The microfluidic device harmlessly dissolves once it's no longer needed.Nobody wants to suffer physical pain if they don't have to, yet they also don't want to risk developing an addiction to pain-killing opioids. That's where a new drug-free implant comes in, as it reduces pain by cooling nerves.The experimental device is being developed by a team led by Northwestern University's Prof. John A....

Lars Riemann has designed an autonomous car with an extremely narrow footprint that can be latched onto a building's exterior to save space for Dezeen's Future Mobility Competition powered by Arrival.Called Snap Up, the concept was designed for densely populated urban areas with many high-rise buildings, such as Seoul.The cars can be stacked vertically alongside each other on the street or can...

Supply chain innovators apply to patent what they see as important tools for the future. Sometimes they’re brilliant. Sometimes they’re funny.In a bid to solve the costly last mile of delivery, plenty of companies have rolled out initiatives to make shipments via autonomous robots and drones. FedEx has its self-driving bot Roxo. Amazon is (finally) starting drone deliveries in the U.S. Even C...

Commerce media is revolutionizing how ads are bought and optimized. Companies need the right strategy to share in its potential trillion-dollar-plus value.Advertising is being transformed by commerce media, a new form of advertising that closes the loop between media impressions and commerce transactions to improve targeting, provide new audience insights, and deliver more relevant and valuable...

Ihe Myoshirt wearable muscle reads movement impulses and contributes power by shortening Dyneema cables.Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a lightweight, wearable textile exomuscle that uses sensors embedded in its fabric to detect a user's movement intentions and chip in extra force as needed. Initial tests show a significant boost in endurance.Where powered exoskeletons act as both musc...

Humanity is creating more data than ever before, and more of that data is publicly accessible.While “data is the new oil” has almost become a cliché, the impact that data abundance is having on the world is undeniable. All of the world’s most valuable companies are heavily reliant on data for their continued success. Even oil giant Saudi Aramco, the world’s most valuable company, runs a 6,...

We’ve seen a serious influx in pet ownership since Covid-19, during which nearly one in five U.S. households acquired a cat or dog. A new wave of pet owners, combined with an unprecedented interest in car travel, has led the travel and hospitality industry to embrace pets in ways they never have before. According to a recent Hilton survey, 55% of Americans who are pet owners are likely to trav...

A recent report by UTA and Vox sheds light on how cultural organizations can add value to the metaverse and its Gen Z users. While virtual environments have been present for decades, chiefly in the gaming sector, the idea of the metaverse has only lately gained mainstream and cultural traction. Riding on the winds of the NFT boom, metaverse platforms such as Decentraland, The Sandbox, and Roblo...

Asenso is a modern concept of vertical record player with soft blue color and bold graphical shapes. In simple words, Vinyl records are rotating disks used for storing music. Just in case you don’t know, phonograph records were a commercial form of music storage since ear 1800s, it slowly gained its popularity around 1912. However, around 1991 when compact discs arrive, these phonograph record...