Memory foam

The Wopilo is a pillow that's designed to be firm on one side, and fluffy on the other

Around The Home

Two-faced pillow flips to be as fluffy or firm as you like

People can be pretty picky about their pillows. Not only do folks prefer a different softness-to-support ratio, but that preference can change night to night. Now, a French startup has developed the Wopilo, an indecisive-sleeper’s dream pillow that’s soft on one side and firm on the other.

The poroelastic silicone foam model heart

Medical Devices

Scientists create a pumping artificial heart – using foam

Perhaps you sleep on a memory foam mattress. Well, in the future, a similar material could be used to create artificial body parts. Researchers at Cornell University recently used their new "elastomer foam" to build a functioning fluid pump that looks and works like a human heart.

Hollywood's V-MODA brings high fashion to quality audio with the release of the Crossfade LP headphones

Music

The Crossfade LP headphones from V-MODA

Hollywood's V-MODA brings high fashion to quality audio with the release of the Crossfade LP headphones.

With one squeeze, the AtoD Battery will give you 1.5V of power to substitute for any sized battery

Good Thinking

From AAA to D: the one-size-fits-all rechargeable battery concept

Korean designers have proposed a rechargeable 1.5V battery in a memory foam case that could squeeze down from D to AAA-sized.