LATEST INVENTION: AIR-CONDITIONED BULLETPROOF VESTS

Scientists from the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) recently came up with the world's first air-conditioned bulletproof jacket based on a special technology called Coolpad that helps police stay cool in hot days.

This Coolpad technology elaborated by Empa was initially developed for cooling clothes for different medical applications.

From the information gathered from the researchers emphasize that the built-in Coolpads evaporate sweat through the material, thus helping the wearer to stay cool.

Besides, the bulletproof jacket has a tiny fan that easily fits into the garment and blows air inside the vest to offer more cooling. To be able to incorporate the fan, researchers at Empa teamed up with Eschler, a textile company from Switzerland, to develop a special fabric spacer that is both stable and flexible.

In order to quickly refill the cool pads with water, scientists created a portable filling station the wearer can easily attach to the jacket using a quick-release fastener.

Fully-charged batteries allow the vest to work in hot conditions for 3 to 4 hours. Empa mentioned that the first bulletproof vests will be manufactured by project partner Unico Swiss Tex GmbH.

Latest Invention: AIRE Mask - Use Your Breath to Charge Your Handset

If you are one of the lovers of jugging, then you are not far from benefitting doudle from your jugging activitites.

This is because a new device called AIRE mask will appear on the market. The mask will allow its wearer to 

produce green power from breathing and use that power to charge various portable gadgets. So, you can charge on the go... @encyclopedia2

Scientists Working on E.chromi Bacteria that Colors Hazardous Chemicals

A group of synthetic biology scientists and designers from Cambridge University has come up with a daring project called E.chromi.

It is possible that in the near future synthetic biology could greatly influence our way of life, our environment and health.

E.chromi is a genetically engineered bacterium that has the potential of generating colored pigments.

The invention could have a wide range of applications. For instance, it can help identify hazardous pollutants in water by producing a specific color related to each pollutant.

It would be interesting to note that the person who has come up with the idea to create AIRE is Joco Paulo Lammoglia, an inventor from Brazil.

Sleep boost brain self-cleaning system

In the brain there is a molecule that is responsible for waste disposal system, this molecule was discovered last year and its activity increases when having a deep sleep. This reason underscore the importance of sleep which has been recommended not to be less than 6 hours daily.
Asides from the waste disposal increase during slumbering, sleep could also inspire the treatment of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other neurological diseases linked with protein build-up in the brain.
"If this waste-disposal system is under the body's intrinsic regulation, there could be a pharmacological way to turn the system up or down," says Jeffrey Iliff at the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York, one of the study authors. "Perhaps this is a biological pathway that could be co-opted to rescue us from or improve neurological degeneration."In the brain there is a molecule that is responsible for waste disposal system, this molecule was discovered last year and its activity increases when having a deep sleep. This reason underscore the importance of sleep which has been recommended not to be less than 6 hours daily.
Asides from the waste disposal increase during slumbering, sleep could also inspire the treatment of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other neurological diseases linked with protein build-up in the brain.
"If this waste-disposal system is under the body's intrinsic regulation, there could be a pharmacological way to turn the system up or down," says Jeffrey Iliff at the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York, one of the study authors. "Perhaps this is a biological pathway that could be co-opted to rescue us from or improve neurological degeneration."