. Many animals, like moths, use starlight and moonlight to find their
- [America's First 'Pizza ATM' Delivered to College Campus](https://gajitz.com/americas-first-pizza-atm-delivered-to-college-campus/) - Pick your toppings, press a button, swipe your card and and receive a fresh-baked pizza from an ATM machine in a matter of minutes. While brand new to the United States, this novel device has been around for years in Europe. "The Pizza ATM™ is not a prototype, it has history. It is the single
- [Magnetic Floating Phone Charger Hovers Devices in Midair](https://gajitz.com/magnetic-floating-phone-charger-hovers-devices-in-midair/) - From floating bonsai trees to levitating gadgets, hovering household items is all the rage, and now you can lift your smartphone with a similarly elevated form of design (and all while it charges!). The OvRcharge floats your device using magnets, and has magnetic cases available for phones that would not float on their own devices. As
- [Tall Bicycle Tour: Film for Fans of Super-High Bike Rides](https://gajitz.com/tall-bicycle-tour-film-for-fans-of-super-high-bike-rides/) - Some cyclists seem obsessed with riding higher and higher, and for those who enjoy the creative genius behind those bigger bikes, this film gives viewers a window into the world of their creation and use. This extended teaser enters the world of the Zenga Bros of Vancouver who were taught to be creative at a
- [Organic Light Show: LEDs Fool Fireflies into Synchronizing](https://gajitz.com/organic-light-show-leds-fool-fireflies-into-synchronizing/) - Thai fireflies gather annually to glow, flashing in great quantities in the country's mangrove forests. Artists Robin Meier and André Gwerder stepped into the mix, adding artificial flashers to sync up the natural bioluminscent species. Some types of firefly will synchronize on their own, but following their natural rhythms. By introducing fakes into the mix, the
- [Tap Strap: Wearable Device Turns Anything into a Keyboard](https://gajitz.com/tap-strap-wearable-device-turns-anything-into-a-keyboard/) - Computers keep getting smaller, but our need to type still demands space, be it a cramped screen keyboard of clunky peripheral. Thus the Tap Strap, a flexible plastic gadget that slots onto you fingers. The operation is simple: tap your thumb on a surface to turn it on, then begin tapping away on that same
- [6,000-Year-Old Prehistoric Telescope Unearthed in Portugal](https://gajitz.com/6000-year-old-prehistoric-telescope-unearthed-in-portugal/) - Cosmological myths, legends and superstitions of of our ancient ancestors were often tied to astronomical phenomena, and now researchers have found a truly stunning tool they used to make observations of these celestial happenings. In the absence of modern magnifying glasses and reflective mirrors, the structure discovered in Portugal employed a lower-tech approach: a narrow
- [Mind Control: Wireless Cap Lets Your Brain Fly Real Drones](https://gajitz.com/mind-control-wireless-cap-lets-your-brain-fly-real-drones/) - Mind-controlled drones are no longer a thing of science fiction fantasies, now that real working prototypes can be steered with thoughts relayed via a skullcap wirelessly connected to a computer. Brain activity is calibrated to the user and a series of over 100 electrodes interpret the data, turning it into a physical response, thanks to
- [Cyclotron: Spoke-Free Bike Wheels Roll Along on Airless Tires](https://gajitz.com/cyclotron-spoke-free-bike-wheels-roll-along-on-airless-tires/) - The Cyclotron features a pair of spokeless wheels and air-free tires made from solid polymer, and in the spirit of TRON: it also features automatic lighting that lends it a sleek futuristic look. Its creators boast that it is the first no-spoke bike to be commercially available. Space in the wheels is freed up, which
- [Google Bloks: Geek Tinkering Toys Teach Kids How to Code](https://gajitz.com/google-bloks-geek-tinkering-toys-teach-kids-how-to-code/) - An open-ended educational project at the intersection of gaming and computer science education, Project Bloks is an open hardware platform anyone can use to teach coding to children. Project Bloks is made of three core components: the "Brain Board," "Base Boards" and "Pucks." The Brain Board houses the main processing unit and is built on top of
- [Mini Moon: NASA Scientists Confirm Earth Has Two Moons](https://gajitz.com/mini-moon-nasa-scientists-confirm-earth-has-two-moons/) - After much speculation, research and confirmation, it is official: NASA scientists have announced that the Earth has a second moon, known as Asteroid 2016 H03, that has been orbiting the planet for around a century. The wee asteroid is just a few hundred feet across and was detected earlier this year from a survey telescope
- [Local Motors + IBM Watson = 3D-Printed Self-Driving Car](https://gajitz.com/local-motors-ibm-watson-3d-printed-self-driving-car/) - At the intersection of 3D printing, autonomous vehicles and IBM's famously advanced Watson computing platform sits Olli, an electric vehicle that can carry up to a dozen people. This smart bus design features 30 advanced sensors to help it navigate around and communicate with other vehicles on the road. It is the first vehicle to
- [Close the Circuit: Bookmark Folds into Flexible Reading Lamp](https://gajitz.com/close-the-circuit-bookmark-folds-into-flexible-reading-lamp/) - Form follows function in this flexible and transparent combination bookmark and nighttime reading light, which turns on when you fold the battery back to connect with a lower tab. The ‘bookmark light’ by Kouichi Okamoto "uses a conductive ink that transmits electricity through the help of a lithium coin battery. The grid utilizes ink with
- [Old Fish Nets Used to Stitch Ocean Waste into Cool New Shoes](https://gajitz.com/old-fish-nets-used-to-stitch-ocean-waste-into-cool-new-shoes/) - Upcycling rarely looks so sleek as it does in this collaborative project between a shoe company and ocean artist collective, which uses plastic bottles and nets to make fun new footwear. Stitched together with fishing nets, these shoes by Parley for the Oceans and Adidas are part of a 50-pair prototype run. Each shoe is
- [Royce Rolls Out Luxury Autonomous Car for VIP Transport](https://gajitz.com/royce-rolls-out-luxury-autonomous-car-for-vip-transport/) - One could call it the Rolls Royce of concept cars, especially since this is their first foray into the realm of conceptual vehicles, and it truly is outfitted with everything worth of a futuristic luxury ride. Aside from the futuristic look and artificial intelligence that helps riders select from entertainment options, the Rolls-Royce Vision Next 100
- [Arctic Pianists Plays Against Backdrop of Breaking Icebergs](https://gajitz.com/arctic-pianists-plays-against-backdrop-of-breaking-icebergs/) - Famous Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi performed a unique concert in front of a glacier in Svalbard, Norway, to raise awareness about climate change and its impacts in lesser-seen regions of the world. His ‘Elegy for the Arctic’ was played from an artificial iceberg, on which the composer sat with his grand piano, sponsored by
- [Final Satellite Photo of Black Hole Sent by Dying Japanese Satellite](https://gajitz.com/final-satellite-photo-of-black-hole-sent-by-dying-japanese-satellite/) - When Japan launched a groundbreaking black-hole-monitoring satellite, no one was quite sure what it would see, since black holes are, in many ways, truly the final frontier, impenetrable voids in space. The image above is the last thing the satellite saw before it died. A series of errors sent the satellite out of control, but not
- [Smart Boy: Android Add-On Plays Vintage Game Boy Cartridges](https://gajitz.com/smart-boy-android-add-on-plays-vintage-game-boy-cartridges/) - When Hyperkin teased an Android phone accessory that would let users play their old favorite Game Boy games, it was more serious than the viral press realized. The old images, shown above, have been replaced by new press releases, tied to upcoming sales of the actual device enhancer below: The company is now offering the device
- [Sudden Sinkhole: 300-Foot Mine Shaft Opens in Man's Backyard](https://gajitz.com/sudden-sinkhole-300-foot-mine-shaft-opens-in-mans-backyard/) - A recent sinkhole that suddenly appeared in the backyard of a home in Cornwall is a worrying indicator of hidden risks below seemingly ordinary streets and yards. This particular shaft, which drops 300 feet to the water (and possibly hundreds more below the waterline) looks man-made for a reason: it is really a remnant of the
- [Spot Mini: Dog-Sized Robot Runs, Climbs, Does Chores & More](https://gajitz.com/spot-mini-dog-sized-robot-runs-climbs-does-chores-more/) - A slim cousin to larger bots from Boston Dynamics, the Spot Mini can steer around obstacles, walk up stairs and even gently unload wine glasses from your dishwasher, an incredible feat of precision and delicacy (not to mention neat at parties). We always see gifs of clumsy robots breaking things, not knowing their own strength,
- [Smart Internet Reset Plug Turns Power Off & Back On Again](https://gajitz.com/smart-internet-reset-plug-turns-power-off-back-on-again/) - As the tech joke goes: have you tried turning it off and back on again? Except in this case, this clever little smart plug (aka the Reset Plug) does the work for you, sensing that the web has gone dark and turning itself off then on until it works. When your internet goes out, resetting
- [Cherry Blossoms Turn Lake into Blooming Natural Wonder](https://gajitz.com/cherry-blossoms-turn-lake-into-blooming-natural-wonder/) - Blooming cherry trees are a sight to behold from the ground, but seen from the sky above they become a kind of eighth wonder of the world, turning everything around them into a glorious violet. Photographer Danilo Dungo took these pictures at Inokashira Park in Tokyo, a place famous for its abundant annual blooms, as part
- [Don't Be Selfish: Cool Headphones Let Friends Share Tunes](https://gajitz.com/dont-be-selfish-cool-headphones-let-friends-share-tunes/) - We love sharing things with our friends: pictures, status updates, videos, music and anything else we can send digitally. But when you want to share a song that's playing on your iPod right now, how do you handle it? Do you hand your friend one of your earbuds and deal with hearing only half of
- [Cold Sweat: Wristband Wearable Measures Blood Alcohol](https://gajitz.com/cold-sweat-wristband-wearable-measures-blood-alcohol/) - BACtrack is a San Francisco that makes breathalyzers for police and anyone else who wants to keep track of their intoxication level, but thanks to a recent grant from the National Institutes of Health it has come up with a new wearable monitoring device. Like a Fitbit for booze, the Skyn device detects alcohol in a more discreet
- [Flight of the Navigator: Lincoln Adds Winged Doors to SUV](https://gajitz.com/flight-of-the-navigator-lincoln-adds-winged-doors-to-suv/) - In a recently-unveiled redesign for Lincoln's Navigator series, gullwing doors and side stairs dominate the graphics, making entering and exiting a luxurious-looking experience. Shown at the New York Auto Show, this concept involves design lessons from luxury sailboats, including clean lines and sea-and-sky tones of blue and gray. The ‘navigator concept’ features a 3.5 liter
- [Oral Fixation: Toothbrush Camera Joins Internet of Things](https://gajitz.com/oral-fixation-toothbrush-camera-joins-internet-of-things/) - The smart toothbrush trend that started with sonic brushes is being taken to the next level with upcoming Prophix video toothbrushes letting you see inside your own mouth, live on your phone while you brush. A small HD camera records high-definition videos and pictures of your mouth, probably giving you a closer look than you
- [Mesmerizing Jellyfish Discovered in Deep Sea Looks Unreal](https://gajitz.com/mesmerizing-jellyfish-discovered-in-deep-sea-looks-unreal/) - Looking like something straight out of an animator's workshop, this new species discovered by the Okeanos Explorer near the Mariana Trench lives miles underwater and emits light from its bulbous body. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) was exploring the Enigma Seamount when the ROV Deep Discoverer came across this yet-undiscovered jellyfish. Jennifer Frazer of Scientific American explains that
- [Lilium: World's First Vertical-Takeoff Personal Aircraft](https://gajitz.com/lilium-worlds-first-vertical-takeoff-personal-aircraft/) - Somewhere between a luxury car and a personal airplane, the Lilium is a two-seat electric vehicle designed to take off and land vertically, obviating the need for runways and making it a candidate for flying to and from your suburban driveway. Developed in a European Space Agency business incubator in Bavaria, Germany, the flier is
- [US Navy Develops Augmented Reality Display for Divers](https://gajitz.com/us-navy-develops-augmented-reality-display-for-divers/) - Like something straight out of Iron Man, this new heads-up display (HUD) from the United States Navy turns diving helmets into dynamic screens. The Divers Augmented Reality Display, or DAVD for short, is still in a prototyping phase but is designed to provide real-time data for underwater missions, supplemented with sonar and photography as well
- [Star Trek Shuttle Tent: Camp Where No One Has Camped Before](https://gajitz.com/star-trek-shuttle-tent-camp-where-no-one-has-camped-before/) - If you are planning a trip to the final frontier, be sure to pack well and always carry your own Star Trek shuttlecraft tent. This Federation-inspired shuttle sleeper, designed by Dave Delisle, features side thrusters that conveniently allow you to pack up your pop-up pod and carry it anywhere. Perfect for away missions and stowing on
- [Record-Setting Ocean Wave Energy Plant Hits 14,000 Hours](https://gajitz.com/record-setting-ocean-wave-energy-plant-hits-14000-hours/) - For a cost-rich country like Australia, oceanic wave energy is a ready and largely-untapped source of essentially unlimited power, and the Perth-based Wave Energy Project has just set a new world record after 14,000 total hours of operation. Located off the coast of Western Australia, the CETO 5 energy system has been live for a
- [Hover Camera Drone Floats & Follows with Facial Recognition](https://gajitz.com/hover-camera-drone-floats-follows-with-facial-recognition/) - Featuring a lightweight carbon-fiber skeleton and folding into a book-shaped companion, this drone from Zero Zero Robotics can follow the user around like a tethered tripod, filming steadily during mobile first-person shoots. The Hover Camera uses a mobile app that lets the user set height, distance and direction as needed, but the tracking software also
- [Real Heros: Superflex Exo-Suit Gives Superhuman Strength](https://gajitz.com/real-heros-superflex-exo-suit-gives-superhuman-strength/) - Superflex is not the first activity-bolstering exoskeleton, but this new design uses muscular-style actuation, is slim, comfortable and form-fitting. It does not limit normal joint motion and lends strength on demand with power selectively deploying to the limbs and back portion when needed rather than continuously. The exosuit is being developed for multiple user groups, from elderly persons
- [Icelandic Power Plant Converts Carbon Emissions to Stone](https://gajitz.com/icelandic-power-plant-converts-carbon-emissions-to-stone/) - Engineers and scientists at Iceland’s Hellisheidi power plant are taking captured carbon outputs and transforming them into solid stone. Their unique process mixes carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide from the plant with water and basalt underground. After a few months, the result is rock-hard carbonate that keeps harmful pollutants out of the atmosphere. The CarbFix
- [Super 73 Lithium: Modern E-Bike Meets Vintage Motorcycle](https://gajitz.com/super-73-lithium-modern-e-bike-meets-vintage-motorcycle/) - Drawing on 70s-era motorcycles and contemporary bicycle and moped design, this nifty electric bike features rugged tires but a slim frame. A thumb throttle lets you rev up to speed with your Super 73 while a disc brake system allows for quick stops. Cup holders and bottle openers are integrated for your cruise along the
- [World's Largest Floating Wind Farm to Set Sail in Scotland](https://gajitz.com/worlds-largest-floating-wind-farm-to-set-sail-in-scotland/) - Set to float offshore near the coast, the Hywind Scotland Pilot Park will the the largest of its kind, featuring five turbines each generating six megawatts of power starting early next year. Northern Europe is a hotbed for such projects, accounting for nine-tenths of new offshore wind developments. The specially-engineered turbines are being constructed to withstand
- [Hyper Reality: Augmented Future Taken to Virtual Extremes](https://gajitz.com/hyper-reality-augmented-future-taken-to-virtual-extremes/) - The future generally looks so bright, shiny and utterly perfect when envisioned by futurists, or terrible, dark and depressing through the eyes of dystopians. This film is something else entirely, neither beyond nor between - a humorously realistic look at how our current tech could turn dismally ordinary in the years to come. London designer
- [15-Year-Old Student Discovers Ancient Lost Mayan City](https://gajitz.com/15-year-old-student-discovers-ancient-lost-mayan-city/) - A student from Quebec, Canada, has stumbled on the find of a lifetime at the shockingly young age of 15: a long-missing Mayan city, tracked down using star maps. William Gadoury was following a theory that star-obsessed Mayans built towns in layouts that aligned with their constellations, arranging cities below along the same lines as stars above. Looking
- [Amputee Gamer Gets Bionic Arm with Screen, Charger & Drone](https://gajitz.com/amputee-gamer-gets-bionic-arm-with-screen-charger-drone/) - When avid gamer James Young lost his arm, he became despondent, but, thanks to Konami, he has now been outfitted inspired by the game Metal Gear Solid and boasting a dazzling array of futuristic features. This arm project was led by prosthetic artist Sophie De Oliveria Brata, founder of the Alternative Limb Project. Another prosthetics
- [Edible Six-Pack Rings Feed (Instead of Strangling) Wildlife](https://gajitz.com/edible-six-pack-rings-feed-instead-of-strangling-wildlife/) - Plastic six-pack rings are one of the most iconic pieces of environmentally-unfriendly design and technology, adding a little convenience for humans but slowly killing animals, at least until now. A beer brewery in Florida has created a set of 3D-printed edible and biodegradable can rings that double as food for sea turtles and other susceptible
- [Ara Ready? Modular Part-Swappable Phone is Google to Go](https://gajitz.com/ara-ready-modular-part-swappable-phone-is-google-to-go/) - Project Ara, a modular phone technology where users can swap out broken parts or splice in upgrades, is scheduled to ship out later this year to developers, and then next year to consumers. The device is designed to solve longevity problems related to single-block devices, containing six modules (including the camera lens) that can be
- [Space Odyssey Suite: Out-of-this-World Luxury Hotel Room](https://gajitz.com/space-odyssey-suite-out-of-this-world-luxury-hotel-room/) - Welcomed by an erotic female 'mission control' voice, this incredible array of space suites combines direct references to outer space travel while conveying the overall aesthetics of 2001: A Space Odyssey and other topical science-fiction thrillers. Everything has something to do from space, from the starry carpets and paint jobs to seemingly-floating beds and even
- [Supplement Scam: FDA Found Filler in Brand-Name Herbals](https://gajitz.com/supplement-scam-fda-finds-filler-in-brand-name-herbals/) - People tend to trust labels to be accurate and complete, but time and time again actual studies of ingredients within even brand-name and big-box-store herbal supplement pills has shown fraudulent and sometimes hazardous contents. Earlier this year, The New York State Attorney General’s Office demanded that GNC, Walmart, Walgreens, and Target remove store brand supplements like ginseng
- [Precious Plastic: DIY Recycling + 3D Printing Machines](https://gajitz.com/precious-plastic-diy-recycling-3d-printing-machines/) - A growing company called Precious Plastic is developing a line of tools to let anyone convert waste plastic into usable objects, turning trash, as they say, into treasure. Started by Dave Hakkens, a 27 year old Dutch designer, their system of modular machines are being made available with free plans anyone can download then construct
- [Library Project to Digitize Over 10,000 Science Fiction Zines](https://gajitz.com/library-project-to-digitize-over-10000-science-fiction-zines/) - Fanzines were the key pre-digital mode for sharing knowledge and love about sci-fi across space and time, and now the University of Iowa Libraries is beginning to make thousands of them digital. Their plan is to start with the James L. “Rusty” Hevelin Collection, which contains thousands of volumes, spans decades and features elaborately hand-illustrated
- [Trocadero Fixie: Watch this Bendy Bike's Back Wheel Pivot](https://gajitz.com/trocadero-fixie-watch-this-bendy-bikes-back-wheel-pivot/) - Professional bicycle racer Johan Le Bon has been co-developed a strange single-speed city street cycle that pivots in the middle of the frame, allowing the back wheel to twist and swerve in ways that, at a glance, make it look like it is about to fall apart. Created with two his friends in Brittany, France (Alban
- [NASA Funds Development of Solar Electric (Ion) Engines](https://gajitz.com/nasa-funds-development-of-solar-electric-ion-engines/) - The same science-fiction ion drive engines found in TIE fighters and sub-warp Star Trek ships is being developed for real in Redmond, Washington, thanks to a $67 million grant from NASA to fund electronic propulsion system technology. Over the next three years, Aerojet Rocketdyne will work on a solution that would improve fuel efficiency tenfold
- [Digitizing Scent: 'Smell Speaker' Emits Whiffs on Demand](https://gajitz.com/digitizing-scent-smell-speaker-emits-whiffs-on-demand/) - A Harvard professor and serial entrepreneur has released his latest invention, a device that digitally records and then emits individual and combined scents for human users to smell. David Edwards of Vapor Communications has been digitizing all kinds of smells for his growing collection, hoping to commercialize odors through his evolving inventions. Cyrano, his latest creation,
- [Phone Meets Power Tool: DeWalt's Rugged Mobile Device](https://gajitz.com/phone-meets-power-tool-dewalts-rugged-mobile-device/) - DeWalt is tackling a new kind of household tool with its new MD501, the first smartphone to bear its name, which combines a rugged aesthetic with functional durability. This phone can survive just about anything, including being tossed in a barrel of water for a half an hour, a drop from head height to a
- [600-Mile Coral Reef Discovered at Mouth of Amazon River](https://gajitz.com/600-mile-coral-reef-discovered-at-mouth-of-amazon-river/) - In a world so mapped out, it is amazing that scientists can still miss (then discover) something as large a coral reef cover thousands of square miles, all through a series of unlikely accidents. As researchers puzzled over an area of the ocean that absorbed more than expected amounts of carbon dioxide, and featured unexpected
- [Car-Shaped Shell Conceals Awesome All-Weather Bicycle](https://gajitz.com/car-shaped-shell-conceals-awesome-all-weather-bicycle/) - Cycling in Sweden, where it is cold and snowy for nearly half of the year, is not an easy feat, but this new bike makes it possible to do so in comfort and (a strange kind of) style. Swedish design engineer Mikael Kjellman developed the PodRide, a velomobile or bicycle-car that can travel across tough
- ['Zipper Truck' Turns 'Lego' Blocks into Tunnel in 24 Hours](https://gajitz.com/zipper-truck-turns-lego-blocks-into-tunnel-in-24-hours/) - A bit like zipping up a coat, this "zipper truck" assembles tunnels and arches by fitting together concrete blocks from both sides, eliminating the need for mortar while also cutting down construction time by up to 90 percent. The truck component is backed by a system of rollers around a metal core. The locking blocks slide
- [Glifo: 3D-Printed Writing Tools Made for Disabled Children](https://gajitz.com/glifo-3d-printed-writing-tools-made-for-disabled-children/) - In a world where so many 3D-printed objects are still simply toys or test cases, it is refreshing to see such technology being put to use in the service of helping kids who cannot otherwise write and draw. The 'Glifo' (images by Sara Monacchi) series is a set of customizable writing utensils that can help
- [Shadow Hoodie: Sweater Flips to Form Mobile VR Headset](https://gajitz.com/shadow-hoodie-sweater-flips-to-form-mobile-vr-headset/) - With the flip of a hood, this sweatshirt converts from a modest wearable to a mobile virtual reality platform, allowing users to game anywhere and anytime all with a simple adjustment to the clothes already on their backs. The wearable device uses an inbuilt computer, battery and sensors transforming the wearer into a user on
- [Palm Pilot: Transparent Digital Display on 'Electronic Skin'](https://gajitz.com/palm-pilot-transparent-digital-display-on-electronic-skin/) - Cybernetics doesn't have to mean high-tech or complex, as this handy LED display that slaps right onto your hand or arm demonstrates with easy, helped by stretchy circuitry. A team of researchers from the University of Tokyo have developed an ultra-thin and ultra-flexible film which works as a lightweight display, effectively creating an electronic skin. It
- [Error-Ridden Bike Renders: Bicycles Drawn from Memory](https://gajitz.com/error-ridden-bike-renders-bicycles-drawn-from-memory/) - As much a psychological experiment as crowd-sourced art project, this series of 3D-modeled bicycles is based on sketches made from the memories of participants trying to recall how bikes are put together, then turned into fully-rendered prototypes. Gianluca Gimini, a designer in Bologna, Italy, asked friends, family and strangers how they remembered a bicycle working, but
- [One-Atom Layer of Graphene Powers Solar Panels with Rain](https://gajitz.com/one-atom-layer-of-graphene-powers-solar-panels-with-rain/) - By adding single atom-thick layer of graphene, scientists have enabled solar panels to to generate electricity from raindrops, making it possible to generate power, rain or shine. This new solar cell prototype developed by a team of scientists in Qingdao, China , helps create optimal outputs in a fresh variety of weather conditions, by adding a
- [5D Nanodot Data Storage Discs Can Last Billions of Years](https://gajitz.com/5d-nanodot-data-storage-discs-can-last-billions-of-years/) - Analog tape disks degrade, digital storage media is temperature-sensitive, and books (print on paper) are still some of the best ways to store data long-term, at least until five-dimensional storage came along to change all of that, jumping us from centuries to eons in scope. Researchers at the University of Southampton's Optical Research Center have developed
- [64 Hours of Light: Pack of 8-Hour Emergency LED 'Matches'](https://gajitz.com/64-hours-of-light-pack-of-8-hour-emergency-led-matches/) - Each little 'match' features a stick-mounted LED that comes in a variety of colors and illuminates when pressed and can be left on for hands-free activity. In total, a single little pack of these matches can provide 64 hours of emergency lighting, each individual stick 'burning' for 8 hours before flickering out. Designed by Matchbox
- [Hyperion: World's Tallest Tree Lies in a Hidden Location](https://gajitz.com/hyperion-worlds-tallest-tree-lies-in-a-hidden-location/) - Hyperion is a coastal redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) in Northern California, measured at 379 feet, making it the tallest known living tree on the planet, but its location is a secret. Discovered in 2006, one might expect to find this monumental tree prominently marked on a map, but, in fact, its spot in the Redwood National and
- [Darkfin Glove: Webbed Wearables Lend a Hand in the Water](https://gajitz.com/darkfin-glove-webbed-wearables-lend-a-hand-in-the-water/) - Darkfin Gloves and Swimming Fingers differ in their aesthetics, but both serve the same purpose: to turn your hands into swimming machines, much like swim fins do for your feet. Each broader movement requires slightly more push, but gives you a lot of pull within the water. The clear silicone variety are lightweight, translucent and simple
- [Wearable Chair: Exoskeleton Lets You Walk & Sit Anywhere](https://gajitz.com/wearable-chair-exoskeleton-lets-you-walk-sit-anywhere/) - The Archelis is a 'wearable chair' designed for professionals who cannot afford to take a seat, unless they take it along with them, like surgeons working around an operating table. Consider any job that involves a lot of standing or walking, like a barista at a coffee shop or bartender at the pub or painter at his
- [World's First Hyperloop Will Connect Central Europe](https://gajitz.com/worlds-first-hyperloop-will-connect-central-europe/) - While talk continues of building a hyperloop system in California, Europe is ahead of the game, slated to construct the first working system of its kind. Hyperloops, proposed by entrepreneurs like Elon Musk, use pressurized passenger pods capable of attaining speeds of over 700 miles per hour, far faster than even the fastest bullet train. Now,
- [The Future is Back: Automatic Self-Lacing Shoes by Nike](https://gajitz.com/the-future-is-back-automatic-self-lacing-shoes-by-nike/) - The latest in active-system sportswear, Nike's Hyperadapt 1.0 flash as the laces tighten and to indicate low batteries, but for those with disabilities (like Parkinson's or arthritis), they could be a real boon beyond their sheer cool value. Sensors in the shoes automatically tighten using tiny electric motors, but control buttons on the side let
- [Sky Net: Bazooka Fires Webs to Take Down Rogue Drones](https://gajitz.com/sky-net-bazooka-fires-webs-to-take-down-rogue-drones/) - The latest addition to a growing arsenal designed to protect restricted airspace from drone incursions, this web-shooting bazooka is a surprisingly low-tech but sensible way to down a small autonomous aircraft in a hurry. The SkyWall 100 launches a net into the air, tangling up quadcopter blades and bringing them back down to Earth. Developed by engineers
- [Seed Drives: Plant-Based Data Storage Literally Goes Viral](https://gajitz.com/seed-drives-plant-based-data-storage-goes-literally-viral/) - Researcher Karin Ljubic Fister studies plant-based data storage, which involves modifying genes, bacteria and infected plants to store information in the very genetic sequences of species. Once a coding system is established, generally a form of substitution cipher, it can added to the DNA of a bacterium and used to infect a plant. “Imagine walking
- [4D Printing: Harvard Scientists Print Shape-Shifting Objects](https://gajitz.com/4d-printing-harvard-scientists-print-shape-shifting-objects/) - A team of biologists and engineers have evolved their micro-scale 3D printing technology to add a fourth dimension: time. Inspired by natural structures like plants, which shift shape in response to environmental stimuli, the Harvard University team has unveiled 4D-printed hydrogel composite structures that change in the presence of water. The orchid-shaped structure is printed with a hydrogel composite ink
- [Watch 7 Famous Scientists Fight as Superpowered 8-Bit Gifs](https://gajitz.com/watch-7-famous-scientists-fight-as-superpowered-8-bit-gifs/) - In a stellar series of simple animations, you can watch some of the world's most famous scientific minds execute video game moves based on their areas of discovery and expertise. Above, you can see Hawking's special move: Wormhole. Below, Einstein dishes out some Special Relativity. Darwin can dazzle you with his Evolution (above), then
- [Digital Sundial: 3D-Printed Timepiece Needs No Batteries](https://gajitz.com/digital-sundial-3d-printed-timepiece-needs-no-batteries/) - An ingenious application of 3D printing, this digital-looking sundial shows the time just like an electronic clock would, but using just sunlight and shadow - entirely analog with no batteries required. A system of tiny holes in the gnomon let in small amounts of light in just the right way so that the readout changes
- [Finally: Dual-Device Cable Charges Both iPhones & Androids](https://gajitz.com/finally-dual-device-cable-charges-both-iphones-androids/) - So you have an iPhone, but your significant other has an Android device, or perhaps you have friends over looking for a charge, which, thanks to this dual-functioning cord, you can now accommodate. The LMcabe is as simple as it is essential: it can flip easily between either device type, working with Androids as well
- [Gravity-Defying Superyacht Lifts Off With Hydrofoil Tech](https://gajitz.com/gravity-defying-superyacht-lifts-off-with-hydrofoil-tech/) - Pyramidal and otherworldly in its shape, this concept yacht is not as impossible as it appears, seeming to lift almost entirely off the water in the design renderings by Jonathan Schwinge. More than just an aesthetic ideal, the resulting experience would be faster and smoother for passengers. The Tetra yacht (short for tetrahedron), uses foils for
- [NERF Nuke: Office WMD Fires 80 Darts in All Directions](https://gajitz.com/nerf-nuke-office-wmd-fires-80-darts-in-all-directions/) - The ultimate weapon, a NERF gun to end all wars, this nuclear NERF bombshell fires off 80 devastating darts that will clear the room of hostiles. Or if you feel like waiting it out: you create your very own new interoffice cold war through mutually-assured destruction. Trading distance for compactness, the reverse-plunger system still fires up
- [Thermal Shock: Watch Hot Tea Hit Arctic Air at -40 Degrees](https://gajitz.com/thermal-shock-watch-hot-tea-hit-arctic-air-at-40-degrees/) - Perfect timing and extreme temperatures mix to make this amazing series of photographs in which you can watch hot liquid instantly turn into dramatic ice plumes in midair. Michael Davies, a photographer from Canada, took pictures of his friend throwing out a thermos full of tea in Pangnirtung, a remote spot in Canada’s High Arctic (only
- [Christmas Beach: Donated Trees Help Stabilize Shorelines](https://gajitz.com/christmas-beach-donated-trees-help-stabilize-shorelines/) - Every year, people around the world toss their Christmas trees without a thought as to where they will wind up, but some make their way to eroding beaches where they play a critical role in stabilizing sand dunes along the coast. The beaches of Formby, near Liverpool in England, use donated trees to protect against wind
- [World's Smallest Movie: Animation Uses Individual Atoms](https://gajitz.com/worlds-smallest-movie-animation-uses-individual-atoms/) - Magnifying atoms by over 100 million times, this remarkable film uses individual molecules to create a short story of A Boy and His Atom: The World's Smallest Movie. Part art project and part guerrilla marketing for IBM, which is exploring atoms as the smallest possible units of data storage, the tale is relatively simple, but
- [Solar Balloons to Harvest Sun's Energy Above the Clouds](https://gajitz.com/solar-balloons-to-harvest-suns-energy-above-the-clouds/) - Optimized solar panels can only take energy capture so far, which is one of the reasons this company is trying to take power-harvesting airborne with a fleet of solar-gathering balloons. A solar sky form, says NextPV, could even move with the sun, producing clean energy around the clock (not by moving against the planet's rotation, but
- [VW T1 Revival: New Design Modernizes Classic Travel Van](https://gajitz.com/vw-t1-revival-new-design-modernizes-classic-travel-van/) - The VW Transporter T1 was a cultural icon of the 1960s and 1970s, the ultimate travel van for free spirits both in Germany and around the world. This revival design by David Obendorfer references the original but also brings it into the world of streamlined modernity - a realistic vision that respects the spirit of
- [Suit X: $40,000 Exoskeleton Lets Paralyzed People Walk](https://gajitz.com/suit-x-40000-exoskeleton-lets-paralyzed-people-walk/) - A wearable robotic framework, powered by a battery and available for around $40K, the Suit X is surprisingly unassuming for something that can allow people paralyzed from the waist down to walk again. Small motors translate body motions and hand controls to hips and knees, allowing users to move at over a mile per hour.
- [Logarithmic Map of the Entire Universe in a Single Image](https://gajitz.com/logarithmic-map-of-the-entire-universe-in-a-single-image/) - Space is so hard to fathom, but thanks to this image, painstakingly compiled and combined by a musician and artist, one get start to get a sense of it within a single visual frame. Pablo Carlos Budassi used photos from NASA rovers, orbiting satellites and other astronomical footage, then combined them into a singular shot
- [Loon Copter: Amphibious Drone Floats, Flies & Dives](https://gajitz.com/loon-copter-amphibious-drone-floats-flies-dives/) - Some drones fly in the air, others zoom across or through the water, but this rare hybrid does both with graceful ease, diving underwater then returning to the skies on demand. Created by Oakland University's Embedded Systems Research, the Loon Copter works much like a regular flying drone, and can also land and float easily
- [Travel the Universe: 10 New Free NASA Tourism Posters](https://gajitz.com/travel-the-universe-10-new-free-nasa-tourism-posters/) - Continuing where its epic series of exoplanetary travel posters left off, these new designs by NASA for cosmic tourists are hyperbolic but beautiful, a visual treat but also a good reminder that we should keep pushing for the stars. The posters were created by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's design studio, assembled to help scientists plan
- [UK Police May Employ Eagles Trained to Take Down Drones](https://gajitz.com/uk-police-may-employ-eagles-trained-to-take-down-drones/) - To combat the rise of drone-enabled crime, London's Metropolitan Police force is considering using trained eagles to grab drones, a practice already in play thanks to Dutch company Guard from Above. Tests in the Netherlands have demonstrated the efficacy of this approach, which could be employed to stop criminals using drones to infiltrate prisons and intercept
- [Driverless Cars Set to Disrupt Airline & Hotel Industries](https://gajitz.com/driverless-cars-set-to-disrupt-airline-hotel-industries/) - Autonomous vehicles are more than just a means of easier ground travel; they are poised to become huge disruptive for both lodging and air transit industries, places to relax and snooze while going from A to B. With respect to planes, self-driving cars offer the convenience of staying in one vehicle throughout one's entire trip,
- [Modular Swappable Plane Cabins to Enable Faster Boarding](https://gajitz.com/modular-swappable-plane-cabins-to-enable-faster-boarding/) - A new patent filed by airplane manufacturer Airbus turns passenger cabins into cargo containers, designed to be inserted and removed as a whole from the vehicle. Using a docking module, the removed unit would then be transported across the runway and to the airport for passengers to board. Once everyone is in their seats, the
- [Floating Seabin: Oceanic Garbage Can Sucks Down Waste](https://gajitz.com/floating-seabin-oceanic-garbage-can-sucks-down-waste/) - The Seabin looks deceptively like an ordinary rubbish bin on first glance, but is designed to float in lakes, harbors and marinas, sifting the waters and capturing debris and polluting liquids in a bag. The design is made to work all day every day and throughout the year, hovering at the surface of the water
- [Fan-Driven Hoverboard Floats Users Over Land & Water](https://gajitz.com/fan-driven-hoverboard-floats-users-over-land-water/) - A lot of hoverboard fanatics were disappointed to learn that recent sleek-looking attempts were ultimately limited to skating above the surfaces of special magnetic plates, often carefully concealed beneath pavement or ramps, but this model goes above and beyond, using actual fans to float is riders. The ArcaBoard from ArcaSpace can hover a person for
- [Visionary Bionic Lenses Help You See Better Than 20/20](https://gajitz.com/visionary-bionic-lenses-help-you-see-better-than-2020/) - A step beyond conventional corrective eyewear, the Ocumetics Bionic Lens, invented by Dr. Garth Webb of Ocumetics Technology Corp, is a painless implant that can give patients the ability to see beyond the normal scope of 20/20 (perfect) vision. The results were presented at a cataract and refractive surgery conference after years of research, experimentation
- [Dissolving Electronics to Monitor Brain Then Melt Away](https://gajitz.com/dissolving-electronics-to-monitor-brain-then-melt-away/) - Putting sensors into brains is a difficult and dangerous process, in some cases requiring tethers to keep track of them or invasive surgery (with infection risk) to remove them, hence the development of this small dissolvable device to relay data then disappear when it is done. The transient sensors can measure pressure, temperature, pH, motion, flow,
- [Lonely? Robotic Drinking Buddy Clinks & Drinks With You](https://gajitz.com/lonely-robotic-drinking-buddy-clinks-drinks-with-you/) - If your New Year's resolutions included 'consume more booze, but not alone' this may be the mechanical friend for you, though be careful: he could well drink you under the table. Developed by a South Korean inventor, Park Eun Chan, this may be the world's first alcoholic robot. Named Robot Drinky, it acts as your
- [Beyond Pluto: New 9th Planet Orbits Once Per 15,000 Years](https://gajitz.com/beyond-pluto-new-9th-planet-orbits-once-per-15000-years/) - Many planetary fans were disappointed when Pluto was downgraded to the status of "dwarf planet," but a recent discovery shows there was another and much more mysterious ninth planet waiting in the wings all along, dubbed, for now, simply: Planet X. "During the solar system’s infancy 4.5 billion years ago," say astronomers, "the giant planet
- [Clean Sheets: The World's First In-Office Paper Recycler](https://gajitz.com/clean-sheets-the-worlds-first-in-office-paper-recycler/) - Printer company Epson has developed the world's first machine for performing in-house paper recycling without the use of water and with the ability to produce crisp white sheets, calibrated to custom brightness levels. The PaperLab uses a technology that first strips the papers into fibers and employs special adhesives that bind the fibers in creating new paper,
- [Vault 101: Freaky Earthquake-Proof Bed Locks You Inside](https://gajitz.com/vault-101-freaky-earthquake-proof-bed-locks-you-inside/) - It is hard to say which would be scarier: waking up to an earthquake, or to being trapped inside of a jumbo coffin-like contraption containing your bed and emergency supplies. Wang Wenxi developed and patented this bizarre panic-room bed prototype, which drops a top and side on your snuggly shelter when disaster strikes (or, in
- [Rest Elbows Not Armpits: Ergonomic Arm-Friendly Crutches](https://gajitz.com/rest-elbows-not-armpits-ergonomic-arm-friendly-crutches/) - Designed to make walking with mobility assistance less painful and more comfortable, these crutches employs flexible armbands that are easier to hold in place and distribute weight to parts of the body more capable of carrying it. Users are are not locked or strapped into the staffs but rather slipped into place; they also make it
- [Dronestruction: Watch Drones Build a Working Rope Bridge](https://gajitz.com/dronestruction-watch-drones-build-a-working-rope-bridge/) - We all know that drones can safely go where humans cannot, but one other big upside is their potential to (sometimes literally) pave the way for people to follow, by doing things like weaving together physical bridges that can support a person's weight. As this video from the RTH Zurich Flying Machine Arena shows, a set of
- [New MIT Desalination Tech 'Shocks' the Salt Out of Water](https://gajitz.com/new-mit-desalination-tech-shocks-the-salt-out-of-water/) - A revolutionary new cheap, easy and effective method uses shockwaves for desalinating water, separating salt out by applying electric current in a process dubbed electrodialysis, thanks to Martin Bazant, engineering and mathematics professor at MIT, and his team. Unlike straining and boiling, the process is not prone to clogs or energy-intensive. Salt-enriched and salt-depleted water separates
- [Selfie-Defense Class Teaches Tourists Camera-Stick Combat](https://gajitz.com/selfie-defense-class-teaches-tourists-camera-stick-combat/) - Seflie-stick photographers can make themselves targets in theft-prone tourist areas, so in case of mugging, one Moscow martial arts center is teaching travelers who to wield said sticks as weapons. Of course, retraining to use these tools as weapons is not as simple as point and shoot. Still, the telescoping mobile phone-holders are in many
- [Backyard Biofuel: Home Converter Reuses Organic Waste](https://gajitz.com/backyard-biofuel-home-converter-reuses-organic-waste/) - Fueled by crowdfunding and pre-orders, this self-contained domestic waste-repurposing unit can produce enough gas for a 2 to 4 hours of cooking as well as 5 to 8 liters of liquid fertilizer daily, all using organic scraps. A complete system for sustainable recycling, HomeBiogas is the product of an Israeli startup and aimed at homeowners who want
- [Boncho: Extended Folding Rain Poncho Keeps Cyclists Dry](https://gajitz.com/boncho-extended-folding-rain-poncho-keeps-cyclists-dry/) - A rain jacket will only help bikers so much in a torrential downpour, leaving hands, forearms and legs largely exposed; thus, the 'Boncho', a shell that extends your sphere of warmth and dryness. Designed by VANMOOF, the Boncho is lightweight, waterproof, breathable and extends over your handlebars to help keep your entire body clear of
- [World's Biggest Ball Pit: Millions of Balls Slow LA Drought](https://gajitz.com/worlds-biggest-ball-pit-millions-of-balls-slow-la-drought/) - In Los Angeles, close to 100,000,000 small plastic balls have been deployed into area reservoirs, all part of an unusual plan to reduce evaporation and pollution in public water reserves. The 4-inch spheres, known as "shade balls," help prevent carcinogen contamination while also keeping water from disappearing into the air under the heat of the sun.
- [Life Cycle: Customizable Modular Bike with Swappable Parts](https://gajitz.com/life-cycle-customizable-modular-bike-with-swappable-parts/) - Treating a bicycle like a work of composite hardware (rather than a fixed object, this modular approach allows users to replace pieces and parts more easily as well as allowing incremental upgrades over time. Developed by product design graduate student Kasper Schwartz as a thesis project, the RubyBike is (optionally) an ebike designed to address
- [Vertical Wheelchair Rolls User While Seated or Upright](https://gajitz.com/vertical-wheelchair-rolls-user-while-seated-or-upright/) - Developed by the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs office in Minnesota, this remarkable twist on traditional wheelchairs allows users to not only 'stand up' on demand (including paraplegics) but to move and maneuver while upright as well. Standing wheelchairs are not new, but most lock into position and can only be moved again once the user finishes in one
- [Telehaptics: Holograms Let Users Interact at a Distance](https://gajitz.com/telehaptics-holograms-let-users-interact-at-a-distance/) - Using ultrasonic arrays to create pressure on users' hands, this new approach to telehaptic holography allows people to touch and feel at a distance, sharing an enhanced holographic experience way beyond virtual reality. Aerial imaging panels in the "Haptoclone" system create the visual portion of the shared illusion, which can be experienced simultaneously by different users
- [Self-Inflating Bike Tire Tube Pumps Itself Up as You Ride](https://gajitz.com/self-inflating-bike-tire-tube-pumps-itself-up-as-you-ride/) - Using the rhythmic compression of a tire rolling over the ground, this new product from PumpTire provides a tube that can be swapped into any tire and keep itself inflated, providing efficiency, flexibility and reliability (since pressure can be a factor in busting tubes). A mechanism regulating tube pressure sense the need and turns on or
- [2 Black Holes Colliding with Power of 1 Million Supernovas](https://gajitz.com/2-black-holes-colliding-with-power-of-1-million-supernovas/) - Scientists have spotted a rare and cosmic event happening 3.5 billion light years from Earth: the impending collision of a pair of black holes, each spiraling in slowly around the other. Astronomers at Caltech identified a cosmic event, confirmed by researchers Columbia University, and while no one is certain how things will play out, it is estimated
- [Wearable Waste: Shoes 3D-Printed with Plastic Ocean Trash](https://gajitz.com/wearable-waste-shoes-3d-printed-with-plastic-ocean-trash/) - For the COP21 conference in Paris, Adidas decided to rethink oceanic garbage, turning it into raw material for new 3D-printed footwear, with textures and colors hinting at its unusual origins. The shoe consists of an upper made with ocean-harvested plastic and a 3D-printed midsole made from recycled polyester and gill nets, part of a larger exploration
- [Biopolymer Breakthrough: World's First 100% Reusable Plastic](https://gajitz.com/biopolymer-breakthrough-worlds-first-100-reusable-plastic/) - Eugene Chen, a chemist at the Colorado State University, has developed a fully reusable bioplastic - a unique new biopolymer that can be fully recycled back to its original monomer state for reuse through a heat-based reaction using GBL (Gamma-butyrolactone). Previously, biopolymers could only be partially converted back to usable forms, contributing to the tens of millions
- [Pi Zero: New Tiny & Ultra-Cheap Computer Costs Just $5](https://gajitz.com/pi-zero-new-tiny-ultra-cheap-computer-costs-just-5/) - The already-inexpensive Raspberry Pi, costing $20 to $30, now has an even cheaper new cousin, the Pi Zero that will run consumers just $5. Aimed at people learning to program or apply computers to creative applications, thousands of units are already in production though their makers expect demand to outstrip supply for a while to
- [Weed-Stomping Farm Robot: No Harmful Pesticides Needed](https://gajitz.com/weed-stomping-farm-robot-no-harmful-pesticides-needed/) - Deepfield Robotics has developed a machine that can distinguish weeds from crops using pattern recognition software, then removes or stamps out the former without harming the latter. This design will help farmers reduce reliance on dangerous pesticides and expensive fertilizers. The Bonirob robot is about the size of a car and uses advanced shape recognition software
- [Spinning Fan Clock Displays Time on Speedy LED Blades](https://gajitz.com/spinning-fan-clock-displays-time-on-speedy-led-blades/) - It takes both a machine and an observer to make this magical lighting trick work, since the effective 'frame rate' of the human eye effectively puts together a series of independent flashes to reconstruct the image in play. Skip to around 1 minute and 30 seconds into the above video to get a sense of
- [DIY Holograms: Hack a Phone & CD Case to Make 3D Videos](https://gajitz.com/diy-holograms-hack-a-phone-cd-case-to-make-3d-videos/) - Pyramidal holographics have become popular fast, with crowdfunding projects offering you ways to get into the game for just hundreds of dollars, but here is a way to put together your own small-scale version effectively for free. Required tools: a smartphone, compact disc case, graph paper, pen, scissors, knife, tape or superglue. Basically, you cut
- [iPet Companion: Play Live Online with Needy Shelter Cats](https://gajitz.com/ipet-companion-play-live-online-with-needy-shelter-cats/) - A web app interface made available for free to qualifying cat shelters around the country allows people from all over the world to queue up and interact with feline friends in need of entertainment. Users can engage different toys and cause them to move in various directions, occupying the time of kitties waiting for adoption
- [Modular Kinetic Toy Kit Teaches Kids About Design Motion](https://gajitz.com/modular-kinetic-toy-kit-teaches-kids-about-design-motion/) - A kit of parts both playful and educational, this cool set of components lets children design simple movement sequences and test various kinetic strategies. LINKKI features three motors - for full rotation, limited rotation and wifi connectivity - tied into a peg board where various pieces can be plugged in to create endless combinations (particularly once
- [Magical Compass: Simple LED Points the Way for Cyclists](https://gajitz.com/magical-compass-simple-led-points-the-way-for-cyclists/) - Getting directions while biking can be a hazardous endeavor, whether via earplugs that may distract from road noise or complex visuals you can't take time to read, hence this ultra-simple bike compass design. Created by London startup Onomo, the Haize uses a simple system of colored and flashing lights on a circular glass surface wrapped in
- [Next-Gen Radar Detector Spots Cops & Stoplight Cameras](https://gajitz.com/next-gen-radar-detector-spots-cops-stoplight-cameras/) - Going well beyond just being a 'radar detecting' device, this high-tech gizmo uses multiple strategies to identify not just speed traps with police vehicles but also warning you of red light intersection ticketing cameras. The makers of 360 Max are so confident in their all-in-one solution they even attach a warranty to the device: if you get
- [Mexican Town Using New MIT Solar-Powered Water Purifier](https://gajitz.com/mexican-town-using-new-mit-solar-powered-water-purifier/) - A team of MIT students and research staff have successfully developed a photovoltaic powered reverse osmosis (PVRO) for use in communities in need, now deployed and working in a small Mexican village. The community in question lacked dependable drinking water but receives plenty of sunshine to drive a solar-powered system like this one. Neighbors pitched in to
- [Robotic Reflector Brings Sunlight to Dark Inside Corners](https://gajitz.com/robotic-reflector-brings-sunlight-to-dark-inside-corners/) - An elegant solution to an age-old problem, this solar-powered device dynamically tracks the sun reflects incoming rays to wherever your home needs them the most. Solenica, a company based in Rome, Italy, designed Lucy to bounce sunlight and naturally made the gadget solar-powered so no extra energy or external cost is required. For people in
- [Waste Not: Japanese Invention Turns Plastic Bags to Fuel](https://gajitz.com/waste-not-japanese-invention-turns-plastic-bags-to-fuel/) - Japanese inventor Akinori Ito has developed a way to turn plastic, styrofoam and other similar types of trash into usable fuel with a small tabletop machine - the Delorean from Back to the Future comes to mind. Plastic bags are horrible for the environment, clogging landfills for hundreds of years; polluting lakes, rivers and streams; becoming
- [Row-Bot: Drone Skims Water Surfaces Fueled by Pollution](https://gajitz.com/row-bot-drone-skims-water-surfaces-fueled-by-pollution/) - This little robotic eco-warrior has a fuel cell sustained by bacteria living inside of the device, which in turn is scooped up from the water as it glides along the surface of a polluted lake, river or stream. Four buoyant stabilizers serve as floating feet while two paddles attached to the center of the device propel
- [Ferrari for Farmers: Sleek Sports Car-Style Tractor Design](https://gajitz.com/ferrari-for-farmers-sleek-sports-car-style-tractor-design/) - This Italian-designed beauty takes a piece of conventional agricultural machinery and turns it into an envy-worthy work of automotive design. You may not see it on the race track anytime soon, but something about its appearance makes you want to take this wonder for a spin even at slow speeds. "It is a tractor with
- [Bendable Screens: Flexible Paper-Thin Phone & TV Displays](https://gajitz.com/bendable-screens-flexible-paper-thin-phone-tv-displays/) - Watch as LG reps curve and bend screens ranging from tiny to huge, sticking TVs to walls with magnets and contorting mobile displays well past what one expects to be their breaking point. The screens use thin-film transistor back planes to individually activate pixels on the screen, adding virtually no thickness to the construction. Next
- [Store Bot: Aisle-Rolling Robot Helps Stock Shop Shelves](https://gajitz.com/store-bot-aisle-rolling-robot-helps-stock-shop-shelves/) - Robots have long been replacing humans in factories and other places less visible to consumers, but the store shelf-stocking Tally from Simbe Robotics is making the shift much more visible. Sensors help it navigate around both shoppers and employees as it makes the rounds between aisles. "Tally performs the repetitive and laborious tasks of auditing
- [Tactile Virtual Reality: Wireless Tech Lets Users Feel in VR](https://gajitz.com/tactile-virtual-reality-wireless-tech-lets-users-feel-in-vr/) - Virtual reality's promise of an immersive environment is impressive, but generally incomplete without something like this newly-developed system to let users actually feel the effects of interacting in digitally-created cyberspaces through actual muscle stimulation, a big step beyond low-tech vibrations. Simulating physical impact, as demonstrated above, combines tactile and muscle stimulation via a device called
- [Nanosubmarine: World's Smallest Sub is Powered by Light](https://gajitz.com/nanosubmarine-worlds-smallest-sub-is-powered-by-light/) - Just a few hundred atoms in size, this ultra-tiny submarine measures distances in nanometers and uses light to drive it forward - despite its diminutive dimensions, it has a remarkable top speed of one inch per second, making the sub "the fastest-moving molecules ever seen in solution." While the entertainment value and wow-factors exist as
- [Fallout IRL: Game Fan Creates Real Flaming Sword of Scrap](https://gajitz.com/fallout-irl-game-fan-creates-real-flaming-sword-of-scrap/) - While many players of the freshly-released Fallout 4 video game, set in post-apocalyptic Boston, are no doubt still wandering the digital wastelands, one creative fan has created a real working version of one favorite weapon: the flaming Shishkebab sword. Game users can find this wonderful toy or make a do-it-yourself version from lawnmower, motorcycle and other
- [Fairphone 2 Unlocked: Modular DIY-Fixable Mobile Phone](https://gajitz.com/fairphone-2-unlocked-modular-diy-fixable-mobile-phone/) - Ifixit has given the new affordable, modular Fairphone 2 an unprecedented 10 out of 10 review for repairability, thanks to its intuitive construction and easy deconstruction for fixing or swapping parts. Components are clearly labeled and instructions provided on various pieces to help users add, remove and change things out. The conflict-free phone is made
- [World's Largest Nuclear Fusion Reactor is Coming Online](https://gajitz.com/worlds-largest-nuclear-fusion-reactor-is-coming-online/) - Nearly 20 years and 1,000,000,000 Euros in the making, this fusion reactor in Germany, a potential harbinger of a huge shift in how we generate power around the planet. It is set to be turned on this month. The Wendelstein 7-X stellarton fusion reactor creates energy by using massive coiled superconductors to generate magnetic fields.
