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A design studio, called The New Raw is experimenting with using plastic waste as a raw material that can be used by 3D printers to create furniture. Their project called Print Your City aims to solve plastic’s biggest design problem—a material made to last forever, but used carelessly in a throwaway culture. Read more…
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View More A design studio is reducing a city’s plastic waste by using it to print street furniture.MedCline is a pillow specialized to reduce acid reflux. The pillow helps by reclining your body so the acid from your stomach can’t reach your esophagus. It also keeps you from rolling over or sinking to the bottom of the wedge. Read more…Mor…
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Here’s a scary thought for decision makers inside large organizations grappling with digital transformation. You can actually be innovative and have mechanisms in place to react to disruptive forces, and still get steamrolled as layers of internal management turn your creative ideas into something unrecognizable. Kodak is a company that’s always held up as the poster child for… Read More
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Ergonomics is a science that examines the interactions between humans and the objects they use. This involves designing and arranging objects so that humans can interact with them as efficiently and safely as they can.
The practice of ergonomics is particularly important in the workplace, and through things like adjustable desk chairs and keyboard wrist rests, employers provide safer and more efficient environments for their employees. In addition to reducing injuries and improving overall safety, workplace ergonomics can increase productivity by 11 percent on average. And since ergonomic practices improve the quality of an office environment, this often results in happier employees. Read more…
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As virtual reality takes its trip through the hype cycle of technology adoption, I keep returning to the early days of film as a corollary for the medium’s progress and a good benchmark for its evolution. When they first arrived on the scene, movies must have had the same thrilling and disorienting visual jolt that anyone who experiences virtual reality now receives the moment they strap… Read More
Laddroller is an innovative mobility device that has four wheels and can transition between sitting and standing positions. Read more…More about Startup, Innovation, Greece, Accessibility, and Accessible Technology
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At this year’s London Food Tech Week, we met up with Fredrika Gullfot, founder of Simris – an algae farm in Southern Sweden.
Simris produce foods and supplements rich in Omega-3, which is predominantly sourced from fish and is a major cause of overfishing. Read more…
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This isn’t just another trucker hat. It’s actually a wearable tech product being tested by Ford to alert truck drivers each time it detects them becoming drowsy on the wheel. Read more…
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View More This hat is designed to save lives on the road by alerting drivers dozing off at the wheelThe city of Las Vegas has partnered with AAA and Keolis to offer rides in an all-electric, autonomous driving shuttle bus.
The pilot program will test operation in real world traffic conditions and is hoping to change negative perceptions of autonomo…
Breakthrough research at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne has shown that virtual reality can help reduce phantom pain in people with partial paralysis. Read more…More about Innovation, Switzerland, Medicine, Research, and Brain
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Walmart announced that they’re testing self-scanning robots in 50 stores across the U.S. The machines are meant to locate out-of-stock items, as well as find missing price changes and labels. Walmart’s CTO, Jeremy King, insisted that the robots will n…
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