Hair

Besides laundry-washing and lawn-sprinkling, the daily washing of hair uses up a lot of water. L’Oréal's new Water Saver system is designed to help, by reportedly reducing the amount of water used in hair-washing by up to 80 percent.

Technology could really use some more sustainable sources, and now researchers at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) have turned to an unusual one. The team has shown that human hair from barber shops can be used to create OLED displays.

Dyson has recently started to cast its eye beyond spotless living rooms and hospital-grade kitchen floors. Its latest creation puts its expertise in sucking and blowing air around to use in a high-powered hair styling machine that can apparently be used to create all kinds of 'dos.

Our luscious locks have plenty to offer the development of tough new materials. Such ventures have just become a little more enlightened, with scientists studying the secrets of human hair observing some of the key mechanisms that give it such strength and durability.

Samsung has developed a new system for its vacuums that uses a turbine to keep stray strands of hair away from the grille, making it easier to clean and less likely to lose suction.

James Dyson has turned his hand to hair dryers, applying the lessons learned in Dyson's vacuum cleaners and hand dryers to create a faster, more balanced dryer that stops your luscious locks losing their sheen.

​You know how when you're using a hot glue gun, and you get all those little strands of glue forming when you pull the gun back from the surface being glued? Well, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have used that same principle to create 3D-printed "hair."

It's a spy movie cliché. The hero takes a bobby pin from the heroine's hair, and uses it to pick the lock on their handcuffs. Well, if she were wearing the new Leatherdos multitool hair clip, he'd also be able to do things like cutting through ropes, removing screws and unlocking a grocery cart.

The SIngle Handed Barber uses a rotary clipping system to allow users to cut their own hair evenly using one hand.

Realistically-rendered hair promised by AMD's TressFX technology will change the look of video game characters in the coming years.

The Dyson Groom tool has been designed to help prevent the mess associated with dog hair loss by sucking any loose hair into the vacuum before it gets the chance to hit the floor.

Air Hair is a virtual reality hair cutting simulator