- [Return of the Flip Phone: Leaked Photos of New Galaxy Cell](https://gajitz.com/return-of-the-flip-phone-leaked-photos-of-new-galaxy-cell/) - Metal and glass with a big screen, it looks at a glance like any other smartphone, but this verified leak shows something only older phone owners will remember well: a clamshell-style, flip-out component that turns back time to the era of the flip phone. Effectively, it is a Galaxy S6 with a fold-down addition that
- [DIY Handheld 3D-Printed Rail Gun Fires Shots at 560 MPH](https://gajitz.com/diy-handheld-3d-printed-rail-gun-fires-shots-at-560-mph/) - 3D printing guns is one thing, but 3D printing railguns that can fire metal projectiles at 250 meters per second is quite another, none of which stopped this creator from making his video game dreams a physical reality. While it may look like a geeky dress-up accessory you would not even notice at a comic
- [Found in Space: 8 Exoplanets that Could Host Alien Life](https://gajitz.com/found-in-space-8-exoplanets-that-could-host-alien-life/) - Some people are sure the universe supports extraterrestrial life while others remain skeptical, but if it does, this series of planets represents some of the most likely suspects, all showing different but remarkable and key similarities to Earth or other potentially life-supporting conditions. Created by Futurism, the infographic below highlights some of the critical features
- [Origami Crossing: Portable Flat-Pack Accordion Bridge](https://gajitz.com/origami-crossing-portable-flat-pack-accordion-bridge/) - Developed by engineers at Hiroshima University in Japan, this mobile folding 'scissor bridge' platform can carry people, cars and supplies across gaps in emergencies, like earthquakes, for instances, for which its country of origin is all too well known. Designed for portability and inspired by origami, the steel structure can be deployed to help deal with
- [Hands-Free Umbrella Weathers the Storm While You Text](https://gajitz.com/hands-free-umbrella-weathers-the-storm-while-you-text/) - Keeping connected while walking in rainy weather just got a little bit easier. The Phone-Brella from kt Design lets you text and use for phone for whatever without having to worry about the water damaging the all-too-delicate device. Unlike other umbrellas that require you to awkwardly balance them on your shoulder while trying to hold
- [Strong as Steel: Scientists Unveil New 'Unbreakable' Glass](https://gajitz.com/strong-as-steel-scientists-unveil-new-unbreakable-glass/) - Developed by researchers at the Tokyo Institute of Industrial Science in Japan, this fresh form of glass is nearly as strong as steel, with potential applications ranging from electronics to vehicles and architecture. On scales measuring strength, this new material ranked on par with metals normally used for industrial applications. The scientists published their findings in Nature
- [World's First Stable Jetpack Flies Around Statue of Liberty](https://gajitz.com/worlds-first-stable-jetpack-flies-around-statue-of-liberty/) - A childhood dream from The Rocketeer to Tomorrowland, the jet pack is now not only a reality but it just circled the most famous statue in the United States on an island in New York City. JetPack Aviation chief David Mayman took his invention to the skies in a very successful publicity stunt aimed to help
- [High Tech on the High Street: UK's First WiFi Sidewalks](https://gajitz.com/high-tech-on-the-high-street-uks-first-wifi-sidewalks/) - Free, pervasive wi-fi is a pretty big goal for this generation to figure out. Thanks to Virgin Media, one UK town gets to experience what it's like to have free high-speed wireless under their feet and at their fingertips at all times. The conglomerate partnered with Chiltern District Council to outfit the town center in
- [Lost in Space: Launched GoPro Footage Found Years Later](https://gajitz.com/lost-in-space-launched-gopro-footage-found-years-later/) - Over two years ago, a group of friends launched a GoPro camera from the surface of Earth (near the great Grand Canyon) to the edge of space, designed to capture shots along the way; only recently and by a stroke of luck did they finally recover the camera and what it shot. The device was
- [BioLogic: Shape-Shifting Fabric Senses Sweat & Transforms](https://gajitz.com/biologic-shape-shifting-fabric-senses-sweat-transforms/) - Developed by the MIT’s Tangible Media Group, this remarkable clothing uses microorganisms to sense perspiration and heat, changing shape to let your body breath on demand. As a bonus, the bacteria employed are fueled by breaking down proteins your body expels while sweating. Bacillus Subtilis natto bacteria react to atmospheric moisture, expanding and contracting in response to
- [Primitive Ritual: Charging Your Phone Goes Prehistoric](https://gajitz.com/primitive-ritual-charging-your-phone-goes-prehistoric/) - Most of us have a daily ritual for charging our phones: we plug them in by our beds when we go to sleep, or set them on a desk charger when we get to work in the morning. But for digital nomads who are always on the go, that ritual can be a little harder
- [Time Warp Accessories: Wearable Portable Vinyl Players](https://gajitz.com/time-warp-accessories-wearable-portable-vinyl-players/) - Everything old is new again. Haven't old people been saying that for decades? We're seeing increasing numbers of people carrying around Discmans and Walkmans for their retro kitsch value. Designers Rocket & Wine are playing on our weird obsession with obsolete technology with their Rawman 3000 concept. Given the resurgence of portable CD and cassette
- [Phone-Synced eBike Goes From Full-Size to Folded in 3 Secs](https://gajitz.com/phone-synced-ebike-goes-from-full-size-to-folded-in-3-secs/) - Bike commuting has been on the rise for years now, and we've been lucky enough to see some really great ebike concepts that not only get you where you're going - they perform other feats of technology as well. The Gi FlyBike is a stylish little foldable bike that integrates with your phone to add
- [Feel Out the Virtual World With This Haptic Arm Band](https://gajitz.com/feel-out-the-virtual-world-with-this-haptic-arm-band/) - In the beginning, virtual reality was all about the visual: being able to look around and see all of the virtual world you were immersed in. Then we wanted to be able to control our movements in that imaginary space, so inventors created motion machines that let us walk in real life to move around
- [Timely Touch: Hidden Clock is Illuminated With a Push](https://gajitz.com/timely-touch-hidden-clock-is-illuminated-with-a-push/) - Shadowplay starts out looking like a piece of illuminated art. Its gently glowing circular form sits serenely on the wall until it receives some human attention. When touched, parts of the LED ring turn off, creating strategic shadows. When you approach the clock and touch the middle of its face, it projects two shadows mimicking
- [Play With Your Food: Gamified Meal Set Makes Eating Fun](https://gajitz.com/play-with-your-food-gamified-meal-set-makes-eating-fun/) - Trying to get young kids to eat is like trying to put makeup on a cat - if it doesn't want it, it's not happening. The Argentinean arm of mega-creative group Wunderman has come up with a way to make mealtimes for fun for little kids in the hopes that it will encourage better nutrition
- [Swim Like a Sea Mammal: Underwater Jet Pack Thrusters](https://gajitz.com/swim-like-a-sea-mammal-underwater-jet-pack-thrusters/) - If you ever wanted to experience the pure effortless joy of a dolphin cruising through the ocean, the X2 Sport Underwater Jet Pack system will remake you into a sea-worthy mammal. Six miles per hour may not sound like much, but it is twice the world record speed of an unenhanced human swimmer. The devices strap to
- [Engineer Crafts 'Real' Hammer of Thor Only He Can Lift](https://gajitz.com/engineer-crafts-real-hammer-of-thor-only-he-can-lift/) - Super-strong electromagnetics coupled with a hidden fingerprint scanner make this convincing copy of Mjolnir, Thor's mystical hammer, respond only to its creator. As the Marvel Comics version of the story goes, only those worthy of the power of the hammer may pick it up - it becomes an impossible anchor in the grip of anyone else.
- [Sound of the Fury? Radio Wave Gun Shoots Down Drones](https://gajitz.com/sound-of-the-fury-radio-wave-gun-shoots-down-drones/) - As drones become more and more common among the military, regular folks, and bad guys alike, security fears about unmanned aircraft systems continue to mount. It's just about impossible to tell whether an in-flight UAS is friendly - and when a drone is headed toward a restricted area like the White House or a prison
- [Concorde 2.0: Hypersonic Jet Takes 1 Hour from US to UK](https://gajitz.com/concorde-2-0-hypersonic-jet-takes-1-hour-from-us-to-uk/) - A recently-patented, rocket-powered jet designed by Airbus is akin to the classic fast-paced Concorde, but this 2.0 version blows away the latter's Mach 2 capacity with a top cruising speed of Mach 4.5 (or: 3000 MPH, more than four times the speed of sound) at an altitude of 100,000 feet. The jet uses a series
- [Moon Shots: NASA Releases 10,000+ Apollo Mission Photos](https://gajitz.com/moon-shots-nasa-releases-10000-apollo-mission-photos/) - While facing the trials and tribulations of first-time space travel, astronauts of the early Apollo space program managed to capture an epic volume of space pictures, many of which were recently released for the first time by NASA and highlights of which you can see here. The release is in part a product of a
- [Fiber Optic Floor: DIY Stars Light Up Bathroom at Night](https://gajitz.com/fiber-optic-floor-diy-stars-light-up-bathroom-at-night/) - Flipping on the light switch when you have to make a midnight run to the restroom can be a jarring experience, shocking you awake with bright lights rather than ambient illumination - unless, that is, your floor is full of stars (image above by Ben Yanis). For the DIY inclined, Instructables contributor Baldr will show you
- [Rekindle: Perpetual Candle Reuses Wax, Burns at Both Ends](https://gajitz.com/rekindle-perpetual-candle-reuses-wax-burns-at-both-ends/) - A self-recycling stroke of design genius, this creative candlestick channels used wax into its base, the collected runoff automatically reconstituted into a fresh candle. Designed by Benjamin Shine, Rekindle allows you to reuse the same wax up to eight times simply by suspending a fresh wick below and allowing the new candle to create itself while the
- [Biofluorescent Sea Turtle: World's First Glowing Reptile](https://gajitz.com/biofluorescent-sea-turtle-worlds-first-glowing-reptile/) - Scientists have discovered the first example of a bio-illuminated reptile in the form of a fluorescent turtle, found while filming surrounding sea life in the Solomon Islands. This critically endangered hawksbill sea turtle had been previously documented but never exhibiting illuminating behavior like this variety. Marine biologist David Gruber of City University of New York found it
- [Photonic Fence: Laser Network Zaps Mosquitoes in Midair](https://gajitz.com/photonic-fence-laser-network-zaps-mosquitoes-in-midair/) - In much of the world, mosquitoes are considered annoying pests, but the reality is that they are one of the deadliest animals on the planet, killing over 600,000 people a year, a problem this high-tech laser system aims to permanently eliminate. In the image below, you can see the simple but deadly and effective solution in action,
- [Moldable Glue: DIY Fix-Anything Adhesive Acts Like Rubber](https://gajitz.com/moldable-glue-diy-fix-anything-adhesive-acts-like-rubber/) - Quite possibly the best material innovation since duct tape, Sugru is likewise firm but flexible, letting you shape it (works like rubbery putty) then set it while still expecting it to have some give and resistant to water, heat and cold. The applications are effectively infinite, but some examples: join anything you would ordinarily
- [Hysterically Weird Short Video is Masterfully Mind Melting](https://gajitz.com/hysterically-weird-short-video-is-masterfully-mind-melting/) - It should come as no surprise that we're pretty big fans of tech-heavy art. Terri Timely and Park Pictures created this seriously amazing short film that warps reality to the point of complete nonsense. Input/Output uses clever graphics to manipulate mundane scenes. Instead of a milkshake being slurped up, the glass it's in disappears instead.
- [iRing Wearable: Apple Patents Tiny Touchscreen Smart Ring](https://gajitz.com/iring-wearable-apple-patents-tiny-touchscreen-smart-ring/) - Apple has filed for a patent on a deceptively simple looking design, a possible harbinger of a near-future Apple Ring that would respond to voice, gestures, touch and would interface with other devices wirelessly. The device could be used to collect biometric data, giving users feedback about their health or exercise program and obviating the
- [And...Boom: Amazing HD Footage of Atomic Bomb Testing](https://gajitz.com/and-boom-amazing-hd-footage-of-atomic-bomb-testing/) - While we don't like the idea of devastating nuclear weapons any more than anyone else, we have to admit that the tests conducted with them in the 50s were pretty spectacular. AtomCentral.com recently released remastered HD footage of several of the Operation Teapot tests which took place in 1955. The explosions are vivid, violent...and kind
- [Mix it Up: All-In-One Art Marker Colors a Range of Tones](https://gajitz.com/mix-it-up-all-in-one-art-marker-colors-a-range-of-tones/) - Artists have all kinds of cool tools and tricks to add depth to their work; blending marker colors with an alcohol pen is just one of them. But this technique takes time and skill to master, and it's just not as fun as the way the Chameleon Pen does it. The Chameleon Pen has two
- [DIY Hackers: 3 Geek Key Holders for Shared Office Spaces](https://gajitz.com/diy-hackers-3-geek-key-holders-for-shared-office-spaces/) - In an informal and spontaneous contest to see who could share the geekiest key holder from their office or coworking space, a series of Redditors (on /r/geek) submitted a great series of photos featuring clever (and useful) key storage systems - you can ignore the vote count, though, and pick your own favorite, as each
- [Sleep Mask Offers Better Rest Through Lucid Dreaming](https://gajitz.com/sleep-mask-offers-better-rest-through-lucid-dreaming/) - Lucid dreaming, for the lucky people who are able to master it, is a terrific therapeutic tool that can help people suffering from an array of ailments. It can be achieved over time through dedicated practice, but designer Octavio A. Martinez García has developed a device that hacks the dreaming mind to allow anyone the benefits
- [Heart in a Box: Device Revives Dead Hearts For Transplant](https://gajitz.com/heart-in-a-box-device-revives-dead-hearts-for-transplant/) - Hearts that are suitable for transplantation into needy recipients are always in short supply, and that's partially because our methods of preserving and transporting the organs makes transplants extremely complicated. Currently, heart surgeons can transplant hearts from brain-dead patients; that is, patients who were on life support and whose hearts could be cooled and preserved
- [Bone Conduction Headphones: Walk & Cycle Safely in Cities](https://gajitz.com/bone-conduction-headphones-walk-cycle-safely-in-cities/) - Biking or walking in urban environments with headphones on or earplugs in can be dangerous, while open speaker systems drain batteries and lack sound quality, making these hybrid bone conduction headphones better than the best of both worlds. The AfterShokz's Bluez 2S bypasses your eardrum, delivering sound to your inner ear through bone vibrations. Lightweight and worn around
- [Mini Turbine: Portable Wind Generator for Home or Travel](https://gajitz.com/portable-wind-turbine-powerful-light-generator-to-go/) - Designed to be mobile, practical and easy to use, this miniature wind turbine can generate 2,500 watts of power but also plugs right into your devices with a built-in inverter. Eligible for tax credits, this little gadget could be the key to powering your RV or even your off-the-grid home. In just a week, the
- [My First Robot: Bot Wanders Playgrounds, Engages Kids](https://gajitz.com/my-first-robot-bot-wanders-playgrounds-engages-kids/) - Imagine you're a kid having a blast in the park, when out of nowhere a rad robot sidles up beside you, just begging to play. The MORPHs 2.0, created by Interactive Architecture Lab, is meant to encourage kids to interact with robots at an early age, hopefully instilling a life-long love of technology. MORPHs, or
- [Perpetual Motion: Kinetic Artworks Driven by Hair Dryers](https://gajitz.com/perpetual-motion-kinetic-artworks-driven-by-hair-dryers/) - Hair dryers provide the driving force behind this mesmerizing set of simple-but-beautiful installation art projects by Antoine Terrieux, a magician and juggler with an eye for repurposing everyday objects. Presented last year at the Maison Des Jonglages (House of Juggling) in La Courneuve, France, this series of kinetic pieces shows how simple materials can create experiential art
- [Goodnight, Moon: Luna Lamps Bring Moonlight Inside](https://gajitz.com/goodnight-moon-luna-lamps-bring-moonlight-inside/) - A simple concept backed by provocative design execution, this lunar lamp series comes in seven sizes, letting you bring a little moon with you wherever you go. Developed by Acorn Studio in Taipei, the spherical lanterns are handcrafted from non-toxic latex and glass fiber and have already made their way into music videos and onto
- [Write-O! Redesigned Keyboard Makes Mobile Typing Simple](https://gajitz.com/write-o-redesigned-keyboard-makes-mobile-typing-simple/) - The QWERTY keyboard we use on all of our devices today was designed 140 years ago with specifications that met the needs of typewriter users. The placement of the keys helped ensure that the most often-used keys wouldn't get stuck and interfere with your typing. But modern keyboards don't need the special placement; we just
- [Everbright: Giant Interactive Lite-Brite Wall for Adults](https://gajitz.com/everbright-giant-interactive-lite-brite-wall-for-adults/) - Turn each dial to cycle through 464 possible colors across a wall of bright lights, a magnet of introverts, conversation piece for extroverts and all-around insurance that there will always be something to do at the party. Everbright comes with default animations to keep things interesting, a push-button reset for any time you want to start
- [First Ever Algae-Derived Foam Makes Yoga Earth Friendlier](https://gajitz.com/first-ever-algae-derived-foam-makes-yoga-earth-friendlier/) - Flexible foam materials like yoga mats and flip-flop soles may feel nice and squishy under your feet, but they're hiding a dark and very eco-unfriendly secret: they're made of petrochemicals. The non-biodegradable, non-renewable materials may soon be overtaken by Bloom, a foam material derived from all natural algae. Bloom is the result of a collaboration between
- [Picky Pics: Camera Won't Let You Snap the Touristy Places](https://gajitz.com/picky-pics-camera-wont-let-you-snap-the-touristy-places/) - Seeing photos of your friends' travels is great - but when your Instagram and Facebook feeds are all full of the same landmarks over and over it can get old rather quickly. Designer Philipp Schmitt came up with a way to combat this burnout: he invented a disobedient camera that won't take pictures in places
- [Knock, Knock: This Module Wants to Smarten Your House](https://gajitz.com/knock-knock-this-module-wants-to-smarten-your-house/) - Enabling ordinary objects to become extraordinary tools via an internet connection is the next frontier of high technology. The Internet of Things keeps growing and expanding with the introduction of Knocki, a stick-on sensor that lets you - you guessed it - knock to initiate programmed actions. It eliminates the need for switches, buttons, and remote
- [Student-Made, 1-Cylinder Car Gets 2,000+ Miles per Gallon](https://gajitz.com/student-made-1-cylinder-car-gets-2000-miles-per-gallon/) - Participating in this year's SAE Supermileage competition, a team of university students designed, built and drove a single-seat aluminum-shell vehicle that managed to get 2,098 miles out of a single gallon of gas. The winning team, from Quebec’s Université Laval, reengineered a previously-successful shell to reduce weight, increase fuel efficiency and optimize the electrical system. These alternations were
- [DIY Tree Branch Filter Strains 99% of E Coli from Water](https://gajitz.com/diy-tree-branch-filter-strains-99-of-e-coli-from-water/) - A wonderfully low-tech and low-cost, MIT-designed solution for developing countries, this homemade water filter requires just a few common and inexpensive items working in conjunction with a small piece of tree. Certain kinds of sapwood are particularly capable of filtering out dangerous E. Coli bacteria, effectively using the same natural process by which trees move
- [Tattle Truncheon: Police Club Texts Cop's Mom When Used](https://gajitz.com/tattle-truncheon-police-club-texts-cops-mom-when-used/) - Assuming even the most aggressive people will still care what their mother thinks, this somewhat slapstick police baton is designed to send a message to the user's mom when it is violently deployed in (or out) of the line of duty. Russian artist Dmitry Morozov claims he is not an activist but did create this
- [Caffeine Dreams: Recycled Coffee = 3D Printing Filament](https://gajitz.com/caffeine-dreams-recycled-coffee-3d-printing-filament/) - As 3D printing grows ever more popular and people use at-home devices like 3D printing pens and mini-fabricators, we're going to encounter a pretty serious plastic problem. Plastics already place a heavy toll on the environment, but the plastic filament used to fabricate stuff at home is rarely recycled. Now, in comes Wound Up, a
- [Feeling Your Way: Device Changes its Shape to Navigate](https://gajitz.com/feeling-your-way-device-changes-its-shape-to-navigate/) - Navigating your way through an unfamiliar city can be challenging and stressful, especially when you're visually impaired. This little handheld device from Yale postdoctorate engineer associate Adam Spiers shifts it shape to point you in the right direction so even if you can't see, you can get accurate directions to your destination. The current version
- [Sleek New Polaroid Camera Prints Instantly & Inklessly](https://gajitz.com/sleek-new-polaroid-camera-prints-instantly-inklessly/) - Polaroid has announced a brand new digital camera, the Snap, which brings it back to its analog roots, printing immediately and in full color, and all without ink. Their fresh release employes an SD slot that can hold up to 32 gigabytes and features a built-in inkless 'printer' (details below) co-developed with ZINK (Zero Ink)
- [Wi-Fi Energy: Tesla's Wireless Dream Now Powerful Reality](https://gajitz.com/wi-fi-energy-teslas-wireless-dream-now-powerful-reality/) - Wireless charging has just made a huge new leap, thanks to researchers who have demonstrated that existing Wi-Fi infrastructure can be used to power devices remotely, including battery-free technology or rechargeable lithium-ion, coin-cell batteries, at a range of up 28 feet or more. Shyam Gollakota worked with a group of University of Washington researchers on PoWiFi, their
- [DIY Tattoo Machine: Trust Yourself for Your Own Body Art?](https://gajitz.com/diy-tattoo-machine-trust-yourself-for-your-own-body-art/) - An all-in-one, self-service solution for creative people who want to paint themselves permanently, this device puts the power (and pain and risk of mistakes) in your hands, for better or worse. Developed by Jakub Pollág of the Royal College of Art, the Personal Tattoo Machine was inspired in part by the innovative ways prisoners create their
- [Living Metal: Ferrofluidic Display Full of Metallic Dancers](https://gajitz.com/living-metal-ferrofluidic-display-full-of-metallic-dancers/) - The Ferrolic clock designed by Zelf Koelman is nothing like the functional but wholly unentertaining ones most of us have on our walls. Instead of a digital or analog face, this clock is composed of ferrofluid, a liquid containing suspended magnetic particles. The front of the case is filled with fluid so the ferrofluid can move
- [Love Coffee? Give This Face-Shaped Lid a Big, Warm Kiss](https://gajitz.com/love-coffee-give-this-face-shaped-lid-a-big-warm-kiss/) - Coffee drinkers love their morning coffee so much that it's basically a long-term committed relationship. Korean designer Jang WooSeok compares a sip of coffee to a warm, comforting kiss. And he points out that while coffee is always available, a kiss with a loved one isn't always possible. He took the idea of a coffee
- [Ball Blasters: New High-Speed Nerf Guns Shoot at 70 MPH](https://gajitz.com/ball-blasters-new-high-speed-nerf-guns-shoot-at-70-mph/) - Shifting from darts to balls, this new line of Rival shooters from Nerf are hitting (and flying off the shelves at) record speedings, firing projectiles at 70 Miles Per Hour and featuring quick-reload features to keep the fun going faster. Announced months ago, made available for preorders in August and now openly for sale, the
- [Rusty Wraps: Stickers Camouflage New Car as Old Clunker](https://gajitz.com/rusty-wraps-stickers-camouflage-new-car-as-old-clunker/) - While some people wrap their cars in bright new colors or flashy custom designs, this creative solution lets you downplay the quality and condition of your vehicle, concealing it under layers of dripping red rust. A bit of hard work and careful planning and voila, a brand new Volkswagon T5 Sportline is suddenly an aging
- [Know Your Food: Sensor Gives up Allergen Info in 2 Minutes](https://gajitz.com/know-your-food-sensor-gives-up-allergen-info-in-2-minutes/) - When you have a food allergy, buying prepared food or eating in a restaurant can be a nerve-wracking - and potentially even deadly - proposition. A portable food sensor called Nima can ease your mind by testing your food for allergens before you eat it. At the moment, Nima can only test for gluten; in
- [Wrap Music: This Wrist Cuff Holds Your Earbuds For You](https://gajitz.com/wrap-music-this-wrist-cuff-holds-your-earbuds-for-you/) - If you've ever reached into your pocket or bag to grab your earbuds and come up with a handful of hopelessly tangled cord, you know the struggle. There are cases to hold them, but if you're anything like us, you lose those pretty quickly. The designers behind Helix want to help you keep your earbuds
- [Going WAY Up: Inflatable Lift Will Cut Space Travel Costs](https://gajitz.com/going-way-up-inflatable-lift-will-cut-space-travel-costs/) - The elusive concept of a space elevator has been around for more than a century, but until now it's been difficult to imagine having the technology to actually make it happen. Canadian company Thoth Technology has been granted an American patent for an inflatable space elevator jutting 12.4 miles into the sky from Earth's surface.
- [Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot: MIT's 3D Printing Uses Molten Glass](https://gajitz.com/feeling-hot-hot-hot-mits-3d-printing-uses-molten-glass/) - With a few notable exceptions, just about all 3D printing up to this point has been done with plastic as a base material. A collaboration between MIT's Mediated Matter Group, MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering and MIT's Glass Lab has led to a pretty exciting advancement: 3D printing with molten glass. The group calls their
- [Sober Cycling: Bike Lock Won't Let You Pedal Impaired](https://gajitz.com/sober-cycling-bike-lock-wont-let-you-pedal-while-impaired/) - Some countries have strict laws against biking while drunk, but here in the US that's left up to the individual states - and the policy is notoriously ambiguous. Japanese company KOOWHO may not be able to clarify the cycling while drunk laws where you live, but it can let you (and a friend) know when
- [Float Around on This Lightweight, Laptop-Size Scooter](https://gajitz.com/float-around-on-this-lightweight-laptop-size-scooter/) - Playing on our inherent love of all things small, shiny, motorized, and novel, Japanese company Cocoa Motors has come up with a brilliant little motorized vehicle. They say it's the world's smallest electric vehicle, and they just might be right - it's around the size of a MacBook (one of the larger-screened models, but still)
- [This Tiny Travel Accessory Makes Flying Much Less Horrible](https://gajitz.com/this-tiny-travel-accessory-makes-flying-much-less-horrible/) - Flying is seriously the worst. Short flights are tolerable, but being stuck on a cross-country (or, Flying Spaghetti Monster forbid, an overseas) flight in the economy section is almost enough to drive you batty. The lack of space and feeling of confinement are only made worse by that stupid seat-back tray table. The Airhook is
- [Hello Humanoid: Japanese Hotel Run Entirely by Robots](https://gajitz.com/hello-humanoid-japanese-hotel-run-entirely-by-robots/) - Boasting the first overnight establishment operated entirely by machines, the so-called Strange Hotel (Henn-na Hotel) in Sasebo, Japan, is using robotics to increase efficiency and reduce costs. Guests are greeted by a creepy but helpfully multilingual dinosaur with a bow tie, the first hint that these are not normal accommodations, but their luggage is carried
- [6 Ways to Fitness: Innovative Bike Pedals in Multiple Ways](https://gajitz.com/6-ways-to-fitness-innovative-bike-pedals-in-multiple-ways/) - Bicycling is a fantastic way to get your daily exercise, but if it's your only form of exercise you're only working a small group of muscles over and over. Caron, a concept bike, can propel you along in six ways, working a wider number of muscle groups every time you ride. The bike can be
- [Lighten Up! Silicone Accessory Turns Phones Into Lamps](https://gajitz.com/lighten-up-silicone-accessory-turns-phones-into-lamps/) - Smartphones can do pretty much anything, but most of us still tend to use them in at least one very low-tech way: as flashlights. Getting to the bedroom after you turn out the house lights, finding your keys in your bag, or finding the way to the bathroom in an unfamiliar hotel room all call
- [DIY IOT: Toolkit for Creating Your Own Internet of Things](https://gajitz.com/diy-iot-toolkit-for-creating-your-own-internet-of-things/) - Breaking down the Internet of Things into a set of user-friendly building blocks, this kit lets you make your own internet-connected creations right out of the box and without any coding experience, all thanks to SAM. A set of physical modules compliment a software package that make it possible to link inputs and outputs with the
- [Smart Garbage: NYC Trash Bins Now Free Wi-Fi Hotspots](https://gajitz.com/smart-garbage-nyc-trash-bins-now-free-wi-fi-hotspots/) - A startup is turning New York City waste receptacles into sources of free street-level, solar-powered internet in addition to their current capabilities, which include signalling for a pickup when the garbage is filling up or starting to smell. The city already has over 100 smart bins from Bigbelly waste management that are each able to
- [Rugged Tablet: Ultra-Tough Dell Will Work in War Zones](https://gajitz.com/rugged-tablet-ultra-tough-dell-will-work-in-war-zones/) - If you're a mountain climber, construction worker, emergency responder or remote soldier, this may be just the tablet to serve your most extreme everyday needs. Created to function in harsh conditions, the Latitude 12 Rugged Tablet deals well with drops, dust, dirt and mud, able to work in temperatures spanning from below zero to degrees
- [50-Foot Flamethrower: Real Portable Fire Shooter for Sale](https://gajitz.com/50-foot-flamethrower-real-portable-fire-shooter-for-sale/) - Available for purchase in 48 states, this personal portable flamethrower straps to your back and lets you shoot fire dozens of feet in the air with an easy-to-buy mixture of diesel and gasoline. It may all be a little too convenient. With a $1,600 price tag, it might seem expensive or cheap depending on your perspective
- [Smart Cane for the Blind Recognizes Faces From 30 Feet](https://gajitz.com/smart-cane-for-the-blind-recognizes-faces-from-30-feet/) - In addition to an array of other useful features, this futuristic mobility-aiding cane contains a camera and facial recognition software to help the visually impaired pick friendly faces out of the crowd. The cane is a widely-recognized and frequently-used staple for those who cannot see well or at all, and thus an idea vessel to
- [3D Dots Breakthrough: World's First Braille Smartwatch](https://gajitz.com/3d-dots-breakthrough-worlds-first-braille-smartwatch/) - This dynamic braille-screened smartwatch dynamically raises points (or: dots) above its surface, allowing the blind to read text messages or translate webpages right on their wrists. Sleekly designed like other hot smartwatches on the market, the Dot can show up to four characters at a time at customizable speeds, representing a dramatic change from clunky
- [Canine Car Harness: Doggie Seat Belt Keeps Everyone Safe](https://gajitz.com/canine-car-harness-doggie-seat-belt-keeps-everyone-safe/) - Unbuckled dogs in automobiles can be a danger to your pet passenger as well as the driver and other riders, making this snug solution a good way to keep all parties involved safer on the road. At just 30 miles per hour with a 10-pound dog, a fender bender can turn your pup into a projectile
- [3D Gardening: Print Living Matter with Fresh Organic Ink](https://gajitz.com/3d-gardening-print-green-grass-into-any-custom-shape/) - Print Green employes a mixtures of soil, water and grass seeds, supplanting the typical plastics we associate with 3D printing in order to print living, growing plants into any shape you might imagine. Developed by a group of students at the University of Maribor in Slovenia, this 3D garden printer "uses a special CNC machine
- [MIT's Low-Tech, Low-Cost, High-Performance Prosthetic Leg](https://gajitz.com/mits-low-tech-low-cost-high-performance-prosthetic-leg/) - The past two decades have brought about some incredible - and very expensive - advances in prosthetic limb technology. A prosthetic leg can now contain microprocessors, gyroscopes, and hydraulics to give the amputee a completely natural gait. In India and other developing nations, having a leg amputated usually means a lifetime with a stiff, unmoving
- [RIP Hitchbot: Hitchhiking Robot's Trip Ends in Philadelphia](https://gajitz.com/rip-hitchbot-hitchhiking-robots-trip-ends-in-philadelphia/) - After traveling successfully across Canada and then Germany, this world-famous robot hitchhiker made it from Massachusetts as far as Pennsylvania before succumbing to injuries sustained on the side of the road during an unprovoked attack. Hitchbot managed to see Times Square and tour Philadelphia before being dropped off by drivers late a night and subsequently being kicked
- [No Need to Repot: Origami Planter Expands as Plants Grow](https://gajitz.com/no-need-to-repot-origami-planter-expands-as-plants-grow/) - Plants grow but planters do not, at least until this self-expanding pot came along, forever obviating the need for repotting. GROWTH has a three-stage lifecycle, starting out small and becoming quite large as the roots of the plant it supports expand and push out its sides. Like a blooming flower or unfolding leave, the vessel
- [Easy Rider: Tires Adapt and Morph Based on Road Conditions](https://gajitz.com/easy-rider-tires-adapt-and-morph-based-on-road-conditions/) - Airless tires have been the up-and-coming futuristic auto technology for several years. Kumho Tire is taking the concept into even more futuristic territory with a tire that changes shape and properties to adapt to current road conditions. Instead of using different tires for different seasons (or using all-season tires that might not be optimal in
- [Tangible Holograms: Responsive Lasers Now Safe to Touch](https://gajitz.com/tangible-holograms-responsive-lasers-now-safe-to-touch/) - Real-life holodecks are now one big step closer to reality, thanks to a Japanese laboratory that has successfully produced interactive lasers you can touch and feel in midair. The femtosecond laser from Digital Nature Group has been used before in aerial plasma 3D graphics demonstrations but has now been rendered safe for high-resolution and interactive uses.
- [Future Food: Turn All of Your Food Into Fake Caviar Pearls](https://gajitz.com/future-food-turn-all-of-your-food-into-fake-caviar-pearls/) - Remember what a big deal it was when Dippin' Dots were brand new? A company called Imperial Caviar & Seafood has developed a handheld tool called the Imperial Spherificator that can do the same kind of thing to almost any food. The company already makes a caviar substitute called kelp caviar, and they're using the same kind
- [Now Sea Here: This Lamp Runs on Nothing But Salt and Water](https://gajitz.com/now-sea-here-this-lamp-runs-on-nothing-but-salt-and-water/) - Making a primitive battery from salt water and a bit of metal is a pretty common science experiment, but how about using the concept on a larger scale for the good of the planet? Engineer and environmental activist Aisa Mijeno created a lamp that uses this eco-friendly, renewable energy to provide light to homes with
- [Measure Material Makeup: World's 1st Pocket Spectrometer](https://gajitz.com/measure-material-makeup-worlds-1st-pocket-spectrometer/) - This portable handheld device lets you measure the molecular fingerprint of anything around you, from the alcoholic and caloric content of the cocktail in your hand to the water content and soil quality supporting your hanging houseplants. Using a combination of technologies borrowed from both big laboratory spectrometers and mobile-device optics, this miniature gadget measures reflected light,
- [Saddle Up! Vest is a Wearable Jungle Gym For Your Kids](https://gajitz.com/saddle-up-vest-is-a-wearable-jungle-gym-for-your-kids/) - Every parent has had the privilege of being the unofficial playground for their tots. Kids just love to climb all over grownups, regardless of how painful a poorly-placed little foot can be. Designer Atsushi Shiraishi at Tama Art University created the Athletitti Vest, a wearable device that turns you into a playground for your little
- [Pop-Free Bubble Wrap: Redesign Eliminates Noise (& Fun)](https://gajitz.com/pop-free-bubble-wrap-redesign-eliminates-noise-fun/) - Professional shippers and innocent bystanders may rejoice, but others are up in arms about the announcement of a new form of Bubble Wrap designed not to pop, and thus also fail to create that distinctive sound we all know and love (or hate). American company Sealed Air created iBubble Wrap with interlinked columns of trapped air
- [Ultra-Thin Graphene Membranes Will Let Humans Hear Like Bats](https://gajitz.com/ultra-thin-graphene-membranes-will-let-humans-hear-like-bats/) - Graphene, that wonder material that seems to have no limits to its usefulness, is now being used to give humans the gift of ultrasonic hearing. With the lightweight ultrasonic microphones and loudspeakers created by UC Berkeley physicists Alex Zettl, Qin Zhou, and their colleagues, people can now hear high frequencies just like dolphins and bats. The
- [Fire it Up! How to Jump Start a Car Using AA Batteries](https://gajitz.com/fire-it-up-how-to-jump-start-a-car-using-aa-batteries/) - Can anything make your heart sink faster than hearing a pathetic clicking when you try to start your car? Your battery's dead again and, thanks to good old neighborhood unfriendliness, there's no one around to give you a jump start. You don't belong to an auto club, and none of your lazy friends will come
- [Ergonomic Toilet: Shifting Users from Sitting to Squatting](https://gajitz.com/ergonomic-toilet-shifting-users-from-sitting-to-squatting/) - Award-winning innovation is rarely associated with restrooms, but considering the long lack of innovation with respect to the loo, it should come as no surprise that there is a better way to design toilets. Announced on World Toilet Day (yes, it exists), the Wellbeing Toilet designed by three Central Saint Martin’s graduate students responds to the
- [Holy Grail of Food Science: This Seaweed Tastes Like Bacon](https://gajitz.com/holy-grail-of-food-science-this-seaweed-tastes-like-bacon/) - We are equal parts off-the-wall excited and completely annoyed about this development in food magic - and we're only annoyed because it could have happened way sooner. Researchers at Oregon State University have created a strain of dulse seaweed that tastes - and even kind of looks - like bacon. Surprisingly, it's been around for
- [Jurassic Bike: 12-Foot-Long Dinosaur Skeleton Tricycle](https://gajitz.com/jurassic-bike-12-foot-long-dinosaur-skeleton-tricycle/) - Oh, west coast...you have the weirdest people. One of them created Sue, the 12-foot-long, 8.5-foot-tall art bike in the shape of a juvenile T.Rex. Thankfully for the rest of the world, that genius (that's not sarcasm - this bike engineer is an actual genius) has decided to find a new home for Sue for the low
- [Crazy Underwater Video Shows Sharks Living in a Volcano](https://gajitz.com/crazy-underwater-video-shows-sharks-living-in-a-volcano/) - A volcano is just about the unlikeliest place to find a bunch of animals, right? A National Geographic team led by ocean engineer Brennan Phillips took off to the Solomon Islands - and specifically the active underwater volcano Kavachi - to get a glimpse of some interesting hydrothermal activity. What the team didn't expect to
- [World's Cheapest Computer: Powerful Little CHIP Costs $9](https://gajitz.com/worlds-cheapest-computer-powerful-little-chip-costs-9/) - Blowing away its $50,000 crowdfunding goal earlier this year, the pocket-sized CHIP is on track to be the most inexpensive computer in the world, costing a fraction of the Raspberry Pi, and has raised over $2,000,000 from backers, reflecting incredible demand. Everything about this project is open source, so if you want to make your own,
- [DIY Prosthetics: LEGO-Compatible Limbs Enable Kids' Mods](https://gajitz.com/diy-prosthetics-lego-compatible-limbs-enable-kids-mods/) - A modular twist-and-lock port attached to this customizable prosthetic lets children adapt, modify and create attachments to serve both fun and practical functions. Developed by Carlos Arturo Torres Tovar of Umeå University in Sweden, the IKO system comes with a default three-fingered grip but it can be swapped for anything created out of LEGO by the
- [Naturally Amazing: Crow Catches Free Ride on Bald Eagle](https://gajitz.com/naturally-amazing-crow-catches-free-ride-on-bald-eagle/) - Photography is part skill, part timing, and a great deal of luck, as the photographer of this incredible scene from nature knows first hand, having captured an stunning series of images showing a crow riding an eagle. Poo Chan has a great deal of wildlife photography experience, but he would never have guessed that these
- [Working Time: Clock Makes You Do Math to Find the Time](https://gajitz.com/working-time-clock-makes-you-do-math-to-find-the-time/) - Teaching a kid to read an analog clock can be like pulling teeth, so chances are kids won't be thrilled at first with the Albert Clock. The digital display clock requires you to perform math problems to figure out the current time. It sounds like a drag at first, but it's actually pretty fun once
- [Space Sounds: Send a Message In a Bottle Into Outer Space](https://gajitz.com/space-sounds-send-a-message-in-a-bottle-into-outer-space/) - Are you a romantic - the type of person who drops a message into a bottle and flings it into the ocean? Do you have dreamy visions of someone seeing your message years from now and forming some kind of cosmic bond with a stranger? Designers Luca Nichetto and Lera Moiseeva are taking the message
- [Instant Life Lift: Wrist-Mounted Inflatable Life Preserver](https://gajitz.com/instant-life-lift-wrist-mounted-inflatable-life-preserver/) - Life preservers are the seatbelts of swimming: we all know we should wear them, but some of us refuse, no matter how dangerous that refusal might be. Instead of debating over wearing the big orange life vest, Kingii offers an unobtrusive way to stay safe at the beach. The little device fits on your wrist;
- [Fly 3,000 Feet High: $150,000 Personal Jetpack for Sale](https://gajitz.com/fly-3000-feet-high-150000-personal-jetpack-for-sale/) - Starting in 2016, you will be able to purchase your very own jetpack - after decades of development, Martin Aircraft is finally making commercial models available for sale next year. If you cannot afford this luxury manned aircraft, you may want to consider a professional career change to government employee, police, fire or ambulance driver,
- [PC Stick: Newest Pocket-Sized Computer Priced at Just $99](https://gajitz.com/pc-stick-newest-pocket-sized-computer-priced-at-just-99/) - Pre-installed with Windows, this latest competitor for world's smallest computer is the size of a flash drive, plugs right into a monitor and gives you an operating system that fits neatly in your pocket. Made by Archos, this device competes on price with other manufacturers who have recently released similar designs, including Lenovo and Intel.
