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Memory LifeBook, Category: Other
Though still in the concept phase, this wearable personal assistance device can help those suffering from mild to moderate dementia, by assisting those who are suffering by enhancing communication, help mitigate memory loss and enabling users to stay on top of day-to-day events. [Learn More]
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ReWalk, Category: Transportation
By enabling wheelchair users to stand, walk, and climb stairs, ReWalk delivers dignity, health, inclusion, and self-esteem as you can see in the video below. [Learn More]
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Emotiv EPOC, Category: Toys/Games
It's a headset for gamers that reads your brainwaves and allows players to control games with their thoughts, expressions and emotions as can be seen from the movie below. [Learn More]
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AquaLogix, Category: Sports/Exercise
It gives the body a better workout, and in less time, than land-based exercise. Plus, it's as easy or difficult as the user prefers, depending on the level of exertion and it's as effective for professional athletes and Navy Seals as it is the young or elderly. [Learn More]
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HydroSpine, a water rescue harness, Category: Safety
It's a neck and back immobilizing device that's made for swiftwater rescue. It not only rights an unconscious victim, flipping them up so they're floating on their back, it was designed to be used to keep the victim immobile all the way until they reach a hospital. [Learn More]
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Turns an entire transit system into one very large, very fast WiFi Hotspot., Category: Productivity
It's an incredibly high-speed WiFi connection, with no "drops," while riding BART in and around Hayward, California, and into downtown San Francisco, giving users the chance to turn their commute into serious productivity - or serious lollygagging. [Learn More]
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Nanoimpeller, Category: Nanotechnology
'Nanoimpeller' releases anticancer drugs inside of cancer cells. [Learn More]
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Nano-Bio-Chip, Category: Nanotechnology
It's now possible to diagnose a potential heart attack by simply using a few drops of saliva on a chip that can be inserted into a machine, with results given within 15 minutes. This will help save lives and prevent damage or death from cardiac disease. [Learn More]
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Kitchen HDTV/Digital Cookbook/Digital Photo Frame, Category: Lifestyle
It's a kitchen trifecta; now the kitchen's a great place to entertain (you). [Learn More]
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BigDog, Category: Law, Order, and Civility
It's a robotic quadruped whose leg movements mimic an animal. As you can see in the video, the BigDog can also scale slopes up to 35 degrees, and traverse across snow and ice at up to 4 mph. Plus, this Dog can shoulder a payload of up to 340 pounds. [Learn More]
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Critical Incident Response System, Category: Law, Order, and Civility
It enables watch commanders real-time, accurate situational awareness of any type of incident so they can intuitively plan, engage and manage emergencies and/or complex events better than ever before. [Learn More]
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WebAnywhere, Category: Information Technology
It's a web-based screen reader for the internet, with no special software required. WebAnywhere enables the blind to gain internet access anywhere there's a computer with a sound card and a web connection. [Learn More]
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ReLED Systems, Category: Home
It fits into your existing flourescent fixture, lights the area more beautifully, and does so with incredible efficiency and tastefulness. [Learn More]
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Spaceless, Category: Home
Spaceless is a balcony decking concept with integrated furniture. The furniture can easily be hidden away to allow for more balcony space while maintaining a clean aesthetic. The purpose of this system is to increase the functionality of balconies and to enhance the concrete city look. This system will help to maximize condo living space because residents can extend their indoor living into the outdoor. [Learn More]
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i-LIMB Hand, Category: Health/Medical
They are the first to make a hand with five separately powered digits available commercially. It is lightweight, easy to use, robust and most importantly, moves and behaves - for the first time - like a real human hand, giving its users a new sense of utility, freedom and confidence that was missing. Scroll down to watch a video. [Learn More]
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MicroTransponder, Category: Health/Medical
First, the MicroTransponder device is the size of a grain of sand, or 100 times smaller than current neurostimulators. Second, it doesn't require surgery for implantation, rather, a simple injection using a hypodermic needle implants the wireless, battery-less stimulators. Third, patients target the area of pain, turn it on and control their relief wirelessly by using either a PDA or a laptop. [Learn More]
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Solar Jacket, Category: Fashion
