World’s Toughest Jacket Is Made from a Fiber 15 Times Stronger Than Steel
Dutch brand Vollebak recently unveiled what it calls the “world’s strongest jacket”. With an exterior made out of 100 percent dyneema, the strongest fiber known to man, the Indestructible Puffer can allegedly withstand whatever abuse you subject it to and last a lifetime. Adventure clothing brand Vollebak has been creating cutting edge adventure sports clothes […]
The Fashion Houses Selling Expensive Dresses That Don’t Really Exist
Earlier this year, San Francisco businessman Richard Ma spent $10,000 on a dress created by The Fabricant, the world’s first digital-only fashion house. The problem is that the dress didn’t really exist outside the digital world. Digital-only clothes are so new that most people haven’t even heard about them, but some experts believe they will […]
California Start-Up Wants to Create “Air-Based Meat”
Just a week after Brooklyn-based startup Air Co. unveiled its carbon-negative, air-based vodka, a California start-up announced a new type of “meatless meat” made from air. Appropriately named Air Protein, the Bay Area company allegedly used technology developed by NASA, to transform carbon dioxide (CO2) into protein, the same way plants do. During the 1960’s, […]
Company Makes Vodka Out of Thin Air Using Captured CO2, Water and Solar Power
Brooklyn-based startup Air Co. claims to have created the world’s first “carbon negative vodka” by capturing carbon dioxide captured from the air and using a solar powered machine to turn it into ethanol. According to Air Co. co-founder Gregory Constantine, each bottle of carbon negative vodka sucks a pound of carbon dioxide from the air […]
Onionade – The Onion-Based Lemonade You Never Knew You Craved
Onion hardly seems like the best vegetable to base a soft drink on, but Onionade doesn’t contain the kind of onion you’re used to, but a new type that not only doesn’t make you cry when you chop it, but it unusually sweet as well. Back in 2016 we reported on one of the most […]
Chinese Researchers Create Stretchable Display Thin Enough to Be Worn as Temporary Tattoo
A team of researchers from the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Nanjing University recently unveiled an innovative display that is thin and flexible enough to be worn on skin, like a type of temporary tattoo. Having to check a stopwatch to see your time while running, or looking at your smartphone screen to […]
Harry Potter Fans Eye Toyota’s New Electrically-Powered Witch’s Broom
Called an “e-broom”, Toyota’s latest mobility platform looks like a futuristic witch’s broom that users can ride to get around. Apparently, quidditch fans found the concept very intriguing. Unfortunately, Toyota’s e-broom isn’t yet able to make quidditch players airborne, like in the popular Harry Potter books, but they are capable of propelling people on the […]
Spanish Company Launches “Wellness Shirt” That Can Allegedly Reduce Stress
Developed by Spanish fashion brand Sepiia, the Ultimate Smart Shirt 3.0 is a special men’s garment that can allegedly reduce the wearer’s stress, improve blood flow and increase energy levels. Sepiia has been developing smart clothing for years now. Its first generation garments incorporated staining-resistant fabric around the cuffs and neck, thus requiring less frequent […]
This Japanese Undershirt Instantly Turns Skinny Men into Buff Macho Dudes
Skinny Japanese men looking to get that coveted “slim and macho” look without putting in the work and breaking a sweat at the gym now achieve their goal pretty much instantly. All they have to do is put on the Super Macho T, a special undershirt that instantly gives them a buff physique. Developed by […]
Anti-Temptation Safe Lets You Lock Away Things You Love for Set Periods of Time
Whether you constantly fall victim to procrastination and just can’t seem to put down your smartphone for more than 10 minutes, or you’re putting on the pounds due to an insatiable sweet tooth, you may want to invest in this “anti-temptation” safe that allows you to lock away things you love for set periods of […]
12-Year-Old Boy Invents Rain-Detecting Clothes Drying Rack After Being Scolded by His Mother
A 12-year-old by from Nanning, China recently won first prize at a regional science and innovation contest for creating an automatic clothes drying rack that retracts whenever it detects rain and extends again when the sky clears. The ingenious contraption impressed a lot of people, but it was the inspiration behind it that really got […]
Dutch Inventor Creates “Cow Toilet” That Curbs Ammonia Pollution
Dutch inventor and businessman Henk Hanskamp has developed an ingenious toilet that collects some of the 15 to 20 liters of urine that the average cow produces in a day. Cows aren’t regarded as the smartest creatures in the animal kingdom, but Hanskamp claims they can be taught to use the toilet. It may sound like […]
Japanese Device Allows Fathers to Breastfeed Their Babies
Fathers sometimes like to say that they can do anything mothers can, except give birth and breastfeed. Well, thanks to a new device developed by Japanese company Dentsu, breastfeeding babies may not be a problem for fathers in the near future. Recently unveiled at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, the Father’s Nursing Assistant is an […]
Forget Face Recognition, Chinese Authorities Now Use “Gait Recognition” Technology That Identifies People By How They Walk
They say you can tell a lot about a person by the way they walk, but one Chinese startup has apparently developed technology that allows it to identify individuals by their gait, even if their face is covered or they have their back to the camera. Known as “gait recognition”, the technology invented by artificial […]
Japanese Artist Gets Barbecue Fans All Fired Up With Skull-Shaped Charcoal
If you’re looking to give your backyard barbecue a macabre touch, these charcoal skulls created by Japanese artist Sekisadamu are sure to do the trick. When Sekisadamu came up with the idea for his creepy charcoal skulls, he never really though about commercial potential. He merely wanted something cool to show off at the recently […]