We’ve already seen 3D printing enable consumers to create their own jewelry courtesy of startups such as Zazzy in the Netherlands. But what about cosmetics? Mink is a 3D printer that lets anyone print their own makeup by choosing a color from their computer.
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It sounds a little farfetched, I have to admit. But now there’s news that at least one place drone delivery could soon become a reality: the United Arab Emirates. Check out this amazing story from FastComany: Post by InnovationEdge.
Imaging using atomic-scale devices as security systems! No passwords required, and you can’t clone this authentication technology. Nanotechnology experts have discovered a way to authenticate or identify any object by generating an unbreakable ID based on atoms. Lancaster University provided this image of a key, which shows how electronically stimulating an atomically random system produces…
A new app has Italian shoppers using the cloud to help keep their refrigerators and pantries stocked. The app is called Rosie, and it learns users’ purchase routines to deliver items when they run out. After entering details about their household, such as number of residents, their age and regular buying habits, shoppers can then…
This is fascinating! It’s an image of a sedentary person’s brain next to the brain of an active person. Post by InnovationEdge.
Often mid-year I like to look back at the predictions made for innovation. Did the 2015 predictions come to fruition yet? How are trends shaping the way we innovate? Here is an article titled, 6 tech trends for 2015 that will change our future, in which TechCrunch made predictions about Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, robots,…
Most people think of cockroaches as pests. Not these innovative “creatures”: Fleets of cyborg cockroaches could someday roam into damaged nuclear power plants or collapsed mines to carry out reconnaissance or locate survivors. A team of researchers implanted live cockroaches with electrodes that stimulate the nerves in the insects’ antennae, enabling the scientists to steer…
