Category: Innovation
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Making A Condensation-free Bathroom Mirror
This post describes how to make a condensation-free bathroom mirror using an automatic mirror heater. Without a heater it would be impossible to use the mirror without first wiping it with a cloth. With an active mirror heater, it’s possible to get straight out of a bath or shower and use the mirror immediately.
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Bionic Prosthetic Hand For The 21st Century
Introduction I listened to the BBC Radio 2 Jeremy Vine show on 23rd June and heard a great article about a young woman who had been given a bionic prosthetic hand. A 21st century creation. Her name is Nicky Ashwell and here she is in the following video tweet being interviewed by Jeremy Vine who…
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CycloCable Gets Bikes Up That Hill
CycloCable We all know it’s a bit of a pain cycling up steep hills especially on our journey to work, but CycloCable gets bikes up that hill in Trondheim, Norway. This latest version installed in 2013 replaced the prototype Trampe Bicycle Lift installed in 1993 by Jarl Wanwik. This is how the Norwegians do it.…
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New One Pound Coin in 2017
Why A New One Pound Coin? Due to excessive counterfeiting of the existing one pound coin The Royal Mint has decided to introduce a new one pound coin design, in 2017, with new security features: “It will be constructed from two different coloured metals and contain an iSIS security feature – a revolutionary new high security coinage currency…
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Bike Riding Robots Are Helped By Gyroscopes & Cameras
Watch This Video of Bike Riding Robots Watch Murata Girl and Murata Boy. They use stabilizing gyroscopes and camera technology developed by Murata Manufacturing, a Japanese electronic components company. These are bike riding robots which perform some amazing riding skills without falling off their bikes. Murata Girl is the one on the monocycle. Near the end of the video Murata…