- [Tamper-Resistant Pill Dispenser Uses Biometrics for Security](https://gajitz.com/tamper-resistant-pill-dispenser-uses-biometrics-for-security/) - It's no secret that prescription drug abuse is a huge problem all around the world. The most-often abused medications are powerful painkillers, which are easy enough to misuse due to the way they're distributed. They come in little plastic bottles, usually with a month's worth of pills at a time. The patient can easily take
- [Tactile Tablet: Dynamic Liquid Surface Device for the Blind](https://gajitz.com/tactile-tablet-dynamic-liquid-surface-device-for-the-blind/) - Beyond braille, this device can output raised patterns, maps, graphics and more, all for the visually impaired using liquid rather than mechanical parts for a more robust machine and fluid experience. Liquid bubbles raise up on the surface of the device while complimentary software is able to convert various file formats for easy compatibility, accepting
- [Sexy Sculptural Record Player Combines Analog + Futurism](https://gajitz.com/sexy-sculptural-record-player-combines-analog-futurism/) - We love listening to records, but all of that sound system equipment sitting out on the shelf is not exactly pretty. Designer Roy Harpaz came up with a record player design that not only sounds great, but also looks like a piece of modern art. The vertical record player is egg-shaped with a front made
- [Teens Develop $13 Door Handle that Kills 99% of Germs](https://gajitz.com/teens-develop-13-door-handle-that-kills-99-of-germs/) - A pair of young inventors in Hong Kong has developed a doorknob-replacing device to change the way we approach hygiene, their prototype successfully eliminating 99.8% of germs on contact using metal and light - a perfect solution for that perpetually tricky question of how best to exit a public restroom. Sun Ming (Simon) Wong and 18-year-old
- [Ford eBike Lets You Know When You're About to Hit a Pothole](https://gajitz.com/ford-ebike-lets-you-know-when-youre-about-to-hit-a-pothole/) - At the June 2015 Forward with Ford conference, the company announced a new line of three new electric bikes. The most interesting one is called MoDe:Flex; a model meant to be versatile enough for commuting, mountain biking, and road riding. The bike features a smartphone holster on the handlebars; just snap your phone in and
- [Impossible Dream: Making Mondays Bearable (and Fun)](https://gajitz.com/the-impossible-dream-making-mondays-bearable-and-fun/) - It's hard to imagine greeting Monday with enthusiasm. It signals the end of the weekend and, usually, a return to work. New York design firm IDEO has added some joy to Mondays with a trio of products that are guaranteed to make you smile on that most dreaded of days. Created for Studio 360's Redesigns
- [This Smart Countertop Oven is the Best New Thing in Cooking](https://gajitz.com/this-smart-countertop-oven-is-the-best-new-thing-in-cooking/) - Our phones, our TVs, even our thermostats - they've all been getting smarter and more intuitive. Isn't it time that technological intuition moved into the kitchen? The June smart countertop oven is an awesomely powerful cooking tool that seems able to turn anyone into a chef with hardly any effort. Using an integrated HD digital
- [Earth's First Ocean Cleanup Array Set to Deploy in 2016](https://gajitz.com/earths-first-ocean-cleanup-array-set-to-deploy-in-2016/) - Designed to target key points in global oceanic trash circulation, addressing a 7-million-ton problem planet-wide, this system has rapidly evolved from conceptual and inspiring idea in the mind of a teenager to feasibility-studied, fully-funded project set to go live next year. Boyan Slat's approach is going to be set up near the coasts of Japan and South Korea, tackling one
- [First Humanoid Robonaut Works with Astronauts on ISS](https://gajitz.com/first-humanoid-robonaut-works-with-astronauts-on-iss/) - Designed to be guided by experts on Earth unable to join the crew of the International Space Station, the world's first robotic astronaut has been awarded the NASA Government Invention of the Year award for 2014. One of the key potential benefits of putting this Robonaut 2 (the 1 never made it into orbit) in space
- [Upwardly Mobile Wheelchair Climbs Staircases With Ease](https://gajitz.com/upwardly-mobile-wheelchair-climbs-staircases-with-ease/) - The upwardly mobile Scalevo wheelchair is like the electric wheelchair's badass cousin. Looking a little like a motorcycle and inspired by Segway technology, Scalevo balances on two wheels. When it approaches a set of stairs, a pair of tank treads extend to let the chair easily ascend or descend with no outside help. The Scavelo
- [Self-Folding Origami Robot Runs, Swims, Digs & Dissolves](https://gajitz.com/self-folding-origami-robot-runs-swims-digs-dissolves/) - So tiny it can fit on the tip of your finger, this remarkably agile and multifunctional little bot assembles not only assembles itself but also goes on to dive underwater, carry objects twice its weight, burrows into the ground and then degrades on demand, leaving only a magnet in its wake. A just under two
- [Pop-Up Wall Lamps: Flat-Pack Lights Fit Inside Corners](https://gajitz.com/pop-up-wall-lamps-flat-pack-lights-fit-inside-corners/) - Elegant, simple and space-saving, these variously-shaped pop-up lights come in thin packaging then open up to reveal a fixture and shade that can sit in unoccupied corners of a room. Simple typography and colors make the shapes pop out against their background and create a complete design package (complete with cord) that is lovingly executed at
- [Snap-On Cup Holder for Bikes Clamps Onto Any Handlebars](https://gajitz.com/snap-on-cup-holder-for-bikes-clamps-onto-any-handlebars/) - Free of glues, screws and other complexity, this snap-on simple coffee cup holder is the perfect way to set down your favorite caffeinated beverage safely while biking to work through the city each morning. The Bookman cup holder is made of plastic and steel, easy to attach then remove and take with you if you are worried about damage
- [Power-Free Fridge: Underground Geothermal Food Cooling](https://gajitz.com/power-free-fridge-underground-geothermal-food-cooling/) - A new twist on an ancient technique, this subterranean refrigerator takes advantage of cooler subsurface temperatures to let you store fruits, vegetables, cheese, wine and other goods right in (or rather: below) your own backyard. Floris Schoonderbeek of Dutch design company Weltevree crated the Ground Fridge to showcase at Milan Design Week, illustrating the power of
- [Temposcope: Desktop Device Recreates Weather Forecast](https://gajitz.com/temposcope-desktop-device-recreates-weather-forecast/) - Bringing the weather right to your tabletop, this incredible box simulates sunrise, sunset, clouds, rain and even thunderstorms based on real forecasts, letting you see expected conditions in a dazzling new way. Designed by Ken Kawamoto, the Tempescope puts a world's worth of weather right in front of you, downloading details from the internet then recreating those
- [Robear: Japanese Elder Care Robot Has Teddy Bear Head](https://gajitz.com/robear-japanese-elder-care-robot-has-teddy-bear-head/) - A gentle giant with an almost disturbingly friendly face, this robotic bear (Robear) is designed to supplement nursing care, helping caregivers with tasks that require a balance of strength and delicacy like lifting patients. Developed by scientists at RIKEN and sumitomo riko company limited, this robot can carry people, help them stand and assist with
- [Reverse Physics: Anti-Gravity Fountain Seems to Flow Uphill](https://gajitz.com/reverse-physics-anti-gravity-fountain-seems-to-flow-uphill/) - Inspired by the impossible illustrations of M.C. Escher, particularly the famous Waterfall, inventor and entrepreneur James Dyson created this remarkable fountain that appears to defy the laws of nature. To the observer, it looks like the water is making its way up each triangular segment, then spilling off into the corners below, and the illusion is
- [Drive at Age 14: Teens Allowed Tiny Electric Car in Europe](https://gajitz.com/drive-at-age-14-teens-allowed-tiny-electric-car-in-europe/) - Bridging the almost-artificial divide between conventional quadricycles and lower-powered scooters, this micro-vehicle fits the legal system in France just right, allowing it to be driven by teenagers who are not allowed to pilot an ordinary car. Weighing 1,000 pounds and with a maximum speed of around 50 miles per hour, the idea was in part
- [Purifying Plants: NASA Guide to Air-Filtering Houseplants](https://gajitz.com/purifying-plants-nasa-guide-to-air-filtering-houseplants/) - Plant life in your home can do far more than brighten up the space, filtering toxins and pollutants from the air your breath everyday - this infographic draws on NASA data to help guide you toward the best options for your home. For best results, buy and place one plant per 100 square feet of
- [ScIKEA: Fun Science Fictional IKEA Manuals for DIY Geeks](https://gajitz.com/scikea-fun-science-fictional-ikea-manuals-for-diy-geeks/) - Whatever your sub-genre of science fiction, these marvelous manuals will help you assemble anything from your own space-and-time machine to a personal light saber. For starters, a little wibbly-wobbly and some timey-wimey along with an infinity or so of connectors and voila, instant Tardis (or TJARDISS if you prefer the Scandinavian name) just like The Doctor
- [Boxed Water Is Better: Alternative to Plastic Makes Waves](https://gajitz.com/boxed-water-is-better-alternative-to-plastic-makes-waves/) - Blunt branding tells you all you need to know about this product's origins, history, purpose and thesis: boxed water is better for the environment and more cost-effective to boot. Boxed Water is Better wastes far less space in shipping and allows flat-packed boxes to arrive on site to be filled rather than requiring full-sized but
- [Locomotive Motorcycle: Steam-Powered Engine Drives Bike](https://gajitz.com/locomotive-motorcycle-steam-powered-engine-drives-bike/) - It is one thing to make something like Steampunk in style, but to actually drive that device using steam power takes an entirely higher-order level of commitment and engineering. Revatu Customs is the Dutch motorocycle shop behind the Black Pearl, this unique steam-driven creation named after Jack Sparrow's pirate ship. The rear wheel of the vehicle is
- [Fabric of Space-Time: Placemats Inspired by Relativity](https://gajitz.com/fabric-of-space-time-placemats-inspired-by-relativity/) - Drawing somewhat abstractly on the work of Albert Einstein, this faux-folding fabric features a warped grid that looks a lot like conventional attempts to represent space-time complexities in two-dimensional formats. Designed by Japanese studio A.P.Works, the illusion is complete when a plate, fork, knife and (optional) spoon are set in their respective places, appearing to
- [Hackaball: Programmable Throw Toy Teaches Kids to Code](https://gajitz.com/hackaball-programmable-throw-toy-teaches-kids-to-code/) - From assembly to programming, the Hackaball combines learning to code with outdoor activity, bringing and internet-of-things approach to a lesson plan normally taught to bored kids stuck sitting indoors at a computer. Using any Apple or Android device, children can program this ball just as they would a desktop or laptop game, except they can
- [Marketing Mars: Retrofuturistic Travel Posters from SpaceX](https://gajitz.com/marketing-mars-retrofuturistic-travel-posters-from-spacex/) - Not to be outdone by NASA's series of exoplanet travel posters, SpaceX has revealed a similarly-styled series of designs to promote interest in making it to Mars (and ultimately colonizing the planet if Elon Musk has his way). First stop: Valles Marineris, a seriously grand canyon spanning thousands of miles on the surface of the red
- [Dissolving Pods: Design Solves Disposable Plastic Problem](https://gajitz.com/dissolving-pods-design-solves-disposable-plastic-problem/) - Keurig and its equivalents are so convenient it is hard to conceive of going back to something less handy, but important to find something that produces less waste, hence this minimalist solution using sugar-based containers that dissolve when used. The Droops Coffee Maker system is centered around pods that melt away when exposed to hot water,
- [Peripheral as PC: This Mouse Houses Your Whole Computer](https://gajitz.com/peripheral-as-pc-this-mouse-houses-your-whole-computer/) - Since mobile devices today have world's more computing power than PCs of a decade or two ago, it makes sense that sooner or later a peripheral could double as an entire computer of its in, in this case putting that computer in a mouse and quite literally in the palm of your hand. The Mouse
- [Hydroelectric Pipes: Clean Water Powers 100 Urban Homes](https://gajitz.com/hydroelectric-pipes-clean-water-powers-100-urban-homes/) - Turning gravity-fed freshwater pipes into passive energy generators, this turbine system deployed in Portland, Oregon, takes water power in a new direction, tapping into urban flows beyond conventional rivers and oceans. The LucidPipe Power System from Lucid Energy has minimal impacts on water flow rates, even helping slow down flows that run too fast, and their turbine-equipped
- [Tactical 'Strike Light': Throwable Strobing LED & Siren Ball](https://gajitz.com/tactical-strike-light-throwable-strobing-led-siren-ball/) - Designed to disorient its targets when rolled or thrown into place, this tactical strobe lamp produces light and sound on demand, creating confusion prior to an incursion by police or military users. While its bright 360-degree lighting is being sold primarily for hands-free use by officers of the law, the company behind the Strike Light
- [Whole 'Lost Lake' Drains Down Mysterious Hole in Ground](https://gajitz.com/whole-lost-lake-drains-down-mysterious-hole-in-ground/) - Each year, an entire lake in Oregon fills up with water, and then empties through a giant hole in its bottom, turning into a temporary meadow and sending its contents into the ground toward an unidentified set of mystery destinations. There is speculation about the moisture seeping into aquifers, but no study has yet managed
- [Light Phone: Ultra-Slim, Distraction-Free Mobile Device](https://gajitz.com/light-phone-ultra-slim-distraction-free-mobile-device/) - Designed to be your "phone away from phone," the minimalist Light Phone is about the size and thickness of a credit card and made to replicate only classic and essential functions of portable phones, perfect when you want to leave your smart device behind. Avoiding unnecessary rings, pings and dings, this $100 phone only forwards or
- [Hawaii Slated to Use 100% Renewable Energy by 2045](https://gajitz.com/hawaii-100-powered-with-renewable-energy-by-2045/) - Aiming to be the first state in the US run entirely on green energy, Hawaii has just passed a law putting it on a path to energy self-sufficiency and sustainability just 30 years down the road. As outlined in the plan, all of the state's power is to be generated via renewable sources. Why Hawaii? The
- [Phone Drone: Turn Your Mobile Device into a Flying Robot](https://gajitz.com/phone-drone-turn-your-mobile-device-into-a-flying-robot/) - Why buy an entirely new computer along with your drone when you already carry a powerful device with a built-in camera right in your pocket? The PhoneDrone lets you insert your smart device right into a quadcopter shell, then fly the resulting hybrid via defined flight plans, in 'follow' modes or remote-control (via a tablet,
- [Coastal Desalination Plant to Produce 50MM Gallons a Day](https://gajitz.com/coastal-desalination-plant-to-produce-50mm-gallons-a-day/) - To address to rising drought emergency in California, San Diego is building the largest desalination plant in America - while construction will cost $1 billion, it will provide drinking water to over 300,000 people in the southern part of the state. Opening in November near San Diego, the Carlsbad Desalination Project (and project of Poseidon Water)
- [Giant Robotic Balls: New Amphibious Drones Swim & Roll](https://gajitz.com/giant-robotic-balls-new-amphibious-drones-swim-roll/) - A stabilized sphere, this remarkable new drone being developed in conjunction with the United States Marine Corps can swim upstream or roll uphills, able to tackle difficult terrain both by land and sea, including "paved road, off-road, sand, snow, sloped surfaces and water." Using nine-axis stabilization and“pendulum motion” propulsion system, the bot moves by shifting the
- [Night Light: Walking Map App Takes You Along Lit Areas](https://gajitz.com/night-light-walking-map-app-takes-you-along-lit-areas/) - Never walk through darkened alleyways or sidestep through unsafe side streets again with this clever new app that emphasizes lighting over shortest routes when walking you from Point A to Point B. "Rudder makes it easy to travel wherever your nocturnal adventures take you by finding you the most well-lit path to your destination, be
- [Endless Oil Filter: Double Capacity, Never Needs Replacing](https://gajitz.com/endless-oil-filter-double-capacity-never-needs-replacing/) - A win for drivers and DIY mechanics alike, this stainless steel oil filter lets you drive twice as far without an oil change, improves your vehicle's fuel efficiency by a few percent and, best of all, will not need to be swapped out ever again. The Hubb Lifetime Oil Filter from Whipsaw eliminates a key
- [Wearable Smartphone: Bracelet Projects Screens onto Arms](https://gajitz.com/wearable-smartphone-bracelet-projects-screens-onto-arms/) - As devices get ever smaller the need to sacrifice functionality and screen size seems inevitable, but could be prevented by something that like this clever device that uses an external surface as both its display and interface. The Cicret Bracelet is a wristband that turns your arm into a tablet, allowing you to use swipe,
- [Culinary Copycat: Robotic Chef Hands Can Cook 2,000 Meals](https://gajitz.com/culinary-copycat-robotic-chef-hands-can-cook-2000-meals/) - Replicating 3D-recorded movements of professional chefs, this culinary machine is designed to stir, pour, adjusts temperatures and adds ingredients so as to be indistinguishable from having a world-renowned cook right in your kitchen. The trick is not, however, in the capturing, but in the complex robotics that go into making something that can simulate the
- [30 MPH Solar E-Bike Swaps Spokes for Sun-Powered Panels](https://gajitz.com/30-mph-solar-e-bike-swaps-spokes-for-sun-powered-panels/) - Spoke space is free, just like solar energy, reasoned this Solar Bike inventor, an engineer who decided to see if he could build a bike powered by the sun - this is his second iteration, and it works like a charm. An engineer in Copenhagen, Jesper Frausig developed this working prototype that stores energy in
- [This End Up: Rough Mail Handling Creates Unique Artworks](https://gajitz.com/this-end-up-rough-mail-handling-creates-unique-artworks/) - Fragile, Handle with Care and other messages are meant to remind mail carriers that things should arrive in the condition they were shipped, with this exception perhaps made to prove the rule. Twisting, turning, bumping and dropping all help shape these perforated aluminum sheets, turning them into unique sculptures that reflect (light and) the way
- [Smart Boy: Gameboy iPhone Add-On Really in Development](https://gajitz.com/smart-boy-gameboy-iphone-add-on-really-in-development/) - What started as an April Fool's joke targeted to nostalgic gamers, this physical accessory that turns your smartphone into a Gameboy is now actually being pursued as an actual commercial product by the company behind it. Hyperkin, the company behind the spoof-turned-project, is an veteran accessories developer with the means to make this happen, and after
- [Elective Amputations: 3 Men Trade Actual Hands for Bionics](https://gajitz.com/elective-amputations-3-men-trade-actual-hands-for-bionics/) - It may only be a matter of time before people begin replacing body parts with bionic alternatives that do all of the same things and more, and in a ay it has already begun: these three patients had their limbs severed and prosthetics added to increase their functionality. The individuals in this case all had
- [Maglev Lamp: Magnetic Floating LED Disc Activates Light](https://gajitz.com/maglev-lamp-magnetic-floating-led-disc-activates-light/) - Using magnetic fields to hover a small LED disk, this little flying saucer lamp lights up when you slide the disk into place, then dims when you remove it. Functional for sure, the real draw of this design is probably in the wow-factor - impress your guests with science bordering on magic. The LUNALUXX lamp by Elivatix is
- [Needle-Free Extraction Device Sucks Blood Through Skin](https://gajitz.com/needle-free-extraction-device-sucks-blood-through-skin/) - In today's high-tech world, needles seem unnecessarily archaic - surely there should be a better way to extract blood without the pain and failure rate of poking someone in the arm with sharpened steel, and now: there is. Developed by a DARPA-funded company, Tasso, Inc, this new device dubbed the HemoLink obviates the need for needles
- [Swiss Postal Service Deploying First Real Drone Deliveries](https://gajitz.com/swiss-postal-service-testing-first-real-drone-deliveries/) - Critics scoffed at the buzz around Amazon's drone deliveries, but in Switzerland a company called Matternet is going live with actual everyday robotic deliveries, working with Swiss Post in both urban and rural areas. The Matternet ONE can carry a few points up to around a dozen miles on a single charge, perfect for small
- [Halfbike: Standing Bike for Best of Both Walking & Cycling](https://gajitz.com/halfbike-standing-bike-for-best-of-both-walking-cycling/) - A fresh iteration on a previous prototype, this latest version of the Halfbike, like its predecessor, offers a more compact way to cycle through the city and uses your movements to turn quickly in bike or pedestrian traffic. Handlebars are still a means of support and indirectly a way to pivot, but it is the
- [Space Lasers: New Technology to Blast Debris Out of Orbit](https://gajitz.com/space-lasers-new-technology-to-blast-debris-out-of-orbit/) - Orbiting space junk, of which there are an estimated 500,000 pieces at present, presents a huge threat to the future of human space exploration - one solution that just might stick: lasers mounted on orbited telescopes. Other ideas currently floating around include janitor satellites and trash trucks in space, but these approaches are generally limited by the need
- [Alky Seltzer: Next-Gen Sodastream 'Mix' Carbonates Booze](https://gajitz.com/alky-seltzer-next-gen-sodastream-mix-carbonates-booze/) - Anyone who has tried to carbonate alcohol or juice in their for-water-only Sodastream knows it always ends badly (or: take it from an author who has tried), but all of that is about to change with this new release. Their newest machine, dubbed Mix, is an elegant solution to carbonating all of life's other beverages
- [Freight Farms: Shipping Containers as Mobile Farming Units](https://gajitz.com/freight-farms-shipping-containers-as-mobile-farming-units/) - Location-independent, portable and scalable, this novel approach to agriculture applies principles already used in cloud computing and other high-tech services to the growing of everyday essentials, effectively tucking a 1-acre farm into a 350-square-foot box. Each Freight Farm container has space for 4,500 plants, stacked and ready to grow: "Built entirely inside a 40’ x
- [Ring of Smog: Air Pollution Pressed into Wearable Jewelry](https://gajitz.com/ring-of-smog-air-pollution-pressed-into-wearable-jewelry/) - Somewhere between art and activism, this faux 'black diamond' setting made from pollution sucked out of the sky dovetails well with the likewise real but far-fetched project it draws its source material from: a plan currently in motion to pull particles directly from the air in Beijing, China. Daan Roosegaarde, known for both practical and
- [Micro Mote: World's Smallest Computer is Powered by Light](https://gajitz.com/micro-mote-worlds-smallest-computer-is-powered-by-light/) - At one millimeter cubed (smaller than a grain of rice), the Michigan Micro Mote is a nothing if not miniature, but it has more surprises beyond its size, including the fact that it is powered by light. University of Michigan professor David Blaauw worked with a group of students to develop this ultra-tiny device, minimized on
- [FluidStance: Desk Device Blends Best of Sitting & Standing](https://gajitz.com/fluidstance-desk-device-blends-best-of-sitting-standing/) - When you are operating on The Level, you can sit or stand but, either way, will be passively encouraged to stay in motion and make those 8-hour days a bit healthier and perhaps even more enjoyable. Most Americans spend close to a full working day sitting, which is not only frustrating but also unhealthy - this
- [Real-Life Holodeck: 3D Holograms You Can Touch & Feel](https://gajitz.com/real-life-holodeck-3d-holograms-you-can-touch-feel/) - The company behind a multi-point, midair haptic feedback system using ultrasound to add sensation to holographic representation has just received a round of seed funding toward further development of their futuristic responsive interface design. Like something straight out of Star Trek (or Iron Man or Minority Report), the 'haptic holograms' of UltraHaptics use sound waves
- [20 Miles of Solar Panels Give Bikers Shelter Along Highway](https://gajitz.com/20-miles-of-solar-panels-give-bikers-shelter-along-highway/) - Connects the towns of Daejeon and Sejong (around 20 miles apart) a few hours from the capital city of Seoul, South Korea, this two-lane bike path provides weather protection for bicyclists (from sun and rain) but also powers the lights along the highway for both bikes and cars. A similar system could potentially even be
- [Alien Waters: 9 Extraterrestrial Oceans in Our Solar System](https://gajitz.com/alien-waters-9-extraterrestrial-oceans-in-our-solar-system/) - The idea of oceans on other celestial bodies orbiting our sun was once very much a thing of mystery, and a big deal in the case of Mars, but we have since discovered numerous surprising bodies of water on dwarf planets and planetary moons. Water, particularly in liquid form, is critical to life as we
- [Russian Man Volunteers for World's First Head Transplant](https://gajitz.com/russian-man-volunteers-for-worlds-first-head-transplant/) - At age 30, Valery Spiridonov is wasting away thanks to the progressive deterioration of his body - a terminal disease that will kill him sooner or later, leaving him few alternatives to an unorthodox procedure: a full body transplant. Surgeon Sergio Canavero has already made waves by proposing such a possibility was not too far off in
- ['Bolt' Board: The World's Most Portable Electric Vehicle](https://gajitz.com/bolt-board-the-worlds-most-portable-electric-vehicle/) - Solving the 'last mile' problem for daily commutes and short urban trips, the Bolt skateboard boasts a combination of features as well as its status as the world's smallest, lightest and easiest-to-carry electric vehicle. From the designers: "Walking is too slow and time consuming. Most of the time taking the car is cumbersome and useless because you need to
- [Tiny Tesseract: Your Portable Peripherals in a 1-Inch Cube](https://gajitz.com/tiny-tesseract-your-portable-peripherals-in-a-1-inch-cube/) - Billing itself as the world's smallest mobile accessory, this eight-in-one micro-gadget carries your cables, serves as an emergency charger and a good deal more, all at (the size of) your fingertips. "No tangled cable. No mess. WonderCube features a foldout flexible USB cord measuring 3 inches when extended. Neatly folded in just 1-inch, the cube
- [Lane Splitter: Concept Car Separates into 2 Motorcycles](https://gajitz.com/lane-splitter-concept-car-separates-into-2-motorcycles/) - Blending the shared social experience of driving and riding in a car with the liberating freedom to go your own way, this concept vehicle turns from one 4-wheeler to two 2-wheelers on demand. Proposed by Mark Wilson and executed in detail by ArgoDesign, the result is an asymmetrical design that is flat on one side where
- [Tiny Tiko: $180 Unibody 3D Printer Raises Over $1.5 Million](https://gajitz.com/tiny-tiko-180-unibody-3d-printer-raises-over-1-5-million/) - Aiming to make 3D printing a truly affordable, simple, accessible and dependable staple of everyday homes, this unit has already raised more than 15 times its crowdfunding goal with over 2 weeks left in its campaign. Three sets of arms together move the printer head for precise control and consistent layering - it can print
- [VW to Resurrect Classic Camper Van as New Electric Vehicle](https://gajitz.com/vw-to-resurrect-classic-camper-van-as-new-electric-vehicle/) - As distinctive as the Volkswagen Beetle, the Westfalia Camper is an icon of cross-country road trips - like the Bug, it has also been out of production for some time, at least until now. Mentioned at the New York Auto Show, this new design follows a number of somewhat more bus-like releases by Volkswagen in
- [Mystery Attraction: Science Solves Self-Organizing Drops](https://gajitz.com/mystery-attraction-science-solves-self-organizing-drops/) - Some of the best science starts with an accidental discovery, like a researcher noticing that dots of food coloring were sorting themselves, behaving much like living cells would be expected to do, chasing, dancing around and avoiding one another. Years of research later, Nate Circa and a team of scientists have published a paper in
- [Seed Startup Aims to Plant 1 Billion Trees a Year by Drone](https://gajitz.com/seed-startup-aims-to-plant-1-billion-trees-a-year-by-drone/) - Each year, over 25 billion trees are logged or burned, but only 15 billion are planted - addressing this unsustainable shortfall, a drone startup is working toward an initial goal of aerially planting 1 billion seeds per year. Biocarbon Engineering's approach involves mapping the geography of target areas, assessing their needs and conditions, then shooting soil-penetrating
- [Slip-On Exoskeleton: Walk-Assist Boots Brace Your Stride](https://gajitz.com/slip-on-exoskeleton-walk-assist-boots-brace-your-stride/) - A little like Iron Man armor but much lighter and free from external power sources, these ankle-enhancing add-ons represent a step in a new direction toward practical and easily removable exoskeletons. They may not have built-in boosters to let you fly, but by reducing the work required to walk by 7% the Walking Assist Clutch provides the
- [18-Year-Old Builds DIY Submarine from Drainpipe for $1K](https://gajitz.com/18-year-old-builds-diy-submarine-from-drainpipe-for-1k/) - This small, single-seat submarine can dive to a depth of 30 feet, but the best part: its creation cost just a thousand dollars, and its inventor, Justin Beckerman, built it while still in high school - design to build: 6 months. Should you want to build your own do-it-yourself equivalent, you will need a drainpipe,
- [New System Sucks Plastic Out of Oceans 33 Times Cheaper](https://gajitz.com/new-system-sucks-plastic-out-of-oceans-33-times-cheaper/) - The Ocean Cleanup Project takes aim at the most dire accumulations of trash in the world's waters: the huge floating 'garbage islands' where millions of pieces (and pounds) of non-biodegradable waste gather and swirl. Unlike more expensive options, like actively dragging nets from ships, this low-cost solution would place floating structures and associated net systems
- [Flat Free: Airless Carbon-Fiber Bike Tires Use Compression](https://gajitz.com/flat-free-airless-carbon-fiber-bike-tires-use-compression/) - Ushering in future for cyclists where flats are a thing of the past, the Energy Return Wheel uses a system of rubber-in-tension to replace the need for variable firmness normally accomplished through air inflation. A series of elastic cushions supported by a scaffold structure reacts to compression as you travel along uneven surfaces, turning trapped
- [Brew Stash: Secret Underground Power-Free Beer Cooler](https://gajitz.com/brew-stash-secret-underground-power-free-beer-cooler/) - This low-tech, beer-stashing solution uses the Earth's naturally colder temperature to keep up to 24 cans of beer at ready-to-drink temperatures year round, all without needing an external energy source. Far from being a futuristic idea, this eCool design owes a debt to a long history of storing beers in below-grade cellars that are naturally
- [Computer Killer: Virtual PC for Full Cloud-Based Computing](https://gajitz.com/computer-killer-virtual-pc-for-full-cloud-based-computing/) - Paperspace is a full computer you can access from any browser that aims to put your entire device on the cloud, not just a few files here and there. Its partner device Paperweight, meanwhile, is a tiny replacement for your whole home laptop or office desktop setup - computing sans computer. Allowing you to completely customize your
- [Skate Sans Board: 720-Degree Sidewinding Circular Skates](https://gajitz.com/skate-sans-board-720-degree-sidewinding-circular-skates/) - Dubbed a 'Postmodern skateboard' by its creators, these sidewinding circular skates are more portable than a skateboard, easier to slip into and out of than inline skates. Certain tricks are trickier to be sure, but spinning in circles is easier than it would be for most on rollerblades or other skating devices. Thick rubber tires
- [Japan Has Tech to Wirelessly Beam Solar Power from Space](https://gajitz.com/japan-has-tech-to-wirelessly-beam-solar-power-from-space/) - For a country like Japan, lacking surface area for solar and still wary in the wake of a nuclear disaster, it makes sense to turn to space for energy needs, as this new successful test of wireless energy transmission confirms. Unlike conventional solar, which can be impacted by on-the-ground weather, space solar is reliable, but the challenge,
- [Tiny iPad Add-On Turns You Into an Instant Master Artist](https://gajitz.com/tiny-ipad-add-on-turns-you-into-an-instant-master-artist/) - Owning an iPad is a luxury and not a necessity for most of us, but the Apple tablet is capable of helping you learn new things and develop new skills in a decidedly fun format. The Osmo is such a great example of how iPads - and their myriad accessories and apps - can add
- [Biohackers Can Inject Eyeballs with Temporary Night Vision](https://gajitz.com/biohackers-can-inject-eyeballs-with-temporary-night-vision/) - Using a substance found in deep-sea fish and sometimes used to treat night blindness in humans, a search group has been able to develop a way for people to see up to 150 feet in the dark. In "people becoming superhuman" news, a small independent research group has figured out how to give humans night
- [Double Time: Wall Clocks Moonlight as Stylish Storage](https://gajitz.com/double-time-wall-clocks-moonlight-as-stylish-storage/) - Your typical wall clock has one function - possibly two if it happens to be a cuckoo clock. The Lok family of clocks from designer Helena Franca does more than simply tell the time. One iteration - the handle clock - features a handle on one side that's perfect for carrying it around from room
- [Smooth Writer: Vibrating Pen Just for Parkinson's Patients](https://gajitz.com/smooth-writer-vibrating-pen-just-for-parkinsons-patients/) - People stricken with Parkinson's Disease often find it very difficult to write or draw due to a condition called Micrographia. The disorder causes cramped, difficult to read handwriting. In a lot of cases, the afflicted person simply gives up on trying to use pens or pencils. ARC is a prototype device being developed by designers Lucy
- [Shylights: Kinetic Fractal Light Fixtures Fall Open & Bloom](https://gajitz.com/shylights-kinetic-fractal-light-fixtures-fall-open-bloom/) - Designed to unfold like a hanging flower, much like wild plants close and open to defend themselves, these dazzling fixtures come to life and morph through a series of forms in fantastic succession. Dubbed Shylights by Studio Drift, the fractal shapes created during their metamorphosis is not unlike nature's own nyctinasty (the circadian rhythmic nastic
- [Cosmic Tourism: NASA Travel Posters for Real Exoplanets](https://gajitz.com/cosmic-tourism-nasa-travel-posters-for-real-exoplanets/) - Illustrated in retro-futuristic style and inspired by classic Works Progress Administration designs, this set of faux-vintage travel poster prints is brought to you by NASA's Exoplanet Travel Bureau. Explore possible destinations with their "Eyes on Exoplanets" tool then check flight times with their "Interstellar Trip Planner." In an effort to highlight just how stellar their discoveries via the
- [Plastic Baroque: Fast-Built Furniture Squeezed from Tube](https://gajitz.com/plastic-baroque-fast-built-furniture-squeezed-from-tube/) - Combining the speed of a hot glue gun, the flexibility of Play-Doh, the fun of custom furniture creation and aesthetics of organic materials, this custom technique turns trashed plastic into complex works of furniture. As the above set of inspirations suggests, James Shaw is attempting to deal with a lot of problems at once, including our personal
- [Synchronized Paper Cranes Dance on Electromagnetic Stage](https://gajitz.com/synchronized-paper-cranes-dance-on-electromagnetic-stage/) - Turn up the volume and ignore coworker complaints: you have to hear as well as see this phenomenon in action - they start out in sync but end up all over their magnetized performance surface. Created by Ugoita T., magnets on the feet of these ordinary-looking gold paper cranes bring them to life - that and the
- [Glitch Carpets: Hand-Crafted Rugs Look Like Computer Bugs](https://gajitz.com/glitch-carpets-hand-crafted-rugs-look-like-computer-bugs/) - Warped weaves and pixelated threads make these carefully customized creations look like the product of some sort of digital accident or manipulation. Faig Ahmed, an artist from Azerbaijan, works with groups of up to two dozen people to make each unique piece, providing a point of inspiration or overall plan then collaborating to create the finished
- [DIY Electromagnetics: The World's Simplest Electric Train](https://gajitz.com/diy-electromagnetics-the-worlds-simplest-electric-train/) - The ultimate in minimalist personal railroad sets, this creation can be made in seconds using a coil of copper, set of magnets and single battery. The animated image above pretty much says it all, but you can also see a more detailed video below. Add a few magnets on either side of the battery then
- [Down Under: World's First Wave Power Station Tied to Grid](https://gajitz.com/down-under-worlds-first-wave-power-station-tied-to-grid/) - Deployed off the coast of Australia, the first electricity grid-connected wave power station on the planet has been switched on. If deployed broadly and at scale around Western Australia, this system could ultimately provide more than 10 times the entire power requirements of the state. Developed by Carnegie Wave Energy, the specific technology is named
- [Backyak: Modular Backpack Becomes Kayak, Sled & Sailboat](https://gajitz.com/backyak-modular-backpack-becomes-kayak-sled-sailboat/) - A portable personal vehicle for all seasons created by German engineers, this transforming back-mounted marvel lets you finish your hillside hike then sled back down or portage between lakes (or rivers or oceans) on day trips along both land and water. The trick behind the Backyak is in sharing the load - two people together carry pieces
- [Where's Wallet? Tracking Device Billfold for the Forgetful](https://gajitz.com/wheres-wallet-tracking-device-billfold-for-the-forgetful/) - Losing a set of keys or a wallet is almost a daily occurrence for some, but luckily we live in a time when electronics can protect us from ourselves and our tendencies to walk off without important stuff. Where's Wallet from designer Daniel Eckler is a simple, attractive wallet that contains a secret: an integrated sensor
- [Drone Defense: Future of Electomagnetic & Geo-Fencing](https://gajitz.com/drone-defense-future-of-electomagnetic-geo-fencing/) - Thanks to a close call in Washington, DC, the first proverbial shots have been fired in the coming war on domestic drone with flights now restricted around the White House. No-fly zones are not exactly new, but this represents a step away from clearing airspace around airplanes and opens the door to blocking drones in
- [Sea Segway: Low-Tech, Hand-Powered 'Stingray' Seats One](https://gajitz.com/sea-segway-low-tech-hand-powered-stingray-seats-one/) - A personal pneumatic watercraft for mobile flotation, this lightweight device employees human-powered propulsion and recycled plastic bottles to keep it lean, versatile and free of outside energy requirements. Designed for anything from a bit of seafaring fun to emergency flood situations, the compact little scooter-like system lets you sit or propel yourself forward by
- [Space Noir: Hauntingly Dim Photos Inside the ISS at Night](https://gajitz.com/space-noir-hauntingly-dim-photos-inside-the-iss-at-night/) - Shot by astronaut Alexander Gerst and published by the European Space Agency, this remarkable series of shots (captured during a sleep cycle) makes the International Space Station look dark and deserted. Various static night lights cast the scenes in haunting blues and greens, making the entire place feel as much like a low-illuminated movie set or
- [Living 3D-Printed Food: Output Seeds in Soil, Grow & Eat](https://gajitz.com/living-3d-printed-food-print-seeds-in-soil-grow-then-eat/) - Printed instead of planted, this strange concoction combines elements of gardening, gourmet dining and 3D printing technologies in a fresh new way. Created by food designer Chloé Rutzerveld, Edible Growth involves an exterior casing of edible soil (growth medium) laced with mushroom seeds. Once printed, the consumer waits while the seeds start to grow up and out through
- [DIY Analog Memory Desk: 3,300 Feet of Scrolling Paper](https://gajitz.com/diy-analog-memory-desk-3300-feet-of-scrolling-paper/) - No need to hit 'Save' when you are finished with a sketch or idea and want to move on - simply scroll further along the roll to store your creation in a physical archive. Safe from power outages and surges, remote hackers and obsolescent operating systems, the Analog Memory Desk was designed and effectively open-sourced by MCAD
- [Swirl Faucet: Helical Patterns Look Sweet & Save Water](https://gajitz.com/swirl-faucet-helical-patterns-look-sweet-save-water/) - Form meets function in this sleek water-saving faucet design that uses a system of turbines to create variegated flows of different kinds, each also reducing the water output at any given time. This so-called Swirl Faucet was designed Simin Qiu, a student at London's Royal College of Art. The design is meant to be both visually pleasing
- [Sun-Powered Sailboat: Yacht Features Flexible Solar Sails](https://gajitz.com/sun-powered-sailboat-yacht-features-flexible-solar-sails/) - Wind energy has long provided sustainable power for sailing the seven seas but when the winds go still the sun can continue to carry this dazzling vessel around the world. Dreamt up by Italian designers Marco Ferrari and Alberto Franchi, this performance fly-bridge ketch dubbed Helios spans 180 feet and accommodates up to 10 guests and
- [Tiny Handheld Camera Drone Auto-Tethers to Smartphones](https://gajitz.com/tiny-handheld-camera-drone-auto-tethers-to-smartphones/) - Invisibly linked to your handheld mobile device, this ultra-portable drone (with a built-in HD video camera) can fly itself or, if you choose, can be easily piloted from your palm via iOS or Android using intuitive tilts of the device in your hand. Just 2.5 inches on a side (and weighing under 2 ounces) but
- [Student-Built 3D Printer Uses Recycled Pop-Bottle Plastic](https://gajitz.com/student-built-3d-printer-uses-recycled-pop-bottle-plastic/) - Developed by a trio of physics and engineering students at the University of British Columbia, this all-in-one recycler and printer grinds up waste plastics and melts them into usable filament for 3D printing. The ProtoCycler from ReDeTec (Renewable Design Technology) is not the first reuse-oriented printer design but it combines the best elements of what is generally
- [Lego X: Physical Blocks Auto-Generate Digital Schematics](https://gajitz.com/lego-x-physical-blocks-auto-generate-digital-schematics/) - Translating analog constructions into virtual realities, a combination of hardware and software tracks what you build in realtime and effectively backs up both process and product in digital format. The system uses a combination of accelerometers built into the blocks themselves and wireless radios that transmit their motion to your device. The idea has a variety
- [World's First Plantable Coffee Cup Contains Local Seeds](https://gajitz.com/worlds-first-plantable-coffee-cup-contains-local-seeds/) - With the potential to convert nearly 150 billion trashed coffee cups per year (in the US alone) into regional seed bombs, this product aims to go beyond simple recyclability to help replenish native wildflower populations in regions around the country (or eventually: the world). The creators of Plant Trash boast compost-certified cups that created with post-consumer paper contain
- [Social Textiles: Wearable Networks by MIT Tangible Media](https://gajitz.com/social-textiles-wearable-networks-by-mit-tangible-media/) - On social networks many of us already wear our proverbial hearts on our digital sleeves, but what if that translated back into a physical representation - something that augmented our interactions, notified us of nearby friends and activities or helped break the ice between secondary connections in real life? A joint project of the MIT
- [Star Trails in Space: Timelapse Photos Shot from the ISS](https://gajitz.com/star-trails-in-space-timelapse-photos-shot-from-the-iss/) - Using sections of the International Space Station as stationary points, this incredible photo shoot turns both outer space and our own planet into a series of surreal and otherworldly landscapes. Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Don Pettit relayed some information about photographic techniques used to achieve the images: “My star trail images are made by taking
- [Drone Ambulance: Fast Urban Quadcopter Flies with 1 EMT](https://gajitz.com/drone-ambulance-fast-urban-quadcopter-flies-with-1-emt/) - If you have ever seen ambulances, police cars or fire trucks stuck in rush hour traffic, you may already sense that the future of emergency response in cities is definitely destined to fly the friendly skies. A vision of argodesign, this particular solution is compact, fast and contains the bare minimum needed to help save the
- [Hard-Working Keychain is a Flash Drive + Charging Cable](https://gajitz.com/hard-working-keychain-is-a-flash-drive-charging-cable/) - Charging gadgets and sharing data are so much a part of our daily routine that we hardly think about them anymore - until we happen to find ourselves without the proper hardware, that is. The Symlis Sparrow is a flash drive and USB charging cable that fits onto your keychain so you're never without your
- [Giant Rubber Band Ball Becomes Wiggly Monster When Cut](https://gajitz.com/giant-rubber-band-ball-becomes-wiggly-monster-when-cut/) - We have a confession: we avoided watching this video for a couple of months. It seemed pointless, like there was no possible way that cutting a huge rubber band ball in half with a hand saw could possibly be interesting. We, dear readers, were totally wrong. This is the most awesome thing we almost never
- [Augmented Reality App Guides You to Your Missing Stuff](https://gajitz.com/augmented-reality-app-guides-you-to-your-missing-stuff/) - The past few years have brought great news for the absent-minded. A slew of locator gadgets have sprung up to help us find our lost stuff, usually using our smartphones as a guide (although, for those of us who lose our phones more than anything else, there's help out there for that, too). Pixie is
- [Ancient Buddhist Statue Reveals Amazing Hidden Surprise](https://gajitz.com/ancient-buddhist-statue-reveals-amazing-hidden-surprise/) - This 1,000-year-old golden statue has left China for the very first time, and already it's having a grand global adventure. It made its way to Meander Medical Center in the Netherlands where some hospital employees decided to take a look inside with a CT scan - and what they found was seriously amazing. Instead of
- [Goofy Robot Rides on Your Shoulders to Fuel a Marathon](https://gajitz.com/goofy-robot-rides-on-your-shoulders-to-fuel-a-marathon/) - Marathon runners typically want to lighten the load they carry through a race, but this particular runner added an 18-pound buddy to his back when he ran the Tokyo Marathon. The piggy-backing robot is called Petit-Tomaton, and it was designed and built by Japanese tomato company Kagome. The grinning humanoid 'bot feeds the runner tomatoes as
- [1960s Soviet Super-Sled Glided Over Snow, Ice + Water](https://gajitz.com/1960s-soviet-super-sled-glided-over-snow-ice-water/) - Traversing the vast and varied landscapes of Siberia has always been a challenge. From the deep snow to the naked ice to the expanses of water and marshes, no one vehicle could cover them all until the A-3 Aerosledge. The A-3 was created to navigate all of these environments with ease. Designed in the post-WWII USSR by
- [Smart Bike Pedal Leads Your Right to Your Stolen Bicycle](https://gajitz.com/smart-bike-pedal-leads-your-right-to-your-stolen-bicycle/) - Having a bike stolen is more than inconvenient; for someone who loves their bike, it's truly traumatic. But if your bike could tell you when someone is trying to take off with it and then guide you right to it, those stressful days of trying to find your ride would be over for good. The
- [Telescoping Contact Lenses Zoom In and Out With Winks](https://gajitz.com/telescoping-contact-lenses-zoom-in-and-out-with-winks/) - Age-related macular degeneration is the leading cause of blindness in the Western world. But help is on the way in the form of telescoping contact lenses that act like tiny, low-magnification binoculars. A team including researchers from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, the University of California San Diego, and several other institutions have been working on
- [Winter Bike Sports Ski and Snow Treads for Easy Riding](https://gajitz.com/winter-bike-sports-ski-and-snow-treads-for-easy-riding/) - Cyclists who are unlucky enough to live in snowy climates will tell you just how hard it is to get around on two wheels when your city is buried in heaps of snow. Turkish firm Venn Design Consultancy came up with a slightly insane - but still all-around appealing - solution. It's simply and appropriately
- [Water Bounces Right Off of This Laser-Etched Metal Surface](https://gajitz.com/water-bounces-right-off-of-this-laser-etched-metal-surface/) - Scientists have created the coolest way to use lasers we've seen in a while. A team at University of Rochester's Institute of Optics made a superhydrophobic surface that causes water to bounce right off of it like a SuperBall hitting the floor. The material was made by using lasers to etch microscopic structures into the
- [Fancy-Pants Robots Send Cards in Your Own Handwriting](https://gajitz.com/fancy-pants-robots-send-cards-in-your-own-handwriting/) - Handwritten letters are always a delight to receive, but who really bothers with paper and pen when sending an email is so much easier? A company called Bond is using robots to reinvent the way we send personalized correspondence. The idea is really simple: you use your computer or phone to send to Bond whatever
- [Reverse Vending: Machines Recycle Cans for Cash, Rewards](https://gajitz.com/reverse-vending-machines-recycle-cans-for-cash-rewards/) - Disposable drink containers are among the most ubiquitous waste generated by first-world populations. Some parts of the world have opted to charge deposits for drink containers: a few pennies which are refunded when you recycle the containers. In Australia, the container deposit plan is just starting to take shape, and they've implemented a clever way
- [Bee Line: Rescue Drone Keeps Flying Even After Collisions](https://gajitz.com/bee-line-rescue-drone-keeps-flying-even-after-collisions/) - Drones are the future of so many important parts of our lives - from space exploration to reconnaissance to search and rescue missions. So far, most drones have been made in basically the same configuration: rotor(s) on top, body on bottom, the whole apparatus vulnerable to outside forces. Even the sturdy ones are prone to
- [Literal Thumb Drives: Hitchhiking the Information Highway](https://gajitz.com/literal-thumb-drives-hitchhiking-the-information-highway/) - When you want to make a big impression, sending severed body parts to prospective clients is a pretty effective move. Photographer Justin Poulsen made 50 ultra-lifelike silicone "thumb" drives and sent them out to prospective clients. The promotional thumb drives went out pre-loaded with Poulsen's promotional material as well as a fun animation of "loading
- [Hi-Tech Yoga: Wool Rug Becomes Interactive Exercise Mat](https://gajitz.com/hi-tech-yoga-wool-rug-becomes-interactive-exercise-mat/) - Working out at home is far different than working out at the gym - so why is home gym equipment so similar to the gear you'd find at the gym? The designers at Lunar Europe adopted the challenge of creating a home workout experience that felt more tailored to the home environment. The result is
- [Charmingly Whimsical Popcorn Popper is Full of Hot Air](https://gajitz.com/charmingly-whimsical-popcorn-popper-is-full-of-hot-air/) - In the 1971 movie Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Gene Hackman's delightfully insane confectioner promised his visitors: "Come with me and you'll be in a world of pure imagination." That pledge was the inspiration for designer Jolene Carlier's Popcorn Monsoon. The Popcorn Monsoon is a hot air popper with a whimsical design. The motor
- [E-Bike's Modular Battery Lets You Swap For a New One](https://gajitz.com/e-bikes-modular-battery-lets-you-swap-for-a-new-one/) - If you've wanted to hop on the e-bike bandwagon but were nervous about the price or distance range of available bikes, the Storm might be the perfect solution. Editor's note: there is some controversy surrounding this campaign - as with all crowdfunding endeavors: buyer beware! The Storm's battery can take you about 30 miles, but thanks
- [Modular Carbon Fiber Wheelchair: More Person, Less Chair](https://gajitz.com/modular-carbon-fiber-wheelchair-more-person-less-chair/) - After Andrew Slorance fell from a tree and became a paraplegic at the age of 14, he realized just how primitive and "horrible" wheelchairs are. He spent 20 years envisioning the perfect chair, and eventually he designed the stunning Carbon Black. Slorance's design remakes the traditional wheelchair from a stifling metal device to a sleek,
- [A Leaf on the Wind: Urban Turbines Look Like Artful Trees](https://gajitz.com/a-leaf-on-the-wind-urban-turbines-look-like-artful-trees/) - A lovely design from concept to execution, these silent-running wind power generators are designed to look like abstract trees, combining elements of sculptural art and sustainable energy creation. With the rustling of leaves in mind, New Wind has been developing this design to work with low-cost materials and modular parts that can be packed into boxes then
- [Sewing the Dream: Bra Adjusts Support Based on Activity](https://gajitz.com/sewing-the-dream-bra-adjusts-support-based-on-activity/) - Mention the words "sports bra" to a group of women and you're likely to see some grimaces. That's largely because it's damn near impossible to find one that doesn't either squeeze too tightly or allow for too much movement. The latter is annoying at best and pretty painful at worst. Thankfully, science has been working
- [Smarter Travel: Hi Tech Baggage Packs Up Safety + Comfort](https://gajitz.com/smarter-travel-hi-tech-baggage-packs-up-safety-comfort/) - Smart devices permeate every facet of our lives these days, and the gadgets don't always make a lot of sense. The Pluggage from French luggage company Delsey, however, not only makes perfect sense but could make traveling so much easier and more secure. The company is developing the Pluggage line and figuring out which features
