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Invisible Shield
The latest science invention is a spray-on invisible thin glass coating
that sterilizes, protects and strengthens surfaces.
The coating also repels water, dirt, stains, mildew, fungus, bacteria and
viruses.
A liquid coating invented at the Saarbrücken Institute for New Materials
in Turkey and patented by Nanopool GmbH of Germany, is a flexible
and breathable spray-on glass film approximately 100 nanometres
thick (500 times thinner than a human hair) that has multiple
applications and uses in numerous fields.
The coating is environmentally friendly (Winner of the Green Apple
Award).
Latest Inventions/Discoveries
Submitted by: Joanne M. Nazareno
MAT-Science Student
Sources: nanopool.eu
dailymail.co.uk
Building Human Organs
Latest Inventions/Discoveries
Submitted by: Joanne M. Nazareno
MAT-Science Student
Source: organovo.com
Photo: Organovo
Source: absmaterials.com
Source: varioptic.com
Source: www.nfu.edu.tw/eng/
Bionic Eyes
Latest Inventions/Discoveries
Submitted by: Joanne M. Nazareno
MAT-Science Student
Source: www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?WO=2008106605
Viral Micro-batteries
Source: web.mit.edu/mitei/research/spotlights/cell-
batteries.html
Power Leap
They are intended for high traffic areas such as sidewalks, public
transport platforms etc.
"Energy can neither be created nor destroyed. This project is exactly
about that," says the 23 year old inventor.
The innovative flooring system is a solution to wasted human kinetic
energy by harnessing it from pedestrian foot traffic to generate
electricity for the community.
Source: powerleap.net
NanoTube - Hair-Thin
Loudspeakers
Source: http://news.tsinghua.edu.cn/new/eng/index.php
Solar foil technology is accelerating so fast that the cost for electricity
per watt could be 70 cents within a few years and around 30 cents
within a decade.
"This is a very powerful technology," says Mike Splinter, chief
executive of the U.S. based semiconductor company Appied Materials.
Populations across Asia and Africa that do not have networks of
electrical grids, could jump into the solar age with this technology,
similar to how they jumped into wireless phones.
Electrical utilities in Japan and Germany have already seen diminishing
profits.
But Jeroen Van de Veer, chief executive at Shell Oil assures us that oil
will be around for awhile, "We have invested a bit in all forms of
renewable energy ourselves and maybe we'll find a winner one day.
But the reality is that in twenty years time we'll still be using more oil
than now."