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New $150 gadget lets your smartphone detect cancer with laboratory precision

While smartphone spectrometers are already being used to help detect cancer, they have only been able to evaluate...

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MIT researchers invent an ingestible battery powered by stomach acid

MIT researchers have developed a new safe-to-swallow battery powered by stomach acid. The technology could significantly...

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Solar-power system could provide clean drinking water in rural India for the first time

A solar-powered purification system could slake the thirsts of rural India with clean drinking water for the first...

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World’s first 3D-printed heart-on-a-chip could help end animal testing

When it comes to medical breakthroughs, the most exciting advances tend to involve technology that can lead to...

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Brain implants allow paralyzed man to feel his fingertips again

New brain implant technology has given a paralyzed man a whole new lease on life. Since a devastating car accident...

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Biodesign Competition winners announced – algae takes center stage

When it comes to design, mother nature has a lot to teach us. The field of Biodesign has emerged as an exciting...

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Mobile cooler designed by 22-year-old Will Broadway could save 1.5 million lives

Transporting vaccines in developing countries can be precarious. Highly sensitive to temperature, vaccines can...

Biodesign Competition to ideate the X-Prize for regenerative building

Biodesign Architecture Competition extends deadline to Sept 6th

Calling all future-forward architects and designers! How can we create buildings that heal themselves, ourselves,...

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Shining lasers on human blood could help detect tumors

A team of University of Michigan researchers have discovered how to use lasers to see intricate cell structure...

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Designers, get ready for the BioDesign Competition – cash prize of $1000

Calling all future-looking designers and architects! We've got a cool new design competition coming up for you...

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INFOGRAPHIC: How greenery contributes to your health and wellbeing

The benefits of a little greenery are endless and include amongst other things, improved health, happiness, and...

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New Aging: Architect Matthias Hollwich’s new book explores how we can live smarter now to live better forever

New Aging: Live Smarter Now to Live Better Forever by Matthias Hollwich with Jennifer Krichels and illustrations...

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INTERVIEW: 5+Design’s Michael Ellis Discusses How Architecture Can Fight Obesity

Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in America, and countries around the world are quickly following suit....

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New SCiO sensor app lets anyone explore their world on a molecular level

Related: World's first pocket spectrometer measures the molecular makeup of nearly everything A CES 2016 Tech...

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Low-tech alarm protects South African slums from devastating fires

Dealing with a house fire is a nightmare scenario no matter where you live -- but in the slums of South Africa,...

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Tiny two-legged shelter puppy gifted lifetime supply of 3D-printed wheelchairs

Karen Pilcher, FOSD rescue coordinator and Tumbles' foster mother, told ABC News why they decided to bottle feed...

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TableAir is a smart standing desk that you can raise without lifting a finger

TableAir is a smart, connected standing desk with a unique lifting process for demanding individuals who care about...

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ZDesk is a portable sitting/standing desk designed for laptop users

There are plenty of standing desks out there for desktop computers, but now there is a sit-stand desk designed...

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5 life-changing projects take home top honors in 2015 INDEX: Design Awards

SKY URBAN VERTICAL FARMING SYSTEM - WORK CATEGORY DESIGNED BY: JACK NG COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: SINGAPORE How it's...

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Brilliant VeinViewer makes it easier (and less painful) to find a patient’s vein

Feeling the needle's "stick" is never a pleasant feeling, never mind being stuck multiple times (just writing about...

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World’s first pocket spectrometer lets you measure the molecular makeup of nearly anything

[youtube =http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejl6gGgR9_g=537&h-302] SCiO is a new gadget that instantly measures...

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This mind-reading device can turn your thoughts into text

Brain-computer interfaces are nothing new—several companies have developed technologies that allow one to conduct...

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How a team of students transformed a group home into a haven through Habilitative Design

In the 1960s, with the rising momentum of the Civil Rights movement and heightened awareness of the marginalization...

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Texas A&M students design much-needed new hospital for Roatán Island, Honduras

Roatán Island lies around 35 miles off the coast of Honduras, and is home to a population of some 100,000 people—yet...

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The top 5 issues affecting interior design today

Interior design is undergoing its most drastic transformation since the sustainable design revolution of the 1990s....

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Leonardo DiCaprio’s eco-friendly NYC apartment rents for a cool $25,000 a month

A photo of a similar apartment in the Delos that was being eyed by Kim Kardashian. As reported by the NY Post...

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Infographic: How Climate Change Will Affect Your Health

There's a long list of things that will suffer because of extreme climate change - but did you know that your health...

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Burn calories and charge your laptop while working on the WeBike

Photo: Gizmag We're huge fans of stand-working here at Inhabitat, so when we spotted this cool work pod that...

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Brilliant Device Could Completely Replace Crutches!

It is astonishing that the design of crutches hasn't changed much since they were invented about 100 years ago....

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PITCHAfrica’s Rain-Harvesting Soccer Field Can Capture Enough Water for 1000 People for a Full Year

Almost one billion people on Earth have no access to clean drinking water, and dirty water and a lack of basic...

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