Isis Innovation

The Flare Pan is based on jet engine-cooling technology

Around The Home

Flare Pan is claimed to be 40 percent more energy-efficient than regular cookware

When Dr. Thomas Povey was on a mountaineering trip, he became acutely aware of how much fuel was required to boil water using his conventional cookware. This inspired him to develop a new type of cooking pan, that would make better use of available heat. The result is the "finned" Flare Pan.

Streptococcus pyogenes has inspired a super-strong and selective instant adhesive (Image: Isis Innovation)

Science

Flesh-eating bacteria inspire highly selective instant adhesive that won't stick to fingers

A new and highly selective superglue has been developed from strep bacteria by biochemists at Oxford University.

A high-resolution still image of a drop of milk, captured by the Temporal Pixel Multiplexing system

Photography

New technology allows for simultaneous high-speed video and high-res stills

New technology lets high-speed video and high-resolution stills be processed at the same time, on the same sensor.

Akos Ledeczi holds a kevlar helmet with the microphones and network node attached that can turn the helmet into an accurate shooter location systemPhoto credit Steve Green, Vanderbilt University

Military

The soldier helmet that pinpoints enemy snipers

Vanderbilt University's Institute for Software Integrated Systems (ISIS) has developed a system that can display the location of enemy shooters in three dimensions and accurately identify the caliber and type of weapons they are firing.