The Twins Plus Festival is the biggest twin conventions of its kind in the southern hemisphere. Hundreds of twins and triplets have gathered to celebrate the miracle and mysteries of multiple birth. Up to 3000 people, twins, higher number multiples, and their families and friends attended the event It brings together sets of multiple birth siblings from… Continue reading 2015 Twins Plus Festival
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New Glasses For Colorblind People
EnChroma has teamed up with Valspar and FCB Chicago to create a pair of glasses that enable colorblind people to see color for the first time in their lives. The experience is often emotional and serves as a reminder of something so many of us take for granted on a day-to-day basis. Watch the video… Continue reading New Glasses For Colorblind People
Podo: The First Stick And Shoot Camera
Podo is a wireless, re-stickable camera that turns any surface into a photo booth. Just stick, shoot, & share. Podo camera works with iOS and Android devices. It has micro-suction pads at the back that let it cling to a variety of surfaces. It takes 8mp images and 720p videos and has a built-in flash… Continue reading Podo: The First Stick And Shoot Camera
Shocking Photos Of Bacteria That Lives On Your Smartphone
A study conducted by students from the University of Surrey who imprinted their smartphones into Petri dishes containing so-called ‘bacterial growth medium‘, revealing a whole host of germs. Most of the bacteria were harmless, but it just shows the invisible life that can found lurking on your smartphones everyday. After three days, they studied the bacteria that… Continue reading Shocking Photos Of Bacteria That Lives On Your Smartphone
Schlieren Optics: Making The Invisible Visible
Harvard Natural Sciences Lecture Demonstrations conducted a demonstration of an optical technique that allows us to see small changes in the index of refraction in air, which made visible by Schlieren Optics. A point source of light is reflected from a concave mirror and focused onto the edge of a razor blade, which is mounted… Continue reading Schlieren Optics: Making The Invisible Visible
Topaz Solar Farm: The World’s Largest Solar Plants
Topaz Solar Farm is an ongoing construction projects of a solar photovoltaic power plant located in San Luis Obispo County, California. The project began in November 2011 and is scheduled to finish in 2015. Once it is completed, the plant is expected to produce sufficient electricity to power approximately 160,000 average California homes. The 550-megawatt Solar Farms… Continue reading Topaz Solar Farm: The World’s Largest Solar Plants
World’s First Real-Life Hoverboard By Hendo
Inventor Greg Henderson, at Hendo, has created an actual, functional real-life hoverboard, which uses “magnetic field architecture” to levitate people and objects above special surfaces. The hover engine developer kits are now available on Kickstarter with a $250,000 goal, which has so far raised more than $299,430. Watch the video below. via: The Verge
Invisible Air Umbrella
A research and development team in China has created a battery-operated Air Umbrella, which replaces the traditional fabric umbrella with an airflow force field. The battery powered jet airflow umbrella has been designed to suck air through the bottom and shots it to the top in a pattern that mimics the standard canopy. The device is still under testing and research… Continue reading Invisible Air Umbrella