- [Predictables: Personalized Wearable Projection Interfaces](https://gajitz.com/predictables-personalized-wearable-projection-interfaces/) - Freeing up your hands, pockets and desktops from excessive hardware, this design combines elements of smartphones, computers and smart watches but also proposes a novel predictive piece, forecasting the future on demand right into the palm of your hand. A wrist-worn and tabletop pair of projectors display data on your hands and walls, respectively, using hand
- [Roboshark Ahoy! US Navy's Shark-Shaped Swimming Drone](https://gajitz.com/roboshark-ahoy-us-navys-shark-shaped-swimming-drone/) - The U.S. military is pretty deeply involved in studying the ocean and gathering information on tides, currents, weather conditions, and potential dangers underwater. Until now, they've employed a variety of methods, including strapping cameras to trained dolphins. But a new unmanned underwater vehicle called GhostSwimmer could outshine all of the current techniques by looking and
- [Illuminating Music: Earbuds Pulse Along With the Beat](https://gajitz.com/illuminating-music-earbuds-pulse-along-with-the-beat/) - It would be easy to assume that Glow headphones are nothing more than a cheap gimmick: earbuds that light up. But the vision for Glow is much deeper than that. They're designed to be the first headphones embedded with colored laser lights that pulsate along with your music. The lasers in question come from cables
- [Emergency Power: Paper Micro-Batteries for Mobile Phones](https://gajitz.com/emergency-power-paper-micro-batteries-for-mobile-phones/) - It seems like our portable devices run out of energy just when we need a last little boost the most, hence this award-winning design to provide a jolt in dire situations. Lightweight, mobile and recyclable, the Mini Power battery comes in three different sizes corresponding to the estimated extra life held within each: 2 hours, 4
- [Mercedes' Self-Driving Car is a Luxury Office on Wheels](https://gajitz.com/mercedes-self-driving-car-is-a-luxury-office-on-wheels/) - Mercedes is jumping on the self driving car bandwagon with a concept that's as beautiful as it is completely insane. The Mercedes-Benz F 015 Luxury in Motion is a concept unveiled by the car makers at CES 2015, no doubt to a room full of awed and skeptical spectators. The F 015 does is undeniably
- [World's Most Wearable Multi-Tool is Made of Useful Links](https://gajitz.com/worlds-most-wearable-multi-tool-is-made-of-useful-links/) - Even the most valuable tool in your toolbox is no good if it isn't within reach when you need it. Leatherman's Tread bracelet lets you carry around 25 tools on your wrist no matter where you are or what you're doing. The Tread bracelet looks like a stylish wristband, but each of the 11
- [Power Wash: Exercise Bike-Driven Clothes Washing Machine](https://gajitz.com/power-wash-exercise-bike-driven-clothes-washing-machine/) - A solution to so many problems in a single design, this clever stationary bicycle does your laundry while you do your workout, a winning idea all around. For starters, there is the necessity of getting the laundry done, which means you must keep to a regular exercise schedule. And then there is the energy-free aspect,
- [Mobile Micro-Cabin: Bicycle-Towed Camper Built to Sleep 2](https://gajitz.com/mobile-micro-cabin-bicycle-towed-camper-built-to-sleep-2/) - Folding up for ease of transport, this portable micro-camper looks like a great way to trave by bikel while still sleeping comfortably, but can it deliver what it promises? The designers of the Wide Path Camper boast its array of appealing features, including fast an easy folding, lots of storage space, a seating area that
- [Screen Printing: Create Hard Copies of iPhone Memories](https://gajitz.com/screen-printing-create-hard-copies-of-iphone-memories/) - Past generations kept precious keepsakes such as family photos and letters from friends in boxes to be brought out and admired occasionally. This kind of reminiscing has been made much harder by the digitization of our lives. It's a lot less fun to scroll through old emails and photos on a screen. Designer Pierpaolo Lazzarini
- [Data Stickies: Portable 'Post-It Note' Flash Drive Design](https://gajitz.com/data-stickies-portable-post-it-note-flash-drive-design/) - Coming in stacks like standard sticky-backed notes, these mobile data storage stickies can be posted to any surface and/or used as reminders in various locations, not to mention covert applications for hiding information (e.g. on a flat space behind a bookcase). A special conductive adhesive lets these award-winning DataStickies connect with your devices via their USB
- [Sling-Slang: The Slick DIY Wooden Yo-Yo For Grown-Ups](https://gajitz.com/sling-slang-the-slick-diy-wooden-yo-yo-for-grown-ups/) - The yo-yo, that classic kids' toy that has caused countless black eyes in the name of learning new tricks, has grown up and become kind of a hipster. The Sling-Slang from TAIT Design Co is a built-it-yourself kit that provides you with everything you need to put together your very own awesome wooden yo-yo. Available
- [Swap Space for Energy: Free Water & Heat from the Cloud](https://gajitz.com/swap-space-for-power-free-water-heat-from-the-cloud/) - A company in Germany is offering a win-win solution for any home or office with some spare square footage in their basement: put servers in place and reap radiant heat as well as hot water from them - in some plans, users also get free internet and electricity as a bonus. Cloud&Heat is one of
- [Power Plants: Dutch Harvesting Energy from Live Greenery](https://gajitz.com/power-plants-dutch-generating-energy-with-live-greenery/) - A company in Holland has deployed a radical new system for generating clean, green, renewable energy from plant life in order to power everything from phone charging stations and WiFi hotspots to city street lamps and more. The technology of Plant-E works on the same principle as a potato battery but much more efficiently and, naturally, at a much larger scale,
- [Modular Smartwatch: Rad Open-Platform Wrist Wearable](https://gajitz.com/modular-smartwatch-open-platform-wearable-for-wrists/) - Following in the footsteps of interchangeable-part mobile phone concepts and prototypes, BLOCKS, revealed in detail at CES 2015 in Las Vegas, is designed to let users swap in and out linked hardware modules to add or enhance features, from battery life to cameras and GPS units. Running on Android but compatible with Windows Phone,
- [Retro Hybrid: Remixing Classic Mac & Classy Apple Designs](https://gajitz.com/retro-hybrid-remixing-classic-mac-classy-apple-designs/) - Paying tribute to vintage characteristics of old Macintosh desktop computers as well as contemporary streamlined Apple designs, this sleek combination features elements of iPhone, iPads and the Apple Air. Developed by Curved Labs in Germany, the design features the best of all worlds: stylistic elements referencing classic computers but the complete touchscreen functionality and streamlined construction
- [Hot Swap: Google's New 11-Piece Modular Phone Prototype](https://gajitz.com/hot-swap-googles-new-11-piece-modular-phone-prototype/) - A viral hit when it was just a concept, Project Ara is now coming to life in 2015: a mobile phone with interchangeable modules you can exchange on demand to vary its functionality, upgrade its components or potentially even hack your own additions. A 'Ship of Theseus' approach means buyers can trade up parts as
- [We'll All Float On: DIY Hoverboard With Leaf Blower Power](https://gajitz.com/well-all-float-on-diy-hoverboard-with-leaf-blower-power/) - When you have a dream, no matter how impossible or illogical it sounds, you just have to go for it. Ryan Craven had a seemingly impossible dream: to build an affordable, fun, practical, working hoverboard by the end of 2014. He spent the entire year creating and refining more than a dozen designs before he
- [Rocking Controller Takes Gaming Movement to the Feet](https://gajitz.com/rocking-controller-takes-gaming-movement-to-the-feet/) - The quest to create the perfect virtual reality movement control has led to some pretty interesting ideas. The 3DRudder is another cool gadget that could help you get around in video games, but unlike most others we've seen, this one lets you sit down while you navigate the virtual world. 3DRudder looks a lot like
- [Outernet: Pocket-Portable Device Has Internet Everywhere](https://gajitz.com/outernet-pocket-portable-device-has-internet-everywhere/) - No signal is no problem when you have this tiny portable device providing free, anonymous and and uncensored 'Outernet' from any location, including remote places far beyond the reach of cables or traditional wireless internet. Receiving signals much like a traditional radio catches waves (from a series of satellites already in place), the Lantern unit
- [Nunchuk-Inspired Case Gives You Mad iPhone Ninja Skills](https://gajitz.com/nunchuk-inspired-case-gives-you-mad-iphone-ninja-skills/) - We've spent years babying our iPhones and countless dollars on better cases to keep them safe (usually after breaking one and then replacing it). It seems odd, then, that we should be so intrigued by the iPhone Trick Cover from Japanese company Nitto. The cover, only available for iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, makes you
- [Amputee Tests First-Ever Mind Controlled Dual Robot Arms](https://gajitz.com/amputee-tests-first-ever-mind-controlled-dual-robot-arms/) - More than 40 years ago, Colorado resident Les Baugh lost both of his arms from the shoulder down in an electrical accident. He could never have predicted that, four decades after the accident, he would be the first double amputee ever to test out twin mind-controlled cyborg arms. The Modular Prosthetic Limbs have been in
- [Desktop Termites: Cool Habitat Displays Wood-Eating Bugs](https://gajitz.com/desktop-termites-cool-habitat-displays-wood-eating-bugs/) - Humans have a tendency to think of termites as pests, but we seldom take into account the fact that there are thousands of species. Not all of them are the house-devouring little bugs home buyers are so terrified of finding. Termitat is an ant farm-like display that houses a slice of Douglas Fir and a
- [Un-Clouding: Wearable Hard Drive Carries 1TB of Data](https://gajitz.com/un-clouding-wearable-hard-drive-carries-1tb-of-data/) - Cloud storage is lessening the hard drive's load and making it easier for us to access all of our data anywhere. But for a lot of people (particularly those who watch the frequent news stories about data being stolen from the cloud), physical storage still seems like a far better option. Fasetto's Link wristband offers
- [Rescue From Above: Inflating Float Ring Clips Onto Drone](https://gajitz.com/rescue-from-above-inflating-float-ring-clips-onto-drone/) - If you ever get into trouble while swimming in a lake or ocean, help may just come in the form of a flotation device-toting flying drone. Students from the King Low Heywood Thomas School of Stamford, CT, in cooperation with Flying Robots LLC, designed a clip-on accessory called Project Ryptide that fits onto just about
- [Next-Gen Eco-Friendly Leather Comes From Pineapple Trees](https://gajitz.com/next-gen-eco-friendly-leather-comes-from-pineapple-trees/) - The next time you pick up an eco-friendly pair of shoes, you might actually be wearing the byproduct of the thriving pineapple industry. A new textile called Piñatex has the potential to push environmentally-harmful products like leather, vinyl, and even cotton out of the way. And, interestingly enough, it is made from the discarded leaves
- [Spellbinding Film Shows Earth Rotating as Stars Stay Still](https://gajitz.com/spellbinding-film-shows-earth-rotating-as-stars-stay-still/) - Time-lapse videos of the night sky with the stars rushing around the Earth are always fascinating to watch, but filmmaker Lance Page has a new take on filming the night sky. His short film entitled "Ride the Sky" depicts the Earth turning while the stars stand still. Using a motorized pivot for his camera, he
- [Transport Cylinder Glides Along Abandoned Railroad Tracks](https://gajitz.com/transport-cylinder-glides-along-abandoned-railroad-tracks/) - The world is nowhere close to being done with rail transport, but it can be argued that it plays a more minor role today than it did a hundred years ago. French design studio HeHe envisioned what it would look like if rail transport became obsolete and industrialized nations were left with millions of miles
- [Futuristic System Uses Eye Reflections to Identify Faces](https://gajitz.com/futuristic-system-uses-eye-reflections-to-identify-faces/) - In movies and TV, futuristic techniques are often used to identify and catch criminals - techniques that don't yet exist because they're beyond our current technological capabilities. Psychologists Rob Jenkins and Christie Kerr pushed crime-fighting technology forward a bit with an experiment in which they extracted identifiable faces from corneal reflections in photographs. In the
- [Too Hot to Handle: Backyard Foundry Melts Cans in Seconds](https://gajitz.com/too-hot-to-handle-backyard-foundry-melts-cans-in-seconds/) - Gathering and recycling your aluminum cans is great for the environment, but not so much fun. YouTuber Grant Thompson, also known as The King of Random, experimented with more than 10 prototypes to come up with a simple, inexpensive (and super-duper dangerous) backyard foundry. He uses it to melt soda cans into make aluminum ingot,
- [This Acoustic Instrument Sounds Like it Comes From Space](https://gajitz.com/this-acoustic-instrument-sounds-like-it-comes-from-space/) - If you start the video below and then go browse in another tab, leaving the audio running, you'll probably swear you're listening to some weird but beautiful electronic music. But the sounds are actually produced by the Yaybahar, an acoustic stringed instrument invented by Turkish musician Görkem Şen. The bonkers instrument is completely electricity-free and
- [Forget the Down: Winter Gear Has Customizable Insulation](https://gajitz.com/forget-the-down-winter-gear-has-customizable-insulation/) - So, it's the middle of winter and you're out snowboarding or skiing or whatever it is that active, non-blogger people do. But sometime during the day, the weather unexpectedly gets brutal and you're wishing you had worn a heavier coat or at least an extra layer. Ordinarily it would put a damper on your fun,
- [Touch + Go: Modular System Gives iPad Physical Controls](https://gajitz.com/touch-go-modular-system-gives-ipad-physical-controls/) - They might have seemed like a novelty at first, but tablets have shown their usefulness in just about every industry and in countless applications. But something has always been missing from the touchscreen tablet experience: haptic feedback that lets you feel more physically connected with the tool you're using. The Modulares Interface gives you that
- [How Used X-Rays Brought Banned US Music to the USSR](https://gajitz.com/how-used-x-rays-brought-banned-us-music-to-the-ussr/) - Music has always had the power to transcend social and political borders, and eager listeners have always found creative ways to satisfy their need for melodic escape. But few methods were as ingenious as the one used by people in the Soviet Union who were denied the privilege of listening to Western music like jazz
- [Light + Movement: A Dance With Projected Light Pixels](https://gajitz.com/light-movement-a-dance-with-projected-light-pixels/) - Pixel, an augmented reality performance created by French performance art collective Adrien M / Claire B Company, is an incredible visual display that combines talented dancers with an unforgettable light show. Developed in cooperation with hip-hop choreographer Cie Kafig, the 70-minute performance debuted in November 2014 at Maison des Arts Creteil. The show is a
- [A Better Mouse: Input Device With the Precision of a Pen](https://gajitz.com/a-better-mouse-input-device-with-the-precision-of-a-pen/) - Using a computer mouse has become a pretty natural movement for most of us, but the hand position required to operate one is inherently unnatural for the human body. A company called Penclic is seeking to redesign the classic mouse shape with the Penclic Mouse, an input device that lets users assume a more natural,
- [Electric Trikes Hefty Enough to Carry Cargo + Passengers](https://gajitz.com/electric-trikes-hefty-enough-to-carry-cargo-passengers/) - In urban transportation, electric is quickly becoming king, and the Johanson3 line of electric trikes are riding right into the competition. The Johanson3 scooters sport quite a few features that make them different from just about everything else that's out there at the moment. The scooters' designation as "cargo bikes" indicates the first difference. These
- [Stress-Measuring Ring Tracks + Records Your Emotions](https://gajitz.com/stress-measuring-ring-tracks-records-your-emotions/) - Mood rings, those large domed accessories that change color to somewhat accurately gauge your emotional state, are moving into the technological age. The Moodmetric ring measures your emotional state throughout the day and can provide you with information in real time via a free app, or store it so you can look for emotional trends
- [Multi-Tasking Seaplane is a Fishing Boat, Sundeck + Tent](https://gajitz.com/multi-tasking-seaplane-is-a-fishing-boat-sundeck-tent/) - Planning a remote fishing/camping trip involves coordinating travel, accommodations, and transportation between the camping and fishing sites - but the "world's most versatile plane" is about to make it much simpler. As long as you can afford $189,000 and a pilot's license, anyway. The MVP from MVP Aero is an insane combination of a plane,
- [Platform Robot Can Perfectly Balance a Ball on its Center](https://gajitz.com/platform-robot-can-perfectly-balance-a-ball-on-its-center/) - During the course of creating a full-body, six-degree-of-freedom motion platform for racing simulation, two San Jose State University students took a little side trip to make this deceptively simple-looking robot. It has the amazing ability to perfectly balance a ball in the exact center of the platform, even when you try to knock the ball
- [Fun With Food: 3D Printed Pieces Turn Veggies Into Toys](https://gajitz.com/fun-with-food-3d-printed-pieces-turn-veggies-into-toys/) - We could make a lot of jokes about playing with your food and how you should absolutely do it at every opportunity. But it would probably be more fun to just print out a set of Open Toys so you can start turning your veggies into flying, rolling, and diving machines. The Open Toys Project
- [Storage Story: Combo Lock Opens With Pics, not Numbers](https://gajitz.com/storage-story-combo-lock-opens-with-pics-not-numbers/) - It's hard enough for us to remember to take our keys every time we leave the house, but also remembering the numeric combinations for combo locks? Out of the question. We usually end up either putting the combination on the back of the lock or eventually breaking the thing when we can't remember whether that
- [Terribly Un-useful Home Objects Teach Sneaky Life Lessons](https://gajitz.com/terribly-un-useful-home-objects-teach-sneaky-life-lessons/) - Do well-designed home gadgets have to be made for the sole satisfaction and enjoyment of the user? Or is it possible for not-entirely-useful objects to become welcomed parts of the household? Design student Weng Xinyu's graduation project is entitled "Good Medicine Tastes Bitter," a quote from the wise Chinese philosopher Confucius. The meaning of this
- [Retro Calcs Uncovered: Complex Charm of Antique Machines](https://gajitz.com/retro-calcs-uncovered-complex-charm-of-antique-machines/) - If you open up a calculator, cell phone, or any other piece of modern technology, you'll see a lot of circuits and high-tech stuff, but not much that can be considered attractive or even interesting. Old mechanical devices were just so much more fascinating. Their endless moving parts and huge metal guts were beautiful and
- [Safer Skating: Rock Deflector Keeps Skateboarders Upright](https://gajitz.com/safer-skating-rock-deflector-keeps-skateboarders-upright/) - Besides wearing a helmet and protective pads and knowing what you're doing, there aren't many ways to make skateboarding a safer sport. It's inherently dangerous to careen around on a little plank with wheels stuck to the bottom. But inventor Jorge Arjona has come up with a device that could eliminate one of the more
- [World's New Deepest-Dwelling Fish is a Ghostly Beauty](https://gajitz.com/worlds-new-deepest-dwelling-fish-is-a-ghostly-beauty/) - You know why cartoons about sea life are popular with kids? It's because animators use adorably stylized versions of actual sea creatures, which are in reality completely horrifying. (Seriously, compare The Little Mermaid's Flounder to an actual flounder. Ew.) But an international group of scientists has just found a legitimately precious sea creature, and it
- [Sleepy? KipstR Starts Recording Your TV When You Drift Off](https://gajitz.com/sleepy-kipstr-starts-recording-your-tv-when-you-drift-off/) - At every holiday gathering - and, come to think of it, on a lot of regular days as well - you can count on someone falling asleep in front of the TV after a delicious meal and a few drinks. It's really annoying, though, to sit down intending to watch something only to wake up
- [Fungus Incubator Turns Plastic Garbage Into People Food](https://gajitz.com/fungus-incubator-turns-plastic-garbage-into-people-food/) - Although one might argue that the world is facing plenty of seemingly-unsolvable problems at the moment, two of the most troubling are food shortages and the overabundance of non-biodegradable garbage. Austrian design firm Livin Studio teamed up with researchers at Ultrecht University to develop a brilliant idea for handling both. Their concept is called Fungi
- [Pinch: A Simple, Streamlined Wall Bike Mount + Showcase](https://gajitz.com/pinch-a-simple-streamlined-wall-bike-mount-showcase/) - Living in a small space is tough for cyclists who don't have a dedicated bike storage space. Swedish designer Karl Mikael Ling's Pincher bike rack provides that in a tiny, simple, barely-there wall-hanging rack. The Pincher is made up of a metal mounting plate and a bent steel wire that mounts to it using nothing
- [Polaroid's New Camera Prints + Uploads Pics Instantly](https://gajitz.com/polaroids-new-camera-prints-uploads-pics-instantly/) - Photo sharing moved almost entirely into the digital realm, but there's still something special about pulling a snapshot out of your wallet to show off. Polaroid has created the best of both worlds with the Socialmatic camera: an instant print camera that also posts your images to Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest and other apps. The
- [Watch a Master Carver Make Pliers From One Piece of Wood](https://gajitz.com/watch-a-master-carver-make-pliers-from-one-piece-of-wood/) - Pliers...as a household tool, they're kind of boring. They're just two pieces of metal that pivot and help you reach the little piece of bone stuck in the garbage disposal. But somehow, David Warther, son of master carver Ernest "Mooney" Warther, makes them completely fascinating. Warther carves tiny functional sets of pliers out of single
- [Future Humans Could Explore Venus From a Floating Blimp](https://gajitz.com/future-humans-could-explore-venus-from-a-floating-blimp/) - Almost from the very first time humans noticed that Venus was a planet, it has been called "Earth's twin." It's located near our planet, shares the same material composition, and is close to Earth's size. But thanks to Venus' insanely hot temperatures and punishing acid-laden atmosphere, Mars has gotten most of the attention as far as planned
- [Portable Tesla Coils Were Yesteryear's Futuristic Cure-All](https://gajitz.com/portable-tesla-coils-were-yesteryears-futuristic-cure-all/) - In the early 20th century, medical technology was still pretty primitive and often exceptionally dangerous. But few devices were as widely used as the violet ray, an electrotherapeutic device that was said to treat everything from joint pain to bad skin, poor circulation, stuffy noses, prostate issues, and warts. The violet ray machine was more
- [Wired Ballet Shoes Trace Movements to Make Visual Art](https://gajitz.com/wired-ballet-shoes-trace-movements-to-make-visual-art/) - The movements of ballerinas are like the graceful brush strokes of a watercolor artist. They are flowy, light, and far more complicated than they look. Designer Lesia Trubat has developed a way to capture those brush strokes of movement by outfitting pointe shoes with electronics and connecting them to a proprietary app. She calls the
- [Sewn Wood is a Brand New Use for an Age-Old Material](https://gajitz.com/sewn-wood-is-a-brand-new-use-for-an-age-old-material/) - Good ol' sturdy wood has been providing us with fire, furniture, houses, pencils, and a million other things since the first human figured out how to kill a tree. But here's a new way to use wood that we never thought was possible: sewing it. Product designers Anastasiya Koshcheeva and Oya-Meryem Yanik changes the way
- [Here Comes the Sun: Transmit Sunlight to Windowless Rooms](https://gajitz.com/here-comes-the-sun-transmit-sunlight-to-windowless-rooms/) - Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD, is an affliction that causes depression during the time of year when the days are shorter and there is less sunlight. But office workers who sit in little cubicles with no natural light all day are prone to developing similar sun-starved attention to matter the time of year. A system
- [Biodegradable Drone Melts Away Harmlessly After a Mission](https://gajitz.com/biodegradable-drone-melts-away-harmlessly-after-a-mission/) - Drones are becoming a bigger part of our lives, and soon they'll be able to do a lot of the dangerous stuff humans can't (or shouldn't) do. Soon, unmanned flying drones will map out uncharted territory, track forest fires, examine dangerous radioactive sites, and maybe even explore other planets. This bio-drone is made of almost
- [Extravagant Motorcycle is Right Out of a Futurist's Dream](https://gajitz.com/extravagant-motorcycle-is-right-out-of-a-futurists-dream/) - This ultra-slick motorcycle wouldn't just catch the eyes of bystanders as you roll down the street. It's almost guaranteed to literally stop traffic. The Full Moon Motorcycle from Akrapovic and Dreamachine Motorcycles is so unique as to be almost unrecognizable as a motorcycle. The idea behind the design was to create something that defies definition.
- [Iconic Art Style Reimagined as Snazzy Sticky Note Set](https://gajitz.com/iconic-art-style-reimagined-as-snazzy-sticky-note-set/) - Piet Mondrian helped to usher in the neoplasticism art movement with his simple white and black lines and blocks of primary colors. Designers Catherine Denoyelle and Assia Quétin bring those classic paintings to mind with their Monde Riant stationery set for PA Design. The solid black base is reminiscent of the black lines that separated
- [Dancing Mushroom Animation Drawn Entirely With Sound](https://gajitz.com/dancing-mushroom-animation-drawn-entirely-with-sound/) - Drawing with a pen and paper is hard enough (unless you count those little hearts with smiley faces that we put on all of our memos), but drawing with nothing but sound just seems crazy. Jerobeam Fenderson accomplished a surprisingly awesome work of art using nothing more than sound waves and an old analog Tektronix
- [Here's How to Fold the World's Greatest Paper Airplane](https://gajitz.com/heres-how-to-fold-the-worlds-greatest-paper-airplane/) - Folding and throwing paper airplanes is an indisputably fun hobby, but it's frustrating when you can't get the folds quite right and your plane sinks rather than sails. John Collins holds the Guinness World Record for designing and folding the longest-flying paper airplane, and he has made the design available to the world. The airplane
- [Scooter on a Half Shell: Lego Wheels Get Turtle Moving](https://gajitz.com/scooter-on-a-half-shell-lego-wheels-get-turtle-moving/) - Prosthetic devices for humans are easy enough to obtain, and they're getting more advanced every year. But animal prostheses are a little harder to find, so creative vets often find themselves making up their own solution for injured animals. Blade the tortoise was having a hard time in life: a growth disorder made it difficult
- [Giant Cylindrical Screen Makes You Run to Play Video Game](https://gajitz.com/giant-cylindrical-screen-makes-you-run-to-play-video-game/) - If you're old enough to remember wasting days at a time playing the original Super Mario Bros., you're probably old enough to remember a time when video games didn't have the option to get you up and moving around in front of a camera to play. Trammell Hudson of NYC Resistor remade the classic platform
- [Futuristic Implanted Wearable Facilitates Info Exchange](https://gajitz.com/futuristic-implanted-wearable-facilitates-info-exchange/) - Wearable technology has the potential to take our lives to a whole new level, but so far the emerging contenders are a little disappointing. Google Glass is far less useful and versatile than we expected it to be, and smart watches are similarly disappointing in their scope. The future of wearables, however, might be objects
- [Stop-Motion Film Composed of Rotating 3D Miniature Men](https://gajitz.com/stop-motion-film-composed-of-rotating-3d-miniature-men/) - Modern animation is pretty incredible. It's getting close to being indistinguishable from actual film thanks to advanced computer graphics and futuristic techniques. French artist Julien Maire is taking animation back a few decades to a kind of nostalgic stop-motion era with the short film "Relief." Instead of drawings on pieces of film, Relief features tiny
- [Hi-Tech Straw Cools Your Booze Without Watering it Down](https://gajitz.com/hi-tech-straw-cools-your-booze-without-watering-it-down/) - Any alcohol aficionado will attest that ice cubes melting into your cup of 20-year-old Scotch will put a big frown on your face. There's no reason to chug it just to avoid the disappointment of diluted liquor, though. A very cool concept from designers Seung Hwan Roh, Chan Jae Joh, Yeon Ho Chu and Na
- [Aged Industrial Parts Become a Retro-Style Sculptural Bike](https://gajitz.com/aged-industrial-parts-become-a-retro-style-sculptural-bike/) - What will the remains of our current civilization look like to future generations? The objects that we carelessly discard today will be tomorrow's relics. Artist Victor Sonna takes those future relics and turns them into a sort of retro-futuristic (or perhaps futuristic-retro?) mix of aged components and future reuse. (all images via: Designboom) Sonna collects
- [Self-Watering Flowerpot Keeps Your House Plants Alive](https://gajitz.com/self-watering-flowerpot-keeps-your-house-plants-alive/) - Remembering to water your houseplants can be tricky. If you want to keep them alive you've got to either stick to a watering schedule or figure out a way to get the plants to water themselves. Designers JiaChen Du, YangHan Wang, WenZai Ye and DanDan Liao of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts designed a self-watering
- [Programmable Wireless Controller Makes Creativity Easy](https://gajitz.com/programmable-wireless-controller-makes-creativity-easy/) - Creative people use a lot of tools to get their jobs done, but keyboards and mice are limited in their functionality. Neither are very intuitive, and they can be maddeningly imprecise. The Senic Flow controller is a wireless, programmable, gesture-controlled tool that can operate all of the tools you use to interact with the digital
- [Public Phone Chargers Are Artificial Solar-Powered Trees](https://gajitz.com/public-phone-chargers-are-artificial-solar-powered-trees/) - Finding a place to charge your phone or tablet when you're away from home often involves ducking into a café or carrying a supplementary battery around with you. Israeli company Sologic created a truly lovely way to capture natural solar energy and provide free charging stations to the public. The chargers are called eTrees because
- [Toggle Power Outlet Turns Off and On With a Simple Switch](https://gajitz.com/toggle-power-outlet-turns-off-and-on-with-a-simple-switch/) - Even when you turn your gadgets off, if they're plugged in they are drawing power. Since a lot of power outlets are located behind or under furniture or in otherwise inconvenient locations, we aren't likely to unplug the devices we aren't using. They keep draining electricity even though they aren't serving a purpose. The Clack
- [Smell Your TV Shows With a $2500 Aroma Emitting System](https://gajitz.com/smell-your-tv-shows-with-a-2500-aroma-emitting-system/) - Have you ever wondered why Smell-O-Vision never really took off? It's not because it would be too difficult technologically - it wouldn't. The biggest hurdle is that people want to see and hear their entertainment, and sometimes feel it, as in the case of rumble packs in video game controllers, but we're okay with not
- [Make a DIY Hand Warmer With Household Items in 5 Mins](https://gajitz.com/make-a-diy-hand-warmer-with-household-items-in-5-mins/) - Those instant hand warmers that heat up after a simple chemical reaction can be a lifesaver when you find yourself stuck outside in the cold for extended periods. But even the single-use disposable ones can cost $3 to $5 each. Instructables user junits15 posted a way to make your own in minutes with materials you
- [Simple Folding Divider Ends Airplane Armrest Disputes](https://gajitz.com/simple-folding-divider-ends-airplane-armrest-disputes/) - Even if you're excited to be getting away, flying is frustrating and stressful. We've seen too many news stories about overly stressed passengers freaking out and punching each other over something as simple as an armrest or a reclined chair. The Soarigami won't put an end to all in-plane disputes, but it will help cut
- [Wear Your Power: Stylish Bracelet Charges Your Phone](https://gajitz.com/wear-your-power-stylish-bracelet-charges-your-phone/) - Carrying a portable boost of power for your mobile phone has never been an exercise in fashion, but the QBracelet is a remarkably stylish way to tote around a bit of battery top-up power. The QBracelet can be worn on the wrist like any other bracelet, and for a tech accessory it's actually quite attractive.
- [Smart Pan Gets Your Recipe Exactly Right Every Time](https://gajitz.com/smart-pan-gets-your-recipe-exactly-right-every-time/) - Cooking doesn't come naturally to everyone, but luckily it's a skill that you can learn. A high-tech pan - the first of its kind - is ready to make you into an expert home chef. The smart frying pan is called Pantelligent, and other than its built-in sensors and Bluetooth connectivity to an associated app,
- [Pocket-Size Gadget Telescopes Into an Anywhere Stool](https://gajitz.com/pocket-size-gadget-telescopes-into-an-anywhere-stool/) - Sitting all day isn't great for you, but standing for too long can also cause some physical problems...besides which, standing around for long periods can just be annoying. Whether you're waiting in a long line or enjoying an outdoor music festival, there are plenty of occasions when having a portable chair would be super handy.
- [Convertible VTOL Vehicle Takes Off From Street to Sky](https://gajitz.com/convertible-vtol-vehicle-takes-off-from-street-to-sky/) - Real flying cars are actually zooming into the realm of reality, but that's not stopping dreamers from coming up with some pretty outrageous and far less possible designs. The Skylys Project from Mix Aerospace is an electric vehicle that combines the best attributes of an electric car, a helicopter, and an airplane. Skylys is a VTOL
- [Smile, You're On Jacket Camera: Personal Security Coat](https://gajitz.com/smile-youre-on-jacket-camera-personal-security-coat/) - As far as personal security goes, wearing a suit of surveillance cameras might just be taking things a little too far. But Seoul-based collective Shinseungback Kimyonghun have created exactly that, and they call it the Aposematic Jacket. The designers liken the jacket to an animal's bright coloring which screams to predators that they shouldn't mess
- [Everything is Illuminated: Paper-Thin Printed LED Lighting](https://gajitz.com/everything-is-illuminated-paper-thin-printed-led-lighting/) - An Idaho-based company called Rohinni has a question for you: what if light was printable? It's an odd question, for sure, and one that was purely hypothetical until recently. Rohinni has created a paper-thin LED light source that needs nothing more than an electrical current to light up. Appropriately, they have named it Lightpaper. Current
- [Bionic Bird Drone is Realistic Enough to Fool Other Birds](https://gajitz.com/bionic-bird-drone-is-realistic-enough-to-fool-other-birds/) - Remote-controlled flying machines used to be firmly in the realm of the hobbyist, but the rise of the drones has made the technology available to just about anyone. The problem with most RC planes and copters is that they have spinning rotors which can prove dangerous to nearby wildlife. A much more natural version of
- [DNA-Laced Security Fog Catches Crooks With Rad Science](https://gajitz.com/dna-laced-security-fog-catches-crooks-with-rad-science/) - The use of security smoke has deterred crimes all over the world for years. A criminal tries to break in and they are welcomed by a thick cloud of fog that obscures their vision and freaks them out enough to drive them away. It's a pretty effective deterrent, but its very nature makes actually catching
- [Dinner for One: Tiny DIY Recycled Altoids Tin Barbecue](https://gajitz.com/dinner-for-one-tiny-diy-recycled-altoids-tin-barbecue/) - When you give a dedicated DIYer a pile of random objects, chances are they'll be able to figure out something to do with it. Instructables user vmspionage took an empty round Altoids Sours tin, a couple of computer fan guards, and a few odd pieces of hardware and made a fully functional miniature barbecue. You
- [Linebacker-Sized Humanoid Robot Can Balance on One Foot](https://gajitz.com/linebacker-sized-humanoid-robot-can-balance-on-one-foot/) - The day when robots will do all of our dangerous work for us is quickly approaching, and Google-owned Boston Dynamics' walking, self-balancing robot Atlas is a big step (no pun intended) toward that goal. The 6'2", 330-pound humanoid robot walks on two legs to leave its upper appendages free for lifting, carrying, and manipulating objects.
- [All Packed Up: Collapsing Bike Fits Entirely in a Backpack](https://gajitz.com/all-packed-up-collapsing-bike-fits-entirely-in-a-backpack/) - Super-portable bikes are nothing new. If anything, we're flooded with concepts and with actual purchasable bikes. But the Kit Bike from Lucid Design is different enough to catch the eye. The bike is a lightweight, hollow-tube cycle that snaps together quickly and easily. Simple twist joints hold the tubes together and, with a little practice,
- [Portable Charger Helps You Disc-over Charging Freedom](https://gajitz.com/portable-charger-helps-you-disc-over-charging-freedom/) - Portable "top-up" or emergency chargers have been available for mobile phones for ages, but they tend to make using your phone difficult. When it's tethered to the external battery and you want to use the phone for a call, you also have to lift the attached battery. Designers Sang Hoon Yoon and Hyeji Eom came
- [MINI Scooter, Max Style: BMW's Electric Folding Scooter](https://gajitz.com/mini-scooter-max-style-bmws-electric-folding-scooter/) - MINI is known for its tiny, adorable cars, but in November 2014 they joined the ranks of companies looking toward greener, even smaller transportation. Their Citysurfer electric scooter was designed to cut down on traffic congestion in busy urban areas by providing a "last mile" solution. With the foldable scooter, motorists can park outside of
- [Beaming with Pride: Sending Solar Power Down from Space](https://gajitz.com/beaming-with-pride-sending-solar-power-down-from-space/) - There's a nearly endless source of energy out there in the center of our solar system, and the collection methods we have here on the surface of the Earth only grab a very small fraction of it. If we could harvest solar energy directly from space, the useable amount would increase dramatically. The US Navy
- [Slick Trick: Countertop Expeller Makes Fresh Oil in 15 Mins](https://gajitz.com/slick-trick-countertop-expeller-makes-fresh-oil-in-15-mins/) - We've seen all kinds of foods go "artisanal" lately. The old habits of just buying all of your food from the grocery store are changing, and people are learning how to make wine, beer, cheese, soda, and a ton of other foods at home. You can now add cooking oil to that list. The Daily
- [Point of View: Teleport Your Vision to a Whole New Level](https://gajitz.com/point-of-view-teleport-your-vision-to-a-whole-new-level/) - The way the human brain processes visual data is really quite amazing. Our brains have at least three separate yet connected systems through which this visual information passes in a tiny fraction of a second before we understand what we're seeing. But it's not until our brain gets an unexpected visual message that things start to
- [Numbers? Where We're Going, We Don't Need Numbers](https://gajitz.com/numbers-where-were-going-we-dont-need-numbers/) - In the Back to the Future movies, manipulating time is challenging, but not impossible. The ability to do it all hinges on the flux capacitor, the core component of Doc Brown's time traveling technology. ThinkGeek is making it possible to wear that technology on your person at all times - kind of. The Back to
- [Substitute Finger Keeps Your App Awake When You're Away](https://gajitz.com/substitute-finger-keeps-your-app-awake-when-youre-away/) - When you have to take your attention away from your mobile device for a few minutes but don't want the game you're playing to be interrupted, you might find yourself periodically reaching over to tap the screen. That keeps your touchscreen device awake so your game progress isn't interrupted, but it's also very annoying. You
- [Tiny 3D Printed Livers Go on Sale to Improve Drug Trials](https://gajitz.com/tiny-3d-printed-livers-go-on-sale-to-improve-drug-trials/) - Before a drug can be approved as safe for human use by the FDA, it has to undergo rigorous testing to ensure its safety. Unfortunately, there are many drugs that seem safe in trials but are then recalled when they are found to cause damage to the liver. Nearly every drug that we take ends
- [Eye Feel Safe: Biometric Iris Scanner Secures All Your Data](https://gajitz.com/eye-feel-safe-biometric-iris-scanner-secures-all-your-data/) - Storing all of your passwords on your computer might be convenient and easy, but it's definitely not secure. The EyeLock Myris is also a convenient and easy way to store your passwords, but it's exceptionally secure. The small USB-powered device is a handheld iris scanner that keeps your passwords safe using biometric data. Every iris
- [Ultra-Luxe Personal Yacht Will Cost Half a Billion Dollars](https://gajitz.com/ultra-luxe-personal-yacht-will-cost-half-a-billion-dollars/) - People with yacht money seem to have a common complaint: all of the yachts look the same. Russian designer Igor Lobanov was discussing this very problem with fellow designer Alex Malybaev and they came up with an idea for a completely different kind of yacht. Project STAR is an enormous 200 feet high and 433
- [Illustrated Life-Saver: Instructional First Aid Blanket](https://gajitz.com/illustrated-life-saver-instructional-first-aid-blanket/) - While we would like to believe that there will always be a trained medical professional on hand whenever there is an accident, the reality is that sometimes regular people have to step in and save the day. The First Aid Blanket is a Red Dot award winning concept developed at Zhejiang University to aid bystanders
- [Lasers Ionize Mid-Air Molecules to Make Moving Holograms](https://gajitz.com/lasers-ionize-mid-air-molecules-to-make-moving-holograms/) - The holograms we know and are a little creeped out by today are generally created by projecting images onto a medium. The infamous Michael Jackson hologram that performed at the 2014 Billboard Music Awards? He was created by projecting a "digital head connected to an actor." While we are edging ever closer to Star Wars-type
- [Cut a Rug: Kids Bike Made Entirely of Recycled Carpet](https://gajitz.com/cut-a-rug-kids-bike-made-entirely-of-recycled-carpet/) - This cute convertible bike goes from tricycle to little bike to big kids' bike as your child grows, but that isn't even the most impressive of its tricks. The Wishbone Bike Recycled Edition from Wishbone Design Studio also happens to be made from 100% post-consumer recycled nylon carpet. All outward appearances suggest that its frame
- [Cringeworthy Contact Lens Fitting Procedure of the 1940s](https://gajitz.com/cringeworthy-contact-lens-fitting-procedure-of-the-1940s/) - Being fitted for contact lenses isn't really a difficult or painful process. A few minutes in the optician's chair and you're out of the door with a prescription in hand. It definitely was not that easy in the early days of contacts, though. In the 1940s, those suckers were thick, made of glass, and came
- [Headset Guides Blind People Through City With Audio Cues](https://gajitz.com/headset-guides-blind-people-through-city-with-audio-cues/) - Navigating an urban landscape is difficult enough, but doing it without the benefit of sight is confusing and can be dangerous. Microsoft teamed up with research group Future Cities Catapult to create a headset that creates a multi-layered soundscape to help those with visual impairments get around. The Cities Unlocked project uses a smartphone and
- [World's Largest Vacuum Chamber Puts on a Physics Show](https://gajitz.com/worlds-largest-vacuum-chamber-puts-on-a-physics-show/) - Any science class in the industrialized world will, at some point, mention the experiment in which a bowling ball and a feather are dropped from the same height simultaneously. Due to air resistance, the feather falls far slower than the ball. But when the experiment is repeated in a vacuum - where the factor of
- [Crazy Upside-Down Pickup Truck is Flipping Street Legal ](https://gajitz.com/crazy-upside-down-pickup-truck-is-flipping-street-legal/) - Flipping your car over usually translates to a very bad day, but this upside-down truck is actually a kind-of-enviable mode of transport. The truck was built by mechanic Rick Sullivan over the course of six months. He says the build only cost him $6,000, which seems like a bargain. The crazy spectacle started out
- [Sorry, Paranormalists: There's a Reason You Sense Ghosts](https://gajitz.com/sorry-paranormalists-theres-a-reason-you-sense-ghosts/) - We've all felt that creepy sensation when you could swear there's someone right behind you even though you are, in fact, alone. The sensation is known as "feeling of a presence" or FoP, and it's been reported all around the world. Although it can be experienced by people with healthy neurological functions, FoP is more
- [Ambulance Drone Delivers Defibrillator in Just One Minute](https://gajitz.com/ambulance-drone-delivers-defibrillator-in-just-one-minute/) - Every second counts when someone is having a cardiac emergency. The time it takes for an ambulance to reach the patient can mean the difference between life and death. TU Delft graduate Alec Momont came up with a brilliant idea to avoid traffic when getting help to people who need it. The Ambulance Drone is
- [Workout Keyboard: Exercises the Body, Writes Punchy Lines](https://gajitz.com/workout-keyboard-exercises-the-body-writes-punchy-lines/) - We've all had days when we feel like punching our computers, but until now no one has done anything to make that compulsion useful. Fashion and design studio Bless created the N°41 Workout Computer as part of their larger Retroperspective Home project. The computer consists of a monitor and a range of punching bags that function
- [Future Mercedes SUV Could Be Powered By its Own Paint](https://gajitz.com/future-mercedes-suv-could-be-powered-by-its-own-paint/) - Alternative energy sources are becoming more amazing every year, and Mercedes Benz has just revealed a surprising new power boost for its future generations of vehicles: paint. The high-tech "multi-voltaic silver" paint uses two methods to generate power. First, it acts as an all-over solar panel to capture the power of the sun that's almost
- [Plug + Play Nightlight Monitors Your Home for Emergencies](https://gajitz.com/plug-play-nightlight-monitors-your-home-for-emergencies/) - The home of the future has become the home of today. We can control so many household functions remotely via smartphone that we can now truly call our homes "smart." The Smart Alert from startup company Leeo is another entry in the list of smart home plug-ins, but its style and function are remarkable enough
- [Significant Sweat: System Measures Health Via Perspiration](https://gajitz.com/significant-sweat-system-measures-health-via-perspiration/) - Diagnostic tests for measuring various health parameters usually involve drawing blood, which is invasive and kind of icky. But a team of researchers at the University of Cincinnati and the US Air Force Research Lab have invented a much less painful system that involves using sweat to track health. The system involves a Band-Aid-like adhesive
- [Nintendo Controller Trophies Will Make You Win Harder](https://gajitz.com/nintendo-controller-trophies-will-make-you-win-harder/) - When you and your friends get together for your monthly Nintendo Duck Hunt competition, don't you wish there was something better to give the winner than an extra beer? Thanks to Etsy seller Woody6Switch, you can start handing out trophies for first, second and third place, along with some participation ribbons for the friends who
- [Wearable Projector Creates Dynamic Moving Light Jewelry](https://gajitz.com/wearable-projector-creates-dynamic-moving-light-jewelry/) - Wearables are the new black when it comes to new technology, but most of them are geared toward fitness in some way. The Neclumi is wearable technology that's all about looking good and attracting attention. The unique necklace from panGenerator consists of a pico projector connected via HDMI cable and mounted on the wearer's chest. The
- [Practically Pong: Weird Analog Version of the Video Game](https://gajitz.com/practically-pong-weird-analog-version-of-the-video-game/) - When Pong got popular, parents everywhere criticized it for being a lazy person's version of a sport. They worried that it would encourage kids to avoid physical activity in favor of virtual games. They were right. Now there's a slightly more physical way to play ping-pong that still doesn't involve actually setting up a table
- [Ingenious Unpickable Door Lock Uses Flexible Key to Open](https://gajitz.com/ingenious-unpickable-door-lock-uses-flexible-key-to-open/) - This may be the world's only truly un-pickable lock. With its bizarre configuration and creative mechanism, it might be as close as anyone has ever come to completely foiling would-be lockpicks. Youtube user Bosnianbill, one of the internet's best-known lock-picking experts, published a video in which he plays with the extremely rare lock. Unlike traditional
- [Ship to Shore: Bespoke Wooden Bikes Built by a Shipwright](https://gajitz.com/ship-to-shore-bespoke-wooden-bikes-built-by-a-shipwright/) - Sueshiro Sano was born into a Japanese shipwright family that stretched back nine generations. He built his first ship at the age of 13 and continued to hone his craft into adulthood, but what makes him stand out now is the entirely different direction he decided to take his skills in. Sano uses his skills
- [The Friendly Skies: Europe's First Flying Car Takes Off](https://gajitz.com/the-friendly-skies-europes-first-flying-car-takes-off/) - The concept of flying cars has been around for very nearly as long as the car itself. And today, there are a handful of companies around the world vying to make that concept a reality for all of the future-loving masses. One surprising contender is Slovakian startup AeroMobil. Their AeroMobil Flying Roadster 3.0 prototype took
- [Surprise! Intricate LEGO Sculptures Pop Out From Boxes](https://gajitz.com/surprise-intricate-lego-sculptures-pop-out-from-boxes/) - Building with Legos is always fun, no matter how old you are. But unless you're an elite expert builder, all of your creations are blocky and square. That's still fun, but imagine what you could do if you were as talented as a Japanese builder who goes by Talapz. Talapz makes incredible pop-up works of Lego art.
- [Click Your Heels + This Device Gets You Out of a Bad Date](https://gajitz.com/click-your-heels-this-device-gets-you-out-of-a-bad-date/) - We've all heard of (and a lot of us have probably used) the "rescue call." It's when you ask a friend to call you half an hour or so into your date just so you have a way out if things aren't going well. "Oh, sorry, a pipe burst in my apartment and I have
- [Hand Exoskeleton Gives You a Firm Grasp on Virtual Worlds](https://gajitz.com/hand-exoskeleton-gives-you-a-firm-grasp-on-virtual-worlds/) - In the march toward readily-available, affordable, and playable virtual reality (or at least augmented reality), sight and sound aren't the only factors that need to be considered. Moving around in a virtual world is important, too - and of particular importance is being able to manipulate objects with your hands. Chinese company Dexta Robotics developed its
- [The World's First Working Hoverboard Has Finally Arrived](https://gajitz.com/the-worlds-first-working-hoverboard-has-finally-arrived/) - Here at Gajitz, we've been burned by the promise of working hoverboards before. We get all excited about someone's new invention that promises to let us zoom around like Marty McFly, only to be crushed when the "innovation" turns out to be bogus. That's why we were ultra-skeptical when everyone started buzzing about the Hendo
- [Cosmic Creativity: NASA's 2014 Pumpkin Carving Contest](https://gajitz.com/cosmic-creativity-nasas-2014-pumpkin-carving-contest/) - What do you get when you task some of today's greatest scientific minds with creating awesome jack-o'-lanterns? You get monsters, mechanized wonders, insane details - and, oh yeah, lasers. The brainy folks at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory had one hour to go to town on some pumpkins, and they created some totally amazing stuff. The pumpkin
- [Living Lights: Sea Bacteria Make This Swinging Lamp Glow](https://gajitz.com/living-lights-sea-bacteria-make-this-swinging-lamp-glow/) - When we think of alternative energy, we usually think of the big players: solar, wind, geothermal, and the like. But there are some alternative energy sources that we rarely consider. Dutch designer Teresa van Dongen explores one of these alternatives in her bioluminescent lamp called Ambio. Ambio consists of a glass tube half-filled with an
- [Sole Saver: Foot-Mounted Device Stops Wandering Patients](https://gajitz.com/sole-saver-foot-mounted-device-stops-wandering-patients/) - Having a family member with Alzheimer's means constantly worrying about that person walking off and getting lost. A new sensor invented by a 15-year-old New York boy could help prevent that type of scenario by alerting family members or caregivers via their smartphones when the patient starts to wander away. Kenneth Shinozuka was inspired to
- [Hold That Thought! Researchers Learning to Read Minds](https://gajitz.com/hold-that-thought-researchers-learning-to-read-minds/) - Figuring out the way the human brain understands and processes speech could be a huge step forward in helping nonverbal people communicate. Scientists have already made progress toward that goal in a study that analyzed the neural activity of 15 people undergoing surgery for epilepsy treatment or brain tumors. The patients wore electrodes that recorded
- [This is a Gadget for Hands-Free Cookie Dunking, Apparently](https://gajitz.com/this-is-a-gadget-for-hands-free-cookie-dunking-apparently/) - So you've had a no-good, terrible, awful day. The kind of day that only cookies and milk can fix. But holding the cookie in the milk while it's soaking? Ugh, who has time? Thankfully, someone heard our disgusted sighs and invented the most perfect answer to the lazy cookie dunker: The Dunkin' Buddy (patent pending).
