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GPS-Equipped ‘Tumbleweed’ Is Eco-Friendly Minesweeper

Afghan designer Massoud Hassani created a cheap method of clearing an area of mines.

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iRock Rocking Chair Charges Your Apple Device

This design turns your nervous rocking movements into electricity as you wait impatiently for your iPad battery to charge.

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9 Drones Inspired by Nature

Drones are becoming an undeniable part of our future and many researchers look toward the natural world for design inspiration.

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Lights Powered by Gravity Brighten Rural Areas

A brilliant concept design comes up with a simple formula for powering lamps in off-grid areas.

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Powerful Portable Solar Power with WakaWaka Device

This popular solar charger is back with a new version of the device, and it is blowing its Kickstarter fundraising goals out of the water.

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Shape Shifting Solar Lamp Looks Like Robot Claw

This solar powered lamp can be twisted into different positions, but all of them look like something found on a space ship.

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Stretchable Electrical Wires Are Self-Healing

The new technology has multiple benefits for repairing or rewiring circuits.

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Using Solar Energy to Create Wind Power

This unique wind power solution involves using the heat of the sun to create an artificial wind to power turbines.

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Laser GPS navigation for cyclists promotes safe riding

This concept device puts the navigation instructions on the road in front of you, where your eyes should be, instead of on the handlebars.

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The ultimate bike helmet has embedded turn signal lights

This bike helmet wants to make sure drivers know where your head is at, and where it's going.

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Brilliant energy-generating soccer ball finally on sale

This fantastic design of a soccer ball that generates electricity while you play has hit Kickstarter, and you can finally own one for yourself.

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Robotic fish learns to navigate currents and turbulence in water

Researchers have given a robotic fish a sensing organ that all real fish have, allowing them to navigate through troubled water.

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Pop-up closet and shelves perfect for tiny spaces

This closet is made for people constantly traveling, moving, or for those living in small spaces.

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Remora fish, those suckers of the sea, are inspiring new adhesives

Remora fish are known for their ability to latch on to other fish and not let go. How they do that is of interest to scientists, who are looking toward this fish for clues to better adhesives.

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BikeSpike tracks your bike, detects thefts and crashes

A tiny device featuring GPS and an open API allows you to see exactly what's going on with your bike, and where it's headed if stolen.

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Concept for smarter wave power device a winner in GE's Ecomagination Challenge

The company says this system is simpler than other wave devices that need to be finely tuned to the waves to pick up their energy.

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Dirty house? Clean it up with this trash-powered robot

Don’t dismiss this gadget as just another Roomba. This robot draws power from the very refuse it’s designed to scoop up.

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Goedzak ("good bag") designs a new approach to reuse

Dutch design firm Waarmakers proposes a new take on an old trick, and gets us pondering the best options for stuff we no longer use.

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Solar-powered RC race cars teach valuable energy lesson

Solar Rollers hope to teach teenagers to love solar energy, one race at a time.

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Plug your gadgets into the window with The Window Socket

Two designers have come up with a way to move the socket from the wall to the window so you can charge with sunlight.

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PediPower turns your morning run into clean electricity

A group of students at Rice University have found a way to turn that 5k into way more than just a power boost for your body.

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DIY your own glowing plant with this maker kit!

Yes, that's right -- a glowing plant.

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Lab-grown crystals could yield LEDs that mimic sunlight

Some reserachers are looking toward nanocrystals to create an LED that emits the white light we crave.

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Vodafone sleeping bag turns body heat Into clean energy

The Recharge sleeping bag, developed with help from the Electronics and Computer Science Department at the University of Southampton, uses a prototype “Power Pocket” to harvest thermoelectric energy.

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Creating living computers using slime mold [Video]

Is it possible to use slime mold as the stepping stone to living computers?

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E-catch Net brings 3D technology to kids' butterfly nets

Catching without killing, and playing while learning. This is how the E-catch Net intends to improve the age-old fun of catching butterflies.

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Researchers create electronics that dissolve in water to reduce waste [Video]

Will the future our our cell phones mean if you drop it in the toilet, no amount of rice or time under the blow dryer will save it?

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Parsons students create pocket-sized gifts to benefit charities

The “Small Things Matter” course challenged students to create small gifts that could have a big impact for a social cause.

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Wanted: Big ideas for innovative applications for thin-film solar

The Thin-Film Solar Awards Competition, which is open to anyone, is offering cash prizes, incubator sponsorship, and production support for those submitting great thin-film solar product ideas.

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Is Paper "a printer you actually want"?

Designer Ludwig Rensch thinks it is, and so do a lot of other people.

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