Invention 2

Designer takes kids’ most creative inventions and makes them real

British designer Dominic Wilcox asked 450 children in the UK to send him their invention ideas. When they started rolling in and he saw how great some of the ideas where he decided to pick out a few to be manufactured. Sixty out of approximately 600 submissions were made into real products.

Dominic’s goal is to get people to recognize the power of a child’s imagination. Rather than just put photos like these on the fridge he encourages parents to … Keep Reading!!!

Fighting Malaria: A 50 Cent Paper Microscope Will Save Millions of Lives a Year

Did you know that malaria kills over 3 million people every year?

We now have a game changer for diagnosing and properly treating the disease.

Foldscope is a bookmark-sized microscope that can be assembled in minutes, includes no mechanical moving parts, packs in a flat configuration, is extremely rugged, and can be incinerated after to safely dispose of infectious biological samples. With minor optics modifications, the microscope can be designed for brightfield, multi-flourescence or projection microscopy, or specialized to identify … Keep Reading!!!