- [Meep Meep! Bionic Boots Make You a Human Roadrunner](https://gajitz.com/meep-meep-bionic-boots-make-you-a-human-roadrunner/) - Like a lot of kids, Keahi Seymour was fascinated with the way animals move and run. He was especially impressed with the ostrich and its wide, springy gait. Seymour wanted to create a book that would help him run like an ostrich. His idea took several years to come to fruition, but eventually he created
- [Spooky, Scary Sight: Decapitated Singing Halloween Heads](https://gajitz.com/spooky-scary-sight-decapitated-singing-halloween-heads/) - The right Halloween decor can make or break your whole holiday, and Instructables user TheNewHobbyist has created the pitch perfect Halloween display. Using styrofoam heads, and Arduino UNO, a karaoke machine, projector, and a few other bits and bobs, the creative tinkerer built a quartet of singing busts for the Halloween porch. TheNewHobbyist modeled the
- [Sleek, Sustainable, Simple: DIY Bamboo Bike Frame Kit](https://gajitz.com/sleek-sustainable-simple-diy-bamboo-bike-frame-kit/) - Cycling enthusiasts usually take a lot of pride in building (or at least partially building) their own bikes. Finding just the right pieces and fitting them together correctly is probably very satisfying, but most casual bike riders don't really get to experience that joy. A build-it-yourself (BIY) bike frame kit called Bamboobee brings the satisfaction
- [Distraction-Free Writing: Retro Typewriter Meets Laptop](https://gajitz.com/distraction-free-writing-retro-typewriter-meets-laptop/) - For a short time after typewriters started to decline in popularity but before computers became portable, there were portable word processors. They were kind of a cross between a typewriter and a laptop, with tiny monochrome screens and limited editing functionality. Most models offered storage via floppy disk, but some had only limited on-board storage and
- [PrintScreen: Lightweight, Flexible, Printable Displays](https://gajitz.com/printscreen-lightweight-flexible-printable-displays/) - The flexible display is a technology that's really started to come into its own in the past several years, and printed electronics are keeping pace. The two naturally complement each other, and PrintScreen, a customizable thin-film touch display, is among the latest and most promising combinations. It is a digital fabrication of a super-thin flexible
- [Smell of Victory: Paralyzed Man Walks After Nose Cell Graft](https://gajitz.com/smell-of-victory-paralyzed-man-walks-after-nose-cell-graft/) - Spinal cord regeneration was once an impossible dream for doctors and patients. Once a spinal cord injury rendered a patient paralyzed, there was nothing that could be done to repair the damage. A groundbreaking new treatment, however, has given the medical community new hope. The lucky recipient of the world's first application of this treatment
- [Persistence of Time: Antique Gadgets Unzipped for Art](https://gajitz.com/persistence-of-time-antique-gadgets-unzipped-for-art/) - The gadgets of yesterday are often turned into the art of today, and this concept is carried out delightfully in the art of Hu Shaoming. He uses technological relics of the early 20th century to show the internal beauty of the objects' working parts. "Reconnecting Time" is a series of four objects: a 1910s telephone,
- [Don't Book My Face: AntiTagging App Foils Face Recognition](https://gajitz.com/dont-book-my-face-antitagging-app-foils-face-recognition/) - There's nothing wrong with posting a picture online of a fun night out with friends. But since geo-tagging and automatic facial tagging have become commonplace, it's easier than ever for just about anyone to figure out where you are and what you're doing. If you aren't at least a little freaked out by that, you
- [Bucket-Mounted Washing Machine Cleans Clothes in 5 Mins](https://gajitz.com/bucket-mounted-washing-machine-cleans-clothes-in-5-mins/) - Portable washing machines aren't really big news anymore; inventors all over the world are coming up with ingenious human-powered designs that save money, time, and effort. But the Venus Bucket-Mounted Mini Washing Machine is an attention-grabber, mostly because it's just a small contraption that you clamp to the side of a bucket you already own. The
- [Hand-Powered Espresso Maker for a Portable Jolt of Java](https://gajitz.com/hand-powered-espresso-maker-for-a-portable-jolt-of-java/) - When you feel that morning brain-lag coming on and you need caffeine, you need it right now - not when the barista finishes texting, not when Greg from accounting brews a new pot of the office swill. The Minipresso from Wacaco is a hand-powered espresso machine you can use right at your desk for fresh,
- [Inflatable Life Raft Tips + Uses Leverage to Lift Victims](https://gajitz.com/inflatable-life-raft-tips-uses-leverage-to-lift-victims/) - The typical human doesn't have to think of the best way to rescue other humans from drowning on any given day, but the Dutch fire service has to consider it quite often. The team at Spark Design & Innovation came up with a new device that could make water rescues far easier, and the design
- [Digitized Time: E-Paper Watch Swaps Designs With a Touch](https://gajitz.com/digitized-time-e-paper-watch-swaps-designs-with-a-touch/) - What if you never had to decide on a wristwatch design again? Japanese startup Fashion Entertainments teamed up with TAKT Project to produce the FES Watch, a timepiece that changes its appearance as often as you like. Made with electronic paper, the FES Watch starts out looking completely blank, face and all. The watch's face
- [Magnetic Rails Float Bottles Above Your Fridge Shelves](https://gajitz.com/magnetic-rails-float-bottles-above-your-fridge-shelves/) - No matter how big the inside of your fridge is, it seems like the amount of stuff you keep in there will expand to fill the space - and then some. This rather clever invention gives you a little more storage room in the icebox by suspending your bottled drinks from its ceiling. Using ultra-strong
- [Color-Changing Lamp Sucks Up Hues With a Little Squeeze](https://gajitz.com/color-changing-lamp-sucks-up-hues-with-a-little-squeeze/) - Color plays a larger role in our daily lives than some people realize. The color red, for example, can make us feel hungry. Blue can encourage a feeling of peace and tranquility. Retail stores, restaurants, advertisers, and even doctors' offices use colors to manipulate our emotions to achieve a certain goal. The ColorUp Lamp from
- [Conductive Ink Pen Lets You Draw Custom Working Circuits](https://gajitz.com/conductive-ink-pen-lets-you-draw-custom-working-circuits/) - The way we're going about making circuits has been rapidly changing in the past few years, and it's largely thanks to conductive inks. These ultra-thin, ultra-lightweight inks can be inserted into thin objects or even printed on paper, totally eliminating the need for bulky framework. Circuit Scribe started out as a Kickstarter project and is
- [Cardboard Surfboard Doesn't Sink, But Does Carve Waves](https://gajitz.com/cardboard-surfboard-doesnt-sink-but-does-carve-waves/) - If you grew up in a snowy area (and your parents wouldn't spend money on another sled you'd just break anyway) you've probably experienced the sheer joy of sliding down a steep, snowy hill on a piece of cardboard. You probably also remember that piece of cardboard eventually getting town up and wet, and disintegrating
- [When Antiques Attack: 3 Ridiculously Dangerous Old Gizmos](https://gajitz.com/when-antiques-attack-3-ridiculously-dangerous-old-gizmos/) - Some people think that today's safety concerns are out of control. But when you look back at the insanely dangerous products that used to be marketed and sold, modern safety regulations kind of make sense. Take the Shoe-Fitting Fluoroscope for example: the shoe-fitting device was common in shoe stores from the 1930s to the 1950s,
- [Information Burnout: Self-Destructing Message Printer](https://gajitz.com/information-burnout-self-destructing-message-printer/) - The old Mission: Impossible TV series, secret agents received their missions via recordings that would self-destruct shortly after receipt. It was an effective method of keeping those secret missions private - as far as we know, the baddies never got ahold of any mission tapes, allowing the agents to successfully carry out their campaigns against
- [The Write Stuff: Luxurious Pen With a Sculptural Twist](https://gajitz.com/the-write-stuff-luxurious-pen-with-a-sculptural-twist/) - Most of us aren't strong enough to resist the temptation of playing with a clicky-top or twisty-end pen. The designers at Beyond Object exploit that weakness in the best way possible with their Align pen. The pen has three sections: a longer bottom section and two smaller pieces near the top. The middle section pivots
- [BMW's EVs Now Have a Solar Charger To Power Your House](https://gajitz.com/bmws-evs-now-have-a-solar-charger-to-power-your-house/) - BMW rolled the electric car movement further into the mainstream in 2014 by introducing two new electric cars: the i3 and the i8. The former is a three-door hatchback coupe, while the i8 is a sporty two-door boasting 357 horsepower. To further cement their commitment to creating eco-friendly transportation, BMW also developed a charger for their
- [Old-School Style: Vintage 8-Bit Game Cartridge Wallpaper](https://gajitz.com/old-school-style-vintage-8-bit-game-cartridge-wallpaper/) - If you were lucky enough to be a kid in the 80s or 90s, you got to witness the golden age of 8-bit pixellated video games. Staring at those little squares on the screen could eat up entire days as long as Mom and Dad kept off of our backs. The Pixel Cartridge wallpaper can
- [Serious Selfies: Kickstand Case Makes Self Portraits Simple](https://gajitz.com/serious-selfies-kickstand-case-makes-self-portraits-simple/) - Even if you aren't the type of person who takes and posts endless selfies online, there's bound to be a time when you want to catch a great picture of yourself. To do that without sticking your arm out and mugging like a goofball while trying to operate your phone's shutter button with one hand,
- [Sharp Thinking: Kinetic Energy Axe Does Smarter Cutting](https://gajitz.com/sharp-thinking-kinetic-energy-axe-does-smarter-cutting/) - As much as we'd like to believe we are strapping outdoors enthusiasts, just the thought of chopping a big pile of firewood makes our biceps quiver. Finnish inventor Heikki Kärnä has come to the rescue of everyone who has ever wanted to chop their own firewood but just couldn't physically make it happen. His Vipukirves Leveraxe
- [Inhale Your Food: Scent-Emitting Fork Fools the Taste Buds](https://gajitz.com/inhale-your-food-scent-emitting-fork-fools-the-taste-buds/) - It's widely known that our sense of smell is closely linked to our sense of taste. That's why kids plug their noses when they eat something they don't like, and why you can't taste anything when you have a bad head cold. But tricking the sense of taste can work the other way, as well:
- [Slice of Life: Cone Mouse Drops to Pac-Man Shape for Travel](https://gajitz.com/slice-of-life-cone-mouse-drops-to-pac-man-shape-for-travel/) - There are those of us who are totally comfortable using our laptops' trackpads, and then there are people who would rather use literally anything else to move their cursor around. But if you aren't using your computer in the same place all the time, finding a mouse that easily moves around with you can be a hassle. A
- [3D Printed Machine Gun Folds + Shoots Paper Airplanes](https://gajitz.com/3d-printed-machine-gun-folds-shoots-paper-airplanes/) - It really doesn't matter how old you are - folding and throwing a paper airplane is pure, gleeful fun. But there's also something pretty great about being able to feed regular paper into a device that folds paper airplanes for you and then shoots them out machine gun-style. A German YouTube user who goes by
- [Wearable Wrist Drone is Your Personal Action Photographer](https://gajitz.com/wearable-wrist-drone-is-your-personal-action-photographer/) - Drones and wearable technology have both become hot topics in tech news, so it should come as no surprise that someone has figured out a way to combine the two. Nixie is a device that wraps around your wrist like a bracelet, but when you want to take a picture it untethers from you, flies
- [Bamboo Flash Drives Look Like Classic NES Controllers](https://gajitz.com/bamboo-flash-drives-look-like-classic-nes-controllers/) - You have a ton of choices for getting your data from one place to another, but flash drives are a classic. Etsy seller miniFab combines the flash drive with more classic technology: retro 8-bit video game controllers. The 4GB Wood Gamer Flash Drives are made from bamboo and have an attached keychain for keeping them
- [Spin Doctors: Disney Creates Impossible Spinning Tops](https://gajitz.com/spin-doctors-disney-creates-impossible-spinning-tops/) - If you know anything about physics, you already know why spinning tops come in conical or pointed spheroid shapes: in order to spin, they have to have a precise center of gravity and moment of inertia. Tops have been used for several thousand years and no one has really played with their shape or function
- [London's Red Phone Boxes Become Green Charging Stations](https://gajitz.com/londons-red-phone-boxes-become-green-charging-stations/) - Phone booths are a rare sight these days thanks to mobile phones, but Londoners will soon find themselves seeking one out when their mobiles need a charge. Solarbox London is a project that aims to re-use the iconic red call boxes in London as mobile phone charging stations. Lovers of classic London imagery will balk at
- [Prehistoric Pedaling: Fierce Hand-Carved Dinosaur Bike](https://gajitz.com/prehistoric-pedaling-fierce-hand-carved-dinosaur-bike/) - If you had the choice between riding a regular bike to work and rolling up on the back of a dinosaur, you'd choose the dinosaur, right? Norwegian artist Markus Moestue did, and it turned into something completely awesome. Starting with three bikes and welding them together, Moestue used styrofoam, a regular kitchen knife, and some
- [3D Printed Heart Model Saved the Life of 2-Week-Old Baby](https://gajitz.com/3d-printed-heart-model-saved-the-life-of-2-week-old-baby/) - A brand new human life may just have been saved thanks to the combined technologies of MRI and 3D printing. Dr. Emile Bacha, a surgeon at Morgan Stanley Hospital in Manhattan, used a novel technique to operate on a two-week-old baby with congenital heart defects (CHD). Ordinarily, surgery to repair complicated heart deformations would require
- [The Human Factor: Sculpture Sees Homo Sapiens Rise + Fall](https://gajitz.com/the-human-factor-sculpture-sees-homo-sapiens-rise-fall/) - Like it or not, we're all just a species of primates lucky enough to have evolved into creatures with highly developed brains. Lest we forget our roots - and our speculative future - Argentinian art group DOMA created Involucion Primate, a simple but elegant sculpture. The installation depicts our rise from primitive primates to the modern human
- [The Unspillable Drink: Coffee Mug Can't Be Knocked Over](https://gajitz.com/the-unspillable-drink-coffee-mug-cant-be-knocked-over/) - Oh, coffee. You're our best friend and our computers' worst enemy. We need you to function, but carelessly allow you to destroy electronics when our shaky, over-caffeinated hands knock over a mug full of sweet, sweet java. The Mighty Mug is the up and coming hero of desk workers and other spill-hating folks everywhere. The
- [The Long Haul: Freshwater Animal is as Good as Immortal](https://gajitz.com/the-long-haul-freshwater-animal-is-as-good-as-immortal/) - If you believe Benjamin Franklin, there are only two concrete absolutes in life: death and taxes. But apparently hydra, the tiny freshwater animals, decided that since they don't have to pay taxes they might as well do away with the whole death thing, too. Hydra have been studied for their amazing regenerative properties for more
- [The Anti-Gadget Gadget: Put it On and Tune the World Out](https://gajitz.com/the-anti-gadget-gadget-put-it-on-and-tune-the-world-out/) - Our smartphones, computers, smart watches, and all of the other electronics we're surrounded with daily are indisputably helpful. But they also cause an effect that we probably didn't anticipate at the beginning of the technology age: technology overload. You know the feeling you get when you find yourself picking up your phone out of habit,
- [Fast Car: Working Carbon Fiber Car 3D Printed in 44 Hours](https://gajitz.com/fast-car-working-carbon-fiber-car-3d-printed-in-44-hours/) - The way we buy and drive cars is about to change forever. With Arizona-based Local Motors' 3D printed car, the manufacturing process has moved from the factory to the local workshop. The body, seats and windshield of the car, dubbed the Strati, were entirely 3D printed using carbon fiber and plastic. The whole printing process took
- [Strong + Secure: Smart Door Lock is Your Home's New BFF](https://gajitz.com/strong-secure-smart-door-lock-is-your-homes-new-bff/) - Deadbolts have long been considered to be the strongest physical barrier to home intrusion, but Haven moves the securing spot to a place much more stable: the base of the door frame. It's both a traditional physical barrier and a connected smart device, allowing users total control with an app. The metal smart lock looks
- [Creepy Rubbery Robot Survives Fire, Water, Acid, Car Tires](https://gajitz.com/creepy-rubbery-robot-survives-fire-water-acid-car-tires/) - We were a little bit freaked out when the first soft-bodied, icky-looking, invertebrate-like crawling robot squirmed its way out of Harvard's lab and into our nightmares. Now the design has evolved a few generations so that it no longer needs pneumatic tethers, so it can crawl around in the real world. Oh, and now it's fire-proof,
- [Water + Wireless: Electric Powered Boat-Free Wakeboard](https://gajitz.com/water-wireless-electric-powered-boat-free-wakeboard/) - Wakeboarding typically involves standing on a board and holding onto a line that's attached to a boat. It's fun, but it requires at least one other person and that other person usually (annoyingly) insists on taking turns. The Radinn (radical + innovation) electric powered wakeboard lets you be as selfish as you want by eliminating
- [Digital Time Capsule Preserves Your Personality Forever](https://gajitz.com/digital-time-capsule-preserves-your-personality-forever/) - The desire to leave a legacy that persists long after our lives are over is encoded in our DNA. Some of us just have kids and call it good; others do something extraordinary like inventing stuff or going into space. Yourbot is a device and service that's meant to make it fun and easy to
- [Storm Shield: Ballistic Bag Protects From Tornado Debris](https://gajitz.com/storm-shield-ballistic-bag-protects-from-tornado-debris/) - If you live in a tornado-prone area, you've probably heard just about every piece of tornado-related advice there is. Get to a low place away from windows, be sure to have plenty of drinking water and a weather radio on hand, and try to shield yourself from flying debris. The Tuuli Armor Tornado Shield can't
- [Sky-High Ambition: Facebook's Solar Planes + Global Wi-Fi](https://gajitz.com/sky-high-ambition-facebooks-solar-planes-global-wi-fi/) - It may not seem like it when you're scrolling through thousands of pithy comments on Reddit, but a full two-thirds of Earth's population does not have access to the Internet. That might change dramatically in a few years thanks to an ambitious collaboration between Facebook, Qualcomm, and Nokia. They formed Internet.org, an organization dedicated to
- [Fly Like the Wind: Jetpack Helps You Run a 4 Minute Mile](https://gajitz.com/fly-like-the-wind-jetpack-helps-you-run-a-4-minute-mile/) - Runners are always chasing that elusive four-minute mile, and with good reason: it represents a great deal of dedication and physical training. Jason Kerestes, a student at Arizona State University, is working with DARPA to help regular people reach that insane goal. He hasn't discovered a new way to train or invented a great new
- [Press to Clean: Hand Sanitizer Built Into Door Handles](https://gajitz.com/press-to-clean-hand-sanitizer-built-into-door-handles/) - Hand washing and sanitizing may come as second nature to most hospital staff, but for visitors and volunteers it might not be so easy to remember. PullClean is a smart redesign of the pull door handle that incorporates a hand sanitizer dispenser. The built-in hand sanitizer reminds everyone going through the doorway that keeping their
- [Rhythmic Waves: Mesmerizing Outdoor Pendulum Wave](https://gajitz.com/rhythmic-waves-mesmerizing-outdoor-pendulum-wave/) - Pendulum waves are one of those physics experiments that can make the natural world seem almost like magic. In a pendulum wave, many pendulums of different lengths start swinging at the same time. As their different lengths cause them to swing at different rates, they start out synchronized and quickly begin to swing in mesmerizing
- [Revolutionary Salt Water Battery Powers Robust E-Car](https://gajitz.com/revolutionary-salt-water-battery-powers-robust-e-car/) - Whether or not you've jumped on the electric cars bandwagon already, the chances are that we will all have to switch to non-fossil fuel cars in the future. Unless they're being charged with solar power, electric cars are still consuming fossil fuels from the grid, anyway. An entirely new way of thinking about fuel inspired
- [DIY Folding Headset Takes Your Phone to Virtual Reality](https://gajitz.com/diy-folding-headset-takes-your-phone-to-virtual-reality/) - Not all of us can afford to drop a few hundred dollars for an Oculus Rift, but wouldn't it be cool to play around with virtual reality? Google has released a low-tech, low-cost VR headset that you can build from stuff you already have lying around. To use Google Cardboard, you have to have an
- [Smiling, Talking Robot Hitchhikes Across Canada Unharmed](https://gajitz.com/smiling-talking-robot-hitchhikes-across-canada-unharmed/) - We've all heard the stories about how dangerous hitchhiking is: you'll be kidnapped, dismembered or, at best, forced to listen to a smelly person go on and on about their quest to find themselves on the open road. In this environment of inherent fear of hitching, then, it's surprising that anyone would use that "dangerous"
- [Safety Seat: Ingenious Bike Seat Transforms Into a Lock](https://gajitz.com/safety-seat-ingenious-bike-seat-transforms-into-a-lock/) - Biking is supposed to be a convenient and relaxing way to get around, but so many bikers are saddled with the mental and physical baggage of trying to prevent theft. Some cyclists take their front tires with them when they lock their bikes up; others remove the seats. In most cases, they carry a big
- [Best + Brightest: Hollow Flashlight Runs on Your Body Heat](https://gajitz.com/best-brightest-hollow-flashlight-runs-on-your-body-heat/) - Remember that potato clock you made for your high school science fair? Apparently, the bar has been raised quite a bit. Ann Makosinski, a 15 year old student from Canada, made a flashlight for her science fair project - a flashlight powered entirely by the body heat of the hand holding it. To be fair
- [My Finger is on the Bttn: Single Control For All Your Stuff](https://gajitz.com/my-finger-is-on-the-bttn-single-control-for-all-your-stuff/) - The Internet of Things is real, and it's already started to slowly change the way we do things at home and in the workplace. You can control your thermostat, lights, and even your door locks from a remote location via mobile apps, and other home functions will definitely join up in the near future. Bttn
- [Spectacular 200-Year-Old Desk Full of Hidden Mechanisms](https://gajitz.com/spectacular-200-year-old-desk-full-of-hidden-mechanisms/) - This regal cabinet was built in the 19th century, but it holds some surprisingly advanced secrets. Hidden behind nearly every surface is another compartment, drawer, tool, or other delight. The Berlin Secretary Cabinet is a marvel of European furniture making. It was built by the legendary Abraham and David Roentgen, master cabinetmakers of the late
- [Rolling Naptime: Driverless Car Comes Equipped With a Bed](https://gajitz.com/rolling-naptime-driverless-car-comes-equipped-with-a-bed/) - The dreaded beeping of the alarm clock and subsequent morning drive to the office are arguably the worst part of every day. Designer Dominic Wilcox is banking on driverless cars as the future of commuting, and he's designed possibly the most beautiful, relaxing one ever. His remarkable self-driving stained glass car is more or less
- [All The News Fit to Write: Liberia's Analog Blackboard Blog](https://gajitz.com/all-the-news-fit-to-write-liberias-analog-blackboard-blog/) - (image via: Neatorama) Imagine not being able to check your favorite blogs or even read the news every day. Whether because you can't afford the newspaper or because the local government doesn't allow access to the news, it would put you in the dark permanently. It's a fact of life for countless people in the
- [Space Botanicals: Artist Sends Plants Into Stratosphere](https://gajitz.com/space-botanicals-artist-sends-plants-into-stratosphere/) - Like most humans, plants are destined to stay on the Earth for their entire lives, but with their roots in the ground they are even more bound to the planet. Japanese artist Makoto Azuma helped a few lucky plants break free of their earthly bonds to experience the utter serenity of space - or the
- [End of Aquaphobia: Nanocoating Makes Gadgets Waterproof](https://gajitz.com/end-of-aquaphobia-nanocoating-makes-gadgets-waterproof/) - Moisture of any kind is the bane of all electronics. Whether you spill a cup of coffee onto the pocket your phone is in (we've done it), get caught in the rain with your tablet (yup, been there too), or jump into a pool with your MP3 player in your pocket (we have really bad
- [Time to Die: Annual Clock Marks Time by Dying Tree Leaves](https://gajitz.com/time-to-die-annual-clock-marks-time-by-dying-tree-leaves/) - What if time were told not by the seconds, minutes, and hours on the clock, but the slow and gradual passage of the months? The inevitable march of time carries on whether we want it to or not, and nature is the perfect intuitive clock. Japanese design group Bril is combining an age-old tradition with a new
- [Toyota's Tiny EVs Bring 'Last Mile' Green Transpo to France](https://gajitz.com/toyotas-tiny-evs-bring-last-mile-green-transpo-to-france/) - Bike sharing programs have started popping up in cities all over the world, and now similar car sharing plans are making commuting easier for urban travelers. Given their relative size and complexity, however, loaner cars are understandably more difficult to manage than bikes. Toyota is hoping to overcome that hurdle with a car sharing program
- [Safer Savoring: Chopsticks Detect Deadly Contaminated Oil](https://gajitz.com/safer-savoring-chopsticks-detect-deadly-contaminated-oil/) - Chinese street food can be paradise for the adventurous eater, but it can also be quite bad for your health if you patronize a stand that has questionable hygiene or cooking practices. The use of "gutter oil," or cooking oil that is recycled from waste oil and often linked to food poisoning, is rampant among
- [Disco for One: A Stress-Relieving Office Desktop Party](https://gajitz.com/disco-for-one-a-stress-relieving-office-desktop-party/) - We could all use a little less stress at work, but for a lot of people that stress leads to serious consequences. Product designer Tomomi Sayuda knows those consequences first-hand: her father committed suicide in 1995 due to work-related stress. Her Desktop Fireworks installation art is a fun reminder that we all need a bit
- [Custom 3D Printed Cart Helps 2-Legged Dog Scoot Around](https://gajitz.com/custom-3d-printed-cart-helps-2-legged-dog-scoot-around/) - Tiny chihuahua TurboRoo was born with no front legs - a condition which might have led to a miserable life if he hadn't managed to find his way to a group of very caring individuals. TurboRoo's breeder knew that he would need special attention, so surrendered the little pup to a vet clinic in Indianapolis.
- [Yale's Supercool Metals Make for Super-Tough Phone Cases](https://gajitz.com/yales-supercool-metals-make-for-super-tough-phone-cases/) - When you spend money on a nice new phone, one of the first things you do (if you're smart) is get a case to protect it. Yale professor Jan Schroers, a specialist in materials science and mechanical engineering, is seeing to it that the next generation of smartphone cases is super tough and durable. Schroers works with
- [Living Lamp Glows Brighter the More Attention You Give It](https://gajitz.com/living-lamp-glows-brighter-the-more-attention-you-give-it/) - Bioluminescence is a pretty cool natural phenomenon that lets living organisms glow with their own inner light. Tiny bioluminescent plankton called dinoflagellates make up the inner glow in a cool new toy/virtual pet called Dino Pet. Dino Pet gets its name and its shape from the dinoflagellates that inhabit its plastic shell. The tiny plankton
- [Camera Goes Two Pieces to Capture All of Your Activities](https://gajitz.com/camera-goes-two-pieces-to-capture-all-of-your-activities/) - The way we take photographs has changed drastically in the past decade. So, too, have the instruments we use. Now more than ever, our important moments are being captured on cell phones and sports cameras like the GoPro. Casio is taking us one step further toward the future of photography with the Exilim EX-FR10, a
- [Cloud Shadows: Stunning Pics of Earth Clouds From Space](https://gajitz.com/cloud-shadows-stunning-pics-of-earth-clouds-from-space/) - Earth is an incredibly beautiful place, which can sometimes be hard to remember when you live here. But European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst is reminded of Terra's breathtaking sights every day from his incredible vantage point aboard the ISS. Gerst snaps pictures of the world from 205 miles up. He documents everything from choppy
- [Catercise: Giant Hamster Wheel Keeps Kitties in Top Shape](https://gajitz.com/catercise-giant-hamster-wheel-keeps-kitties-in-top-shape/) - Getting a cat to exercise (or anything else you want them to do) is like, well, herding cats. But indoor cats that aren't stimulated enough can get bored and become destructive, which can lead to some pretty unpleasant times when you come home from work. One Fast Cat is an exercise wheel for kitties that
- [Smart Charging Cable Backs up Your Phone as it Charges](https://gajitz.com/smart-charging-cable-backs-up-your-phone-as-it-charges/) - Almost every important piece of information we use is kept on our phones - do you back yours up often enough? If you tend to use a wall charger rather than a cable connected to your computer to charge your phone, you might not be backing up your data daily. There are plenty of smartphone
- [Clear Charging: Solar Cells Just as Transparent as Windows](https://gajitz.com/clear-charging-solar-cells-just-as-transparent-as-windows/) - The solar panels we know today are bulky, dark things we bolt on to roofs or maybe plop some out in the desert to collect rays. Chemical engineers and material scientists at the Michigan State University's School of Engineering have been working on a new type of solar harvester that looks just like a transparent, luminescent pane of
- [Presto! Hubless Bike Folds Down to Fit Into Your Backpack](https://gajitz.com/presto-hubless-bike-folds-down-to-fit-into-your-backpack/) - Folding bikes are old news by now, with clever new designs popping up every few weeks or so. But the Sada Bike is a little different in that its folded state is almost impossibly tiny. After folding it with one smooth motion, it's about the size of an umbrella, small enough to fit into a backpack.
- [Novel Projection Clock Spray Paints the Time on Your Wall](https://gajitz.com/novel-projection-clock-spray-paints-the-time-on-your-wall/) - Spray-painting on a wall in your house is usually a one-way trip to somebody getting really, really angry. The Spraycan Projection Clock is the best way we've seen to get out all of your hooligan-esque tendencies by "spraying" the time onto a wall - temporarily and completely reversibly. The Spraycan Projection Clock is the creation
- [Power to Go: Folding Wind Turbine Fits Into a Backpack](https://gajitz.com/power-to-go-folding-wind-turbine-fits-into-a-backpack/) - Alternative energy is moving in some pretty exciting directions lately, and the AirEnergy 3D is a big step toward making clean, renewable, inexpensive energy available to everyone. The assemble-it-yourself device is a lightweight, portable wind turbine that can be folded up and carried in a backpack. The AirEnergy 3D is powerful enough to charge several
- [Car Diagnostic App Tells You What That Dash Light Means](https://gajitz.com/car-diagnostic-app-tells-you-what-that-dash-light-means/) - There are few things that can make your heart drop faster than seeing the check engine light on your dashboard blink on. You might wait for a day or two to see if it goes away, but it taunts you - just glowing all smug and ominous until you finally give in and take it
- [Sitting is the New Standing: Wearable Chairless Chair](https://gajitz.com/sitting-is-the-new-standing-wearable-chairless-chair/) - It's a rather widely-accepted fact that sitting all day isn't great for your health, but standing all day won't do your body any favors, either. People who stand at work for eight or nine hours a day are at risk for all kinds of musculoskeletal problems. The Chairless Chair from Swiss company Noonee is a
- [From the Void: Submerged Turntable Pulls Music From Water](https://gajitz.com/from-the-void-submerged-turntable-pulls-music-from-water/) - Our shared human culture is largely formed by music. Artist Evan Holm pays homage to all of the musicians who have helped to form this culture with his functional sculpture Submerged Turntable. It is exactly what it sounds like: a turntable is submerged beneath water but still manages to play back a song that can
- [Revolutionary Bots Will Bounce and Roll to Explore Planets](https://gajitz.com/revolutionary-bots-will-bounce-and-roll-to-explore-planets/) - Are these rather awkward-looking robots the key to exploring the outer reaches of our solar system? They could very well be the next step in space exploration as their light, nimble bodies would roll across the surface of distant destinations like robotic tumbleweed. The robots are made of rigid rods held together with tensile cables.
- [Crutch Alternative Supports Injured Leg, Leaves Hands Free](https://gajitz.com/crutch-alternative-supports-injured-leg-leaves-hands-free/) - The design of standard crutches has remained more or less the same since their invention: you put some sticks under your arms and use them to support your body weight instead of putting the weight on your injured leg. Industrial design student Behzad Rashidi studied this outdated century-old design and came up with a brilliant new
- [Creepy Parasitic Jewelry is Powered by the Body's Energy](https://gajitz.com/creepy-parasitic-jewelry-is-powered-by-the-bodys-energy/) - What if The Matrix was right and we are all just biological power sources? The actual physics quoted in the movie aren't accurate - the human body doesn't generate "more electricity than a 120-volt battery" - but lots of bio-powered gadgets have shown us that the body can be used as a power source. Industrial design
- [Making Learning Fun: Physics App Uses Playing to Teach](https://gajitz.com/making-learning-fun-physics-app-uses-playing-to-teach/) - The world is facing a very real, very alarming trend in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) professions: tomorrow's scientists and engineers just aren't interested. The appeal of STEM careers has been steadily dropping among young people as they go through middle and high school, but trends indicate that careers in these fields will
- [Across the Blue: Water Bike Takes Cycling to the Streams](https://gajitz.com/across-the-blue-water-bike-takes-cycling-to-the-streams/) - The Schiller X1 is one of the most exciting advancements we've seen in biking in quite some time. The X1 gives cyclists the exhilarating experience of biking across water. Equipped with two dual-chamber inflatable pontoons, the aqua bike weighs a trim 45 pounds thanks to its lightweight anodized aluminum and stainless steel frame. The bike drives
- [Video Explains Why British Wall Sockets Are the Best Ever](https://gajitz.com/video-explains-why-british-wall-sockets-are-the-best-ever/) - If you live in or have ever visited the UK, you are no doubt familiar with the monster British wall plugs. These gigantic three-pronged plastic beasts make packing a phone charger in your small bag annoying, but they are surprisingly safe. English tinkerer and video-maker Tom Scott make a video extolling the virtues of the humble
- [Peek Inside the Plastic: Ethereal X-Ray Images of Toy Guts](https://gajitz.com/peek-inside-the-plastic-ethereal-x-ray-images-of-toy-guts/) - Photographer Brendan Fitzpatrick has a keen eye for what's inside of ordinary items. In his new series, he uses an x-ray machine to capture a unique aspect of sweet plastic childhood toys. Fitzpatrick's unusual images answer the childhood questions many of us had about what's inside our favorite toys: wires, batteries, screws, lots of plastic,
- [Paper + Digital: Draw in a Moleskine, Edit it on Your iPad](https://gajitz.com/paper-digital-draw-in-a-moleskine-edit-it-on-your-ipad/) - Moleskine notebooks are among the most beloved tools in an artist's bag and have been for generations. But in a world that is increasingly paperless, how can a company that sells paper notebooks hope to stay relevant? Moleskine has done it by teaming up with Livescribe to make a sketch pad that automatically backs up
- [3D Makeover: Moving Digital Makeup Projected in Real Time](https://gajitz.com/3d-makeover-moving-digital-makeup-projected-in-real-time/) - Imagine a future where you didn't have to apply makeup directly to your face. Rather, you would wear a tiny projector that would map the contours and movements of your face. This little projector would splash your face with whatever face you want to present to the world. The OMOTE project is a collaboration between
- [Wonderul Wooden Light Bulb Shines With Warm Subtle Glow](https://gajitz.com/wonderul-wooden-light-bulb-shines-with-warm-subtle-glow/) - Nope, you aren't looking at a weird decorative light bulb-shaped sculpture. The Wooden Light by designer Ryosuke Fukusada is a functional light bulb that looks just like a solid piece of wood. Fukusada created the light bulb in collaboration with German light bulb maker LEDON. The illusion was invented by creating an exceptionally thin - 1/10th
- [Designer Dinner: Intricately Laser-Cut Sushi Seaweed](https://gajitz.com/designer-dinner-intricately-laser-cut-sushi-seaweed/) - We're all for technology being used to better the human race, but there's nothing wrong with using technology to make something just for the fun of it. A company called Design NORI is making laser-cut sushi that's probably not going to change any lives, but it will definitely make sushi more interesting. Nori is the
- [Cool Dad Made a Working Hovercraft From Household Stuff](https://gajitz.com/cool-dad-made-a-working-hovercraft-from-household-stuff/) - Geeky parents have been known to do some pretty great things for their kids. From staying up late playing video games together to getting awesome custom-made toys, kids of geeks have it made. YouTuber "VideoPapa" made this crazy-fun hovercraft for his son. He doesn't give a lot of information about its construction, but he does
- [Unstealable Bike Uses its Own Frame as an Ingenious Lock](https://gajitz.com/unstealable-bike-uses-its-own-frame-as-an-ingenious-lock/) - If you ride a bike regularly, you probably know that sinking feeling of getting to the spot where you parked your bike and realizing that it's been pilfered. The Yerka Project was created by three engineering students in Chile who knew that feeling all too well. The engineers created a bike that they say is
- [Rugged Modular Flashlight is Also a Dual-USB Charger](https://gajitz.com/rugged-modular-flashlight-is-also-a-dual-usb-charger/) - As far as flashlights go, we don't really expect much. We want them to provide a light in the dark and maybe accompany us on journeys, but they aren't exactly a multi-tasking tool. The ZeroHourXD is one rugged flashlight that might change the way you think about this essential piece of survival gear. The waterproof
- [Space Mission Will Shoot Arrows at Mars to Look for Life](https://gajitz.com/space-mission-will-shoot-arrows-at-mars-to-look-for-life/) - Finding life on Mars has been a benchmark of space exploration progress for decades, hence our fascination with the Curiosity rover and all of the data it provides NASA. But some people think that Curiosity will never find anything just scraping the surface and taking shallow rock samples. They think that, if the red planet currently supports
- [Shape of Love: Program Turns Love Stories Into Objects](https://gajitz.com/shape-of-love-program-turns-love-stories-into-objects/) - What does love look like? If you could tell your life's defining love story and see it materialize right in front of you, how would it twist and wind and bend and flow? Brazilian architect Guto Requena and D3 Studio are turning emotions into physical objects with The Love Project. Each personalized object is made
- [Edible Chocolate LEGO Bricks Let You Build + Eat Your Snack](https://gajitz.com/edible-chocolate-lego-bricks-let-you-build-eat-your-snack/) - Every parent knows that you aren't supposed to let small children play with LEGO blocks because they're a potential choking hazard. But Japanese designer Akihiro Mizuuchi has done something completely brilliant and made LEGOs that you can actually eat. The Chocolate Legos are sturdy enough that you can really build with them. They have
- [3 Ridiculously Dangerous Vintage Toys of the 20th Century](https://gajitz.com/3-ridiculously-dangerous-vintage-toys-of-the-20th-century/) - You'll hear a lot of noise from people who say that today's parents are too protective of their kids, and maybe that's true - but it's probably just because the parents of yesteryear didn't seem to ever give a thought to their kids' welfare. That is, if these "toys" from the first part of the
- [Finally, a Standing Wheelchair Meant for Quadraplegics](https://gajitz.com/finally-a-standing-wheelchair-meant-for-quadraplegics/) - The ReWalk, the first FDA-approved exoskeleton for home use, was a tremendous leap forward in mobility solutions for paraplegics. However, the ReWalk requires that the user retains full function of his or her arms and, as such, can only be used by about ten percent of wheelchair users. Dr. Amit Goffer invented the ReWalk and
- [Swarm of 1,024 Tiny Robots Self-Assemble Into Any Shape](https://gajitz.com/swarm-of-1024-tiny-robots-self-assemble-into-any-shape/) - The term "robot swarm" has a rather menacing tone to it, but large groups of tiny robots are on the forefront of robotics research. Working together, hundreds or thousands of little robots could do things that one or two large robots never could. Mike Rubenstein, an engineer at Harvard, was part of the team that
- [World's Most Bare-Bones Phone Does Absolutely Nothing](https://gajitz.com/worlds-most-bare-bones-phone-does-absolutely-nothing/) - As our phones have started to perform more and more of the essential daily functions in our lives, we've come to depend on them being right there, in our hands or pockets, whenever we need them. That reassuring weight, the familiar and comfortable smoothness, the ever-present and never-judgmental piece of technology that we carry with
- [Origami Solar Array Blooms in Space to Collect Sun Power](https://gajitz.com/origami-solar-array-blooms-in-space-to-collect-sun-power/) - Solar panels in space could be a huge deal. The energy they collect could be beamed down to Earth or used to power spacecraft. But like so many other space travel and space exploration issues, the problem has to do with size. For a solar panel array to be worth the trouble it takes to
- [Green VTOL Drone Could Take Freight Transport to the Sky](https://gajitz.com/green-vtol-drone-could-take-freight-transport-to-the-sky/) - In certain areas of the world, the ground transport infrastructure is so poor (or nonexistent) that getting goods to people who need them is as good as impossible. UK-based company 4X4 Aviation sees a way to correct that problem with the monster of a cargo plane they call the VV-Plane. The VV (or Versatile Vehicle)
- [Simple System Lets Bikes Use Other Bikes as Kickstands](https://gajitz.com/simple-system-lets-bikes-use-other-bikes-as-kickstands/) - Not every cyclist enjoys having a kickstand on their bike to prop it up when they stop somewhere. The alternatives are to lean it up against something or, if you're lucky, to secure it to a nearby bike rack. When neither of those options are available but you've got a friend riding with you, the
- [3D Printed Bricks Snap Together to Make Entire Buildings](https://gajitz.com/3d-printed-bricks-snap-together-to-make-entire-buildings/) - Architects were pioneers in the development of rapid prototyping and 3D printing, so it stands to reason that the architectural industry is still finding unique and useful ways to use this remarkable technology. A team of students at Cornell, working with Sabin Design Lab and Jenny Sabin Studio, created waste-free construction bricks that snap together
- [Hot Rollin': Car Becomes Artsy but Functional Jacuzzi Tub](https://gajitz.com/hot-rollin-car-becomes-artsy-but-functional-jacuzzi-tub/) - Riding around in a convertible with the top down is a great way to enjoy the nice weather. French artist Benedetto Bufalino takes the concept to a whole new level with the Seat Ibiza hot tub. Made from a formerly-functioning Seat Ibiza sedan, the car has been modified to create a jacuzzi tub. The roof, windshield,
- [Genius Standing Desk Latches Onto Existing Office Furniture](https://gajitz.com/genius-standing-desk-latches-onto-existing-office-furniture/) - Sitting all day isn't great for you - our sedentary lifestyles have recently been called even more dangerous than smoking. One of the more popular ways to combat this sitting epidemic is to work at a standing desk. While this method is excellent for your health, most standing desks are ridiculously expensive. The StorkStand makes
- [Swash: A Swanky Appliance to Refresh Your Smelly Clothes](https://gajitz.com/swash-a-swanky-appliance-to-refresh-your-smelly-clothes/) - How many times can you wear a shirt or a pair of jeans before you absolutely have to do laundry? Fashion industry experts have told us that we're washing our clothes too often, and Whirlpool's new appliance Swash addresses that problem. The Swash refreshes your clothes and re-sets their fit (so your stretched-out jeans stay
- [Mystical Music: Levitating Orb Speaker Floats Out the Tunes](https://gajitz.com/mystical-music-levitating-orb-speaker-floats-out-the-tunes/) - You could walk into any electronics store and be confronted by hundreds of wireless Bluetooth speakers, but they would all pretty much look the same. The Om/One breaks the mold with its seriously different form: an orb floating above a glowing blue light. The Om/One works with Bluetooth 4.0 technology to hook up to your
- [Origami Robot Folds Itself, Then Just Walks Off Like a Boss](https://gajitz.com/origami-robot-folds-itself-then-just-walks-off-like-a-boss/) - Many of us continue to hold onto the notion that most robots are large, rigid machines that stay in one place and perform one repetitive task. But the landscape of robotics is changing, and quickly. A team of researchers from MIT and Harvard came together to produce a truly impressive prototype robot that is not
- [Water-Based Tractor Beam Could Beam Up Ocean Oil Spills](https://gajitz.com/water-based-tractor-beam-could-beam-up-ocean-oil-spills/) - The term "tractor beam" (a shortened form of "attractor beam") was first used by a sci-fi writer in 1931. It describes a force-emitting object that draws other objects closer to it through some futuristic force. The fictional technology was used liberally in the Star Trek universe. Ever since then, scientists have tried to make the tractor beam
- [Artistic Devotion: Intricate Hand-Carved Soviet Motorcycle](https://gajitz.com/artistic-devotion-intricate-hand-carved-soviet-motorcycle/) - This incredible carved wooden motorcycle is what happens when an exceptionally skilled carpenter runs low on work and needs a project to keep him busy. Russian carpenter Yuri Hvtisishvili was looking for something to occupy his time during a period when work was slow. His passion for Soviet motorcycles led him to decide on carving
- [Breath of Fresh Air: Synthetic Silk Leaf Produces Oxygen](https://gajitz.com/breath-of-fresh-air-synthetic-silk-leaf-produces-oxygen/) - Launching and operating a spacecraft is even more complicated than you might imagine; besides having to carry its own fuel the craft also usually has to carry its own oxygen. These factors both limit the distance spacecraft are able to travel and the amount of time they can spend away from Earth. Royal College of
- [Conceptual Flying Jet Car is a Luxury Vehicle on Wings](https://gajitz.com/conceptual-flying-jet-car-is-a-luxury-vehicle-on-wings/) - The whole flying car dream has been getting closer and closer for years now, and a few companies are getting exceptionally close to making their cars a marketable reality. Designers Greg Brown and Dave Fawcett are working on a design they call the GF7, a jet propelled flying car that can reach speeds of 550
- [Houston, Everything's Cool: Dad-Built Spaceship for Kids](https://gajitz.com/houston-everythings-cool-dad-built-spaceship-for-kids/) - All of you dads can just go ahead and give up now - this dude wins Father of the Year hands down. Jeff Highsmith built this awesome NASA spaceship for his sons, complete with controls, haptic feedback, and even a working payload bay. With 38 switches and 291 LEDs, the control board looks a lot
- [USB Business Cards Let You Track How They're Being Used](https://gajitz.com/usb-business-cards-let-you-track-how-theyre-being-used/) - We always wonder what happens to business cards after they're distributed to countless new contacts at a trade show or other meet-up. The SwivelCard can actually help its original owner keep tabs on how it is being used, but it also boasts an impressive number of other abilities - like changing its content after being
- [MIT Reconstructs Accurate Sounds From High Speed Video](https://gajitz.com/mit-reconstructs-accurate-sounds-from-high-speed-video/) - If you've ever considered your conversations in your own home or office to be private, get ready to feel completely vulnerable. A research team at MIT developed a way to listen in on your conversations using nothing more than high-speed video - even if the video is shot from a distance and through glass. Sound
- [Brave Little Mower Cuts Grass Autonomously on Solar Power](https://gajitz.com/brave-little-mower-cuts-grass-autonomously-on-solar-power/) - The one and only reason we look forward to winter is a chance to take a break from mowing the lawn for a few months. Lugging out that beast of a mower, gassing it up, and pushing it wearily around and around the yard does not make for a fun summer afternoon. This solar-powered robotic lawnmower
- [Sew Simple: Fabric Pen Mends Clothes, No Needle Needed](https://gajitz.com/sew-simple-fabric-pen-mends-clothes-no-needle-needed/) - If you're so accident-prone that your clothes are always getting ripped, but you aren't handy enough to mend those rips, the future holds some pretty good news for you. Designer Ingrida Kazenaite has come up with a concept that would let anyone quickly and easily repair damaged clothing, even if they've never before picked up a
- [Mini Printer Produces iPhone Screenshots in Paper Form](https://gajitz.com/mini-printer-produces-iphone-screenshots-in-paper-form/) - There's never been a shortage of weird and seemingly-unnecessary iPhone accessories, and the Rolto printer from King Jim is joining those ranks. The $260 (U.S.) printer more or less takes a screenshot of your iPhone screen, then prints it out (in black and white) onto paper - an iPhone-width piece of paper that looks like
- [Propellant-Free Space Engine Seems Impossible, But Works](https://gajitz.com/propellant-free-space-engine-seems-impossible-but-works/) - Arthur C. Clarke’s idea that “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic” has been cited by laymen for decades to explain the seemingly unexplainable. But now, a piece of technology exists that even scientists can’t really wrap their heads around. British scientist Robert Shawyer created a space engine that requires no propellant and can
- [Coffee-Making Alarm Clock: Wake Up with a Fresh-Brewed Cup](https://gajitz.com/coffee-making-alarm-clock-wake-up-with-a-fresh-brewed-cup/) - The best part of waking up is usually not actually have to, but a close second may be: rising to the rousing smell of a freshly-brewed cup of coffee sitting right next to your bed. A combination alarm clock and coffee maker, The Barisieur by Joshua Renouf uses steel balls to generate both sound (as they move)
- [Car Sensors Detect Drowsy Drivers Before They Feel Drowsy](https://gajitz.com/car-sensors-detect-drowsy-drivers-before-they-feel-drowsy/) - Some studies have shown that drowsy driving can be just as dangerous as drunk driving. Some car manufacturers are building sensors into their cars that will detect drowsy drivers and wake them before they become a hazard on the road. A European project called Harken has developed a system that is far more intuitive than any
- [Fighting Ants Create a Liquid Never Before Seen in Nature](https://gajitz.com/fighting-ants-create-a-liquid-never-before-seen-in-nature/) - Fire ants are notoriously nasty little bugs, using their noxious venom to sting other insects to death and sting humans into severe pain and irritation. But the tawny crazy ant, an invasive species of ant quickly spreading over the US Gulf Coast area, has a secret weapon that perfectly defeats the fire ants' offense. The tawny crazy
- [Smart Little Device Takes Texting Analog During Disasters](https://gajitz.com/smart-little-device-takes-texting-analog-during-disasters/) - Sometimes the best ideas come from places of desperation or disaster. That's the case with goTenna, a smartphone accessory that lets you use your phone to communicate even when a disaster knocks out cell towers. The idea was inspired when, in October of 2012, Hurricane Sandy wiped out cellular communications in New York and New
- [Agile Micro-Yachts: Adaptible 'Jet Capsules' as Water Taxis](https://gajitz.com/agile-micro-yachts-adaptible-jet-capsules-as-water-taxis/) - We have already seen civilian and military, everyday and emergency applications of the Jet Capsule design, but its creators have envisioned a new array of uses, including a highly maneuverable water taxi able to fit in tight spaces, corner easily and go anywhere. Much smaller than conventional boat taxis or luxury yachts, these sleek vehicles
- [Biovoltaics: Moss Table Generates Power via Photosynthesis](https://gajitz.com/biovoltaics-moss-table-generates-power-via-photosynthesis/) - Bio-Photo-Voltaic (BPV) is a bit of a mouthful, but it may mean a radical new way to energize not only your everyday devices and appliances but perhaps your whole home through a green moss roof as well. In this particular application, "electricity is generated from the electrons captured by conductive fibers inside the moss table.
- [Micro-Cycle: Kit Bike Packs Up into Portable Backpack Case](https://gajitz.com/micro-cycle-kit-bike-packs-up-into-portable-backpack-case/) - A classic kit-of-parts solution with modular twist, this conceptual bicycle is designed to be disassembled on the spot for maximum mobility, able to be shipped with ease, carried onto public transit or taken with a traveler indoors rather than locked up outside. Lucid Design envisions this full-sized bike as something you learn to break down into its 21
- [Super Convenient Mug Brews Coffee Whenever, Wherever](https://gajitz.com/super-convenient-mug-brews-coffee-whenever-wherever/) - There is no shortage of devices out there meant to help you enjoy a good old cup of coffee anywhere and anytime. But Hey Joe, developed by a duo of Atlanta-based entrepreneurs, is a little different. It doesn't just hold your hot coffee for you or simply keep it warm; it lets you brew your
- [Shake it Up! Music Objects Turn Movement Into Melody](https://gajitz.com/shake-it-up-music-objects-turn-movement-into-melody/) - Music is meant to be shared, and that's the idea behind the Interactive Music Battle from French design team Phonotonic. IMB is a new kind of way to make music that doesn't require instruments or even a well-developed sense of rhythm - just enthusiasm and a willingness to move your body like a dancing maniac.
