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Solar-powered toothbrush doesn't require toothpaste

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The electrons react with acid in the mouth, creating a chemical reaction that breaks down plaque and kills bacteria. The toothbrush requires no toothpaste, and can operate with about the same amount of light as needed by a solar-powered calculator.
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Solar Powered Camera Strap Gives Additional Life to your Cameras

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Most digital SLR cameras are powered by lithium-ion batteries which are to be recharged frequently using electric outlet. If the battery exhausted and photographer didn’t have spare battery with him then it means the end of the photo shoot. But this problem is going to end in few years or may be months because of this solar camera strap technology, thank Weng Jie the inventor of this concept.
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This Bendable Bike Can Tie Itself to Any Post

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We Inhabitat writers have had our fair share of bicycles and bicycle parts stolen on the mean streets of New York City. It seems these days you’ve got to lock everything down (even the brakes!) in order to keep your cycle intact. That often means buying more than one lock and disassembling your bike every time you leave it unguarded. Kevin Scott hopes to change all of that. He just unveiled his revolutionary bendable bike. That’s right, with the push of a lever the cycle becomes bike-Houdini and can wrap around any post making it easy to secure all its parts with just one lock. No more clunky chains? Sign us up!
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Boy invents wall climbing device- how will this end?

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This DIY genius was shunned at first. When he announced his plans his teachers and parents were doubtful that he’d succeed. Kono’s design technology teacher, Angus Gent, told reporters, “I’m hugely proud of him. When he came to me with the idea at the beginning I had my doubts.” But to the surprise and delight of his community, the 13 year-old’s design was successful and Kono says he completely trusts the machine to hold him up on any wall.
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The WaterBox is a device that can help reforrest the world?

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It collects any amount of water -- from inches of rainfall to minute droplets of condensation -- and delivers it slowly and steadily. Just 3 inches of rainfall per year is enough to keep the box's water supply replenished. It can also be screwed into the ground, both to prevent theft and to secure it to sloping or rocky land. "We can use the box to reforest California, and we can use it to restore our water tables to safer levels again," he said.
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Judge hammers Home Depot, awards inventor huge sum

The roughly $25 million judgment could have been avoided had the company agreed in 2004 to pay Powell the $2,000 he offered to charge for each device. That bill would have come to $4 million. Instead, Hurley said, the firm dispatched workers to duplicate the saw guards Powell allowed them to test in eight stores in Georgia and California. "It's sad to say, but Home Depot literally organized a theft of the Powell invention," he said.
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The Chip Gripper - Keep grease off your hands

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Here is the scene: It’s Thursday night and you are on your computer writing a post at 11pm. You decide you want a snack. You grab a bag of potato chips. Suddenly your writing is interrupted because you have greasy hands and the grease is getting all over your keyboard, and the annoying crumbs are everywhere. What do you do?
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This device cleans and disinfects using just water by ionization

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Activeion's ionator already has drawn national attention, landing on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" and appearing on Forbes magazine's "best breakout business ideas" of 2009. Bill Nye the Science Guy has signed on as spokesman. The company was one of just three Minnesota start-ups to raise venture capital in the first quarter, according to the Money Tree Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association.
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Toy engineer uses his talent to help hurt people with guns

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The weapon's effectiveness has been tested on blocks of gelatin that simulate human flesh; the projectiles hit with considerable force, but do not penetrate. The weapon is geared to meet the military requirement for an impact energy of 30 joules. This is similar to existing nonlethal weapons; paintball guns are limited to 12 joules. Lund says they have not yet carried out human tests but he suggests it will produce the pain of a severe wasp sting.
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Student Develops $3 Healing Device, Field Tested in Haiti

No one really knows why, but for an open wound, simply applying suction dramatically speeds healing times. (The theory is that the negative pressure draws bacteria out, and encourages circulation.) But for almost everyone, that treatment is out of reach--simply because the systems are expensive--rentals cost at least $100 a day and need to be recharged every six hours.
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Daily Grommet - sells new quirky inventions, a new one each day

(they just raised $3M) The site features one creative invention or product per day, with an in-depth video review. Daily Grommet will also sell the product on its site and take a small cut from sales. Think Etsy meets social product development platform Quirky.
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Breakthrough in sewing needles

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According to the Spiral Eye side-threading needle ordering site, Pam’s product is so easy to use, “you can thread one with your eyes closed.” While we wouldn’t necessarily suggest trying that at home, we would blindly recommend purchasing a set of Spiral Eyes — you know, if you’re into the whole “foolproof” thing.
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