10-year-old Japanese girl invents bandage that doesn’t get caught during application

Meet Kotone Ugamochi, a 10-year-old Japanese girl who invented an easy-to-apply adhesive bandage that leaves a pain-free experience with its...

MIT develops cheap solar-powered device that turns seawater into drinking water

Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a low-cost, solar-powered desalination system that could produce...

Delhi-born MIT student develops ‘mind-reading’ headset that can surf the internet

Arnav Kapur, a Delhi-born graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), invented an artificial intelligence (AI)-enab...

Want four extra arms? Japanese scientists create wearable, spider-like robotic appendages

“In the future, we might see wings growing out of people’s backs, or drones attached to people” ...

Japanese convenience store chain offers edible spoons to reduce plastic waste

A Japanese convenience store chain will start offering edible spoons in June that customers can use to eat ice cream. Ministop, which has ar...

Chinese device allows users to kiss their significant others anywhere in the world

A Chinese contraption created for long-distance kissing has gone viral. The device, which features moving silicon “lips,” lets users “upload...

Wearable bean bags allow wearers to ‘totally let go anytime, anywhere’

Wearable bean bags that allow buyers to “totally let go anytime, anywhere” have gone viral. The bean bags, which have gained popularity on J...

Ali Ahmed Aslam, Glasgow chef credited with inventing chicken tikka masala, dies at 77

Ali Ahmed Aslam, the purported inventor of chicken tikka masala, has died at the age of 77. The Twitter account for Aslam’s award-winn...

Indian American student wins Inventor Award for 2nd year in a row for ‘Lungsaver’ system

Indian American middle school student Om Guin won the 2022 Lemelson Early Inventor Award for building Lungsaver, a system that measures ind...

Indian man invents shoes that shoot blank rounds for women’s safety kit

An Indian man has created an innovative safety kit to help women feel safer while walking around the streets in India. Shyam Chaurasia fro...

Taiwanese man takes pet fish for a walk with ingenious ‘fish stroller’

Jerry Huang of Taichung, Taiwan, has designed a “fish stroller” that allows small aquatic animals to explore a world beyond the water. Th...

Japan’s ‘cheapest’ cardboard beds can be bought and shipped to adventurous sleepers in the US for $50

A Japanese company specializing in cardboard boxes, Aasu Danboru (“Earth Cardboard”), has designed a cardboard bed that is available to purc...

University of California Scientists Create Contact Lenses That Can Zoom by Blinking Twice

A group of scientists at the University of California San Diego recently published a paper detailing the contact lenses they’ve invented tha...

Japanese Professor Discovers Way to Light LEDs with Urine

A Japanese professor made a breakthrough when he managed to light an LED for several hours using only a small amount of urine during an expe...

Chinese Boy Invents Automatic Drying Rack That Detects Rain After Getting Yelled at By Mom

A 12-year-old boy in Nanning, China invented an automated clothes drying rack after he was scolded by his mother for failing to look after t...

Sorry Americans, Ketchup Actually Came From Asia

Ketchup is one of the most utilized condiments in America, with reports suggesting that about 97% of Americans have a bottle inside their re...

Japanese Company Finds Unique Solution to Making Women Who Live Alone Feel Safer

Leo Palace 21, an apartment management company based in Japan, has just invented a new way to make women who live alone safe in their apartm...

Japanese Man Sets World Record For Holding Over 11,000 Patents

Even with a whopping 1,093 patents to his name, American inventor Thomas Edison falls short of being the most prolific patent-holder ever; t...

This $500 Fitness Tracking Mirror Uses Incredible Technology to Help You Lose Weight

Ordinary mirrors are only able to see outer beauty, but now there is one that claims to see within. The new Naked 3D Fitness Tracker is a $...

5 Revolutionary Inventions In Women’s Fashion That Will Solve All Your Problems

Let’s face it: practicality isn’t really a priority when it comes to women’s fashion. Anyone who has ever worn a romper will understand the...