Imagine a household that takes 100 showers' worth of water out of its own wastewater in a single month. That is roughly what a Japanese company says happened in a demonstration home in Antigua and Barbuda, and it is now using the result to argue for a different way to supply water on islands.
On November 3, 2026, WOTA, a Tokyo-based water technology company and Earthshot Prize finalist, issued a news release timed to the Commonwealth Business Forum 2026, held November 2 to 4. In it, WOTA pr...
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Hypersonic rocket engine could revolutionize space flight.
Oxfordshire-based Reaction Engines are developing a new aerospace engine class that combines both jet and rocket technologies. They call it the greatest advance in propulsion since the jet engine which will help potentially revolutionizing hypersonic flight and dramatically reducing the cost of space access. SABRE, which stands for Synergetic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine, is designed to enable aircraft to operate from a standstill on the runway to hypersonic flight in the atmosphere, and then tra...
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Bloodhound: World’s fastest racing car.
The supersonic car built to smash the current land speed record has been unveiled in London. Its top speed is more than 1,000mph an hour which is faster than a speeding bullet, and it is powered by Rolls-Royce jet engines and a rocket.
The Bloodhound is part of a £40m project spearheaded by Richard Noble, a man who held the record between 1983-1997 at 633.4mph, to break the land speed record. Noble's record was beaten by RAF fighter pilot Andy Green in 1997, who hit more than 763mph. Now work...
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Robo Washer: The All-In-One Sink, Faucet, Soap Dispenser and Hand Dryer
Amazing self-cleaning invention that replaces sink, faucet, soap dispenser and hand dryer all in one, has been just launched on Kickstarter. This gadget may fix one of the worst things about using public bathrooms. In addition to waiting on long lines, one of the worst things about public bathrooms is having to use the same sink faucets and hand dryers that dozens before you have touched. Robo-Washer Revolution cleans and dries hands, then recycles its water after each use.
The Robo-Washer is...
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Horizontal Showers Enhance Showering Experience
A horizontal shower provides, for the first time, a reclining shower experience.
Imagine if you could extend your nap time by a precious 10 minutes or so when you wake up. Most of us can barely muster the energy to get out of bed and go into the shower in the morning. German company Dornbracht has actually made this possible by creating a device called the Horizontal Shower which washes you while you are lying down.
The shower looks like a tanning bed mounted to the wall with an array of s...
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