Infections on implantsJoint replacements, pacemakers and catheters are prone to biofilms, bacterial sheets that can cause hard-to-treat, antibiotic-resistant infections. A University of Michigan Engineering team built an implantable platform, DARTS (dynamically actuated reconfigurable topographical surface), that reduced bacterial burden and improved tissue response in mice, according to the university's October 27 news release. The study appeared in Advanced Functional Materials.Two mechanisms...
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Turn paper into pencils with the P&P office waste paper processor
An innovative device which has been developed by Chinese designers Chengzhu Ruan, Yuanyuan Liu, Xinwei Yuan and Chao Chen is a P&P Office Waste Processor takes in paper in your office basket and produces fully formed pencils out at the press of a button.
The designers make the clever connection between an office’s waste stream and supply needs with a satisfying design that produces something truly useful.
The literature says you simply feed a sheet of paper into the top and the device ...
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The White Goat – Office Machine that Recycles Office Paper into Toilet Paper
Japanese company Oriental invented a revolutionary and innovative White Goat machine which converts normal paper into toilet paper.
The machine recycles office paper into toilet paper right in your office. All you have to do is put paper and water in the machine and 30 minutes later out comes a roll of toilet paper.
The machine shreds the paper, dissolves it in water, thins it out, dries it and winds it around a roll.
Paper is thrown into a hopper and the machine untangles, shreds and u...
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