Altaeros Energies is aiming high with new heights for wind energy. The company, led by Ben Glass, has created a new invention with the help of balloon and airship technology to lift a wind turbine. Their novel Buoyant Airborne Turbine--the BAT--is a balloon that lifts a wind turbine. Most wind turbine manufacturers are competing to build taller turbines to harness more powerful winds above 500 feet, or 150 meters. The Altaeros BAT can reach 2,000 feet, or 600 meters. At this altitude, w...

Wireless charging is already here. Though most individuals connect their phones to a wired charger, the charging landscape may soon change as companies such as Powermat Technologies Ltd., a developer of wireless power solutions for consumers, act as pioneers in the field. Wireless power, also known as inductive coupling and is based on magnets. The Powermat, is the first, perhaps, of many wireless chargers for hi tech gadgets. How does it work? You simply place your gadget on the mat to ch...

Legos aren't just child's play. The world's most affordable Braille printer is made out of them and won one of 10 of Popular Science’s 2015 Invention Awards in the Category of Communication. Originally conceived by Shubham Banerjee at twelve years old, the printer was meant to be a cheaper alternative to Braille printers that costed over $1,800. The first prototype, called Braigo, was finished in February 2014 but was “limited to printing on narrow rolls of paper.” “In summer 2014, Banerje...

The first remote control car from 1966 astonished many kids at the time. Nowadays, the remote control is something we all just shrug off. What if we had another unique and innovative method of controlling things. Currently there are many solutions, but one of these solutions is a toy that can be controlled by using your mind. The Mind Controlled UFO is a unique toy that not many kids are too familiar with yet. It is a unique take to a remote controlled flying machine. This toy does not have t...

Nod is a ring that you wear on your finger and it seamlessly transforms your movements into commands. It brings the world around you to life, as you control everything from your laptop to your living room lights with a wave of your hand. Nod is the most advanced gesture control ring. Nod allows you to engage objects with your movements as if by magic. Nod is a universal controller, allowing effortless communication with all of the smart devices in your connected life, including phones, tablet...

New location awareness technology that triggers applications on smartphone when you are close to it. When it comes to mobile marketing, location plays a key role in influencing consumer behavior because it provides context that helps marketers deliver more relevant messages. A mobile message or offer is much more likely to be acted on when a consumer is physically near a store, because visiting that store requires relatively low effort. However, traditional GPS location-based mobile marke...

Supernova is a small digital gauge that can be attached to any moving device (Car/Bike...) to collect real-time data about motion, elevation, acceleration... and display it for analysis. PUSH, manufacturer of supernova is the only bike computer you’ll need.  It provides high resolution GPS  location updates and speed up to ten times faster than typical phones . Get location signals outside of cell areas and under canopy. Track accurate elevation and total vertical climb with the barometer...

Onyx, a wearable voice communication device that pairs with smartphones via Bluetooth to enable quick and virtually hands-free choice communication. With a single tap of the device’s only button, it opens a private two-way voice communication channel to a pre-determined group of fellow users. Onyx has a built-in speaker and microphone that act as a standard two-way speakerphone, but also has a standard headphone jack that supports a microphone, giving the option for more private communication...

Apple is believed to be secretly working on an iWatch project that combines the iOS interface with a watch-like device. The Apple iWatch will be phenomenal, and capable of producing emoticons, photos, ringtones, tweets and status updates. The device is assumed to have been created for an internal app “Healthbook”, available on the Apple Store. Heathbook is an efficient health and fitness metrics tracker and will be an integral part of the iOS 8. iWatch has been trademarked by Apple in many n...

According to a new study released by PLoS, a group of scientists have successfully sent a message between two brains, without actually implanting anything in either person. Yes, this was all achieved across a normal skull without any wires being inserted. Simply put, one person was shown an image, which was picked up by an external set of sensors which measure brain activity (known as an electroencephalogram or EEG), and then this activity was sent over the internet to a robot-assisted, image-g...