Articles in the Category: New Inventions
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Engineering, Environment, Horizon Oil Spill, Marine Science, New Inventions, Oceanography, Physics and Chemistry, Video on 06 29th, 2010 | 1 Comment

BP Spins Kevin Costner Oil-Separating Centrifuge into Action

BP Spins Kevin Costner Oil-Separating Centrifuge into Action
“I’ve been to all the oil spill conferences around he country and all I see are booms and the latest helicopter. But I’ve never seen one machine that deals with getting the oil out. That’s me.” — Kevin Costner Actor Kevin Costner was visibly frustrated when he testified...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Energy, Global Warming, New Inventions, Video, Wind on 03 27th, 2009 | 2 Comments

Kites for Clean Energy

Kites for Clean Energy
Dr. Saul Griffith unveils the invention his company Makani Power has been working on at this year’s TED Talk. Spoiler alert…it requires giant kite turbines that create surprising amounts of clean, renewable energy.
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Energy, Engineering, Featured Articles, Global Warming, New Inventions, Video on 03 24th, 2009 | 1 Comment

The Bri-Cycle

The Bri-Cycle
Cleveland Clinic engineer Brian Sauer, a life-long inventer, built a new battery-powered vehicle, called the Bri-cycle, that looks something you’d see in a science fiction series, is turning heads. Sauer even drove his bricycle in the snow this winter, hitting a max speed of 22 mph on compact...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Engineering, New Inventions, Podcast, SciClips on 06 18th, 2007 | 2 Comments

Concrete Canoe

Concrete Canoe
Captain Dave Blodgett leads Descendant to victory Civil engineering students from University of Wisconsin–Madison paddled their way to a fifth consecutive win at the 20th National Concrete Canoe Competititon. 22 teams built water worthy boats. They don’t just float. They race. pp_flashembed( 'powerpress_player_2214', {src:...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Endangered Species, New Inventions, Podcast, SciClips on 05 2nd, 2007 | No Comments

Elephant Detector

Elephant Detector
TrailGuard Picture elephants walking past invisible metal detectors–much like herds of people at airports. Instead of rushing off to their flights, these pachyderms are merely roaming their favorite trails. The invisible TrailGuard is designed to help protect endangered species from poachers....
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Health and Medicine, New Inventions, Podcast, SciClips on 04 30th, 2007 | No Comments

Smart Glasses

Smart Glasses
Courtesty of Chunye Xu, University of Washington Sunglasses of the future will offer a lot more flexibility in color and tint. Using a chemical process wearers will be able to adjust their lenses for bright sun or low light. Researchers at University of Washington are leading the charge to create...
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