
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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 Architecture Competition extends deadline to Sept 6th
Calling all future-forward architects and designers! How can we create buildings that heal themselves, ourselves,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The top 5 issues affecting interior design today
Interior design is undergoing its most drastic transformation since the sustainable design revolution of the 1990s....

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...