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Lifestyle & Leisure

Mobile app aims to curb drunken overspending

DrnkPay is set to help users rope themselves in when they’ve had too much to drink and bars them from using their cards and online banks.

Health & Wellbeing

Wall-mounted health monitor detects walking speeds and patterns

MIT has developed the WiGait, a picture-sized sensor that can determine the speeds and walking patterns of people walking past it, without any wearables.

Eco & Sustainability

More efficient and affordable sea power is making waves down under

An Australian company has created a new wave machine that promises improved performance and cost effectiveness for harvesting the power of the sea

Nelson Sepulveda, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering pose with his FENG techonology on Wednesday April 5, 2017.

Entertainment

Scientists create paper-thin device that turns flags into loudspeakers

The flexible device generates energy from human movement and could lead to the creation of voice-activated security patches for computers and talking newspapers.

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Life Hacks

Japanese fishermen offer morning wake up call service

The Japanese fishing organisation is offering a free service in which working fishermen will call users early in the morning to help wake them up and start their day.

Transportation

Wireless road technology charges electric vehicles as they travel

ElectRoad is working with the Israeli government to install an electric bus route in Tel Aviv that uses wireless charging technology built into roads.

Smart Cities

EU police forces trialling AI detectives

VALCRI, an AI algorithm, processes criminal databases and other data sets, suggesting lines of inquiry to aid police, and may even be able to pre-empt crime.

Education

App fills world with virtual statues of notable women

Helping tell a more complete story of history, crowdsourced app The Whole Story adds virtual statues of notable women to any location in the world.

Concept of Intelligence with Human Brain on Blue Background

Health & Wellbeing

Electrical stimulation device helps arm mobility in stroke victims

The self-controlled device use electrodes placed on the arm, which deliver an electrical shock and makes the patient’s muscles move.

Entrepreneurs can use Makersite to monitor how changes to one aspect of their product will affect their entire supply chain.

Eco & Sustainability

Digital tool maps the environmental impact of individual supply chains

Product designers can now model the impacts of changing materials, suppliers or technology across their entire supply chain from a single platform.

Homes & Housing

Smart blinds generate electricity using solar energy

SolarGaps blinds are a green energy solution for renters and those looking for a solar panel alternative.

Non-profit, Social cause

Solar-powered MP3 player educating third world women

German non-profit social cause URIDU has developed a solar powered MP3 player that’s being given out to illiterate women in East Africa to educate on health and life skills.