Author Archives: Diogo Costa

Girls, There Is A Bra That Opens Only For Your True Love

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True Love Bra TeaserRomantics surely believe that true love exists, while other people that it is just a romantic concept made up by our society.  Either way, when we face someone we love there are some changes in our body, that we all have felt. A new bra has been invented that measures biometric data in order to assess "true love", and only opens if it is really there.

Believe If You Want: Light Can Do Math

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Metamaterial Analog Computing TeaserIt is not as simple as that, but close. A new study has introduced the concept of "metamaterial analog computing", where metamaterial blocks that can perform mathematical operations (such as spatial differentiation, integration, or convolution) by propagating light waves into them. This discovery is important as it can provide new computing systems much thinner than the conventional lens-based optical signal and data processors.

Nissan and FedEx Will Test e-NV200 In Brazil

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e-NV200 TeaserNissan and FedEx are keeping their tests of the new e-NV200 van and the next stage is Brazil. e-NV200 is 100% electric and will be delivering FedEx packages for a month. The obtained results will then be analyzed by the two companies and used to perfect e-NV200 plans, which production will start latter this year in Spain.

The Largest Vertical Forest In The World (Italy) Is Almost Finished

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Bosco Verticale TeaserBosco Verticale (Italian for "Vertical Forest") is a project featuring the construction of two residential towers  in Milan, Italy. However, they are not common buildings, as they are "covered" in plants. The towers have, respectively, 119 and 87 meters in height, providing a surface area of 10,000 square meters which will host 900 trees and many other shrubs and floral plants.

ES Pipe Waterwheel, The Faucet That Works Like A Dam

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ES Pipe Waterwheel Teaser

When you think of dams you picture those huge concrete constructions made in the middle of rivers, and it is hard to picture them in smaller sizes. However, in our homes we have multiple "small rivers" (faucets) which could work as miniature-sized dams. South Korean designer Ryan Jongwoo Choi thought about this and came up with ES Pipe Waterwheel, a faucet that produces energy while it is being used.

 

Meet "Origami", "Clip" And "Mate": Samsung’s New Go On Printers

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Samsung Origami PrinterOn CES 2014 Samsung presented some new, innovative and bold products, therefore getting under the spotlight on the fair. A true novelty is related to three printers the South Korean company presented: Origami has the external "packaging" made out of cardboard; Clip is built with plastic but without any screws; Mate has interchangeable and colorful panels which can be chosen to fit one's taste.

Use Droid Translator To Chat In 29 Languages

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Our world has many different languages and, due to globalization, it is more and more common for people using different languages to communicate with each other. But this can only be done either by talking in a language that both people understand or by using the services of a translator. With Droid Translator all this will change - this mobile app translates, in real-time, conversations and text messages, in 29 different languages.

Samsung And Trek Take Bikes Into Next Generation

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Samsung + Trek Bike TeaserConsumer Electronics Show (CES) is one of the biggest technology fairs around the world. The 2014 edition brought some new and "tasty" novelties - one of which is a new bike, developed jointly by Samsung and Trek, which will bring these vehicles into next generation, with a handful of features which make the bikes in our garages almost obsolete.
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Meet ColorADD, A Revolutionary Code To Help Colorblind People

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ColorADD TeaserColor blindness is an inability or decreased ability to see and/or perceive colors. It mostly affects males, which is easily explained by Genetics, and around 10% of males are somehow affected by it. While color blindness is not a disease or a life-threatening problem, it can sometimes play a major role in one's life. Portuguese designer Miguel Neiva developed a truly revolutionary visual code to help these people surpass their deficiency and deal with colors in the most normal way as possible.

Southern Hemisphere’s Largest Windpod System Has Been Installed In The City Of Cockburn

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Windpod TeaserToday's society is turning more and more to renewable sources of energy, due to an improved awareness about the environmental problems surrounding the other energy sources. Also, we try to utilize and not waste as much energy as possible. Following this line of thought, the Australian city of Cockburn has installed a system of windpods in order to generate power from wind - that is the biggest system in the Southern Hemisphere.