We tend to spend much of our time indoors, whether it be in an office building, at school, or at home. Unfortunately, the air we breathe indoors is often worse than the outside air. So how can we keep the ...
Dyson’s Airblade Tap – the First Faucet-Dryer
Airblade Tap – wash Airblade Tap – dry British company Dyson, well known for its vacuum cleaning technology, has been expanding its focus into other related areas including fans and hand dryers. Earlier today the company introduced a unique first ...
CES 2013: Winbot 7 – Your Window Cleaning Robot
The Winbot-7 Already have a robotic vacuum, a robot lawn mower, a robotic pool cleaner? how about a robotic window cleaner? Ecovacs Robotics has a new window cleaning robo-assistant called Winbot 7 on display now on the CES trade show ...
Europe’s First Mobile Robotic Bin-On-Call
European researchers have collaborated to create the first robot ever to collect waste on demand. The new unit, dubbed “DustCart”, could be useful for the Old Continent’s narrow streets, as it can go through almost every passage and automatically clean ...
Converting Wastewater into Clean Energy
Waltham Technologies, a new Boston-based startup founded by Una Ryan, is using blue-green algae to decontaminate wastewater while creating a viable source of clean energy at the same time. The algae eats carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the ...
Keeping Your Car Clean Forever
Chamelic, a spin off company from the University of Leeds in the UK, developed a new dirt repelling coating. The new invention could help avoid those frustrating situations in which it rains only a few moments after you finished washing ...