The typical power strip quickly gets overwhelmed with all shapes and sizes of adapters and plugs – many of which cover up adjacent plugs. The Modular Power Strip Concept from designer William Harris would solve that problem by allowing each individual plu

Echolocation is the amazing ability to “see” based only on sounds that bounce off of objects. Dolphins and bats use it, and plenty of blind people have incredibly mastered this skill as well. Now, researchers at Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne’s

For someone with age-related macular degeneration, or AMD, wearing contact lenses is a luxury not currently available, as they simply can’t meet the requirements for plain sight. A team of American and Swiss engineers is working on a way to alleviate this

We tend to think of prostheses as objects that help return function to a disabled person (or animal), but two McGill University PhD candidates have thought of an entirely new way to use them. Joseph Mallock and Ian Hattwick turn 3D printed virtual limbs i