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'Paper Towel' for Oil
It's a mat of nanowires with the touch and feel of paper that can absorb up to 20 times its weight in oil and can be recycled many times for future use. Watch the video below and imagine the implications for those nasty oil spills.
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The Helios Power Tree
It's a tree with solar powered leaves that captures and stores the energy in its trunk for users to plug their USB devices in to - besides also being luminous night, the leaves, when touched give off a cool buzz. This is the very best functional, sustainable public art.
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FIT
It's a heart monitor, a calorie counter and an MP3 player. Depending on your workout, it'll not only tell you how your body's doing, but it'll tell you how many calories you can eat to achieve the goals you set.
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Kiddo Kidkeeper
It keeps an eye and an ear on your children so you can go out and enjoy yourself without fear of the little ones straying too far away.
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Memory LifeBook
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.
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Wii Fit
Playing video games is more than interactive, now it's a workout. From the creators of one of the world's most popular videogame systems comes new technology that turns sitting still on its head. Scroll down and watch the video.
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Minggl
It makes traversing all the web's social networks effortless because it's a one-stop shop for all of them, and its technology allows users to keep tabs on their friends and contacts regardless of what network they're on.
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WalkingHotSpot
Wireless carriers can now fully embrace Wi-Fi connected devices with smartphones offering high-speed data connections to laptops, and other internet devices.
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Palette
It's the first piece of hardware that not only enables the user to create art mimicking basic painting brush strokes using an optimized brush, it then crosses over, connecting and functioning seamlessly with a PC, monitor or other peripherals wirelessly.
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SugarSync
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.
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Fire-Safe/Waterproof Hard Drive
Most people think of protecting people and sentimental items in the event of fire or water damage. Thanks to SentrySafe, you don't need to worry about hard drive.
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HD-1000
The smallest, lightest full HD one-handed camcorder.
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ReLED Systems
It fits into your existing flourescent fixture, lights the area more beautifully, and does so with incredible efficiency and tastefulness.
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Aqus
It takes used bathroom sink water (grey water), disinfects, filters and stores it so when needed, it pumps it to your toilet. This easy-to-install water-saving technology can be seen in the video below. Equally important, the Aqus system saves you about 5,000 gallons of fresh water annually per toilet.
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Prison Performing Arts
They go into prisons and teach the inmates literacy and performing arts. It inspires a passion that many didn't know existed, and it directs energy in a newer, healthier way. To say the performances are inspired is an incredible understatement.
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