Solar-powered 3-D printer prints glass from sand. - StumbleUpon. Future cookoo watch. 12 creative concepts. Googles driverless cars. Google has been talking about, developing, and demonstrating its driverless cars for a few years now, but it wasn’t until May last year that things got really serious. By serious, I mean Google wanted a license to put them on the roads of Nevada.
One year on, and Nevada has agreed. Google now has a license to allow autonomous vehicles on the busy freeways. Google has proved its driverless cars work by completing over 200,000 miles of driving, and in a recent demonstration took a blind man to Taco Bell in a Prius: Having an emotionless system in control of the vehicle means there won’t be any road rage, fuel consumption will be better, and speeding and/or accidents will hopefully be a thing of the past. Nevada has decided to get well and truly behind the autonomous revolution and wants to be “at the forefront” of development. For the moment, they are only classed as test vehicles and someone sits behind the wheel ready to take control if something goes wrong.
Read more at CNN. Absolutely Genius Ideas. Data-original="images/genius/29.jpg" class="lazy image"/> data-original="images/genius/75.jpg" class="lazy image"/> Fuel cell charger. Fuel cell gadget charger PowerTrekk is finally hits store shelves in the States. Starting May 2012, you can head to outdoor equipment store REI to purchase this nifty device, which charges electronics with only water. PowerTrekk first debuted at the Consumer Electronics Show 2012. The small device can charge cell phones, MP3 players, and eventually laptops with the addition of mere tap water. The key is a special reaction that produces hydrogen on demand, which is stored in a hydrogen fuel cell battery. All you have to do is pour water into the device to start charging whatever your heart desires (so long as it can be charged with a USB cable). The water is confined to a PowerPukk, a small disc that holds the powder and can be sealed up after the water is added.
The science behind PowerTrekk was developed by Michael Lefenfeld of Signa Chemistry. “My grandfather was a vain man who had stopped smoking in later years, so he no longer carried matches around. [vb_gallery id=426411] A Huge List of Cool Stuff. Word watch. Biegert & Funk presents the world's first wristwatch in words at Baselworld For the first time, Biegert & Funk is exhibiting a completely new kind of wristwatch, the QLOCKTWO W, at Baselworld. QLOCKTWO W does not show the time with hands or digits. Time is indicated on this purist watch as readable text, turning it into a statement: "It is half past nine".
The square watch face has a uniform grid of 110 letters. When the stainless steel button is pressed, words light up in unexpected places which describe the time. The initially random order of the characters lends this wristwatch a mysterious aesthetic. "QLOCKTWO W makes you aware of the moment. The basic shape of the QLOCKTWO W is, like all QLOCKTWO variations, a square. Together with the time, QLOCKTWO W also displays the calendar day or seconds. QLOCKTWO W will be available from autumn 2012 in two variants, natural stainless steel or black, at a cost of approx. 550 euros. Inventions. Project Glass: