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Professor Stephen Hawking (Photo Credit: NASA/Paul Alers)

Medical Devices

iBrain to allow Stephen Hawking to communicate through brainwaves alone

Gizmag speaks to iBrain inventor Dr Philip Low about the potential applications of the device.

3D Printing

Athlete-specific sprint spikes created using 3D printing technology

French engineer and designer Luc Fusaro has employed 3D printing technology to create lightweight sprint shoes that are customized for individual athletes.

ASUS has announced a new Plus Edition version of its Xonar Essence One external digital-analog converter and headphone amplifier that's bundled with an op-amp swap kit to further extend tonal customization options

Music

ASUS launches updated USB DAC and headphone amp with user customizable sound

ASUS has announced a new Plus Edition version of its Xonar Essence One external digital-analog converter and headphone amplifier that's bundled with an op-amp swap kit to further extend tonal customization options.

The researchers used a standard T-shirt purchased from a local discount store for their work

Wearables

University of South Carolina researchers convert T-shirt into energy storage medium

A professor at the University of South Carolina has successfully turned the material in a cotton T-shirt into a source of electrical power.

Designer Martin Keen, with his Locus semi-standing work station

Wellness and Healthy Living

Focal Locus workstation splits the difference between sitting and standing

Focal Upright Furniture's Locus work station is designed to minimize the detrimental effects of working in a conventional seated position.

The creators of the Chapul Bar consider eating insects a way of conserving resources

Diet & Nutrition

Chapul to launch world's first cricket snack bar

The Chapul protein bar, set for launch this August, contains protein from an unusual source: crickets.

"Desperate Debra" is a caesarean section simulator that trains surgeons to deal with potentially life-threatening cases of fetal head impaction

Body and Mind

"Desperate Debra" preps surgeons for tricky C-sections

"Desperate Debra" is a caesarean section simulator that trains surgeons to deal with potentially life-threatening cases of fetal head impaction.

Music

Winners in sonic experiment prosper and evolve, losers become extinct

Researchers have built a digital music generation engine called DarwinTunes, where simple loops evolve into more complex sequences according to consumer appeal.

IBM's "ninja polymers" are capable of killing antibiotic-resistant bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus (pictured)

Wellness and Healthy Living

IBM Research produces bacteria-killing "ninja polymers”

IBM chemists have created polymer nanostructures that are capable of killing bacteria, without some of the drawbacks associated with antibiotics.

Postdoctoral fellow Guihua Yu, Associate Professor Zhenan Bao and visiting scholar Lijia Pan examine the printable, electrically conductive hydrogel (Photo: Linda A. Cicero / Stanford News Service)

Science

Electrically conductive gel holds promise for biological sensors and energy storage devices

Researchers at Stanford University have created an electrically conductive gel that feels and behaves like biological tissues, but conducts electricity like a metal or semiconductor.

Del Popolo’s is a traveling pizza truck located in San Francisco, that features an impressive wood-fired pizza oven

Good Thinking

Forget the ice cream truck, this one makes wood fired pizzas!

Del Popolo’s is a travelling pizza truck located in San Francisco, that features an impressive wood fired pizza oven.

The Masten Xaero landing vertically on it's launch platform in the Mohave desert

Space Systems

Masten Space Systems takes its Xaero suborbital rocket out for a spin

The Masten Xaero reusable suborbital rocket, an outgrowth of the Lunar Landing Challenge winner, carried out a highly successful test flight.

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