Everyone wants to do great things for the planet. When you’re on holiday, such goals might be placed on the backburner. Imagine if you could do a good deed for the ocean by cleaning up its pollution while you relax and have a good time? Enter the 3D bikini called the Sponge Suit!
MIT Media Lab’s Tangible Media Group has developed a “living” second skin, derived from a species of ancient bacteria, that responds to sweat and body heat.
There are loads of technological gadgets that have helped us achieve our health and fitness goals, such as those measuring heart rate to how much height you’ve claimed during your mountain climbing class. But there’s been one element on our morning run that couldn’t be measured until now – how much pollution we’re sucking in with every breath, potentially putting our health at risk. Now a really cool gadget aims to change all that.
So many things are becoming solar-powered these days, from lanterns that take the edge off during loadshedding to backpacks.
What if our clothing could radiate heat and keep us warm thereby eliminating the need for indoor heating in the cooler months? A team…
Repurpose Schoolbags are recycled shopping bags made into an upcycled schoolbag for underpriviliged learners, with a solar panel embedded within.
Imagine the chance to have beautiful shoes that have been made by a 3D printer. It sounds like something we can expect to see in shoe closets of the future (or in The Jetsons’ home, perhaps), but it’s already happening now.
Several of the ball boys at this year’s U.S. Open, which kicks off this week, will be trying out Ralph Lauren’s new ‘Polo Tech’, the iconic brand’s introduction into wearable technology: a black compression jersey that uses a system of discreet sensors to track its wearer’s biological and physiological profile.
Could a manicure save you from a sexual assault? Four male students at North Carolina State University are attempting to put an end to date rape with a nail polish called Undercover Colors, that changes color when exposed to “drug-assisted assault” or “date rape” drugs such as gamma hydroxybutyrate and rohypnol, both of which are odorous, colorless, and can be slipped into a drink and ingested without the recipient’s knowledge