Invention

To me, one of the worst feelings in the world comes when your car breaks down on the highway or in the middle of nowhere. As a woman, maybe my vulnerability is greater than men might experience, but my fear comes from a few unforgettable experiences in neighborhoods you may have only seen in the movies.

Takumi's iconic wood block digital clock was a masterpiece of minimalism but just like a tree seed, it's grown... in this case, into the new Takumi 10-Digit Wood Block Clock. Morning wood never looked so good!

Maybe it won't fool your dog, but the Guau , or a grouping of them on your wall or ceiling would surely provide some great ambience in your home.

Ah, the lunchroom thief. Amazingly, every office seems to have at least one. The Anti-Theft Lunch Bag is made to protect your food from all of the lunch stealers of the world.

You know that what leads to getting a receipt (i.e., the purchase ) can be bad for your health. Spending money these days can certainly lead to ulcers. But now studies have found that receipts are even worse for your health!

A product to solve common conundrums, the Socket Sense lets power bars actually connect multiple devices. How electric.

While Quick Response (QR) Codes still have a long way to go in gaining traction in the US, the BP Oil Spill may be the right catalyst to introduce this technology to more and more folks who own smartphones.

Today, there are virtually hundreds of blogs that have surfaced since last night's interview of Jeff Bezos by Charlie Rose. It was the first news of Amazon's recent launch of their new WiFi and Kindle 3G iterations, and an interesting choice of a TV show to make the announcement. However while Rose's intelligent and pointed Q & A was targeted, it did omit one burning question: What about a $49...

Got melon, will travel? Now you can keep your watermelon chilled to just the right temperature while you're out & about!

Watch out! The Artificial Vision and Intelligent Systems Laboratory (VisLab) of Italy's Parma University has designed solar powered vehicles that can travel without a driver. They are planning to set a new worldwide milestone in the field of Vehicular Robotics from Parma, Italy to Shanghai, China, with the vehicles.

Part electric scooter, part hog, the Flow Scooter is all kinds of awkward and impractical. As such, it has "next short-lived eco-trend" written all over it.

You seem to feel it instinctively when you and another person are on the 'same wavelength,' and equally so when the two of you are on completely different wavelengths. Now, with new advances in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), scientists at Princeton University have tested some of the theories that others have suggested for just what happens in the brain when people are on the same wavelength.

The main treatment for cavities - drill and fill - has given the dental profession a bad rep. Ask people what they hate to do most, and I bet half of them will say "Going to the dentist." But now, French researchers at the National Institute for Health and Medical Research in Paris have developed a painless and simple method that could very soon put an end to fillings. You know - Novocaine,...

For the last few years, the Electrolux Design Lab has called for student design submissions that prepare for the 'space age.' This isn't the outer space age, it's the interior space age, ones that millions of people are predicted to inhabit by the year 2050.

In the quest to find an efficient Hydrogen generation system, researchers at the University of Leeds have found a way to turn leftover french fry fat into fuel.