- [Resurrected Tech: Frame Turns Monitors into Touch Screens](https://gajitz.com/resurrected-tech-frame-turns-monitors-into-touch-screens/) - For people who always want the newest technology, the old models usually get chucked out as soon as the next big thing comes along. In an effort to reduce e-waste and generally make using computers more awesome, Hong Kong-based company Gowin Technology created a device that turns standard computer screens into touchscreens. The Zmartframe Touch
- [Virtual Locomotion Device Lets You Run + Jump in Real Time](https://gajitz.com/virtual-locomotion-device-lets-you-run-jump-in-real-time/) - A real, immersive, believable virtual reality experience is kind of like the elusive pink unicorn of the gaming world: you can look for it all you want, but chances are you'll never find it. An Austrian-based company called Cyberith may just turn out to be that unicorn. Its omni-directional VR locomotion platform is maybe the
- [Sleep Well: Sensor-Rich System Identifies Sleep Disruptions](https://gajitz.com/sleep-well-sensor-rich-system-identifies-sleep-disruptions/) - There are a lot of products out there that claim to help you track how well you sleep at night, but not many of them can achieve that without actually causing some disruption to your sleep cycle. Wearable trackers can feel alien and clunky on your wrist, causing you to sleep just a little worse
- [Get on Your Feet: First FDA-Approved Robotic Exoskeleton](https://gajitz.com/get-on-your-feet-first-fda-approved-robotic-exoskeleton/) - As impressed as we all have been with the government's plans for strength- and endurance-enhancing exoskeletons, the public reaction has been pretty consistent: what about paralyzed civilians? Although DARPA's research will almost surely make it into the civilian sector at some point, a Massachusetts company called ReWalk has leap-frogged over the military-to-civilian transition to create
- [Uber-Efficient Light Bulb Turns Any Socket into a Dimmer](https://gajitz.com/uber-efficient-light-bulb-turns-any-socket-into-a-dimmer/) - Dimming light fixtures are a great way to save money on energy, but not everyone has the luxury of having these money-saving fixtures in their homes. Finally, there is a way dim your bulbs without replacing all of your light fixtures. The Nanoleaf Bloom is a brilliant light bulb that acts like it's attached to
- [Evil Genius Dad Invents Super-Rapid Water Balloon Filler](https://gajitz.com/evil-genius-dad-invents-super-rapid-water-balloon-filler/) - One of the best parts of summer is water balloon fights. One of the worst parts of summer is preparing for water balloon fights. An hour just to fill up a tiny stockpile of balloons that'll just be decimated in two minutes anyway? No, thank you. We usually just go all crazy and start spraying
- [Resurrecting Tesla: Researchers Will Recreate Power Tower](https://gajitz.com/resurrecting-tesla-researchers-will-recreate-power-tower/) - Nikola Tesla was under-appreciated in his time, often eclipsed by his greedier and more business-savvy contemporaries. Tesla believed that electricity should be free and available to everyone in the world, and his wireless transmitter tower was supposed to make that happen. His Wardenclyffe Tower, a planetary energy transmitter, was meant to be a proof of
- [Ear Pressure-Relieving Earbuds Make Flying Less Painful](https://gajitz.com/ear-pressure-relieving-earbuds-make-flying-less-painful/) - Flying may be the fastest way to get you from Point A to Point B, but it comes with its share of annoying disturbances. One of the worst is the pain and hearing interruptions that happen when the pressure in the passenger cabin changes. It isn't a problem for everyone, but for some people it's
- [Retro Keyboard Revives the Lovely Clicks of a Typewriter](https://gajitz.com/retro-keyboard-revives-the-lovely-clicks-of-a-typewriter/) - It's no secret that we've got a love/hate relationship going on with on-screen virtual keyboards. Love the convenience, hate actually trying to hit the right little squares on the screen. We prefer the tactile feel of keyboard, and Brian Min of Qwerkytoys has made us squee with delight at the Qwerkywriter, a USB and Bluetooth-enabled
- [Wristband Helps Friends Keep Each Other Safe on Nights Out](https://gajitz.com/wristband-helps-friends-keep-each-other-safe-on-nights-out/) - Going out with friends is one of the most fun and memorable parts of college life, but unfortunately it can also be quite dangerous. When alcohol or other substances are involved - or when you're in an unfamiliar place - the danger increases many times over. An intoxicated person can easily get separated from their
- [Handmade Wooden Arcade Cabinet is Equal Parts Art + Tech](https://gajitz.com/handmade-wooden-arcade-cabinet-is-equal-parts-art-tech/) - In these days of high-tech graphics and intuitive user interfaces, a retro, joystick-equipped, button-covered, suitcase-sized arcade machine might seem like a bit of a hard sell. But the R-Kaid-R system from Swedish designer Love Hultén is a surprisingly beautiful throwback that even modern gamers can appreciate. Each wooden R-Kaid-R cabinet is hand crafted - a
- [Gigantic 23-Foot-Tall Transformer Towers Over Rooftops](https://gajitz.com/gigantic-23-foot-tall-transformer-towers-over-rooftops/) - Those pink flamingos and garden gnomes in your yard are about to get really, really sad. Wisconsin artist and metalworker George Edgren created a 23-foot-tall Transformer sculpture in his yard that towers above the buildings. Hardwire, as the giant robotic sculpture is known, used to be an Oldsmobile Alero. Although the experienced artist had been
- [Elegant Wooden Watch Gives a Modern Analog Take on Time](https://gajitz.com/elegant-wooden-watch-gives-a-modern-analog-take-on-time/) - Portland, Oregon-based studio Grovemade has been designing gorgeous wooden accessories for Apple products for years, but they are now moving away from their signature pieces by introducing a lovely wooden wristwatch. The Wood Watch features an exceptional modern design with a minimal wooden face and circular hands that traverse the watch's perimeter beneath the face.
- [Eco-Friendly Electric SUV: Retro-Futuristic Off-Roading](https://gajitz.com/eco-friendly-electric-suv-retro-futuristic-off-roading/) - This funky little hybrid looks like a retro-styled SUV, but its actual story is even more intriguing. The Nimbus concept car is a microbus that can take electric hybrids off-road. The concept comes from Brazilian designer Eduardo Galvani who claims it offers a greater driving range and better fuel economy than any hybrid currently on
- [Electric Skates Use an App to Connect You to Other Skaters](https://gajitz.com/electric-skates-use-an-app-to-connect-you-to-other-skaters/) - Riding around on roller blades, skateboards, and the shoes with pop-out wheels never really caught on with grown-ups, but RocketSkates have the potential to bring wheeled shoe-based transport into the mainstream. The electric skates fit over your own shoes and let you zip around with high-tech ease at speeds of up to 12 MPH. Acton
- [Redesigned Microwave is an Adorable Simplified Appliance](https://gajitz.com/redesigned-microwave-is-an-adorable-simplified-appliance/) - When the microwave oven first entered our kitchens, it completely revolutionized the way we cook and eat. Dinner in 90 seconds? Heck yeah! Plasticky popcorn from a bag in two minutes? You bet! But other than adding more buttons and making the devices increasingly modern-looking, not much has changed in the actual microwave design over
- [Fossils + New Technology Let Ancient Predator Walk Again](https://gajitz.com/fossils-new-technology-let-ancient-predator-walk-again/) - Fossils allow us an occasional glimpse into the history of life on our planet, but it takes some imagination to picture what the creatures must have been like when alive. A research team from the University of Manchester and the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin used simple open-source software and exceptionally preserved fossils from the Natural History
- [Handlebar Attachment Turns a Wheelchair Into a Scooter](https://gajitz.com/handlebar-attachment-turns-a-wheelchair-into-a-scooter/) - Riding a manual wheelchair everywhere you go can be exceptionally tiring, which is why Rio Mobility has introduced the Firefly, an electric attachment that easily clamps on to most manual wheelchairs. The small device attaches in less than a minute and turns the manual wheelchair into a type of power trike. The Firefly lifts the wheelchair's
- [Wearable Sensors Are the Invisible Keyboards of the Future](https://gajitz.com/wearable-sensors-are-the-invisible-keyboards-of-the-future/) - Typing on mobile devices with on-screen keyboards sucks. Even the portable Bluetooth keyboards for your tablet aren't great - particularly for people with fingers too big for those miniature keys. AirType could be a crazy useful new way to type without the need to carry around a separate keyboard. AirType is a pair of cuff-like
- [The Rock That Proves There's an Ocean Under Earth's Crust](https://gajitz.com/the-rock-that-proves-theres-an-ocean-under-earths-crust/) - Scientists have suspected for decades that there is a water-containing "transition zone" between the Earth's upper mantle and lower mantle, but its existence is impossible to confirm due to its extreme depth. Spanning from 250 to 400 miles beneath the surface of the planet, the area is unreachable so no samples have ever been obtained to
- [New Epoxy Structures: As Light and Strong as Balsa Wood](https://gajitz.com/new-epoxy-structures-as-light-and-strong-as-balsa-wood/) - In turbine blades and other applications where lightness and strength must both be abundant, balsa wood has been the gold standard material. The fast-growing wood is exceptionally stiff for its low density due to its microscopic mix of cellulose and lignin fibers. Balsa wood has its drawbacks, though: 95% of the world's supply comes from
- [Bike Safety System Uses Radar to Track Approaching Cars](https://gajitz.com/bike-safety-system-uses-radar-to-track-approaching-cars/) - Even for experienced cyclists, riding along busy stretches of roads or highways can be harrowing. There are too many drivers who don't want to share the street with bicycles and drive aggressively; there are even more who just aren't paying attention to their surroundings. For the brave cyclists who choose to travel on two wheels
- [Chest Full of Fun: Wearable, Playable Tetris Game T-Shirt](https://gajitz.com/chest-full-of-fun-wearable-playable-tetris-game-t-shirt/) - We used to take Tetris everywhere with us on our Gameboys, but this is the 21st century and we're all about constant, unfettered access to fun. Never mind all of the other portable consoles, smartphone games and everything else we use to amuse ourselves - Marc Kerger has invented a wearable game of Tetris. The
- [Ray Wants to Park Your Car: Dusseldorf's Robotic Valet](https://gajitz.com/ray-wants-to-park-your-car-dusseldorfs-robotic-valet/) - If you happen to be flying out of Düsseldorf Airport soon, you might be pleased to discover that there is a new "employee" there who will make your parking experience much more pleasant. Ray is a robotic car parking concierge system invented by Serva Transport Systems to eliminate the headaches that come from both parking your
- [A Positive Negative: Wristband Shocks You Into New Habits](https://gajitz.com/a-positive-negative-wristband-shocks-you-into-new-habits/) - The trick of wearing a rubber band around your wrist and flicking it to cause a little jolt of pain to boost self-control is almost as old as the rubber band itself. Stanford graduate Maneesh Sethi set about automating the wrist pain action with a wearable gadget called Pavlok. It's a wristband that, according to
- [Robotic Limbs can Make Lighter Work of Factory Jobs](https://gajitz.com/robotic-limbs-can-make-lighter-work-of-factory-jobs/) - You know all of those times when you've jokingly said something along the lines of "I really could use an extra set of arms"? MIT researchers are making that half-serious dream come true with their "supernumerary robotic arms"" - an extra pair of arms that sit on the shoulders of the user to provide extra
- [Router Lets Kids Onto the Internet Only After Doing Chores](https://gajitz.com/router-lets-kids-onto-the-internet-only-after-doing-chores/) - Technology pervades every facet of our lives, and it should come as no surprise that kids are using the internet just as much as - and often more than - adults. According to a Kaiser Family Foundation study, the average American kid spends more than 7.5 hours per day on the internet. That's more than
- [Dinner to Die For: Antique Guns Disguised as Silverware](https://gajitz.com/dinner-to-die-for-antique-guns-disguised-as-silverware/) - These antique cutlery sets may have come in handy the last time someone told you your mashed potatoes were a little on the lumpy side. The set above dates back to 1715 and the scenarios in which it would have been useful are probably lost to time. But using the weapons would require at least
- [Get Pumped: Inflatable Bag Protects Electronics From Bumps](https://gajitz.com/get-pumped-inflatable-bag-protects-electronics-from-bumps/) - Most of us carry our lives with us in digital form: laptops, tablets, phones, digital cameras - these electronic items store all of our necessary information. Still, we often carry them around without adequately protecting these investments of money, time, and data. The Fugu Bag from designer Peng You is meant to provide a cushion
- [Walkin' On a Dream: Floor Tiles Put You in 8-Bit Games](https://gajitz.com/walkin-on-a-dream-floor-tiles-put-you-in-8-bit-games/) - Walking around in your favorite video game worlds was probably a dream of every young gamer. These floor mats from JBox can't exactly put you into a game, but they can help you recreate one in your home. The Quest 8-Bit Mat Sets feature the recognizable blocky graphics we all know and love from the
- [Surf's WAY Up: Water-Powered Hoverboards Are a Real Thing](https://gajitz.com/surfs-way-up-water-powered-hoverboards-are-a-real-thing/) - We're starting to think that we'll never actually see the kind of hoverboards we've been coveting since Back to the Future II came out in 1989. That stings, but Zapata Racing has something to placate us for the time being. Their Hoverboard lets riders fly above the water on a board that looks like crazy
- [Genius Homemade Device Turns Plastic Bottles Into String](https://gajitz.com/genius-homemade-device-turns-plastic-bottles-into-string/) - We've always felt that it was such a shame to just throw out plastic bottles in the recycling. There has to be something we can re-use them for, right? A Russian DIY-er has invented a genius device that turns plastic bottles into plastic string with virtually no effort. Going by the YouTube name of Адвокат Егоров,
- [Up Where the Air is Clear: Earth Tourism at 100K Feet](https://gajitz.com/up-where-the-air-is-clear-earth-tourism-at-100k-feet/) - Space tourism will someday soon be as commonplace as taking a bus tour around the streets of a city. Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic and Elon Musk's SpaceX are undoubtedly the most recognizable names driving this industry forward, but there's another company that is planning to get wealthy thrill-seekers very high in the near future. World View
- [Newly-Discovered Planet Among Most Earth-Like Ever Found](https://gajitz.com/newly-discovered-planet-among-most-earth-like-ever-found/) - Are we getting even closer to finding a new cosmic home away from home? In 2010, an Earth-like planet called Gliese 581g was discovered just 20 light years from our home planet. Scientists postulated that the planet, which exists in the "Goldilocks Zone," or the area just the right distance from the planet's sun to support
- [Crazy Genius Recreates Dangerous X-Men Powers at Home](https://gajitz.com/crazy-genius-recreates-dangerous-x-men-powers-at-home/) - There are definitely some advantages to being technically-minded and able to put raw materials together into something new. For one completely insane DIYer named Colin Furze, this ability allowed him to create three very dangerous but very cool "'toys" straight out of the X-Men movies (or comics, if you're an X-Men purist). Furze's Wolverine claws
- [Fractal-astic Voyage: Odd Art of Morphing Fractal Shapes](https://gajitz.com/fractal-astic-voyage-odd-art-of-morphing-fractal-shapes/) - Put on your headphones, sit back, and prepare to watch one of the trippiest math-related videos you'll ever see. Created by French dub techno musician and fractal artist Alexandre Lehmann (who also goes by Ricardo Montalban or Zzzzra), "Overstepping Artifacts" is a truly bizarre journey. It takes the viewer through an otherworldly landscape that is part
- [Dream Cars: Some of the World's Most Visionary Car Designs](https://gajitz.com/dream-cars-some-of-the-worlds-most-visionary-car-designs/) - Over the years, concept cars have ranged from sensible to sensational, and some of the best design elements that we use in cars today have come from the crazier ideas posed by car manufacturers. The High Museum of Art in Atlanta is displaying 17 of the world's most outrageous, unreasonable, and gorgeous concept cars to
- [DARPA's Exoskeleton Can Help Soldiers Run 4-Minute Miles](https://gajitz.com/darpas-exoskeleton-can-help-soldiers-run-4-minute-miles/) - One of the most common reasons for discharge from the U.S. military is musculoskeletal injuries. This has a lot to do with the fact that soldiers often have to walk long distances carrying 100 pounds or more of gear on their backs, which quickly takes a toll on the body. DARPA is designing technology that
- [Face the Music: Sea Predator Looks Deceptively Delicate](https://gajitz.com/face-the-music-vicious-sea-predator-looks-like-a-harp/) - The deep ocean is a scary place full of bizarre creatures and vicious predators. Although most humans will never personally encounter these creatures, knowing that they are down there is a little spooky. The harp sponge, discovered in 2012 by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, is a rather beautiful organism, but its delicate appearance
- [Solar Phone Chargers Bring Power to Developing Nations](https://gajitz.com/solar-phone-chargers-bring-power-to-developing-nations/) - Cell phones have become a powerful communication tool all over the world - even in countries with little to no electrical grid infrastructure. Since people without access to electricity in their homes have no way to charge their phones at home, they often must trek many miles into cities where vendors offer access to charging
- [Squish to Activate: Knitted Sensors Power Household Items](https://gajitz.com/squish-to-activate-knitted-sensors-power-household-items/) - Technological advances mean finding new ways to interact with our world, and Royal College of Art graduate Yen Chen Chang has accomplished that with a project called analogRead (Knitted Sensors). The project consists of three objects that are activated by interacting with knitted conductive yarns. The Squeezy Juicer, pictured at top, is a citrus juicer that
- [Genius Cup Knows + Tracks Exactly What You're Drinking](https://gajitz.com/genius-cup-knows-tracks-exactly-what-youre-drinking/) - Even if you're adept at counting the calories in your food, tracking the nutritional information of beverages can be a little trickier. Mark One and Fuseproject have teamed up to create a cup that's not only smart enough to tell you what you're drinking - it can analyze its contents down to the calories, grams
- [Stretchy Reusable Food Covers Do Away With Missing Lids](https://gajitz.com/stretchy-reusable-food-covers-do-away-with-missing-lids/) - We really like having leftovers to wrap up after a meal because, hey, tomorrow's dinner is taken care of already! But the main two methods of saving your food - putting it into a container and just putting some plastic wrap or foil over it - have some serious shortcomings. The worst of which is
- [Acupressure Sock Gently Tickles + Massages You Awake](https://gajitz.com/acupressure-sock-gently-tickles-massages-you-awake/) - Unless you have the luxury of being able to sleep in as long as you like every day, waking up can be a slightly traumatic experience. The blaring of the alarm clock is not a peaceful way to transition from dreamland to the waking world. Designer Aakanksha Rajhans's answer to that jarring experience is the
- [Gilded Butterflies: Ancient Tools Get 21st Century Upgrades](https://gajitz.com/gilded-butterflies-ancient-tools-get-21st-century-upgrades/) - Ancient humans had no choice but to figure out how to use the raw materials around them to accomplish essential tasks. As modern people, we have the luxury of choosing from a variety of pre-made tools that even come with instructions for use. Designers Ami Drach and Dov Ganchrow taught themselves to make ancient tools
- [Redesigned Lid Will Revolutionize Your Coffee Experience](https://gajitz.com/redesigned-lid-will-revolutionize-your-coffee-experience/) - The standard to-go coffee lid is familiar, but flawed. No matter how many cute little plastic "spill protectors" coffee chains use to keep your hot drink from spilling all over your hands, that doesn't solve the real problem: the plastic lids force you to drink with an unnatural mouth position. The pursed-lips drinking position causes you
- [Headband is an Early Warning System for Child Drownings](https://gajitz.com/headband-is-an-early-warning-system-for-child-drownings/) - Swimming is one of the best parts of summer, but for parents it can also be one of the most nerve-wracking. Even kids who are strong swimmers can find themselves bobbing under the water unintentionally, causing them to panic and lose control. That's where a smart new product called iSwimband hopes to help. The product
- [Let's Get Physical: Adobe's New Set of iPad Sketching Tools](https://gajitz.com/lets-get-physical-adobes-new-set-of-ipad-sketching-tools/) - Although Adobe has always been a leader in creative software, their programs often lose out to good old pen and paper when a creative idea strikes. Adobe is taking a first tentative step into the realm of hardware with a pair of tools they call Ink and Slide. The two come as a set and
- [Let's Go Lego! Build in Real Life, Play in a Virtual World](https://gajitz.com/lets-go-lego-build-in-real-life-play-in-a-virtual-world/) - Lego building blocks are moving into the virtual world with a new series of building sets called Lego Fusion. The sets let you build in the real world and then interact and play with your creations in a virtual setting via a tablet app. There are currently four sets in the series: Create and Race,
- [Instrument Sparks Love of Music + Brings Power to Homes](https://gajitz.com/instrument-sparks-love-of-music-brings-power-to-homes/) - Music is the universal language, and in the case of an instrument called SPARK, it could also be a lifesaver. SPARK, invented by Royal College of Art graduate Diana Simpson Hernandez and promoted by percussionist Sudha Kheterpal, is a percussion shaker that creates electricity as it creates music. In developing countries like Kenya where up to
- [Simple Table Turns Into a Screen-Projecting Computer](https://gajitz.com/simple-table-turns-into-a-screen-projecting-computer/) - Although most daily computer users have given up desktop computers in favor of laptops, laptops do still take up a bit of space. In a truly tiny living space, it helps to get rid of everything that takes up extra room, including your little laptop. Designer Nithin Antony designed a table that also happens to
- [Renault's High-Tech Concept Car Comes With its Own Drone](https://gajitz.com/renaults-high-tech-concept-car-comes-with-its-own-drone/) - Being stuck in traffic and having no idea what's going on ahead of you seems unavoidable, but Renault may have figured out a high-tech way around it. Their KWID concept, unveiled at the 2014 Delhi Auto Show, is a high-tech vehicle that features its very own built-in drone. The Flying Companion is stored in a chamber in
- [Wall Sockets + LEDs = Convenient Nightlights, Free Outlets](https://gajitz.com/wall-sockets-leds-convenient-nightlights-free-outlets/) - If you have small children, houseguests, or just a house that's difficult to navigate, you've probably used traditional night lights at some point. They're bulky, they're intrusive, and they take up at least one of the sockets on your power outlet. The SnapRays Guidelight from Snap Power is a simple but brilliant alternative that lets
- [First-Ever Floating Turbine Will Power Off-Grid Homes](https://gajitz.com/first-ever-floating-turbine-will-power-off-grid-homes/) - In the U.S. and many other parts of the world, wind turbine "farms" have become common sights. MIT startup Altaeros Energies is taking wind power in a completely new direction with a helium-filled wind turbine that will harness wind power from 1,000 feet above the ground. The turbine will float above Fairbanks, Alaska for 18
- [Ingenious Devices Use Bees to Detect Diseases in Humans](https://gajitz.com/ingenious-devices-use-bees-to-detect-diseases-in-humans/) - Bees are integral to the health of our planet, but they are also surprisingly good at detecting health problems in humans. Designer Susanna Soares built an unusual series of diagnostic devices that use this incredible ability to detect a variety of human maladies. Studies have shown that bees can detect a wide range of diseases
- [Power Blocks: Power Strip Redesigned as Playful Sculpture](https://gajitz.com/power-blocks-power-strip-redesigned-as-playful-sculpture/) - Electrical cords are just never going to be pretty, no matter how hard we try. Power strips leave a lot of room for improvement, however, and have been made over plenty of times by designers who are sick of the regular plastic eyesores. L.A. design studio Okum created a playful sculptural power cord they call Oon. The
- [Little Solar Tree Collects Sunlight to Power Your Gadgets](https://gajitz.com/little-solar-tree-collects-sunlight-to-power-your-gadgets/) - We are all about solar chargers and alternative energy - but most devices meant for that purpose are, to be blunt, really ugly. The Electree Mini is probably the most attractive way you'll ever find to charge your phone or smart watch without using fossil fuels. Electree Mini was inspired by bonsai trees and the
- [Digital Shirt Exposes More Skin as You Share Info Online](https://gajitz.com/digital-shirt-exposes-more-skin-as-you-share-info-online/) - We are all naked in a way when we share our information online. We expose our personal lives to the world, and the scary thing is that most people don't even realize just how much personal information they're broadcasting. NYU students Xuedi Chen and Pedro G. C. Oliveira collaborated on a project called x.pose that makes
- [Splinter-Free Swiping: Stylish Wireless Wooden Touch Pad](https://gajitz.com/splinter-free-swiping-stylish-wireless-wooden-touch-pad/) - Wood probably isn't the first material that you associate with your computer, but Orée's wooden Touch Slab is a beautifully organic way to navigate mouse-free. Each Touch Slab is made from a single piece of wood. It is hollowed out and equipped with a capacitive sensor and circuit board on the inside. The side is
- [Folding e-Bike is the Smartest City Transpo on 2 Wheels](https://gajitz.com/folding-e-bike-is-the-smartest-city-transpo-on-2-wheels/) - Electric bikes are hardly news anymore, but some designs stand out as truly ahead of the pack. The Gi Bike has changed the e-bike game with a bike that is lightweight, folds easily, and includes enviable connectivity and safety features. The Gi Bike is the "perfect city bike," according to the company behind it. They
- [Nano Desalination Chip: Clean, Affordable Drinking Water](https://gajitz.com/nano-desalination-chip-clean-affordable-drinking-water/) - According to data from the World Health Organization and UNICEF, over 780 million people - or about one in nine - lack access to safe, clean drinking water. Millions of people die each year from water-related illnesses, and most of these are in the developing world. Since fresh water sources around the world are steadily
- [Use Bodily Fluids to Track Your Health Metrics At Home](https://gajitz.com/use-bodily-fluids-to-track-your-health-metrics-at-home/) - Home health trackers are currently most or less limited to recording your activity level and tracking your weight. A device called Cue is changing the game by taking actual biological measurements using biofluids like blood or saliva. The Cue's microfluidic system and bio-sensors can give you a much more complete picture of your overall health
- [Artificial Precious Metal Ore "Mined" From Old Electronics](https://gajitz.com/artificial-precious-metal-ore-mined-from-old-electronics/) - A lot of resources go into making our modern technological toys and tools. From non-biodegradable plastics to precious metals, the list of what's in your iPhone or even your cordless drill would probably shock you. Design team Cohen van Balen - consisting of Revital Cohen and Tuur van Balen - tore apart some derelict gadgets
- [Ringing Bling: Connected Jewelry Keeps You in Contact](https://gajitz.com/ringing-bling-connected-jewelry-keeps-you-in-contact/) - In wearable electronics, smart jewelry is an up and coming sector. Functional electronic devices that also happen to be beautiful are making their way into our lives day by day, and the Ringly smart ring is the newest contender in this growing field. The Ringly is a Bluetooth-connected ring that pairs to your smartphone. It
- [Calf Frozen to the Ground Rescued + Given Shiny New Legs](https://gajitz.com/calf-frozen-to-the-ground-rescued-given-shiny-new-legs/) - There are animal people, and then there are people who will go above and beyond to give everything they have to help an animal in need. Kitty Martin is an above-and-beyond kind of person. She found a young calf frozen to a field in Virginia, nearly starved to death with its hind hooves lost to
- [Largest-Ever Space Veggie Growth Chamber Boards the ISS](https://gajitz.com/largest-ever-space-veggie-growth-chamber-boards-the-iss/) - In movies, we see astronauts in space consuming pills rather than eating meals. In reality, they currently eat freeze-dried rations that, according to most astronauts, aren't the tastiest meals. In the future, they may be able to pick their own fresh vegetables right from a garden aboard the International Space Station. When a SpaceX resupply
- [Coke Introduces an Electricity-Free Evaporation Cooler](https://gajitz.com/coke-introduces-an-electricity-free-evaporation-cooler/) - If you're environmentally-minded, powering a little fridge just to keep your sodas cool in the summer probably seems like an unreasonable luxury. Soda giant Coca-Cola has introduced a bio-cooler that keeps cans of Coke cool without the use of electricity. Developed by Leo Burnett Columbia and the International Physics Centre in Bogota, the cooler works on
- [Smart Hoodie: Wearable, Stylish, Always-On Communication](https://gajitz.com/smart-hoodie-wearable-stylish-always-on-communication/) - It seems that since we've integrated our entire lives into our phones, we're now looking for ways to further integrate our phones into our everyday lives. Products like Google Glass are letting us wear information-supplying tech wherever we go, suggesting that wearable phones might just be the next step in ever-present communication. NYU graduate students
- [Ancient Waterwheel Recast as Modernized Laundry Machine](https://gajitz.com/ancient-waterwheel-recast-as-modernized-laundry-machine/) - Water wheels are ancient tools that were used for centuries to perform a huge variety of jobs. They aren't often used today, but a handful of Chinese designers want to bring back the water wheel for a brilliant purpose. The invention, called the Waterwheel Washing Machine, was a Red Dot Design Award winner in 2013
- [Inflatable Suits Facilitate Turn-Taking in Conversations](https://gajitz.com/inflatable-suits-facilitate-turn-taking-in-conversations/) - We've all had those conversations where we just can't seem to get a word in no matter how hard we try or how many hints we drop. In certain settings, like counseling or mediation settings, it is imperative that every person involved gets his or her fair amount of speaking time so that all of
- [Robot Love: Emotional Robot Designed to Keep You Happy](https://gajitz.com/robot-love-emotional-robot-designed-to-keep-you-happy/) - We still don't have robots that will do our housework or care for our pets (or kids), but Pepper is the first robot designed to live in homes with humans. Created by Aldebaran, Pepper is currently helping customers in SoftBank Mobile phone company stores in Japan. Aldebaran's ultimate plan for Pepper, however, is to put
- [How to Make Your Very Own Edible Water Bubbles at Home](https://gajitz.com/how-to-make-your-very-own-edible-water-bubbles-at-home/) - When three students invented a waste-free water bottle called Ooho, the internet bubbled with interest. The biological packaging is easy to make at home, and the tinkerers at Inhabitat decided to do it themselves. Luckily for everyone, they also shared the recipe for making the edible water spheres at home. The recipe calls for ingredients
- [Find Your Lost iPhone by Playing a Game of Marco Polo](https://gajitz.com/find-your-lost-iphone-by-playing-a-game-of-marco-polo/) - We don't know about you, but we lose our iPhones on the regular. They're usually found in stupid places like between the couch cushions or in a jacket pocket. Activating the "Find my iPhone" feature to locate your smartphone is definitely helpful, but no fun. The $1 Marco Polo app lets you find a lost
- [Makeup Transforms Lovely Talented Woman Into Monsters](https://gajitz.com/makeup-transforms-lovely-talented-woman-into-monsters/) - Have you ever felt like just becoming someone entirely different? Talented makeup artist Elsa Rhae has the astonishing ability to do just that - and sometimes her transformations are so realistic they're terrifying. Focusing mainly on comic book and video game characters, Elsa carefully paints herself (and sometimes others) in exceptional detail. She posts time-lapse
- [Walk, Run, Ride: This Weird Electric Vehicle Does it All](https://gajitz.com/walk-run-ride-this-weird-electric-vehicle-does-it-all/) - Biking is an undeniably fun way to get around, but there's always something to be said for going for a nice stroll. That nice stroll, however, can easily make you late. The Walking Bicycle is a cool retro-looking compromise that lets you get from one place to another with the leisurely pleasure of walking but
- [Creativity Taking Flight: 3D Pen Doodled Flying Machine](https://gajitz.com/creativity-taking-flight-3d-pen-doodled-flying-machine/) - The 3D printing revolution continues with pens that can sculpt with extruded plastic in any shape, size, and place you choose. The 3Doodler Pen is a great example of just how creative this technology is getting, but it's not the only product of its kind on the market. A man called Matt Quest set out to
- [Student Built Solar and Wind-Powered Car for Just $6,000](https://gajitz.com/student-built-solar-and-wind-powered-car-for-just-6000/) - In developing parts of the world where access to energy is scarce and spotty, finding reliable transportation can be a heck of a problem. Nigerian student Segun Oyeyiola did't let anything hold him back - he just went for his dream by retrofitting a classic Volkswagen Beetle to run on solar and wind power. He
- [LEGO Crazy: Awesome Blocky Replicas of Retro Technology](https://gajitz.com/lego-crazy-awesome-blocky-replicas-of-retro-technology/) - If there are two things that just about every geek loves, they are LEGOs and vintage technology. Talented designer Chris McVeigh combines the two into some very cool little sculptures that we have already added to our Christmas wish lists. From analog phones to Polaroid cameras and early Apple computers, McVeigh expertly fits together the
- [Drink Up: Tree Branches Can Be Effective Water Filters](https://gajitz.com/drink-up-tree-branches-can-be-effective-water-filters/) - Since that expensive water filtration pitcher in your refrigerator is less than portable when you go camping, MIT researchers have given us a natural way to create safe, clean drinking water from the nasty stuff you'll find in the river. According to a study from a group of MIT mechanical engineers, water filtration is as
- [Fishing Line Muscle is 100X Stronger Than Human Muscle](https://gajitz.com/fishing-line-muscle-is-100x-stronger-than-human-muscle/) - Artificial muscles - materials that act like natural muscles by contracting, expanding, and rotating - have always been plagued with limitations. Super-strong materials were too expensive, while inexpensive materials displayed low efficiency. Now it seems that an effective answer has been right in front of scientists, fishermen, and crafters this whole time: plastic fishing line
- [Sweet Ride: A Visual Evolution of the Humble Bicycle](https://gajitz.com/sweet-ride-a-visual-evolution-of-the-humble-bicycle/) - The world has a long-standing love affair with bicycles. Most of us grew up riding them around the neighborhood, and plenty of us still use them today for fun or exercise. But have you ever thought about how that fancy mountain bike you're riding came by its current shape and function? The very first bicycle
- [Illustrated Device Teaches CPR in a Few Simple Pictures](https://gajitz.com/illustrated-device-teaches-cpr-in-a-few-simple-pictures/) - In the case of a medical emergency, prompt CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) can be the key to saving a life. The trouble is that most people only know of CPR what they've seen in movies and on TV, and that usually includes blowing air into the victim's lungs. In most cases, though, the truly important action
- [Revolutionary $250 3D Printer Makes Object Printing Simple](https://gajitz.com/revolutionary-250-3d-printer-makes-object-printing-simple/) - In their early days, 3D printers were only used in industrial and specialized business settings such as architectural firms. As they have inched further and further toward the consumer market, they've begun to draw attention from individuals who would love to make rapid prototypes and custom objects at home. The problem is that even the
- [Augmented Reality Tech Makes the World Your Touchscreen](https://gajitz.com/augmented-reality-tech-makes-the-world-your-touchscreen/) - Wearable augmented reality platforms like Google Glass are some of the most hotly anticipated new types of technology, but developers have only just begun to explore what they're capable of. German start-up company Metaio wants to use your wearable AR gear to turn the entire world into your own personal touchscreen. Metaio's technology is called Thermal
- [Google's Self-Driving Car Lacks Pedals and Steering Wheel](https://gajitz.com/googles-self-driving-car-lacks-pedals-and-steering-wheel/) - According to the Association for Safe International Road Travel, 1.3 million people die in road crashes annually. The vast majority of those crashes are caused by human error. Google wants to eliminate the element of human error by introducing a 100% driverless car that is more aware of its surroundings than most human drivers. On
- [Minuscule Pacemaker Powered by Wireless Electricity](https://gajitz.com/minuscule-pacemaker-powered-by-wireless-electricity/) - Implantable medical devices have been a huge benefit to millions of people, but there have been problems plaguing this type of technology from the very beginning. Although scientific advances have led to smaller and more efficient implanted medical devices, one problem has never really been solved: the battery. Currently, the medical implant devices (like pacemakers)
- [Running Late? China Develops Super-Fast Maglev Train](https://gajitz.com/running-late-china-develops-super-fast-maglev-train/) - As far as super-fast maglev trains go, China has long been the undisputed champion with their 267 MPH Shanghai Maglev Train. But Dr. Deng Zigang of Jiaotong University may have just bested his own country's record. His super-maglev loop train could allow future commuter trains to travel at mind-blowing speeds of up to 1800 MPH. The train
- [Mysterious Device Found in Shipwreck is an "Ancient iPad"](https://gajitz.com/mysterious-device-found-in-shipwreck-is-an-ancient-ipad/) - The Yenikapi area of Istanbul is a rich site for shipwrecks; at least 37 ancient ships have been uncovered and explored in the past decade. Recently, archaeologists unearthed an astonishing artifact: a 1,200 year old wooden object that is being called a Byzantine iPad. It is close to the size of a modern iPad, but much
- [Redesigned Snorkel Mask Simplifies Underwater Adventures](https://gajitz.com/redesigned-snorkel-mask-simplifies-underwater-adventures/) - Snorkeling is a one-of-a-kind experience, but it can also be a little intimidating. Many people are used to breathing in through their noses and out through their mouths, which isn't possible with traditional snorkel gear. The Easybreath mask from French company Tribord totally redefines the snorkeling mask. The Easybreath fits over the entire face, allowing
- [The Future of Food: 3D Printed Fruit Comes in Any Flavor](https://gajitz.com/the-future-of-food-3d-printed-fruit-comes-in-any-flavor/) - It's easy enough to embrace 3D printing technology when it's doing something cool like drawing stuff in mid-air or making adorable prosthetic limbs for injured animals...but eating 3D printed food? That seems a little out there for most people. A company called Dovetailed aims to make it much more mainstream by putting 3D printed fruits into
- [Zombie Satellite to be Resurrected Through Crowdfunding](https://gajitz.com/zombie-satellite-to-be-resurrected-through-crowdfunding/) - While NASA may be out of money and all but abandoning most projects for the time being, there are still plenty of dedicated scientists and space enthusiasts willing to give up their own time and money to revive a nearly-forgotten old spacecraft. NASA launched the ISEE-3 satellite in 1978 to track solar winds, then some
- [Clever Print Ad Contains Smart Kid-Tracing Beach Bracelet](https://gajitz.com/clever-print-ad-contains-smart-kid-tracing-beach-bracelet/) - Every summer, millions of people flock to beaches around the world. For those with small children, keeping track of the little ones in the crowd can be an exhausting and kind of scary task. Nivea, in association with ad agency FCB Brazil, has come up with a brilliant way to not only remind you to
- [Smartwatch of the Future is Controlled by Moving its Face](https://gajitz.com/smartwatch-of-the-future-is-controlled-by-moving-its-face/) - Smartwatches are just beginning to emerge as the newest touchscreen gadgets. Just like MP3 players, phones, and tablets before them, smartwatches will soon be carried around by basically everyone. Carnegie Mellon University's Future Interfaces Group is working on a prototype smartwatch that incorporates a whole new dimension of interaction. Instead of relying just on a
- [Wired Color-Changing Fabric Reacts to Heat and Sound](https://gajitz.com/wired-color-changing-fabric-reacts-to-heat-and-sound/) - With so many mundane items suddenly taking on digital life, it stands to reason that even textiles will eventually be digital in some form or another. Budapest-based textile artist Judit Eszter Karpati recently designed a fabric called Chromosonic which changes color when exposed to heat and sound. Chromosonic is a programmable electronic textile that reacts
- [Stick-On Posture Sensor Helps You Stand Up Straighter](https://gajitz.com/stick-on-posture-sensor-helps-you-stand-up-straighter/) - Proper posture is key to the health of your spine and can even make you appear more attractive and successful, but staying upright without slouching is hard work. For those who can't seem to make standing and sitting up straight a habit, UpRight is an odd but effective gadget that can help you preserve the
- [Raspberry Pi Powered Camera Makes its Own Instant GIFs](https://gajitz.com/raspberry-pi-powered-camera-makes-its-own-instant-gifs/) - GIFs are coming back in a big way, and soon you won't need to have any special computer skills to make one. OTTO is a customizable camera powered by Raspberry Pi that can make GIFs, time lapses, and other awesome effects in no time with nothing more than its associated smartphone app. Creating a GIF
- [A Media System That Gives Physical Life to Digital Media](https://gajitz.com/a-media-system-that-gives-physical-life-to-digital-media/) - In the digital age, the tactile joy of flipping through a stack of CDs or records has been replaced with the thoroughly unsatisfying actions of scrolling through files on a screen. Paris-based designer Ismail Salhi missed that feeling of physically choosing a record and putting it on the record player, so he dreamed up a new
- [Flamping Time: Flying Bike Designed to Get Away From it All](https://gajitz.com/flamping-time-flying-bike-designed-to-get-away-from-it-all/) - What kid doesn't dream about their bike taking flight as they race down the street on a hot summer day? British inventors Yanish Read and John Foden certainly did, and it led them to create the Paravelo, the world's first working flying bicycle. Under the company name XPloreAir, the duo developed that product which can be
- [Can Harvesting Cow Gas Slow Global Climate Change?](https://gajitz.com/can-harvesting-cow-gas-slow-global-climate-change/) - Humans have no doubt contributed to climate change, but one of the biggest culprits is actually the methane released by cows. Researchers at Argentina's Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria (INTA) want to harness that methane as a clean, renewable form of biofuel - by having the cows wear fart-collecting backpacks. To collect the methane, a
- [Beautiful Book Contains Complete Set of Barbecue Tools](https://gajitz.com/beautiful-book-contains-complete-set-of-barbecue-tools/) - If you're a grilling enthusiast who can't quite seem to master the finer points of the barbecue, or if you're just learning to grill, this Bible of Barbecue has everything you need to get ready for summer cooking. Cookware company Tramonitina and ad agency JWT Brazil released the very unusual book to help enlighten would-be
- [Face Off: Wear This Man's Face to Protect Your Own Privacy](https://gajitz.com/face-off-wear-this-mans-face-to-protect-your-own-privacy/) - One man is offering up his own face to the public in a bid to keep us all out of the prying eyes of Big Brother. Chicago-based artist Leo Selvaggio is fighting the power by giving up his visage - but don't worry, no costly and painful operations are necessary. Selvaggio's anti-surveillance project consists of an eerily
- [Electro-Tactile Display Lets the Blind "See" Touchscreens](https://gajitz.com/electro-tactile-display-lets-the-blind-see-touchscreens/) - Modern technology relies mostly on sight, particularly when it comes to touchscreen devices that have no tactile input to let the user know where to touch. A research project at Japan's University of Electro-Communications could help visually impaired people interact with modern touchscreen technology in a completely new way. The researchers call their project Hamsa Touch.
- [Gadget Garden: Machine That Grows Electronic Components](https://gajitz.com/gadget-garden-machine-that-grows-electronic-components/) - When new technology is being created, the needed parts often don't exist yet. How do scientists, engineers and researchers invent the bits and pieces that go into brand new gadgets? With a massive gadget-growing machine, of course. The above monstrosity is an MBE, or molecular beam epitaxy machine. Working in a super-cooled low-atmospheric pressure environment
- [Flick to Quit: Smart e-Lighter Helps You Kick the Habit](https://gajitz.com/flick-to-quit-smart-e-lighter-helps-you-kick-the-habit/) - Quitting smoking is, for many people, one of the most difficult transitions a person can undergo. Smoking cessation aids like patches, gums, and e-cigarettes don't work for everyone, but Quitbit might. Built by a team of engineers, designers, and hardware tinkerers, the Quitbit is quite possibly the world's most advanced lighter. Quitbit helps you stop smoking
- [Not Available on the App Store: Stickers for Real Life](https://gajitz.com/not-available-on-the-app-store-stickers-for-real-life/) - Although technology has made our lives infinitely easier, it has also increasingly disconnected us from the real world. We play games on our handheld devices that simulate fishing, farming, cooking, and playing sports - but how often do we do those things in real life anymore? Students Caio Andrade, Rafael Ochoa, and Lynn Livijn Wexell
- [App Lends Your Facial Expressions, Mannerisms to Cartoons](https://gajitz.com/app-lends-your-facial-expressions-mannerisms-to-cartoons/) - With so many games and social network platforms letting us communicate face-to-face (or avatar-to-avatar), the idea of being able to put on a totally different face that perfectly mimics your own sounds like an awesome idea. Nito is an app that will do just that on iOS devices by capturing your facial expressions and turning
- [Awesome 8-Bit Paintings Combine Blockiness + Watercolors](https://gajitz.com/awesome-8-bit-paintings-combine-blockiness-watercolors/) - Eight-bit art has a special place in the hearts of gamers who grew up playing Atari and other early video game systems. Artist Adam Lister combines blocky art with pop culture to create some uniquely awesome watercolor paintings in a series called "8-Bit Watercolors." Combining elements of cubism and video game art, Lister chooses subjects
- [Gorgeous Electric Motorcycle Goes 125 Miles on Each Charge](https://gajitz.com/gorgeous-electric-motorcycle-goes-125-miles-on-each-charge/) - People have been riding motorcycles for the purpose of saving on fuel costs for decades. Now that electric motorcycles are rapidly gaining popularity, the concern has become the amount of ground one can cover on a single charge. Most e-motorcycles have a very limited range, so they're great for commuting but not so much for
- [Keep it Secret, Keep it Safe: DNA-Erasing Privacy Spray](https://gajitz.com/keep-it-secret-keep-it-safe-dna-erasing-privacy-spray/) - Personal privacy is a bigger concern now than at any other time in history - mostly because DNA identification makes it easier than ever to identify a person. There are plenty of ill-fated criminals who can tell you just how damaging it can be to carelessly leave DNA evidence behind. A new product called Invisible
- [Super-Slick Sunglasses That You'll Never Be Able to Lose](https://gajitz.com/super-slick-sunglasses-that-youll-never-be-able-to-lose/) - Sunglasses always seem to mysteriously walk off on their own, leaving their owners to helplessly hold up a hand to shield the sun wherever they go. Now, that all changes. Australian eyewear company Tzukuri is making sunglasses with embedded iBeacon Bluetooth Low Energy chips that will work with your iPhone, iPad, or iPod to ensure
- [Space Smells: Wearable Band Brings Earth Scents to Space](https://gajitz.com/space-smells-wearable-band-brings-earth-scents-to-space/) - It's said that smell is the sense most closely related to memory, and if astronauts are any indication then that saying is true. Space travelers report that Earth smells are some of the things they miss the most while they are out on missions, but a wearable device can help them connect with their home
- [Spaceship Bike Could Break Human Powered Speed Record](https://gajitz.com/spaceship-bike-could-break-human-powered-speed-record/) - Believe it or not, this odd spaceship-like object is actually a bicycle. But of course, it's not just any bicycle - it is the machine that the University of Liverpool team want to use to smash the current bicycle land speed record. The current record, set in 2013 by a Dutch team, is 83.13 MPH.
