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Vestas Sailrocket 2 – produktutveckling

The world’s fastest sailboat Vestas Sail Rocket 2, has broken all records with an average speed of 121 km / h over 500 meters. The boat was designed and built by the Sailrocket team in the VESTAS R+D facilities in East Cowes on the Isle of  Wight. The build took 16 months. The main structure [...]

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New adaptive material inspired by tears

Tunable material system is easily adaptable for diverse applications in fuel transport, textiles, and optical systems Cambridge, Mass. – April 8, 2013 - Imagine a tent that blocks light on a dry and sunny day, and becomes transparent and water-repellent on a dim, rainy day. Or highly precise, self-adjusting contact lenses that also clean themselves. Or [...]

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Innovation teams don’t work!

Innovation is everyone’s job! To paraphrase Ratatouille food critic Anton Ego, not everyone can  be a great innovator, but great innovations can come from anywhere. One classic  mistake larger companies fall victim to is creating “innovation teams.” This is  a great way to demoralize everyone not on the team. Another big mistake, often made by [...]

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New Flexible Material – TPU 92A-1

Belgium based Materialise has announced the launch of a new, highly flexible and durable material for 3D printing called TPU 92A-1.  It was first seen on the catwalk in Iris van Herpen’s Voltage Haute Couture show during Paris Fashion Week in January. The resilient, textile-like material is produced via laser sintering, a process similar to stereolithography that uses temperature-sensitive [...]

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Smart Splitter – Swedish patent

Smart-Splitter is the new efficient axe that can be used by everyone in the family. It is made with the security in mind when you split and split logs.  Smart-Splitter is a Swedish patented invention that breaks a long tradition. The Smart-Splitter has, at last, made manual log splitting not only fun, but also easy, [...]

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Ström gör fingeravtryck synliga

En engelsk forskare ligger bakom ny teknik, som kan påvisa annars osynliga fingeravtryck på patronhylsor eller bombsplitter. En helt ny teknik ger polisens tekniker möjlighet att spåra fingeravtryck på metalföremål, såsom patronhylsor och bombsplitter. Fingeravtrycken kan tydas, även om ytan har torkats av, målats över eller utsatts för stark värme till exempel från en bombexplosion. [...]

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Innovativt bord

Vissa saker bara måste lyftas fram i detta media. Ursprunget till detta bord är för mig okänt, men hittade produkten på You Tube. Utan tveka är det en både innovativ och kreativ lösning förpackad i snygg design. Bara att gratulera både ägare och upphovsmakaren till en snygg och praktisk produkt, som undertecknad gärna hade köpt. – [...]

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3D printing with 3Doodler pen

If 3D printers seem too expensive, or too technically complex, WobbleWorks’ 3Doodler 3D printing pen looks like a budget- and user-friendly alternative. It also looks like a ton of fun. The idea behind the 3Doodler is that it takes the core functionality of a 3D printer, essentially an extruder and a heat source, and jams [...]

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Multi-tool – produktutveckling

Här är en rätt så rolig ring som man kallar för ”The Man Ring” och som har inbyggd såg, kapsylöppnare, kniv samt en kam som jag antar att är tänkt att använda till mustaschen eller ögonbrynen då den är förhållandevis liten. Ringen kan använda till att öppna en öl, såga av en penna, skära av [...]

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THE TREE TENT CONCEPT – Produktutveckling

The Tree Tent concept is a culmination of over 3 years of work and research (and decades of experience) in sustainable shelter systems, fabric structures and tree top living. We wanted to develop a lightweight and efficient structure using sustainable, recyclable, recycled and natural materials. A structure that can be easily transported and assembled on-site [...]

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Night Light With Portable Balls – produktutveckling

Kids will be begging you to turn off the lights because that’s when this night light really shines. This multi-coloured, interactive night light features 3 removable illuminated glow balls that have nothing electronic in them, they hold there glow from the light for 30 minutes before fading. Source – – – – – – – [...]

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Sugarcane based Tubes – Swedish invention

Tectubes introduces the world’s first commercial Bio sourced tube made of FKuR’s Terralene® range. Tectubes injection mould, extrude and print the various parts of the tube. The tube itself stands out due to its excellent mechanical properties. “Using bio sourced resins is an obvious step for us in order to emphasize our ecological awareness”, says [...]

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Ice Jacket Bottle Chiller – produktutveckling

Don’t serve spirits over ice – serve them IN ice for supercool taste and style! The Ice Jacket encases your favorite bottle of spirits in a dramatic coat of ice, wowing guests as you pour out drinks chilled to glacial perfection. It’s incredibly impressive, yet easy to use. And it works with standard-size (700-750 ml) [...]

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Charging batteries by wind ower

Need a Little Charge? Stick Up a Febot! Rechargeable batteries sure have helped make my life a lot easier, but I sure do hate the bulkiness of the machines that allow me to recharge my batteries. Trying to pack up my gadgets to take with me on the go is a struggle enough, why add [...]

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Kyld dryck utan is – produktutveckling in för sommaren

Isbitar i all ära men det man dricker blir lite urvattnat efter ett tag. Och det finns ju dricka som inte alls mår bra av vatten. Mjölk till exempel. Helter Skelter Drinks Chiller kyler ned vätskan på väg ned i glaset. Drinkkylaren ska ligga i frysboxen och tas fram vid behov. Inuti finns ett kylelement [...]

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