A Diabetes Device You’d Actually Want to Carry Every Day
I’ll be honest. When I was first diagnosed with diabetes, one of my biggest fears wasn’t just managing my blood sugar or giving myself injections….
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This First-Response Drone’s Bladeless Design Could Change Emergency Rescue Forever
You know, we see a lot of drone concepts float across our screens, and most of them look like they were designed by either the…
This LEGO Reflexology Mat Turns a Parent’s Worst Nightmare into Physical Therapy
The only thing worse than ‘Floor is Lava’ is probably ‘Floor is LEGO Brick’. LEGO bricks are famously torturous to step on. The studs, the…
This Handheld Detector Could Change How We Hunt for Pathogens
Remember when COVID-19 tests felt like this rare commodity you’d wait hours for? What if a clinician could detect not just COVID-19, but cholera and…
This $599 Camera From Kohler Sits on Your Toilet to Track Your Health
Let me be honest: when I first heard about a camera for your toilet, my initial reaction was less “wow, innovative” and more “absolutely not.”…
This Prosthetic Leg Celebrates Athletic Bodies, Not Hides Them
There’s something quietly revolutionary happening in prosthetic design, and it starts with a simple question: why should replacement limbs apologize for existing? For too long,…
Hearo Helps People With Hearing Loss Finally Sleep in Peace
Picture this: you take out your hearing aids before bed, ready for sleep. But instead of feeling relaxed, anxiety creeps in. What if there’s a…
This Toilet Tablet Changes Color When It Detects Kidney Disease
Sometimes the most brilliant innovations come from the most personal places. When student designer Yidan Xu watched her father struggle with chronic kidney disease that…
The 79th Organ is a speculative glimpse into the future of microplastic detox
Imagine a future where the plastic crisis has reached a point of no return. The year is 2110, and plastics, which were once considered a…
This Soap Fights Skin Cancer: And A 14-Year Old Invented It
Innovation sometimes comes from the most unexpected sources, and nothing proves this better than the groundbreaking work of Heman Bekele. This 14-year-old wunderkind from Virginia…
Luminate Lily helps reduce chemotherapy-induced hair loss
Luminate, a healthcare company focused on at‑home solutions for cancer patients, has introduced Lily. It’s a wearable device that uses gentle scalp compression to lessen…
This User-friendly Walking Aid can seamlessly adjust between flat land, stairs, and slopes
For decades, walking frames have been a case study in stagnation. They’ve remained almost unchanged since their invention, functional, yes, but limited in how they…