- [Heartbeat Clock Does Away With Time to Mark Mortality](https://gajitz.com/heartbeat-clock-does-away-with-time-to-mark-mortality/) - We often think of time as an external force, as something that continues to move with or without us and with which we have very little in common. But we all exist within and alongside time, keeping it with our own bodies. The UJI clock was conceived by designers Ivor Williams, Jonathan Chomko, and Federico
- [Musical Cigarette Receptacle Rewards Responsible Disposal](https://gajitz.com/musical-cigarette-receptacle-rewards-responsible-disposal/) - There has been a lot of smoker-shaming going around in the past few years. While we aren't defending smoking in any way, we do still think that responsible cigarette smokers deserve some props for correctly disposing on their butts. Fumo, a musical cigarette receptacle, rewards smokers for putting their used cigarettes into it instead of
- [Redesigned Ketchup Cap Eliminates the First Messy Squeeze](https://gajitz.com/redesigned-ketchup-cap-eliminates-the-first-messy-squeeze/) - You know the sinking feeling you get when you have a delicious-looking hot dog in one hand, a bottle of ketchup in the other, and when you squeeze the bottle all you get is a watery mess? High school seniors at Liberty North High School in Missouri came up with an ingenious solution: a cap
- [Simple Security System Installs in Minutes for Under $100](https://gajitz.com/simple-security-system-installs-in-minutes-for-under-100/) - Security systems for the home can be quite costly; not only the initial installation, but the monthly fees are enough to make you consider whether a big dog might be a better idea. Korner is an affordable home security device that, for under $100, protects you, your home, and your family. The Korner system consists
- [3D Printer Produces Your Makeup at Home With Regular Ink](https://gajitz.com/3d-printer-produces-your-makeup-at-home-with-regular-ink/) - The cosmetics industry is a $55 billion giant, and anyone who uses makeup will understand why. A $12 four-pack of eyeshadow, a $17 bronzer, an $8 mascara - it all adds up quickly. But Harvard Business School graduate Grace Choi realized that the cosmetics industry is charging us over-the-top prices for something that technology can provide
- [Triple Threat: Military UAV is Helicopter, Truck + Boat](https://gajitz.com/triple-threat-military-uav-is-helicopter-truck-boat/) - When it comes to mind-blowing vehicles, the military (and military-funded development) seems to be at the top of the field. This hulking beast is half truck, half helicopter, and it's meant to give the military an upper hand in hostile environments. The Black Knight Transformer from aerospace company Advanced Tactics, Inc. is able to fly
- [Mighty Shrimp: Tough Bio-Plastic Made From Shrimp Shells](https://gajitz.com/mighty-shrimp-tough-bio-plastic-made-from-shrimp-shells/) - Plastics are one of the biggest threats to environmental health, and have been for over half a century. They never break down into compounds that can be absorbed by the earth; they just get distributed all around the world by a variety of methods, harming animals and clogging waterways. Researchers at Harvard's Wyss Institute for
- [Hi-Tech Ring Gives You Ultimate Power Over All the Devices](https://gajitz.com/hi-tech-ring-gives-you-ultimate-power-over-all-the-devices/) - Sci-fi movies set in the future often show characters controlling their environment with little more than a wave of the hand. The future is now here, and devices like Nod are making it happen. Nod, designed by Nod Labs, is a simple control that fits over your finger and lets you operate everything in your home
- [Heating + Cooling Bracelet Lets Everyone Pick a Comfy Temp](https://gajitz.com/heating-cooling-bracelet-lets-everyone-pick-a-comfy-temp/) - Whether you're wrapped up in a big blanket to ward off the winter chill or spraying yourself down with cool water to stave off summer's heat, chances are you also use some kind of external climate control through much of the year. Heating and air conditioning use an astonishing amount of energy - and that's
- [Panoramic Action Camera Makes Thrilling 360 Degree Films](https://gajitz.com/panoramic-action-camera-makes-thrilling-360-degree-films/) - Action cameras that record your outdoor adventures have been letting us all share in the adrenaline rush for years now, but they have one annoying flaw: they only show one side of the action. You can either see the operator's face or the scenery around them, but never both. The CENTR camera is an action
- [Safety to Go: Remote Control Brake Prevents Bike Accidents](https://gajitz.com/safety-to-go-remote-control-brake-prevents-bike-accidents/) - Any parent who has ever taught a child to ride a bike has undoubtedly had a few moments of panic as the child starts wobbling out of control. Even more terrifying is seeing your kid careening toward an intersection, apparently unable to stop himself. A group of inventors has come up with a unique way
- [Coffee as Art: Mug Uses Beverage Heat to Display Pics](https://gajitz.com/coffee-as-art-mug-uses-beverage-heat-to-display-pics/) - Are you powered almost entirely by coffee? The Muki mug from coffee roasters Paulig and advertising firm TBWA/Helsinki knows just how you feel. This unique mug displays images on an e-ink display using just the power of your hot beverage. The Muki has an associated smartphone app which lets users upload their pictures which will be displayed
- [Multi-Sensory Bubbles Display Digital Messages, Emit Aromas](https://gajitz.com/multi-sensory-bubbles-display-digital-messages-emit-aromas/) - Who doesn't love blowing bubbles and then experiencing the pure visceral joy that comes from popping them? That is the idea behind SensaBubble, a multi-sensory mid-air display that combines sight, smell, and the satisfaction of popping bubbles. Designed by Professor Sriram Subramanian of Bristol University, the SensaBubble could be used for marketing, education, gaming, or a number
- [A Bumpy Ride: Perfectly Replicated Jurassic Park Tour Truck](https://gajitz.com/a-bumpy-ride-perfectly-replicated-jurassic-park-tour-truck/) - We all have our favorite movies, but it takes a special level of dedication to build a real-life replica of an object from one of those movies. Redditor scoodidabop built this crazy Ford Explorer straight out of Jurassic Park. It's all decked out in the exact colors, configuration, and even contents of the park vehicles
- [Conceptual Digital Tools Use Real-World Hand Gestures](https://gajitz.com/conceptual-digital-tools-use-real-world-hand-gestures/) - Most of our devices utilize touch technology in some way: the track pads on our laptops, the screens on all-in-one desktops, and just about everything on our smartphones. Even when the gestures are deemed "intuitive" by the manufacturers, in reality they are unnatural movements we get used to by using these devices. Chris Harrison of
- [Charging is a Breeze With a Portable Turbine Phone Charger](https://gajitz.com/charging-is-a-breeze-with-a-portable-turbine-phone-charger/) - In the early 21st century, solar cell phone chargers were almost unheard of. Now, they're practically a dime a dozen. But a solar charger has a big design flaw: it needs the sun in order to work. When it's dark, cloudy, or raining, you're out of luck. One element that you can almost always count
- [Our Technological History: Photos of Obsolete Technology](https://gajitz.com/our-technological-history-photos-of-obsolete-technology/) - It's hard to avoid feeling some sort of nostalgia for the toys and tools we became used to as children. In the 80s and 90s, technology experienced a huge boom - and as it quickly progressed, technology waste likewise increased exponentially. The planet is overrun with obsolete objects like floppy disks, outdated cell phones, cassettes
- [3D Printer Addition Inserts Circuits Into Printed Objects](https://gajitz.com/3d-printer-addition-inserts-circuits-into-printed-objects/) - The Rabbit Proto is a huge leap forward in the way we use 3D printers. Rather than printing a shell of an electronic object and requiring the guts to be inserted later, the Rabbit fits onto the head of your RepRap 3D printer to print circuits right into the object. Using a 10cc syringe to
- [Mattel's New Dart Gun Line Blows Away the Competition](https://gajitz.com/mattels-new-dart-gun-line-blows-away-the-competition/) - When you think of foam dart-blasting guns, Nerf is probably the first name that pops into your head. Mattell has unveiled a line of blasters that have the potential to knock king Nerf from its throne. Called BOOMco, the guns themselves are attractive, but nothing extraordinary. What's really interesting is the darts. Until now, the
- [SmartyShoes: Haptic Insoles Guide Your Steps + Schedule](https://gajitz.com/smartyshoes-haptic-insoles-guide-your-steps-schedule/) - Dhairya Dand, a researcher at MIT's Media Lab, thinks that we rely on our smartphones so much that we're missing the world around us. We use our phones to navigate, to find new places, and even to locate our friends. He's designed an electronic shoe insole that gives you little haptic signals to guide you
- [3D Printed Ultrasound Cast Doubles as a Fashion Statement](https://gajitz.com/3d-printed-ultrasound-cast-doubles-as-a-fashion-statement/) - Way back in grade school, breaking your arm was kind of awesome because you got to wear a cast that everyone signed. Once you grow up, though, wearing a cast is a lot less desirable. Turkish industrial designer Deniz Karasahin has invented a 3D printed cast that uses ultrasound to heal bones quicker than a traditional
- [Ta-Ta, Towels: Cool Concept Is a Blow Dryer For Your Body](https://gajitz.com/ta-ta-towels-cool-concept-is-a-blow-dryer-for-your-body/) - We'll be the first to admit that our wet towels don't always make it to the towel rack after a shower. They often end up a smelly damp mess on the bathroom floor only to be gingerly picked up and washed days later. Besides the ick factor of cloth towels (ewwww, bacteria), plenty of water
- [Bolt Wall Charger Lets You Take the Battery Power With You](https://gajitz.com/bolt-wall-charger-lets-you-take-the-battery-power-with-you/) - There are plenty of novel device chargers out there, but some of them stand out thanks to their originality. The BOLT is a portable USB charger that also acts as a back-up battery for any USB-charged device. Built-in fold-out power prongs make it easy to carry around - as long as you don't mind carrying
- [Water Flowing Uphill: Weird Physics Experiment Defies Logic](https://gajitz.com/water-flowing-uphill-weird-physics-experiment-defies-logic/) - We all know that gravity causes water (and, well, basically everything else) to roll downhill. But thanks to a fascinating experiment by a group of undergraduate physicists at the University of Bath, we get to see the seemingly impossible: water moving uphill. The video below, produced by Science Friday, shows the amazing Leidenfrost effect in
- [Meet Bossy, the Friendly Digital Sticky Note Task Organizer](https://gajitz.com/meet-bossy-the-friendly-digital-sticky-note-task-organizer/) - Productivity is such a hot issue in recent years in part because distractions have all but taken over our days. We spend time checking Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, and dozens of other sites - and before we know it, half of the workday has eroded away. Designer Lucas Neumann was driven to create a real,
- [Smart Bricks: RFID-Enabled Bricks Guide Blind Walkers](https://gajitz.com/smart-bricks-rfid-enabled-bricks-guide-blind-walkers/) - Navigation helping devices for the visually impaired span all levels of technology, affordability and feasibility. The Blind Guider concept from designers Jang Cheng, Hui-Chuan Ma, Chih-Hao Wang and Yin-Kai Li is high on functionality and technology, but scores a little lower on the scale of possibility. The system consists of guide bricks with RFID chips embedded
- [Homemade Covert Listening Device Disguised as Light Bulb](https://gajitz.com/homemade-covert-listening-device-disguised-as-light-bulb/) - Information security concerns are at an all-time high in America, especially with people like Julian Assange and Edward Snowden exposing secrets that were never meant to reach the public's ears. Artist duo Kyle McDonald and Brian House built a project that they hope will raise awareness of the lack of privacy we all experience in public.
- [Futuristic Handheld 3D Printer Pen is World's Lightest](https://gajitz.com/futuristic-handheld-3d-printer-pen-is-worlds-lightest/) - As 3D printers are taking the world by storm, genius designers around the world are coming up with novel ways to use the technology every day. We've seen food printers, web-based 3D printing services, simple metal shapes made with 3D printers, a surgical 3D printing pen, a printer that can make complex free-standing metal shapes,
- [Bicymple: Nimble, Ultra Pared-Down Version of the Fixie](https://gajitz.com/bicymple-nimble-ultra-pared-down-version-of-the-fixie/) - Bicycle designs have been moving more and more toward the simplest, most essential versions of themselves in recent years. A new competitor in the simple bike movement is Bicymple from Scalyfish Designs. The Bicymple is a chain-free bike that is lightweight, compact, and almost unbelievably maneuverable. By removing the chain and decreasing the number of
- [Seeing the Music: Beats Made Visible With Jets of Flame](https://gajitz.com/seeing-the-music-beats-made-visible-with-jets-of-flame/) - Sound waves may not be visible to the naked eye, but they can certainly be felt. In recent times, scientists have been experimenting with using sound waves to levitate objects. But predating those experiments is an object called a Rubens' Tube, a physics apparatus that shows how sound waves and sound pressure interact.
- [Super-Strong New Material Has Lower Density Than Water](https://gajitz.com/super-strong-new-material-has-lower-density-than-water/) - What do bones, wood, and honeycombs have in common? They are all examples of nature's strong, lightweight building materials. They were also the inspiration behind a German research team's invention of a low-density, super-strong material. Researchers at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology used laser polymer 3D printing and a ceramic coating to create this microstructured material.
- [Gaming Toothbrush Makes Brushing Fun + Easier For Kids](https://gajitz.com/gaming-toothbrush-makes-brushing-fun-easier-for-kids/) - Getting kids to brush their teeth properly is, for lack of a better phrase, like pulling teeth. Cartoon character toothbrushes, brushes that play music, and specially-flavored toothpaste really don't help. But soon there will be a way to make brushing more like fun, which every kid and their parents will appreciate. Grush is a toothbrush
- [Supersonic Jet Gains Speed by Ditching the Little Windows](https://gajitz.com/supersonic-jet-gains-speed-by-ditching-the-little-windows/) - You know those tiny porthole-type windows that people clamber to sit next to on airplanes? Their very presence can make a long flight seem a bit more bearable, but they add considerable weight and drag to the plane itself. Spike Aerospace is planning to build a supersonic jet that will take passengers from New York
- [Evil Geniuses Turn 3D Printer Into Robotic Tattoo Machine](https://gajitz.com/evil-geniuses-turn-3d-printer-into-robotic-tattoo-machine/) - Humans are perpetually worried about robots one day taking over their jobs, but we never thought tattoo artists were in danger. French designers Appropriate Audiences made a custom attachment for a MakerBot 3D printer that turned it into a mechanical tattoo artist. The group first used the MakerBot to create the attachment that would allow
- [Wearable Generator Uses Body Heat to Power Smart Devices](https://gajitz.com/wearable-generator-uses-body-heat-to-power-smart-devices/) - Wearable electronic devices are the future, and they're already being developed and manufactured. To make the batteries thin and light enough to fit into these small devices, engineers have had to come up with some novel solutions. A team of researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have invented a lightweight wearable generator
- [NASA Finds First Earth-Sized Planet in Habitable Zone](https://gajitz.com/nasa-finds-first-earth-sized-planet-in-habitable-zone/) - Ever since the unmanned Kepler Space Telescope launched in 2009, it has been on a constant mission to find Earth-like planets that could possibly support life. It has spotted thousands of planets, some of which may prove to be comparable to Earth in size, composition and distance from their stars. But on April 17, 2014,
- [Getting Warmer: Inexpensive Tag Keeps Track of Lost Stuff](https://gajitz.com/getting-warmer-inexpensive-tag-keeps-track-of-lost-stuff/) - Losing your keys, wallet, or kid can be a pretty harrowing experience. Take it from this editor who recently found a set of keys that had been missing for two weeks...in the most obvious place possible. No one will ever have to deal with that panic again once everyone is using the many smartphone-based electronic
- [FingerReader Uses Camera to Read to the Visually Impaired](https://gajitz.com/fingerreader-uses-camera-to-read-to-the-visually-impaired/) - Researchers at the MIT Media Lab have come up with a prototype device that will read lines of text as the user runs a finger over the page. The FingerReader is a small device that fits over the knuckle of the index finger. It contains a camera which "reads" the text on the page and
- [Next-Gen Kuala Lumpur Subway Cars Designed by BMW](https://gajitz.com/next-gen-kuala-lumpur-subway-cars-designed-by-bmw/) - Kuala Lumpur is about to get what might be the classiest subway trains in the world. The city is trying hard to get more citizens to take public transportation, so they are installing 58 gorgeous new trains designed by BMW. DesignworksUSA, a subsidiary of German car makers BMW, designed the cars to be appealing both
- [Hypnotizing Automaton Replicates Water Droplet Ripples](https://gajitz.com/hypnotizing-automaton-replicates-water-droplet-ripples/) - In a world of screens and high-tech gadgets all around us, it's sometimes hard to remember the simple pleasures of childhood. This hand-cranked automaton from designer Dean O'Callaghan is a delightfully simple toy that just happens to be completely mesmerizing. As the user turns the crank, concentric circles rise and fall around a central sphere.
- [Nerve Stimulation Allows Paraplegics to Move on Their Own](https://gajitz.com/nerve-stimulation-allows-paraplegics-to-move-on-their-own/) - Spinal cord injuries which cause total paralysis below the site of the injury are currently irreversible. If you are unable to move your legs on your own for two years, you are considered paralyzed for life. A new study at the University of Louisville has shocked the medical community by showing that, with electrical stimulation
- [Lighted Baton Replaces Boring Stationary Traffic Signs](https://gajitz.com/lighted-baton-replaces-boring-stationary-traffic-signs/) - Traditionally, traffic cops have held up little signs to direct traffic. The Traffic Guiding Baton from designers Chih Wei Lai and Chi Wang is a funny but modern alternative to those analog signs. The baton works by lighting up a line of LEDs on its surface. When the baton is still, it's difficult to make out
- [Palm-Size Portable Printer Scoots Deftly Across Paper](https://gajitz.com/palm-size-portable-printer-scoots-deftly-across-paper/) - All of our gadgets are getting smaller and more portable...except for the printer. Even the smallest printers are still as wide as a sheet of paper and thick enough to hold ink cartridges. They might be technically portable, but really, who would want to carry around such a bulky object? The designers at Zuta Labs
- [Smartphone Fitness Game Pits You Against Other Runners](https://gajitz.com/smartphone-fitness-game-pits-you-against-other-runners/) - Fitness apps are great motivators - for some people. For others, seeing the number of miles they've run during the week is no motivation to actually get up and run some more. Run An Empire from PAN Studio is a new idea that its creators insist is not a fitness app. Rather, it is an
- [Hamster Powered Walker Ushers in Era of Rodent Rule](https://gajitz.com/hamster-powered-walker-ushers-in-era-of-rodent-rule/) - The Strandbeest began as an art project of Dutch artist Theo Jansen in the 1980s. Today, amateur Strandbeest enthusiasts are building their own walking beasts and putting some unique spins on the idea of a wind- or gravity-propelled walking sculpture. I-Wei Huang, an artist and tinkerer, has come up with what might be the cutest
- [Xbox Controller Modifies Game Based on Ability + Boredom](https://gajitz.com/xbox-controller-modifies-game-based-on-ability-boredom/) - If you're a gamer, you know how easily even the most exciting, heart-pounding games can get boring after a while. A group of Stanford University engineers want to make sure you're always getting the absolute maximum amount of excitement out of every game. Their modified Xbox controller will measure your physiological signals and determine when
- [Your Life on Your Wrist: Google's New Smartwatch Interface](https://gajitz.com/your-life-on-your-wrist-googles-new-smartwatch-interface/) - Our smartphones are with us constantly, feeding us information and distracting us from our real lives. Google is set to make information overload even easier with Android Wear, their newly-announced platform that will attach Android to wearable devices. The first project on the schedule for the new platform: smartwatches that go way beyond just telling
- [Incredible Time Lapse Video Shows Hidden Underwater Lives](https://gajitz.com/incredible-time-lapse-video-shows-hidden-underwater-lives/) - Sea life is fascinating, but we rarely get to see the incredibly slow-moving life of coral, sponges, underwater fungi and other seemingly motionless creatures. Daniel Stoupin, a University of Queensland PhD student, wanted to raise global awareness of environmental threats to marine life, and he accomplished this in a shockingly beautiful way. Using time-lapse photography,
- [Artificial Self-Healing Muscles as Strong as Biological Ones](https://gajitz.com/artificial-self-healing-muscles-as-strong-as-biological-ones/) - We're getting closer to being a race of cyborgs: scientists have engineered self-healing artificial muscles. A research team at Duke University created the bio-engineered muscle tissue which is 10 times stronger than any previous iterations. And, unlike previous generations of bio-engineered muscles, this artificial muscle is able to heal itself both in the laboratory and
- [Nerdiness On the Go: Nintendo Controller Train Car Graffiti](https://gajitz.com/nerdiness-on-the-go-nintendo-controller-train-car-graffiti/) - Train car graffiti can get a little out of hand sometimes - most of us can't imagine what those letters and symbols are supposed to mean, and the spray paint art can cost a lot to clean up. Here's one piece of fine graffiti art that we hope never gets painted over, though. Spotted by
- [Generational Mashup: Etch-A-Sketch Controlled Laser Cutter](https://gajitz.com/generational-mashup-etch-a-sketch-controlled-laser-cutter/) - Have you ever wondered what would happen if an old low-tech toy was given the power to control a modern, really very dangerous tool? The folks at Just Add Sharks did, and they came up with a beautiful thing: the Etch-A-Sketch laser cutter. Armed with an Arduino, a laser cutter and some technical skills, they
- [Face-Obscuring Cap Makes You Almost Invisible to Cameras](https://gajitz.com/face-obscuring-cap-makes-you-almost-invisible-to-cameras/) - Like it or not, cameras are everywhere - and not just security cameras. Individuals taking pictures of themselves and their friends can inadvertently catch you in their snapshots, indoors or out. If you're particularly paranoid about your image being in the hands of someone you don't know, the Justice Cap can help you stay hidden...kind
- [Quantum-Powered Charger Juices Up a Phone in 30 Seconds](https://gajitz.com/quantum-powered-charger-juices-up-a-phone-in-30-seconds/) - What would you give - particularly on those stressed-out mornings when you're running late - to be able to charge your smartphone in a mere half minute? An Israeli startup called StoreDot has developed a prototype that does exactly that, even if the battery is completely dead. The secret used in the amazing charger is
- [Wocket Digital Wallet Wants to Take Over Your Pocket](https://gajitz.com/wocket-digital-wallet-wants-to-take-over-your-pocket/) - In the field of electronic wallets, it looks like Coin has a competitor. Wocket, from NXT-ID, can store up to 10,000 cards, including credit cards and store loyalty cards. The Wocket is smaller than the average wallet and powered by a single coin cell battery. Users just swipe their credit cards into the device to
- [Suspended Animation Could be Key to Saving Lives in ER](https://gajitz.com/suspended-animation-could-be-key-to-saving-lives-in-er/) - Since the dawn of science fiction, the notion of suspended animation - human hibernation for long periods of time - has fascinated us. We've pictured using it to fly to distant worlds without aging, preserving our sickly bodies until a specific cure is invented, or even to deliver tiny, deceptively un-fun brine shrimp "pets" to
- [Finally, You Can Own a Flying Fire-Breathing Dragon](https://gajitz.com/finally-you-can-own-a-flying-fire-breathing-dragon/) - The kid in you is likely to flip out when you realize that you can now own your very own flying, fire-breathing dragon. The miser in you is sure to cringe at the enormous price tag. Hammacher Schlemmer, well known to be purveyors of the impractical and extravagant, have introduced this magnificent remote-controlled beast. At
- [Friendly Interactive Robot Just Wants to Steal Your Face](https://gajitz.com/friendly-interactive-robot-just-wants-to-steal-your-face/) - That vaguely attractive androgynous face up there belongs to Socibot, a super-creepy robot that can wear any face at all - even your own. Meant to act as a humanoid interface at trade shows, airports, shopping centers, and other public settings, the Socibot takes over some of the tedious human interaction chores. It can even
- [Sony's Digital Paper Tablet Lets the Office Go Paperless](https://gajitz.com/sonys-digital-paper-tablet-lets-the-office-go-paperless/) - E-Ink and Sony's Digital Paper technology are poised to become the next big important thing in digital communications. The Sony DPTS1 is a newly-unveiled Digital Paper tablet aimed at professionals. Sony is banking on those professionals being swamped in hundreds of physical pieces of paper and seeking a way to dig themselves out. That goal
- [Gigantic Robot Crab Will Bring Terror to the Ocean Floor](https://gajitz.com/gigantic-robot-crab-will-bring-terror-to-the-ocean-floor/) - If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, the entire crustacean world should be pretty chuffed right about now. The Crabster CR200, this 1,400 pound beast of a robot, is set to head to the ocean floor for adventures that include research and treasure hunting. In places too dangerous for human scuba divers, the Crabster
- [Dissolving Batteries Serve Their Purpose, Then Melt in Body](https://gajitz.com/dissolving-batteries-serve-their-purpose-then-melt-in-body/) - Human medical implants keep people alive, but keeping those devices working depends on some kind of power source. Understandably, keeping the power source outside of the body presents logistical problems. Keeping the battery inside the device means that painful procedures are required to remove or replace it. John Rogers of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- [Modern Rickshaw is a Green Urban Commuter Carriage](https://gajitz.com/modern-rickshaw-is-a-green-urban-commuter-carriage/) - The classic rickshaw design hasn't changed in centuries - it's simple, effective, and no-nonsense. But designer Kenneth Cobonpue has come up with a more modern design for contemporary urban travelers - and it's seriously beautiful. The Eclipse is as low-tech as the traditional rickshaw: the driver pedals a bike while the passenger sits in comfort.
- [Adorable Parenting Tools Look Like Colorful Playthings](https://gajitz.com/adorable-parenting-tools-look-like-colorful-playthings/) - Although things meant for babies to play with are bright and colorful, the things parents use to take care of those babies are often dull and boring. Designer Tom Evans decided to change that up with a line of parenting tools that look more like toys. The line is called Bleep Bleeps, and each funny
- [Smoke + Foam Act as Theft Deterrents in New Material](https://gajitz.com/smoke-foam-act-as-theft-deterrents-in-new-material/) - Bad news for anyone who enjoys knocking off ATMs and vending machines: a team at ETH Zurich have developed a self-defense system that would steam and foam if the machine is tampered with. The foaming material was inspired by the bombadier beetle, a bug that sprays a boiling hot corrosive liquid at attackers when threatened.
- [Incredible New Nanomaterial is Great at Multi-Tasking](https://gajitz.com/incredible-new-nanomaterial-is-great-at-multi-tasking/) - If you thought graphene was going to be the next do-everything material, we've got news for you: Multi-Use Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) has just taken its place. Developed by scientists at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, this wonder material can do everything you might expect a wonder material to do - and more. So far, TiO2's
- [Square Wheel Improves on Ancient Round Invention](https://gajitz.com/square-wheel-improves-on-ancient-round-invention/) - People who work in offices have no doubt heard the horribly annoying phrase "We're not reinventing the wheel here" way too many times. But skateboarder David Patrick did just that with his invention, SharkWheel: he took a skateboard wheel and made it square. Like a lot of great inventions, the SharkWheel came about thanks to an
- [E-Whiskers Will Help Future Robots Navigate Their World](https://gajitz.com/e-whiskers-will-help-future-robots-navigate-their-world/) - Whiskers that adorn the faces of some mammals aren't there just to add to the animals' cuteness. They are highly sensitive tactile appendages that help the animals find their way around and keep their balance. A team of scientists at UC Berkeley, led by professor Ali Javey, are now working on robotic whiskers that can
- [$40 Foot-Powered Washer + Dryer Could Change the World](https://gajitz.com/40-foot-powered-washer-dryer-could-change-the-world/) - It may seem surprising to people in the western world, but hundreds of millions of people still wash their clothes the old-fashioned way: in a stream or bucket. It's hard work that takes several hours from start to finish, but it's the only choice in much of the world. Designers Alex Cabunoc and Ji A You
- [Talk With the Animals: Device Translates Dolphin's Whistle](https://gajitz.com/talk-with-the-animals-device-translates-dolphins-whistle/) - We humans have known for a long time that dolphins communicate with each other through their clicks and whistles, many of which are beyond the range of sound that the human ear can hear. They are amazingly intelligent, have names for each other, and respond when called. But knowing that they communicate and actually understanding what
- [Capacitive Light Switch Does Away With Grimy Flip Switches](https://gajitz.com/capacitive-light-switch-does-away-with-grimy-flip-switches/) - When the Clapper showed up on late-night infomercials, the way we turn lights on and off was revolutionized forever. the iOn has a similarly game-changing purpose: to change the way we switch our lights from on to off and back again. Arguably a little less convenient than the Clapper, the iOn can change any light
- [Fat-Tired Trike is Meant to Navigate Tricky Snow and Sand](https://gajitz.com/fat-tired-trike-is-meant-to-navigate-tricky-snow-and-sand/) - Riding your bike over sand, snow, or other unstable ground is an exercise in futility that will soon leave you bogged down and stuck. Fatbikes are a smooth alternative, using big, soft tires - kind of like those on dune buggies - to get the bikes across the slippery terrain. Rungu makes a three-wheeled wonder
- [Big Bang Proven? Discovery Explained for Non-Scientists](https://gajitz.com/big-bang-proven-discovery-explained-for-non-scientists/) - The announcement that scientists had finally detected measurable proof of the Big Bang - the very beginning of our universe - was met with awe and joy. And, for a lot of us, utter befuddlement. Gravitational waves? Cosmic inflation? Accelerating expansion? These aren't terms that the average person immediately understands. Luckily for the folks who
- [Blobbled Water: Edible Membrane Eliminates Plastic Bottle](https://gajitz.com/blobbled-water-edible-membrane-eliminates-plastic-bottle/) - Disposable food packaging is an enormous environmental burden, and designers have been looking for a way to eliminate that burden for quite some time. As great as some of their ideas have been, none have seemed to find their way into the mainstream - or even onto the radar of most consumers. The Ooho might
- [DIY Snap-Together Electronics Can Soon be Web-Enabled](https://gajitz.com/diy-snap-together-electronics-can-soon-be-web-enabled/) - Even the most dedicated tinkerers out there can find themselves getting overwhelmed as gadgets get more complex. A company called littleBits wants to be sure that future generations never lose the love of creating all things electronic. They've been around for a while, selling tiny circuit boards with specific functions that snap together with magnets.
- [Brain Waves Guide Museum Visitors Through Surreal World](https://gajitz.com/brain-waves-guide-museum-visitors-through-surreal-world/) - The human brain is a pretty amazing thing. It can fill in the blanks when needed information is missing, and if something doesn't seem quite right the brain does everything it can to hold onto what it perceives as reality. The Centraal Museum in Utrecht, Netherlands is playing with the brain's powers of perception with
- [Power Petting: Using Friction to Charge Mobile Devices](https://gajitz.com/power-petting-using-friction-to-charge-mobile-devices/) - Of all the ways to charge your smartphone, you wouldn't think petting it would be one. A team of researchers, however, has developed a way to use friction to give power to your dying phone. It's simple, it's inexpensive, and best of all, it would require hardly any effort at all on your part. The
- [Accordion-Like Colgate Tube Would Get Out Every Last Bit](https://gajitz.com/accordion-like-colgate-tube-would-get-out-every-last-bit/) - Design student Nicole Panuzzo created a redesign of the Colgate logo and packaging, giving both a wildly different look. Taking her inspiration from Colgate's iconic red ribbon, a clean tooth, and a sparkling, eternal diamond, she came up with the above red ribbon-like logo. The packaging design, however, is a huge departure from Colgate's current
- [Pain-Free Princess: Tiara-Like Headband Prevents Migraines](https://gajitz.com/pain-free-princess-tiara-like-headband-prevents-migraines/) - Migraine sufferers know that the pain of a migraine is unlike anything else. It isn't just a headache; it's a full-body experience of major pain that can last for days. And the pain isn't even the worst part - the nausea and light sensitivity can steal entire days from your life. Although there are plenty
- [Tiny Stick-On Tag Indicates Food Freshness at a Glance](https://gajitz.com/tiny-stick-on-tag-indicates-food-freshness-at-a-glance/) - Some people are real sticklers for expiration dates on food, but others are risk-takers, keeping stuff around long past its "best by" date. What if you could see how fresh your food was without even opening the package? A research team from Peking University in Beijing presented just such a solution at a meeting of
- [Cybernetic Instrument Reads Arm Tattoo as Musical Score](https://gajitz.com/cybernetic-instrument-reads-arm-tattoo-as-musical-score/) - Ask any serious musician and they will tell you that their instrument of choice feels like a natural extension of their own body. For media artist Dmitry Morozov, that is true in a literal sense. He created an instrument that reads a tattoo on his arm as a musical score. Along with a device that
- [Activate Stealth Mode: App Helps You Hide From Friends](https://gajitz.com/activate-stealth-mode-app-helps-you-hide-from-friends/) - Social networks were meant to help us keep in touch with friends, but the fact that your friends can now basically find you everywhere you go is a little disconcerting for some people. But those annoying people who constantly post about where they are may actually be doing you a favor, because now there's an
- [Volvo's In-Dash Facial Recognition Stops Distracted Driving](https://gajitz.com/volvos-in-dash-facial-recognition-stops-distracted-driving/) - There are far too many things capable of distracting drivers on the road, and most of them are inside the car itself. Self-driving cars will solve that problem in the future, but for now car companies have to work with the standard human-operated vehicles. Volvo has developed a system that will identify when a driver
- [Mini Phone Concept Puts Communication at Your Fingertips](https://gajitz.com/tiny-phone-concept-puts-communication-at-your-fingertips/) - We've been saying for years that cell phones would eventually get so small as to be wearable or implantable. Designer Issam Trabelsi is taking a step toward making that a reality with his concept phone that is essentially a fingertip ring that functions as a phone. The phone, branded by the designer as Nokia FIT, is
- [Tiny Minimalist Bike is a Bare-Bones Approach to Commuting](https://gajitz.com/tiny-minimalist-bike-is-a-bare-bones-approach-to-commuting/) - If you've ever felt lazy for sitting down while you ride your bike, a new sub-compact bicycle will surely get your heart pumping even faster. The Halfbike, created by Mihail Klenov and Martin Angelov, breaks a bicycle down into only its most essential parts and leaves you with...well, half a bike. You'll find no seat or
- [Frank R. Paul's Legendary Futuristic Alien Illustrations](https://gajitz.com/frank-r-pauls-legendary-futuristic-alien-illustrations/) - Frank R. Paul was an illustrator who was an expert in future speculation in the 1920s and 1930s. His illustrations were so influential as to define the looks of science fiction illustrations for decades to come. In particular, his imagined creatures from other planets illuminated the imaginations of Earthlings. Taking into account the little knowledge
- [Wearable Fitness Tracker Uses Gentle Shaming as Motivation](https://gajitz.com/wearable-fitness-tracker-uses-gentle-shaming-as-motivation/) - We've seen a lot of wearable fitness trackers over the years, each with their own way to entice you to move more: earning points to play games, competing with friends, or just beating your own personal record. However, most rely on you to provide the ambition to get up and move in the first place.
- [Snap-On Accessory Makes iPhone-tography Even Easier](https://gajitz.com/snap-on-accessory-makes-iphone-tography-even-easier/) - Taking pictures with your iPhone really isn't difficult, but what if you miss the feeling of a real camera in your hands? The Snappgrip is a snap-on accessory that takes your iPhone 5/5s back in time to become a hand-held camera with a real shutter button and a number of other helpful features. As the
- [Harvard Invention Could Harness Clean Infrared Energy](https://gajitz.com/harvard-invention-could-harness-clean-infrared-energy/) - For years, solar power has been the go-to alternative energy source when we think about moving away from fossil fuels. A team at Harvard has a revolutionary new idea: harvesting the infrared energy released by the Earth itself. Our planet releases millions of gigawatts of infrared radiation into space every day, including the heat produced
- [World's Oldest Rock Band: Ancient Sandstone Xylophone](https://gajitz.com/worlds-oldest-rock-band-ancient-sandstone-xylophone/) - Humans have been playing rock music far before Elvis and the Beatles. These oblong stones which date back to the New Stone Age (8000-2500 BCE) were once thought to be grain grinders. They resided in the storeroom of the Natural History Museum in Paris since the early 20th century. By chance, an archaeologist tapped one
- [Super-Tough Router is Built to Work in Africa or Anywhere](https://gajitz.com/super-tough-router-is-built-to-work-in-africa-or-anywhere/) - People around the world depend on a reliable internet connection to work, play, and communicate. But in Sub-Saharan Africa and other remote locations, internet connectivity can be spotty at best and non-existent at worst. The BRCK portable modem/router was designed and built by people who live in Africa and know first-hand the challenges of unpredictable
- [Watch These Bonkers Wooden Cubes Move Like Origami](https://gajitz.com/watch-these-bonkers-wooden-cubes-move-like-origami/) - These simple wooden cubes look a little boring, but when you see what inventor Erik Aburg does with them, you'll be shocked. The cubes move around under Aberg's expert direction, folding and rolling into seemingly impossible configurations. Their movements are as fluid as if he were manipulating paper. Aberg's love of juggling inspired him to
- [Future Telling System Uses Online Data to Predict Your Day](https://gajitz.com/future-telling-system-uses-online-data-to-predict-your-day/) - Unless you're in the minority of people who don't care to post their whole lives online, you probably leave a lot of information about yourself and your typical daily routine out there in cyberspace. The Future Control project from designer Dor Tal is a set of smart objects that can predict what's going to happen
- [Creepy Black Balloon Will Follow You, Repeat Your Convos](https://gajitz.com/creepy-black-balloon-will-follow-you-repeat-your-convos/) - How terrifying would it be to turn around and see a levitating black balloon following your every move and repeating the last conversation you just had? Royal College of Art student Francesco Tacchini, in collaboration with designers Julinka Ebhart, and Will Yates Johnson, created exactly that, and called it Space Replay. The hovering balloon is
- [The 50 Cent Origami Microscope That Could Save Lives](https://gajitz.com/the-50-cent-origami-microscope-that-could-save-lives/) - Malaria and other curable diseases claim millions of lives in developing nations each year, often because they are not identified and treated in a timely manner. Current diagnostic methods can take weeks or months, delaying treatment and sometimes with dire consequences. A Stanford University research group called PrakashLab has invented a truly brilliant diagnostic tool
- [Cold Canadian Bus Stops are Heated by Human Connections](https://gajitz.com/cold-canadian-bus-stops-are-heated-by-human-connections/) - Public transportation is enough to make some people want to go home and never leave again. Buses - and particularly bus stops - are not the friendliest of places, but a cute marketing campaign for Duracell makes waiting for the bus a positively warm and fuzzy experience. In Canada, in the middle of one of
- [Biotech Company Grows Its Own Bricks With Bacteria](https://gajitz.com/biotech-company-grows-its-own-bricks-with-bacteria/) - Shelter is a basic human need, but we often overlook the means we use to obtain that need. The construction industry is accountable for “40% of global carbon dioxide emissions," according to bioMason, a company that has a very unique way to cut back on those emissions. The biotech start-up company has come up with a
- [Huge Vending Machine Dispenses Electric Rental Cars](https://gajitz.com/huge-vending-machine-dispenses-electric-rental-cars/) - In large cities where air pollution is a big problem, finding an alternative to the sea of gas-powered vehicles is essential to the health and safety of the residents. A company called Kandi Technologies is trying to clean up the streets of China by creating enormous vending machines that dispense electric rental cars. The machines
- [Awesome App: Old Android Devices Become Baby Monitors](https://gajitz.com/awesome-app-old-android-devices-become-baby-monitors/) - Who doesn't have a few outdated smartphones just lying around the house? An Android app called Dormi takes your obsolete devices and turns them into internet-connected baby monitors. The app works on phones and tablets running Android v. 2.3 or later to give parents the peace of mind that they get from baby monitors, but
- [Headband Headphones Use Acrylic Surface to Transmit Music](https://gajitz.com/headband-headphones-use-acrylic-surface-to-transmit-music/) - If there is a market out there for headphones that look like some kind of alien jewelry, Renaud Defrancesco has it cornered with his Vibso headphones. The headphones are in the shape of a headband rather than the headband-and-ear-speakers configuration that we're used to seeing. According to the designer, the user is "bathed in music"
- [30,000 Year Old Frozen Virus Brought Back to Life in a Lab](https://gajitz.com/30000-year-old-frozen-virus-brought-back-to-life-in-a-lab/) - It looks like some French scientists have never seen Jurassic Park. After finding a virus 100 feet deep in the Siberian permafrost that had been frozen for 30,000 years, they thawed it out and found that it was still infectious even after all of those centuries in the ice. Thankfully, the virus - called Pithovirus sibericum - isn't harmful
- [Travel Back in Time With the Classic Arcade Game Watch](https://gajitz.com/travel-back-in-time-with-the-classic-arcade-game-watch/) - We miss giant arcade machines. Playing games on iPhones is alright, but it doesn't have the immersive thrill of burying your face in a screen, manipulating the joystick, mashing buttons and being deafened by various beeps and buzzes. ThinkGeek must feel the same way, because they're introducing a tiny arcade machine you can wear on
- [Simpler Sipping: Swiveling Drink Holder Keeps Hands Free](https://gajitz.com/simpler-sipping-swiveling-drink-holder-keeps-hands-free/) - Not all inventions are life-changers, but some of them are so simply clever that you can't help but admire the ingenuity that went into creating them. Such is the case with the Morella, a simple little piece of plastic that means you can walk around outdoors, in the rain or snow, while carrying a drink
- [Brick Power: LEGO Phone Charger is Half Serious, Half Play](https://gajitz.com/brick-power-lego-phone-charger-is-half-serious-half-play/) - LEGOs are such a perennial favorite toy that they've been used to make everything from simple figures to massive architectural sculptures. Now, there is a way to integrate LEGO blocks with your smartphone or tablet. The COI+ LEGO Power Brick 4200mAh from Brando is an external battery that is a little thicker and a little
- [Triangulate Your Outlet Efficiency With These Multi Plugs](https://gajitz.com/triangulate-your-outlet-efficiency-with-these-multi-plugs/) - Power strips, surge protectors, voltage adapters and about a million other items have been created in an attempt to solve the problem that is 'outlet congestion'. These products focused on the female end, attempting to multiply the amount of inlets to make more room. This design uses another perspective. The Multi Plug's re-tooling of the
- [Ingenious Netflix Hack Pauses Movie When You Fall Asleep](https://gajitz.com/ingenious-netflix-hack-pauses-movie-when-you-fall-asleep/) - Don't you just love it when two different gadgets come together to make one awesome technology that you never knew you needed until it was invented? Yeah, that's what we were thinking when we heard about Netflix's hack of their own system using a FitBit fitness sensor to determine if you've fallen asleep while watching
- [Never Forget to Dry Your Utensils With This Elephant Caddy](https://gajitz.com/never-forget-to-dry-your-utensils-with-this-elephant-caddy/) - Adding cuteness to convenience is a profitable combination. Typically a gimmick for children's products, the boom in creative design in the last decade or so has lead to more impulse buy-style objects (what we like to call the 'I want one' factor.) This utensil dryer is certainly no exception. 'Jumbo' is a cutlery drying caddy
- [Luxe Driverless Car: First-Class Travel on the Ground](https://gajitz.com/luxe-driverless-car-first-class-travel-on-the-ground/) - When autonomous cars begin to overtake driver-controlled cars, what will we do with all that free commute time that we used to spend watching the road? Think tank Rinspeed developed a futuristic concept car that they think will define the future of auto-pilot vehicles. Called the ExchangE, the car was modified from a Tesla Model
- [Paint-On Liquid Turns Any Gloves Into Touchscreen Gloves](https://gajitz.com/paint-on-liquid-turns-any-gloves-into-touchscreen-gloves/) - Using your touchscreen device in the middle of winter is so frustrating. You either have to take your gloves off or spend a ton of money on a pair of capacitive touch gloves that work even when your fingers are covered. A new product called Nanotips will solve your problem by letting you turn any
- [Lime Light: Produce Powers Light Source In Photo Series](https://gajitz.com/lime-light-produce-powers-light-source-in-photo-series/) - That old potato battery experiment from your seventh-grade science class sure was a boring one. Then again, so are most to a twelve-year-old. Simply put, an electrical current is produced when opposite sides of a potato are impaled with a galvanized nail and copper wire. A Bangor, Maine-based artist sees it as much more than
- [Augmented Reality System Could Improve Workplace Safety](https://gajitz.com/augmented-reality-system-could-improve-workplace-safety/) - Imagine working in a factory when suddenly an alarm goes off - one of the machines is on the fritz. But which one? Fujitsu's smart glove and augmented reality glasses concept would tell you exactly where the problem is and how to fix it. A foreman, employee, or whoever is in charge of maintenance would
- [Tiny Probe Will Swim Through Arteries to Provide 3D Images](https://gajitz.com/tiny-probe-will-swim-through-arteries-to-provide-3d-images/) - Clearing clogged arteries usually involves complicated and dangerous surgery. Even looking at the arteries involves complex cross-sectional ultrasounds which only allow a view from outside of the arteries. Thanks to a team at the Georgia Institute of Technology, this tiny probe could give a clearer look at clogged arteries by actually going inside them. A
- [This Blue Rock is the Oldest Known Object on the Planet](https://gajitz.com/this-blue-rock-is-the-oldest-known-object-on-the-planet/) - It looks a little like a piece of a broken plastic toy, but this lovely cerulean object is far more important. John Valley, professor of geoscience at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has confirmed that it is the oldest known fragment of Earth. The piece of zircon was found in a riverbed in Jack Hills, Australia
- [Wearable Book Takes Some Imagination Out of Reading](https://gajitz.com/wearable-book-takes-some-imagination-out-of-reading/) - Get ready for reading to become even more fun. A student team at MIT's Media Lab has developed a wearable book that lets readers feel the emotions and environmental stimuli that the characters in the book are feeling. Sensory Fiction is a setup that includes a sensor-covered book and a vest that you wear while
- [Nature-Inspired Robots Build in Teams Just Like Termites](https://gajitz.com/nature-inspired-robots-build-in-teams-just-like-termites/) - The natural world has a lot to teach us about how to interact with our environment. Researchers at Harvard looked to the often-maligned termite for robotic inspiration. Their work led them to create a swarm of robots that can build architectural structures. The hope is that the robots can be used to build structures in
- [Making Contact: A+V System Creates Music On Any Surface](https://gajitz.com/making-contact-av-system-creates-music-on-any-surface/) - Combining audio with extreme portability and visuals is something commonly done with synthesizers, but probably never this easily. As part of an event held at the Royal Academy in London called “Sensing Spaces,” it's a multi-sensory feast. The title for the device is ironic: 'Contact.' It would appear the user is strumming strings or hitting bongos,
- [Write, Erase, Repeat: Reusable Never-Ending Notebook](https://gajitz.com/write-erase-repeat-reusable-never-ending-notebook/) - Using a whiteboard (or dry erase board) has become a familiar activity for creative or academic types. Similarly, carrying around a notebook or two or three to jot down notes and sketches is a time-honored tradition. A group of brilliant Canadian inventors figured out a way to combine the two into something that they call
- [Robot 3D Printer Can Build Self-Supporting Metal Structures](https://gajitz.com/robot-3d-printer-can-build-self-supporting-metal-structures/) - 3D printing is taking over the world, one new material at a time. First it was plastic, then ceramics and even food, and now a freestanding robot can print incredible self-supporting metal structures with a combination of 3D printing and welding. Amsterdam-based Joris Laarman Lab invented the MX3D in collaboration with Acotech and Autodesk, and
- [Hiding in the Dark: No Longer a Reindeer Game in Finland](https://gajitz.com/hiding-in-the-dark-no-longer-a-reindeer-game-in-finland/) - The reindeer in Finland might not be able to guide Santa on his sleigh, but they will soon be visible even in the dead of night. Finland's huge reindeer population leads to an alarming number of traffic accidents: an estimated 3,000-5,000 every year. The country's Reindeer Herders' Association is turning to a rather unorthodox method
- [Sony Proves Latest Gimmick With MP3 Player In Water Bottle](https://gajitz.com/sony-proves-latest-gimmick-with-mp3-player-in-water-bottle/) - If we haven't already, most of us will probably go through a few dozen MP3 players in our lifetime. Dropped, stepped on or just plain left in the cold, their convenience lends to their flimsiness. One brand in particular is notorious for it's short lifespan (we won't say any names.) While marketing their new MP3
- [Fowl Science: Chickens With Prosthetic Tails Mimic Dino Walk](https://gajitz.com/fowl-science-chickens-with-prosthetic-tails-mimic-dino-walk/) - Scientists have known for a long while that birds are distant descendants of dinosaurs. There's a good chance that studying the physiology of birds can help us understand the physiology of the long-extinct T. Rex and other massive prehistoric animals. Researchers at the Universidad de Chile decided that a chicken could be just the bird to
- [Bad Drivers Beware: HD Cam Catches Car-On-Bike Aggression](https://gajitz.com/bad-drivers-beware-hd-cam-catches-car-on-bike-aggression/) - It's no secret that some drivers get so impatient with cyclists that they resort to bullying behavior or straight-out aggression. It's often hard for the cyclist to find out who the aggressive driver was, and nearly impossible to have the driver brought to justice. That's the problem the team behind Fly6 want to solve. Their
- [Color-Changing Pants Display Paraplegic Athletes' Injuries](https://gajitz.com/color-changing-pants-display-paraplegic-athletes-injuries/) - Wheelchair extreme sports are an awesome way for paraplegics to stay active and have fun, but like any extreme sport there is an element of danger involved. Since many people in wheelchairs experience partial or total loss of feeling in their lower extremities, it is sometimes difficult for them to tell when they've sustained an
- [See the Music: Recycled Records Make Hip Vinyl Eyewear](https://gajitz.com/see-the-music-recycled-records-make-hip-vinyl-eyewear/) - The following words and images are sure to make you cry if you're a lover of old records, so you may want to stop reading here. Hungarian designer Zachary Tipton of Tipton Eyeworks was looking for an interesting new material for his designer frames - and inspiration struck when he happened upon his father's old
- [Gecko-Inspired Self-Cleaning Adhesive = Always-Sticky Tape](https://gajitz.com/gecko-inspired-self-cleaning-adhesive-always-sticky-tape/) - On the scale of sticky stuff, gecko feet are right near the top of the list. They can cling to just about any surface and never lose their clinging power. Humans have been studying them for decades to try to understand just how they can do the amazing things they do. Now, researchers at Carnegie Mellon
- [Digital Motorcycle Helmet = Crazy Heads Up Display Features](https://gajitz.com/digital-motorcycle-helmet-crazy-heads-up-display-features/) - If you ride a motorcycle you've probably already heard countless people tell you how dangerous it is, so we won't add to that pile of negativity. We will, however, suggest that you upgrade your helmet to this awesome one from Skully. The AR-1 is an augmented reality helmet that not only gives you the protection
- [The Stars Aligned In This Series Of Nature Photographs](https://gajitz.com/the-stars-aligned-in-this-series-of-nature-photographs/) - No, it's not color correction. And don't worry, you aren't hallucinating. That's pure mother nature at work in these bio-luminescent phytoplankton. Awash on a beach in the Maldives, they're a literal sea of stars. Taiwanese photographer Will Ho came upon the millions-strong wash of tiny wonders while vacationing on the islands. His pictures not only
- [Six Books None the Richer: Antique German 6-in-1 Book](https://gajitz.com/six-books-none-the-richer-antique-german-6-in-1-book/) - Antique books are already fascinating, but this one from the late 16th century is a truly special specimen. It was bound in the dos-á-dos ("back to back" in French) binding method. It looks like a single volume, but it is actually six books in one - it opens six different ways thanks to specially placed
- [Choose How You Cruise: Electric Car Converts to Cargo Van](https://gajitz.com/choose-how-you-cruise-electric-car-converts-to-cargo-van/) - Choosing between a fuel-efficient commuter car or a big, tough SUV that can haul stuff is not easy. On the one hand, you want to be eco-friendly, but on the other, you don't want to rent a truck every time you have to move a piece of furniture. The Split&Go concept from designer Kenan Haliloglu would
- [Silent Nights: Pillow Nudges Snorer's Head to Stop the Noise](https://gajitz.com/silent-nights-pillow-nudges-snorers-head-to-stop-the-noise/) - Sleeping next to a snorer is like a perpetual hell from which escape can only be achieved by one partner being banished to the couch. Old tricks like sewing a tennis ball into the back of the snorer's pajamas (so he can't lie on his back where he is more likely to snore) don't always
- [Our New Scaly Overlords: Goldfish Learns to Drive a Tank](https://gajitz.com/our-new-scaly-overlords-goldfish-learns-to-drive-a-tank/) - We all know the number of consequences that can happen when a pet dog, cat, or bird gets out and has the chance to run around - but have you ever wondered what a goldfish would do if allowed to escape its bowl and explore the world? Studio diip did, and so the Fish on
- [Earbuds Act as Music Player, Fitness Tracker + Smartphone](https://gajitz.com/earbuds-act-as-music-player-fitness-tracker-smartphone/) - If you've ever tried to work out with a conventional corded pair of earbuds, you've probably had to deal with tangled cords - maybe you've even accidentally pulled your earbuds out when the cords get tangled in your hands or equipment. Dash wireless headphones are in-ear devices that do way more than play your favorite
- [Low RPMs in the AM? Espresso Your Love For Caffeine, Cars](https://gajitz.com/low-rpms-in-the-am-espresso-your-love-for-caffeine-cars/) - There are so many similes that go along with this espresso machine (coffee as 'diesel fuel'; waking up as 'starting your engine') that they seem unavoidable. Even if you're not a gear head, though, it's easy to appreciate this beauty by Espresso Veloce. The 'V12' is part of their series of coffee makers that pay
- [Impermanent Art: AR Temp Tattoos Shake it On Your Skin](https://gajitz.com/impermanent-art-ar-temp-tattoos-shake-it-on-your-skin/) - Who doesn't love a good temporary tattoo? Even when you're a grown-up, it's hard to resist those cute little cartoon characters and know that you don't have to live with them on your skin for the rest of your life. Tattoos Alive is bringing the temporary tattoo into the digital age by adding a layer
- [User-Friendly Alarm Clock Prevents Morning Freak-Outs](https://gajitz.com/user-friendly-alarm-clock-prevents-morning-freak-outs/) - Move over Orville and Wilbur, there's a new pair of Wright brothers. While their improvement on the alarm clock may not be as historically important as the fixed-wing aircraft, UK-based brothers Adrian and Jeremy do have one thing over the original Wrights: the Red Dot 'Best of the Best Design' award. As most of us
- [Safer Stepping: System to Avoid Car/Pedestrian Collisions](https://gajitz.com/safer-stepping-system-to-avoid-carpedestrian-collisions/) - Car versus pedestrian accidents are a huge public safety problem, particularly in densely populated cities. Pedestrians stepping out into traffic from between parked vehicles are to blame many times, as are distracted drivers who don't yield the right of way to pedestrians. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich have developed a concept that could warn
- [New Cancer Treatment Delivers Drugs Only to Cancer Cells](https://gajitz.com/new-cancer-treatment-delivers-drugs-only-to-cancer-cells/) - Chemotherapy has been the go-to treatment for many years for most types of cancers. One of the problems with chemo, however, is that it attacks all cells, not just the unhealthy ones. Many cancer patients avoid treatment altogether because of the pain and illness traditional treatments cause. A new breakthrough from the University of Freiburg in
- [Off-Road Wheelchair Redefines the Wheelchair Experience](https://gajitz.com/off-road-wheelchair-redefines-the-wheelchair-experience/) - In the old days - long before technology could make anything and everything way better - power wheelchairs were able to help paraplegics get around, but only in ideal conditions. Snow, ice, or other inclement weather is enough to trip up the traditional electric wheelchair. The Der Ziesel is a whole new take on the
- [It's a Dog Speak Dog World: Concept Reads Canine Minds](https://gajitz.com/23911/) - Soon, teaching your dog to 'speak' will be obsolete. They will be able to communicate verbally in English, Spanish, French and even Mandarin. They will wear EEG-style headgear. This is the vision of the Swedish research lab NSID and their post-apocalyptic dog translator No More Woof. Okay, so the concept isn't that stark, and it's
- [Robotic Fish Swim and Frolic Without Any Work on Your Part](https://gajitz.com/robotic-fish-swim-and-frolic-without-any-work-on-your-part/) - We have to say that we're a little tired of all of our small pets - anything smaller than a cat - dying within a month of being brought home. It's depressing and it makes us feel a little guilty for forgetting to feed them. Hexbot has come up with a robotic version of a
- [Wonder Dog is First in the World to Have 4 Prosthetic Legs](https://gajitz.com/wonder-dog-is-first-in-the-world-to-have-4-prosthetic-legs/) - This happy-looking pup seems full of life and cheer now, but he has been through enough suffering for several lifetimes. Born in an abandoned cellar to a stray, Naki’o is incredibly lucky to be alive. His mother died in that cellar, and when little Naki’o and the rest of the litter were found, he had suffered severe
- [Zip it: Innovative Magnetic Zipper Needs Only One Hand](https://gajitz.com/zip-it-innovative-magnetic-zipper-needs-only-one-hand/) - The MagZip is an invention that will have everyone scratching their heads and asking "Now why didn't I think of that?" It eliminates the maddening process of matching up exactly the ends of a zipper before zipping it up. Invented by Scott Peters, the zipper was inspired by a relative who has problems with fine
- [Absolute Mobility: Firm Designs Concept Car For Disabled](https://gajitz.com/absolute-mobility-firm-designs-concept-car-for-disabled/) - Mobility has long been a problem for the disabled. A wheelchair, whether motorized or standard, allows them to get around, but only for relatively short distances. If longer distances are needed, this concept vehicle would be one cool way to get around - and it eliminates the hassle of a wheelchair lift altogether. Equal is
- [Rule the Office With This Gatling-Style Rubber Band Gun](https://gajitz.com/rule-the-office-with-this-gatling-style-rubber-band-gun/) - Just when you were running out of reasons to steal office supplies, this piece of wooden awesomeness comes along. Forget those double clothespin rubber band guns. When that annoyingly immature co-worker starts a rubber band war, break out this beast. This toy Gatling gun fires a ridiculous 672 bands per minute! Imported, not surprisingly, from
- [Your Next Keyboard Could Be Printed on a Piece of Paper](https://gajitz.com/your-next-keyboard-could-be-printed-on-a-piece-of-paper/) - Next time you need a new keyboard, you might be able to pull it right out of your filing cabinet. Creative firm Novalia has created a fully functional keyboard that can be printed right onto a regular sheet of photo paper. The method they've devised would be able to print electronics at the rate of
- [Sensitive Bionic Hand Restores Sense of Touch to Amputees](https://gajitz.com/sensitive-bionic-hand-restores-sense-of-touch-to-amputees/) - Most prosthetic hands can hold things and perhaps restore near-full functionality to the user's limb - but most don't restore the sense of feeling in any way. An international team of researchers has developed a prosthetic hand that can help the user feel again. The Lifehand 2 will allow amputees to regain a small amount
- [Face Off and On: iPad Faces Explore Feelings of Anonymity](https://gajitz.com/face-off-and-on-ipad-faces-explore-feelings-of-anonymity/) - Have you ever wanted to be someone else just for a little while? Artist Katsuki Nogami lets people do that...in a way. The Yamada Taro Project involves people walking through public spaces in Tokyo and Berlin with iPads occupying the space where their faces would usually be visible. The iPad-faced people wander through crowds, asking
- [World's First Porsche Found in a Warehouse After a Century](https://gajitz.com/worlds-first-porsche-found-in-a-warehouse-after-a-century/) - Seeing a Porsche drive down the street isn't an uncommon experience, but if you saw this one it would be guaranteed to make your jaw drop. This beauty is the first-ever Porsche, built in 1898 and dubbed by Ferdinand Porsche the P1 (for Porsche 1). The car's official name, however, is “Egger-Lohner C.2 electric vehicle." The
- [Military Conscription Helps With Portable Grill Concept ](https://gajitz.com/military-conscription-helps-with-portable-grill-concept/) - When packing for an outdoor excursion, it's difficult to find room for a cast iron grill. Even carrying a skillet can add unwanted pounds, not to mention that annoying thunk on your back as you walk. A new concept in campfire cookery by an Israeli design student helps you shed some backpack weight. Roee Magdassi
- [Unstructured Building Set Wants to Inspire Little Engineers](https://gajitz.com/unstructured-building-set-wants-to-inspire-little-engineers/) - In recent years, we've noticed some interesting changes in kids' toys. Many parents are moving away from the mass produced Made in China plastic toys for their children's health. Others opt for only educational toys that help their children develop skills for later in life. Strawbees is a building system that embraces both of these
- [For Sore Eyes: Concept Allows Glasses-Free Computer Use](https://gajitz.com/for-sore-eyes-concept-allows-glasses-free-computer-use/) - This is going to be a very poorly-sighted world eventually. A huge portion of our population has been staring at computer screens since childhood, meaning two things: eye damage will be incredibly widespread since done by even the looking at a screen for a minimal amount of time, as it adds up over several decades;
- [Feeling the Music: Gadget Reads Emotions to Choose Songs](https://gajitz.com/feeling-the-music-gadget-reads-emotions-to-choose-songs/) - Interaction between humans and their machines is understandably cold and one-sided - but what if your gadgets knew how you were feeling and responded appropriately? A music player designed by Joe Smith, Yeawon Choi, Yifei Chai, and Yuchang Chow called Rapport seeks to establish a more emotional connection between humans and machines. Rapport is a music
- [Tiny Injected Sponges Could Halt Gunshot Wound Bleeding](https://gajitz.com/tiny-injected-sponges-could-halt-gunshot-wound-bleeding/) - Bullet wounds received in the line of battle are treated as well as they can be in that situation, but the treatment is often primitive and ineffective. The bullet wound has to be packed with gauze to stop the bleeding, which often means shoving a lot of gauze deep into a living body - and
- [Butterfingers Rejoice! Mollusk Shell Study = Stronger Glass](https://gajitz.com/butterfingers-rejoice-mollusk-shell-study-stronger-glass/) - When you're putting dishes away and a drinking glass slips out of your hand, there's always a second of utter dread before it hits the floor and shatters. The near future, however, could bring an elemental shift in the way glass is made thanks to research at McGill University in Montreal. Professor François Barthelat and his team
- [Moon, Sweet Moon: 3D Printers Will Help us Colonize Luna](https://gajitz.com/moon-sweet-moon-3d-printers-will-help-us-colonize-luna/) - Colonizing Earth-like heavenly bodies: science fiction writers have mused about it. Heck, even Stephen Hawking endorses it. Now, NASA is using revolutionary technology to create buildings on the moon that may one day be habitable by humans. The technology was created by USC professor Dr. Berokh Khoshnevis. His 3D-printing robots use a method known as
- [Concept Vehicle from Honda Cuts Your Car's Size in Half](https://gajitz.com/concept-vehicle-from-honda-cuts-your-cars-size-in-half/) - Concept cars always rope you in with their beauty, but often lack integrity. Can they be nice to look at and serve an actual purpose? Honda answers this question with a bold answer. And although pretty, this concept car's focus is functionality. The Honda Type E pretty much cuts your standard car in half. Its
- [Ripping Pages: Book Image Becomes a Digital Audio File](https://gajitz.com/ripping-pages-book-image-becomes-a-digital-audio-file/) - Audio preservation has evolved to the point where centuries-old recordings become computer files. From Edison's phonograph that recorded onto wax cylinders, to vinyl (possibly the most debated form of recording), to the compact disc, these shifts focused primarily on audio quality. But there have been recordings for just that purpose: to preserve the audio. So
- [Machine Turns Color Waves Into Sounds for the Colorblind](https://gajitz.com/machine-turns-color-waves-into-sounds-for-the-colorblind/) - Those of us who can see colors normally tend to take that ability for granted. Designer Christopher Yamane has developed a device that will help people born with a condition called achromatopsia see colors by involving their sense of hearing. Achromatopsia is a rare and often-misunderstood medical syndrome which causes the inability to see color.