It's an Italian-made jacket with solar panels on a detachable neoprene collar. In four to five hours of sunlight, the solar cells on this jacket will store or direct enough power to recharge a cellphone, an MP3 player or other handheld device. [Learn More]
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NYC Subway Cars As Foundation For Coral Reef, Category: Environment
Who knew that New York subway cars make ideal starters for underwater ecosystems. [Learn More]
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Compulsion - a "clickable" video system enabling watchers to click on the video screen to learn more about the products, environments and services they're watching. , Category: Entertainment/Media
It's advertising by choice. No more disruptive and annoying ads flashing in your face. Everything on the screen is not only clickable, but available for inquiry, and if desired, purchase. It's merit-based advertising; a far more desirable experience for the consumer. [Learn More]
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Flexible DVD, Category: Entertainment/Media
They've make DVDs that have 4.7GB of space, but use substantially less plastic, making them lighter, resistant to breaking and more environmentally-friendly. [Learn More]
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Bookrenter.com, Category: Education
BookRenter.com is the first and best online book rental service replacing traditional bookstore sales with online book rentals for students at schools throughout the nation at up to 75% off retail prices. With flexible rental periods, a hassle-free return process, a wide selection of titles, speedy delivery, and intuitive interface all together offer unparalleled convenience. [Learn More]
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Mobile TV DH02, Category: Consumer Electronics
Handheld TV/Video player with touch screen that has GPS, the ability to make emergency calls and SMS support built in. [Learn More]
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DF7700, Category: Consumer Electronics
It's a photo frame that accepts photos sent from a cell phone via MMS and immediately displays those images, and can store up to 500 images in its internal memory. Images can also be uploaded via a USB connection or an SD card. [Learn More]
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Drobo, Category: Computers
Data storage was primed for an upgrade. Thankfully, it's here. Simply plug in the Drobo, and it does everything including monitor and repair itself. [Learn More]
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SugarSync, Category: Business Technology
It synchronizes files on your computer to other designated computers and cell phones instantly and across platforms effortlessly, easily and securely, even if your computer is offline. Plus, you can access those files either from your own computer or cell phone, or someone else's, using any web browser. [Learn More]
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Twiddla, Category: Business Technology
It's a free, real-time online collaboration tool. It's simple and easily accessible, with no plug-ins or downloads, no need to negotiate complex firewalls and no advanced scheduling. All the user needs is a computer, an internet connection and a web browser - any web browser because it works with all of them. [Learn More]
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iShoe, Category: Biotechnology
It's a pad that fits into a shoe which gives doctors feedback about detecting balance problems before a catastrophic fall occurs. [Learn More]
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The Compressed Air Vehicle, Category: Automotive
It's a car that's propelled by compressed air. Scheduled for U.S. release in early 2010, it's estimated that the car will reach over 90 mph with a range of over 800 miles and get in excess of 100 mpg. It can be "refueled" in a matter of minutes at gas stations equipped with customized air compressor units at a cost of as little as $2. The video below shows the engine and how it works. [Learn More]
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50 Megapixel CCD Image Sensor, Category: Art
At 50 million pixels, or megapixels, the sensor captures digital images with unprecedented resolution and detail. For instance, with a 50 megapixel camera, in an aerial photo of a field 1½ miles across, you could detect an object about the size of a small notebook computer (1 foot by 1 foot). [Learn More]
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The Soft House, Category: Architecture/Engineering
They have figured out how to give household curtains a very valuable function: they've embedded soft solar textiles into them so that they can collect, store and re-energize a home with up to 16,000 watt hours of electricity. Per day. [Learn More]
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Solar Lily Pads, Category: Architecture/Engineering
It's solar panel lily pads that sit in unused waterways quietly, beautifully and aesthetically capturing the sun's energy and delivering it directly to a city's grid. [Learn More]
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Wearable Jet Wing, Category: Aerospace
It gives man, actually Yves Rossy, a former Swiss fighter pilot and currently a commercial pilot, the ability to become a human airplane. Scroll down and watch "Fusion Man" - fusing bird with man - take flight. Be sure to pay attention to the fact that upon leaping from the plane, he actually expands his wings. [Learn More]
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