- [Video Phone Gives You Mobile Quality Time With Your Pet](https://gajitz.com/video-phone-gives-you-mobile-quality-time-with-your-pet/) - For pet owners who travel a lot, or people who just plain miss their animal companions, this will help ease you and your pets' separation anxiety. It's a video phone that lets you 'chat' with your dog or cat face to face. PetChatz video phone is a little wall hub that's meant for on-the-go pet
- [Revolutionary Pizza Box Design Means No More Soggy Pizza](https://gajitz.com/revolutionary-pizza-box-design-means-no-more-soggy-pizza/) - A simple redesign could be the end of soggy delivery pizza forever. The current pizza box design puts a hot pizza in a fully enclosed cardboard box. The steam and resulting moisture are trapped inside, making the crust soft and soggy. There are vent holes in the sides, but steam doesn't move sideways; it is
- [Power Nap: Pillow Charges Your Gadgets While You Lounge](https://gajitz.com/power-nap-pillow-charges-your-gadgets-while-you-lounge/) - When the gadget that you really want to play with right now starts to run out of battery power, you will likely be forced to change positions to charge the device while you use it. It's a first world problem to be sure, but someone figured out a way to beat it. The Power Pillow
- [Ford's Futuristic Safety System Steers Away From Hazards](https://gajitz.com/fords-futuristic-safety-system-steers-away-from-hazards/) - Cars are getting smarter every year; they can already parallel park themselves for you and some can drive themselves. Some "smart car" ideas are laughable or even scary, but Ford has developed a safety feature that we would love to see deployed as soon as possible. Ford of Europe has been at work developing an
- [Miss the 90s? This Synth Lets You Re-Live the Dial-Up Days](https://gajitz.com/miss-the-90s-this-synth-lets-you-re-live-the-dial-up-days/) - If you are as old as we are, you may have fond memories of the screechy sounds of dial-up modems. Remember waiting for the modem to dial out and listening to the beep booop beeeeeeeeeps before you were finally connected? We're definitely better off with modern technology, but it's a nostalgia thing. Think Geek
- [Implant Keeps Track of Medicine Levels in Patients' Blood](https://gajitz.com/implant-keeps-track-of-medicine-levels-in-patients-blood/) - With any long-term medication, it's very important to make sure that the drug maintains a steady level in the patient's bloodstream. That's difficult to do without weekly or even daily trips to a doctor's office. A device called MEDIC (Microfluidic Electrochemical Detector for In vivo Concentrations) developed at UC Santa Barbara could keep track of medication
- [Diagonal Touchscreen UI Takes it Easy on Human Thumbs](https://gajitz.com/diagonal-touchscreen-ui-takes-it-easy-on-human-thumbs/) - When describing a new type of smartphone technology, the term "Handedness-Agnostic" probably wouldn't come to mind. But that's one of many slogans dreamed up for Vice Versa, a conceptual user interface that improves on the user experience by taking into consideration how the human body works. Most of us experience the irritating button layout on
- [Dali's Design: Melting Wristwatch is a Wearable Work of Art](https://gajitz.com/dalis-design-melting-wristwatch-is-a-wearable-work-of-art/) - Salvador Dali's painting The Persistence of Memory is one of those images that is almost universally recognizable. The bizarre landscape, and especially the melting clocks, are so memorable partly because they represent the impermanence of time and our perception of it. If you've ever admired the painting enough to want to live inside of it
- [After the Ice: Pics Strips Away Ice to Show Naked Antarctica](https://gajitz.com/after-the-ice-pics-strips-away-ice-to-show-naked-antarctica/) - Antarctica is the most mysterious continent on the planet. The 5,400,000-square mile land mass is completely covered with ice, and no human has ever seen it without its frigid shroud. After decades of research, NASA, with the assistance of the British Antarctic Survey and images from the Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat), has
- [Sweet + Not So Simple: Eco-Friendly Sugar Powered Batteries](https://gajitz.com/sweet-not-so-simple-eco-friendly-sugar-powered-batteries/) - Batteries aren't just a pain to replace and dispose of; they're certifiable toxic waste. A research team at Virginia Tech is developing a battery powered by sugar that may keep hundreds of thousands of tons of traditional batteries out of landfills. Sugar is a natural source of energy (as any parent with a sugar-eating child
- [The Segway of Skateboards: 1-Wheel Self-Balancing Wonder](https://gajitz.com/the-segway-of-skateboards-1-wheel-self-balancing-wonder/) - If there was ever an invention that needs to be improved, it's the skateboard. Those four wheels are totally superfluous. Improvements have been made, sometimes to interesting results. The Onewheel is the latest in foot-based transportation. The Onewheel is an electrically-powered personal transportation device created by California-based company Future Motion. It features (you guessed it)
- [Hand-Held Scanner Uses Lasers to Analyze Food's Content](https://gajitz.com/hand-held-scanner-uses-lasers-to-analyze-foods-content/) - Knowing what's in your food isn't a concern just for dieters - people with food allergies or intolerances need to be extremely careful about what they eat. The problem is that sometimes it's hard to tell if a food contains an allergen thanks to misleading or missing labeling. The TellSpec Scanner is a hand-held gadget
- [Meet the Chefjet: It's the World's First 3D Printer for Food](https://gajitz.com/meet-the-chefjet-its-the-worlds-first-3d-printer-for-food/) - American manufacturing company 3D Systems showcased a world's first earlier this month. The Consumer Electonics Show in Las Vegas was the lucky venue to display their two 3D printers, the first meant for food. The Chefjet and Chefjet Pro are both certified and ready for kitchen use. They use regular inkjet print heads, but this
- [Fancy Foundations: 2 Highly Insane High-Tech Bra Concepts](https://gajitz.com/fancy-foundations-2-highly-insane-high-tech-bra-concepts/) - We remember when bras did what they were supposed to and very little else. Apparently the technology age has changed that and now even our lingerie is wired, for better or worse. These two conceptual brassieres use technology to perform some high-tech (and very sexist) deeds. The True Love Tester bra from Japanese lingerie company
- [New Species of River Dolphin Has Been Hiding in Plain Sight](https://gajitz.com/new-species-of-river-dolphin-has-been-hiding-in-plain-sight/) - For the first time in more than a century, a new species of river dolphin has been discovered. A team of scientists from Federal University of Amazonas in Manaus, Brazil took to the Araguaia and Tocantins rivers to collect DNA from the dolphins there. What they found was big news: these dolphins didn't belong to any known
- [Fancy Up Your Desktop With a Luxury Spherical Hard Drive](https://gajitz.com/fancy-up-your-desktop-with-a-luxury-spherical-hard-drive/) - If you've ever looked at your desk and thought "Well, this isn't nearly luxurious enough," then the LaCie Sphère is here to pull you out of your non-fancy squalor. The rather beautiful spherical hard drive is handcrafted in Yainville, France and encased in super-shiny silver-plated steel case. Looking like something from outer space, the hard
- [Brits In Tiny Cars: Top Gear Showcases World's Smallest Car](https://gajitz.com/brits-in-tiny-cars-top-gear-showcases-worlds-smallest-car/) - Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson has done some crazy things over the years. In this episode he profiles and demonstrates the world's smallest car - on England's notoriously busy A3 motorway, no less. It's comical, scary and informative - the episode, not the car. The P45 is the tiny car that got it's wheels broken in
- [Sun-Starved Chinese Residents Get Fake Sunrise Videos](https://gajitz.com/sun-starved-chinese-residents-get-fake-sunrise-videos/) - The air pollution in China is a problem known and discussed around the world. Beijing in particular suffers from such a thick cloud of permanent smog that on most days, residents are unable to even see the sun in the sky. In a story straight out of a dystopian sci-fi novel, the natural light-starved residents
- [Get Every Last Bit of Toothpaste Out by Going for a Spin](https://gajitz.com/get-every-last-bit-of-toothpaste-out-by-going-for-a-spin/) - If we truly are nearing a worldwide resource crisis, then we will all have to learn to conserve everything we use. Wasting that last little bit of anything will add up eventually. We've shown one (rather gross) way to be non-wasteful. This interesting tube of toothpaste is another. In an odd and somewhat iffy idea,
- [First Self-Regulating Artificial Heart Implanted in Human](https://gajitz.com/first-self-regulating-artificial-heart-implanted-in-human/) - One lucky man in France has the honor of being the first human to have a self-regulating artificial heart beating in his chest. Inventor/cardiac surgeon Alain Carpentier invented the Carmat, an artificial heart that is far different than those that have been in use for decades. Standard artificial hearts beat at a constant rate no matter
- [Team Develops 3D Printing Lab to Make $100 Prosthetics](https://gajitz.com/team-develops-3d-printing-lab-to-make-100-prosthetics/) - The horrors of the war-torn regions of Sudan are unimaginable. In 2012, Daniel Omar lost both of his arms from a bomb dropped by his own country. First reported by Time magazine, his plight got the attention of the CEO of Not Impossible Labs, who want to use their 3D printing technology to give Daniel
- [Affordable Philips LED Bulb Is Flat, Light and Energy Efficient](https://gajitz.com/affordable-philips-led-bulb-is-flat-light-and-energy-efficient/) - The start of 2014 was accompanied by the beginning of a government phase-out plan that was created to eliminate the production of all incandescent light bulbs. CFL and LED bulbs will take over for the outdated (and outlawed) incandescents, but consumers have had a number of problems with the idea of the change. One of
- [Artificial Gill Mouthpiece Could Let Humans Breathe Underwater](https://gajitz.com/artificial-gill-mouthpiece-could-let-humans-breathe-underwater/) - The idea of humans being able to breathe underwater once seemed as impossible as humans flying. But just as airplanes let us take to the skies, the invention of SCUBA let us explore underwater. A conceptual design from Jeabyun Yeon would make shallow diving even more natural by allowing us to "breathe" underwater sans air tanks.
- [Pack Shelter Wheel-y Easily With This Tire-Mounted Tent](https://gajitz.com/pack-your-shelter-wheel-y-easily-with-this-tire-mounted-tent/) - Outdoor leisure activities often go very well together. Cycling, fishing and especially camping are activities that greatly benefit from the plastic roof of a tent, a camping staple that's not easily portable. One team of designers took notice of this and have a creative way to transport your vinyl sleeping place. The cleverly-titled Travel Tent
- [Instant Oil: Making Crude With Algae In Less Than an Hour](https://gajitz.com/instant-oil-making-crude-with-algae-in-less-than-an-hour/) - Science has a love for making things go faster. Take the million-year process of converting algae into crude oil for example. Scientists from the Department of Energy have created a way to cut the time down to less than one hour. And as a bonus, the process creates a reusable byproduct. Working at the Pacific
- [No Hands Needed: Brainwave-Controlled Wearable Camera](https://gajitz.com/no-hands-needed-brainwave-controlled-wearable-camera/) - It's great to capture all of your life's adventures, but carrying around a camera often interferes with your enjoyment of the moment. The Neurocam is a brainwave-reading camera that detects when you are interested in something and snaps a picture. The algorithm used to detect when a person likes or feels interested in something was
- [Smart Mailbox Gives You the Power to Keep Your Mail Safe](https://gajitz.com/smart-mailbox-gives-you-the-power-to-keep-your-mail-safe/) - We get nice little notifications when we get a new email - why shouldn't we get the same notifications when our snail mail is delivered? Mr. Postman is a smart mailbox that lets you know when the postman has been by with iPhone updates. The invention also keeps your incoming and outgoing mail safe while
- [Skew Space and Time With These Oddly-Armed Wall Clocks](https://gajitz.com/skew-space-and-time-with-these-oddly-armed-wall-clocks/) - We all have a different perspective on life. As much as we hate to begin this article with both a pun and a cliche, it's rarely as appropriate a time as this one. The Tel Aviv-based design duo Studio Ve has created physical representations of this cliche in the form of a series of clocks.
- [Vibrating Bracelet Makes You More Aware of Passing of Time](https://gajitz.com/vibrating-bracelet-makes-you-more-aware-of-passing-of-time/) - How often have you heard someone ask "where did the time go?" It's easy to ignore or simply not notice the passage of time, particularly when you're occupied with some other pursuit. Design duo Skrekkøgle have come up with a simple way to keep you aware of how many minutes are slipping away. The object is
- [Glowing Plants Are a Step Toward Electricity-Free Lighting](https://gajitz.com/glowing-plants-are-a-step-toward-electricity-free-lighting/) - Bioluminescence occurs in insects, animals, plants, and bacteria fairly frequently, but so far we haven't harnessed it for our own personal use. A company called Bioglow is changing all that by creating the first autoluminescent plant: a glowing plant that doesn't need chemicals, special lights, or electricity to glow. They call their first prototype Starlight
- [An Audio + Video Track To the Beat of the Same Drummer](https://gajitz.com/an-audio-video-track-to-the-beat-of-the-same-drummer/) - By now, just about every studio trick or effect can be easily added to an audio track. At the click of a mouse, the average bedroom producer can add flange, distortion, chorus or filter. The holy grail of audio effects, reverb, was the subject of this experiment done by Audio Zero and Wikidrummers. The two
- [Neuroprosthetic Technology to Be Displayed at World Cup](https://gajitz.com/neuroprosthetic-technology-to-be-displayed-at-world-cup/) - The Walk Again Project is an multi-national effort that does neurological research to help paralysis victims walk again. In the past, the project has pioneered mind-control research into the field of neuroprosthesis. It hopes to unveil some of its most cutting-edge technology in Brazil at the 2014 FIFA Soccer World Cup kickoff ceremony. Leading the
- [Smoking Caterpillar Blows Nicotine to Ward Off Predators](https://gajitz.com/smoking-caterpillar-blows-nicotine-to-ward-off-predators/) - Remember the hookah-smoking, puzzle-talking caterpillar from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland? It turns out that that animated butterfly lava wasn't the only insect that enjoys a few puffs now and then - but the hornworm caterpillar doesn't do it for kicks. It emits little puffs of tobacco to ward off its natural predator, the wolf spider.
- [Amazing Ads: Reusable Video Screens in Paper Magazines](https://gajitz.com/amazing-ads-reusable-video-screens-in-paper-magazines/) - It seems like you can't go anywhere or do anything these days without seeing an advertisement. That feeling is about to get just a little more intense. In the September 18th issue of Entertainment Weekly in New York and LA, readers will be able to see the world's first in-magazine video advertisement. Los Angeles-based company
- [Museum Lets You See Your iPhone Finger Tricks in Action](https://gajitz.com/museum-lets-you-see-your-iphone-finger-tricks-in-action/) - "There are five multi-touch gestures forming the language we use between our fingers and iPhone screens." This is the reductive description given by Royal College of Art student Gabriele Meldaikyte for her 2013 exhibition at London's V&A Museum. Her models, as opposed to her explanation of them, take simple movements and illustrate them in a
- [LED Bulb Doesn't Leave You in Dark When the Power Goes Out](https://gajitz.com/led-bulb-doesnt-leave-you-in-dark-when-the-power-goes-out/) - When the electricity cuts off unexpectedly, you might be left searching around for a flashlight or a candle. But a bright idea from Shailendra Suman could keep the lights on even when the electricity goes off. The SmartCharge light bulb uses a regular socket and looks a lot like a regular light bulb, but it
- [Awesome 3D Projection Jar Is a Learning Tool For Your Kids](https://gajitz.com/awesome-3d-projection-jar-is-a-learning-tool-for-your-kids/) - If you ever have an ethical dilemma when your children catch animals or insects inside glass jars, then this is the concept for you. It allows the academical and investigative aspects of a jar-captured animal while cutting out the cruelty by use of 3D projection. The idea is called Jarpet. Designers Zhang Di, Zhao Tianji,
- [Ford's Solar-Powered Hybrid Concept Drives Right Off the Grid](https://gajitz.com/fords-solar-powered-hybrid-concept-drives-right-off-the-grid/) - If the simple act of driving your hybrid car could keep it charged up without the use of grid energy, you could do even more good for the environment. That's what Ford is counting on, anyway. Following the popularity of the existing plug-in hybrid C-MAX Energi, the auto company is introducing an even more eco-friendly
- [Survive an Apocalyptic Event With This Multi-Tasking Jacket](https://gajitz.com/survive-an-apocalyptic-event-with-this-multi-tasking-jacket/) - The recent trend of doomsday prepping is a paranoid, and sometimes even laughable, affair. It's on par with the belief in a zombie apocalypse. It is, however, more practical in that it requires things like food stockpiling and various forms of training. In the chance of an apocalyptic event, this multi-purpose jacket doesn't just make
- [Open Source DIY Vehicle Is Customizable + Eco-Friendly](https://gajitz.com/open-source-diy-vehicle-is-customizable-eco-friendly/) - To most people, building your own car means hours of labor stretching out over weeks, months or even years. Condense this time span down to about an hour and you'd have enough to build the TABBY, an open source electric vehicle. Italian alternative vehicle company OSVehicle is the creator of the TABBY. The company's website
- [Tokyo Team Achieves Levitation Using Ultrasonic Waves](https://gajitz.com/tokyo-team-achieves-levitation-using-ultrasonic-waves/) - All of those buzzkills who have said for years that multi-directional levitation isn't possible clearly weren't counting on the ingenuity of Yoichi Ochiai, Takayuki Hoshi and Jun Rekimoto, all researchers at the University of Tokyo. The group's custom-built machine manipulates ultrasonic beams to move around an object in the machines focal point - and it can
- [Light-Up Coat Check System Makes Finding Jackets Simple](https://gajitz.com/light-up-coat-check-system-makes-finding-jackets-simple/) - We don't go to fancy enough places to use a coat check very often, but we've heard they're a little annoying to use. Engineering student Alyssa Davis has created a concept to make coat checks simple, quick, and painless. Her idea is called ECLIPS, and it will significantly cut down the coat check process. The
- [New Wheel Helps Carry the Weight of Water Transporting](https://gajitz.com/new-wheel-helps-carry-the-weight-of-water-transporting/) - In developing countries, water quality is something that often hampers progress. Proximity to water altogether is a threat to quality and something that led American social venture company Wello to create a portable water transporting device. In regions of India, the trek to water can be up to five miles long. Retrieving it is a
- [What's That Sound: Spontaneous Music From Odd Material](https://gajitz.com/whats-that-sound-spontaneous-music-from-odd-material/) - Remember that science experiment where you wired a potato to power a light bulb? That was an example of how electricity can travel through everyday objects to perform unlikely tasks. Earlier this year, UK artist Ryan Jordan took it a step further when he ran a workshop in Montreal that used geological elements to make
- [iPhone Case + App Add Light To Your Dark World of Music](https://gajitz.com/iphone-case-app-add-light-to-your-dark-world-of-music/) - "Fun, functional and a bit funky: That's Sparkbeats." This is the mission statement of the team at a company that wants to sell you a new iPhone case. It's catchy but not terribly original. Luckily, their design is. Sparkbeats takes the LED light in your iPhone, the one typically used for a flashlight or camera
- [Live Inside the Music in a Giant Bubble-Shaped Speaker](https://gajitz.com/live-inside-the-music-in-a-giant-bubble-shaped-speaker/) - If you've ever wanted to live inside of your favorite music, gigantic speakers called AudioOrbs can make it happen. The makers of AudioOrbs say they're the first speakers in the world that you can sit inside. The orb is like a huge sound bubble that can contain an entire human on its built-in seat. The
- [Riding High: New Idea Would Build Elevated Cyclist Roads](https://gajitz.com/riding-high-new-idea-would-build-elevated-cyclist-roads/) - If you're tired of passing cyclists in your car or don't like seeing precious road space taken up by bike lanes, then you might get on board this idea. You're ideals might be a bit counterproductive, as the health and environmental benefits outweigh the problems, but a recent "cycling utopia" concept by a British architect
- [Engineering Students Redesign the Humble Cardboard Box](https://gajitz.com/engineering-students-redesign-the-humble-cardboard-box/) - Cardboard boxes probably aren't something you think about often unless you're planning to move house. But engineering students Henry Wang and Chris Curro thought about them a lot: their design, their difficulty of use, their wastefulness. And they decided to do something about the standard cardboard box problems by designing their own. The Rapid Packing
- [Animal Magnetism: Dogs Are Sensitive to Magnetic Fields](https://gajitz.com/animal-magnetism-dogs-are-sensitive-to-magnetic-fields/) - A recent study has shown that canines are magnetically sensitive. Now, before you go sticking refrigerator magnets to your dog, it isn't that simple (or cool). In an abstract from Frontiers in Zoology, a conclusion was made that "magnetic sensitivity was proved in dogs." Over a two-year span, the defecation and urinary patterns of 70
- [Ice Road Truck: 15K Pound Truck Made of Ice Really Drives](https://gajitz.com/ice-road-truck-15k-pound-truck-made-of-ice-really-drives/) - As one of the worst winter storms in recorded history battered Canada in late 2013, Iceculture was purposely exposing themselves to thousands of pounds of ice in the name of their cold, cold art. The ice truck above was once a 2005 Chevy Silverado before the body and cab were removed. Since the finished ice
- [Pendant Hearing Aid Looks More Like a Fashion Statement](https://gajitz.com/pendant-hearing-aid-looks-more-like-a-fashion-statement/) - Assistive devices for people with hearing impairments have gone through plenty of changes and improvements over the decades, but most of them can still be easily identified as hearing aids. Wear takes a different approach to the hearing aid design. The device looks like a large pendant necklace, but it is actually an array of
- [3D-Printed Mechanical 'Toy' Is the Cutting Edge of Design](https://gajitz.com/3d-printed-mechanical-toy-is-the-cutting-edge-of-design/) - The NYC-based collective Proxy Design Studio is "an innovation-focused design firm that works across a range of scales and platforms." This is the slogan you're greeted with upon visiting their website, and it quickly becomes apparent, as projects in the fields of design, sustainability, research and construction are front and center. One of their impressive
- [Fun Movie + Photo Camera Gives You the Gift of Memory](https://gajitz.com/fun-movie-photo-camera-gives-you-the-gift-of-memory/) - The marvel of the moving picture is now at your fingertips. Remember the first time you drew those sequential stick figures on the outer margins of your 8th-grade copy of 'To Kill a Mockingbird'? The GIF computer file is sort of the modern version, and a new camera gives you physical copies. Designer Jiho Jang
- [Pencil Stylus Makes iPad Sketching Feel More Realistic](https://gajitz.com/pencil-stylus-makes-ipad-sketching-feel-more-realistic/) - Sketching and drawing on tablet computers just doesn't offer the same sensations or tactile feedback of paper. What they do offer is a ton of high-tech tools and the ability to do things that would be difficult to impossible on paper. Pencil from design studio FiftyThree is a stylus designed to be used with the
- [Create Your Own Oasis With This Unique 'Foldable' Skiff](https://gajitz.com/create-your-own-oasis-with-this-unique-foldable-skiff/) - There's nothing quite like being on the open water, just floating along. But this can be difficult with that little nine-foot jon boat that sits in your driveway ten months out of the year. Austrian design studio formquadrat hope to enhance your boating experience. The 'fines' is a "foldable multi-hull boat concept for 4-6 people,"
- [You Can Take it With You: New Volvo Charger Fits In Trunk](https://gajitz.com/you-can-take-it-with-you-new-volvo-charger-fits-in-trunk/) - The Volvo V60 is the world's first diesel hybrid plug-in car. To celebrate this, the company held an architecture competition called "Switch to Pure Volvo." The winners have been re-tooling their design and have finally unveiled an interesting, not to mention cool-looking, portable car charging station. Synthesis Design + Architecture, the winners of the competition,
- [Inventor Shane Chen and His Funky Ways to Get Around](https://gajitz.com/inventor-shane-chen-and-his-funky-ways-to-get-around/) - Walking is boring. Not that we endorse using automobiles as transportation over more eco-friendly methods, but there's only so much you can do with your feet besides putting one in front of the other. Luckily there are designers like Shane Chen out there to cut through our meandering boredom. Based in Washington, Chen is a
- [Concept Mobile Device is Like a Tiny Pocket-Size Keyboard](https://gajitz.com/concept-mobile-device-is-like-a-tiny-pocket-size-keyboard/) - Korean designer Sangnam Park has come up with a concept that is equal parts intriguing and irreverent. The Tabmate is meant to act as plenty of gadgets all rolled up into one pocket-sized device. Park calls it a "bluetooth hands-free keyboard for table." The concept has a high level of flexibility and capabilities. The Tabmate
- [Electric Personal Helicopter Boasts a Whopping 18 Rotors](https://gajitz.com/electric-personal-helicopter-boasts-a-whopping-18-rotors/) - With such an amazing design, watching this beauty in flight may cause involuntary fist pumping. It may first appear to be overkill, but the 'Volocopter' is in fact, according to the company's website "safer, simpler, and cleaner than normal helicopters." The German-made "private helicopter" is the product of the engineering team at E-volo. The VC200
- [Get Just Enough Sun Thanks to a Sun-Safety Wristband](https://gajitz.com/get-just-enough-sun-thanks-to-a-sun-safety-wristband/) - With the fear of melanoma and other skin cancers looming over our heads every day, it's easy to forget that our bodies actually need sunlight exposure to function properly. Even in the winter, it's important to get moderate sun exposure. But if you're as confused as the rest of us about how much is just
- [Desert Billboard Makes Clean Drinking Water From Thin Air](https://gajitz.com/desert-billboard-makes-clean-drinking-water-from-thin-air/) - Access to potable water is a problem in much of the world, but the impact is felt especially hard in the coastal deserts of Peru. There, annual rainfall is a mere half an inch, but atmospheric humidity is abundant - about 98 percent. Researchers at Peru's University of Engineering and Technology believed that they could
- [Bicycle Project Uses Car Scrap, Karma As Main Ingredients](https://gajitz.com/bicycle-project-uses-car-scrap-karma-as-main-ingredients/) - Decades of gasoline-burning cars are being karmic-ly erased. The restoration of the balance is in the hands of the CARMA Project, a concept that recycles car scrap into bicycles. "Can a bicycle make up for everything a car has done?" is the ghostly mission statement and the first thing you see when visiting the CARMA
- [Colorful Illuminated Clothespins Add Whim to the Mundane](https://gajitz.com/colorful-illuminated-clothespins-add-whim-to-the-mundane/) - Hanging laundry is a boring chore, so adding some whimsy to it is a welcome enjoyment. New clothespins have been designed that turn to little colored stars, strung along a moonlit clothesline, powered by the sun. Designers Idan Noyberg and Gal Bulka are the creators of the 'Lightly' clothespin. When simply clamped onto clothes on
- [Bugged: Insect 'Farm' Could Be Your Next Kitchen Appliance](https://gajitz.com/bugged-insect-farm-could-be-your-next-kitchen-appliance/) - Consuming insects has gone from a completely objectionable concept to a feasible curiosity as a sustainable food source. The Lepsis has already been introduced as a prototype, and now a new home insect growing/harvesting apparatus has been proposed. While the aforementioned device bred grasshoppers, Farm 432 uses the black soldier fly. Before you dismiss the
- [Plastered: New Invisible Speaker Can Be Built Into Walls](https://gajitz.com/plastered-new-invisible-speaker-can-be-built-into-walls/) - The trend of prominently displaying your home stereo system has faded into the realm of tackiness. Whether it's the wall-mounted squares of the classic Bose surround sound system (were we supposed to believe those speakers were unobtrusive, floating up there in the corner?) or, god forbid, the old component towers, these systems have antiquated connectivity
- [Moonlighting: Alt-Energy Plan Uses the Moon as Source](https://gajitz.com/moonlighting-alt-energy-plan-uses-the-moon-as-source/) - Man and the moon: he's dreamed of it; he's conquered it. Now he's trying to make it his bitch. A Japanese company proposes building a massive ring of 250 mile-wide solar panels to use it as a constant stream of energy. Tokyo based Shimizu Corporation calls their project the 'Luna Ring,' a 6,800-mile long track
- [Da Vinci’s Dream: 15th Century Musical Device Comes to Life](https://gajitz.com/15th-century-replica-is-a-hybrid-of-sound-design/) - 500 years later, Leonardo Da Vinci's repertoire continues to produce things that amaze. The latest is a musical instrument he dubbed the 'viola organista,' and a Polish concert pianist has reproduced one that's both completely functional and absolutely beautiful. Slawomir Zubrzycki reportedly put in an estimated 5,000 hours of work over three years, pouring $10,000
- [Smart Ring Controls Your Smartphone From Your Finger](https://gajitz.com/smart-ring-controls-your-smartphone-from-your-finger/) - Before most of the world has even had time to adapt to smart watches, the next big thing is on its way: smart rings. When paired with a smartphone, the Smarty Ring comes with a rather long list of capabilities. Besides looking pretty sweet on your finger, the ring can alert you to calls or
- [Skateboard Opens Up to Carry Valuables While You Ride](https://gajitz.com/skateboard-opens-up-to-carry-valuables-while-you-ride/) - Like skateboarding to work but hate carrying your briefcase along for the ride? Someone had to invent a solution eventually, and the Briefskate is that solution. Invented by Alexei Novitzky, the Briefskate has a hinged top that opens up to reveal a shock-proof interior that can used to carry all of your important office accessories, including
- [Hand-Held Scanner Lets You Copy + Paste Nearly Anywhere](https://gajitz.com/hand-held-scanners-lets-you-copy-paste-nearly-anywhere/) - The "copy and paste" function is so familiar to computer users that it rarely needs explanation. The common function is breaking into the real world with a design by Jayeong Yoon & Seulki Kim called, appropriately, Copy & Paste. The gadget is a handheld scanner/printer that can take images from one physical place, record them, and
- [Women At Work: LEGO To Produce Female Scientist Figures](https://gajitz.com/women-at-work-lego-to-produce-female-scientist-figures/) - In response to a petition challenging the gender equality of its mini figurines, LEGO may produce three sets featuring female scientists. This is either the sad end game of the feminist movement, or someone probably too old to play with LEGO noticed the disparity and flexed their righteous indignation. LEGO designer Alatariel created the trio
- [3D Bio-Pen Lets Surgeons Fix Injuries By Drawing on Them](https://gajitz.com/3d-bio-pen-lets-surgeons-fix-injuries-by-drawing-on-them/) - Three-dimensional printing has become so common that devices are now being marketed that turn the process into an artistic game - but the BioPen is a far more serious gadget. The BioPen is more or less a handheld 3D printer that uses live cells - rather than extruded plastic - to fill in the site
- [Mind-Bending Science: Visualizing Ten Dimensions](https://gajitz.com/mind-bending-science-visualizing-ten-dimensions/) - String theory continues to divide the scientific community; while many scientists believe we're on the right track with this line of thinking, others believe we're on a wild goose chase that will never amount to anything. As an untested and rather complicated theory, it seems to confuse more non-scientists than it enlightens. But for all
- [Super-Exclusive Marine Vessel Glides You Into the Deep Sea](https://gajitz.com/super-exclusive-marine-vessel-glides-you-into-the-deep-sea/) - Contrary to its name, DeepFlight Super Falcon isn't a movie franchise or a war campaign. It's an electric two-seat underwater 'plane,' basically a personal submarine for the mega-elite. A former marine engineer in the military, oil and gas industries, Graham Hawkes is the brains behind the aquatic vehicle. He recently told The Daily Telegraph that
- [In Mid-Air: First Consumer-Available Jetpack Ready In 2015](https://gajitz.com/in-mid-air-first-consumer-available-jetpack-ready-in-2015/) - When New Zealand's Martin Aircraft Company announced plans for a "practical jetpack," this oxymoron of a device no doubt raised a few eyebrows. Originally slated for a mid-2014 commercial release, it's been retooled and the company hopes it will be available for consumers by 2015. If the above picture is any indication, cult leaders will
- [Dutch Team's Speedy Bike Sets World Land Speed Record](https://gajitz.com/dutch-teams-speedy-bike-sets-world-land-speed-record/) - Attempting to break land speed records is a true adrenaline junkie's hobby. Fittingly, a Dutch cyclist set the world land speed record for bicycles a few months ago. Hopefully the 83 MPH he hit was enough to get his fix. Student Sebastiaan Bowier was part of a team from Delft University of Technology and VU
- [Taste Test: Device Lets the Blind See with Their Tongue](https://gajitz.com/taste-test-device-lets-the-blind-see-with-their-tongue/) - Visually impaired people may soon be able to "see" the world around them without the need for implants or surgery. The BrainPort device, created by Wisconsin-based Wicab, Inc., consists of a pair of sunglasses with an embedded camera, a hand-held CPU/controller, and an electrode-laden paddle which sits on the user's tongue. Visual information is passed
- [Wearable Speaker Also Serves as a Retro Phone + Jewelry](https://gajitz.com/wearable-speaker-also-serves-as-a-retro-phone-jewelry/) - The MONOCLE from Native Union is a wearable speaker and speakerphone that also works as a visually interesting retro accessory. The MONOCLE looks a bit like a very old-time telephone receiver, and hanging around your neck it looks like a super-stylish sporty piece of jewelry. The device is paired with your phone; every time a
- [Death of Carpal Tunnel? Levitating Mouse is Easy on Wrists](https://gajitz.com/death-of-carpal-tunnel-levitating-mouse-is-easy-on-wrists/) - Carpal Tunnel syndrome arises from performing repetitive actions like typing, using a computer mouse, or making the same movements with your hands hundreds of times a day (like factory workers do). It's more than just an irritation - it's seriously painful and can limit the use of your wrists. Designer Vadim Kibardin has designed a
- [DIY Subdermal Implant Makes Cyborg Out of Regular Person](https://gajitz.com/diy-subdermal-implant-makes-cyborg-out-of-regular-person/) - Let us begin by saying that there is no way you should ever try anything like this at home. Biohacker Tim Cannon created a device that he calls Circadian; it is a biometric measuring tool that can send Cannon's data to an Android mobile device. It is the first non-medical bio-implant to ever be installed
- [Simple Game Brings the Fun of Waiting in Line to Computers](https://gajitz.com/simple-game-brings-the-fun-of-waiting-in-line-to-computers/) - Waiting in line sucks - there's probably no one in the world who genuinely enjoys it. It makes perfect sense, then, that someone should make a video game of one of the world's most dreadfully boring activities. Rajeev Basu developed the game, which is a definite departure from other video games that strive to be
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- [Gadgets](https://gajitz.com/meta/gadgets/) - Gadgets make our worlds go round, from humorous novelty gizmos and entertaining gaming consoles to everyday communication devices, functional personal computers, creative cameras, cool clocks and more. Here you will find some of the greatest new gadget designs, offbeat creations and futuristic concepts – both built widgets and yet-to-be-realized design ideas.
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- [Robotics](https://gajitz.com/meta/technology/robotics/) - We may not have robot housekeepers just yet, but they’re probably not far off. With all of the amazing robots being built today, the entire field of robotics is advancing at a breakneck speed. Here you’ll find some of the newest, greatest and weirdest robots ever designed or produced, along with emerging new technology.
- [Unbuilt Concepts](https://gajitz.com/meta/technology/unbuilt-concepts/) - Sometimes an idea is ahead of its time, and sometimes it just can’t find funding. Whatever the reason, the concepts in this category remain unrealized – at least for now.
- [Transportation](https://gajitz.com/meta/transportation/) - Transportation has turned our world upside down. A mere few centuries ago, most of the people on the planet existed within a bubble only a few square miles in size – today most of us have made our way to other cities and many have traveled around the globe. However, transportation is at the heart of controversies as well – including sustainability and safety. These designs do more than solve existing problems of personal and mass transit systems, they posit ideas for a completely different world of transportation now and as we drive, ride and fly into the future.
- [Art Vehicles](https://gajitz.com/meta/transportation/art-vehicles/) - Some people aren’t content to just drive a plain old car around. They want to trick their car out to be the most unique one on the block. Here are some of the best art vehicles we’ve seen.
- [Bikes & Cycles](https://gajitz.com/meta/transportation/bikes-cycles/) - Bikes certainly aren’t just for kids anymore. Whether you ride a bike as a hobby or as an environmentally-friendly commuting option, keep up on some of the newest and strangest bikes and cycles right here.
- [Cars & Trucks](https://gajitz.com/meta/transportation/cars-trucks/) - A vast number of households in the developed world have at least one car. These designs, concepts and modifications take the ordinary car or truck and make it into something altogether new and interesting.
- [Concept Vehicles](https://gajitz.com/meta/transportation/concept-vehicles/) - Designers and auto industry insiders always have a newer, better something up their sleeves. These concept vehicles aren’t in production yet, but they are all spectacularly cool, and most try to solve at least one common problem encountered by drivers of conventional cars.
- [Mass Transit](https://gajitz.com/meta/transportation/mass-transit/) - Mass transit – like the city bus or the subway – is a cleaner, greener way to get around than using a personal vehicle. Take a look at how cities are making mass transit more comfortable for you, and how designers would like to see mass transit change in the future.
- [Mods & Custom](https://gajitz.com/meta/transportation/mods-custom/) - Making modifications to a car can be a good way to increase fuel efficiency, amp up the speed, or just make the vehicle more distinctive. Here you’ll find some of the coolest and wackiest car mods and customizations.
- [Vintage & Retro](https://gajitz.com/meta/vintage-retro/) - As important as it is to understand the gadgets, science and technology of today and tomorrow, it is equally amazing to look into the past and see how far we have (or have not) come. From aged gadget advertisements to vintage technology videos, strange science fiction visions of the futuristic to retrofuturistic art representing the past, here are some of the most inspirational, educational and sensational retro and vintage works of creative gadgetry, scientific vision and technological inquiry.
- [Aged Adverts](https://gajitz.com/meta/vintage-retro/aged-adverts/) - Advertising sure has changed in the last few decades, and usually for the better. Here are some of those unforgettable ads from yesteryear that remain entertaining today.
- [Epic Failures](https://gajitz.com/meta/vintage-retro/epic-failures/) - Try as we might, some inventions just don’t work out. Many gadgets that looked good on paper simply never make it into mainstream use. Here are the most interesting, entertaining, heartbreaking, and laughable.
- [Retrofuturistic](https://gajitz.com/meta/vintage-retro/retrofuturistic/) - What is retrofuturism? It’s tomorrow (or even today) as seen through the eyes of yesterday. Confused? Think about those 1950s designs of jetpack and flying cars. When we look at them today, they’re retrofuturistic – and we can’t get enough of them.
- [Science Fiction](https://gajitz.com/meta/science/science-fiction/) - Who doesn’t love a big helping of Sci-Fi? Whether you’re talking movies or real-life things that just seem like science fiction, we tend to pounce on anything that combines science with design and/or a great story.
- [History of Tech](https://gajitz.com/meta/vintage-retro/history-tech/) - Technology has been increasing ever since humans learned to make tools. If you trace your favorite gadgets backward, you can often identify several generations of similar gadgets that led up to your modern gizmos. Here, we salute the long and varied history of technology.
- [Vintage Videos](https://gajitz.com/meta/vintage-retro/vintage-videos/) - Vintage is so yesterday. And that’s why we like it! These vintage videos take us back to simpler time, before everyone and their dog had a YouTube channel.
- [Antique Gadgets](https://gajitz.com/meta/vintage-retro/antique-gadgets/) - Our modern gadgets didn’t start off modern – just about all of them have antique predecessors. Here you’ll see some amusing and amazing gadgets in their golden years.

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