Interview: David Henrichs, Co-Founder at DH Product Design in Germany

Pooja Kashyap

David Henrichs is a German designer whose design philosophy is very well depicted in all his works – beauty combined with sustainability. He lives and works in London, Munich and Berlin. His work demonstrates a combination of geometric and natural forms. His designs not only are simple to look at but also run on futuristic lines and colors. Very deftly, he is able to fuse fashion in his unique collection, which does not override the aesthetics of his products. There’s more to this creative individual, we are pleased to offer…

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Aspirin an Antidote for Pancreatic Cancer: Anti-inflammatory Properties might Reduce the Risk

Neha Shukla

According to a research conducted by Yale Cancer Center and Yale School of Public Health, regular consumption of aspirin can almost cut half an individual’s risk of developing pancreatic cancer. Researchers found that individuals, who took low dose aspirin for years, had reduced chances of being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. 

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Pollution Deter Insects from Pollination: Mask Flower’s Scent

Neha Shukla

According to a latest research, pollution and other odors causes hindrance for insects in search of flowers to feed on. In a joint study, researchers from the University of Arizona and University of Washington studied tobacco hornworm moths (Manduca sexta) while they searched and interacted with flowers. The moth likes to feed on nectar from the plants like the Sacred Datura, which usually are seen growing hundreds of meters apart. Therefore, the moth uses its sense of smell to locate flowers. Researchers observed that the moth could locate the scent…

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Solar Cells to replace Toxic Cadmium Chloride: Promises Clean Energy

Neha Shukla

Energy Industry around the world is constantly evolving in terms of innovation to harness clean energy from renewal energy like sunlight, wind, tides rain and so on. Harnessing energy from sunlight using solar panels are being used worldwide and its production is also increasing. Unfortunately, during manufacturing these commonly used solar panels requires a highly toxic and water soluble chemical known as cadmium chloride. The cadmium chloride is known to cause genetic defects and disease related to heart, kidney and other severe health hazards. And if accidentally the chemical reaches to the water bodies, the toxic chemical causes havoc,…

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Recycling Plastic into Oil: A New Initiative by PK Clean

Neha Shukla

Plastics are highly popular because of its properties like durability, low cost, ease in manufacturing, versatileness and invulnerable to water and is widely used in all kinds of fields, ranging from household to spaceships. Plastic has replaced many conventional materials used so far such as wood, glass, metal, stone, bone, leather, horn and ceramic.

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Harley-Davidson’s first Electric Motorcycle: H-D’s new Avatar

Neha Shukla

Today we have giant companies Like Tesla, Honda and BMW, investing in research for creating advanced electric cars. But when it comes to electric bikes, the market is limited with just a few options of low powered electric bikes or scooters which surely does not appeal to motorcycle lovers. However, this perception of electric bikes seems to change, as the king of motorcycle, Harley Davidson has announced their project LiveWire to roll out first ever electric bike. 

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Salamanders can Regrow Lost Body Part: Limb Regeneration

Neha Shukla

Salamanders have long been known for their ability to successfully regenerate lost body parts like limbs or tail which works just like as original. This novel ability of salamanders has fascinated researchers working in the area of regenerative medicine and have been engaged in understanding the exact regeneration process. Finally, researchers from University College London seem to have unfolded the regeneration process of salamanders.

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Fish Eating Spiders Discovered: Arachnid’s New Diet Supplement

Neha Shukla

It is a well known fact that spiders are insectivorous and part of their diet also includes plant material like pollen. But not everyone knows that spiders like to go for fishing too. According to a study conducted by Martin Nyffeler who is a spider expert and Zoologist at the University of Basel, Switzerland and Bradley Pusey, a fish expert coming from the University of Western Australia discovered that a few large sized spider varieties include small fish in their diet too. They have recorded incidents of spiders hunting fish from all the continents except Antartica. Majority…

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Tracking Time and Task using Lego Bricks: Gamification Facilitator

Pooja Kashyap

The other day I was having an interesting conversation with my peers on Quora on the topic of merging Gamification and Lego, I know it sounds li’l offbeat but the idea stuck me with an interesting concept, which I thought of jotting them down in a structured form. Think for a second of measuring the daily todo list with lego bricks, stacking one over the other with different colors and forming an architectural structure. Let’s make it simpler, take a look at the following example.

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Polymer for a Shatterproof Smartphone Touchscreen: Copper-based Flexible Display

Pooja Kashyap

Polymer scientists at University of Akron have developed an electrode, which is transparent in nature. Researchers aim to create shatterproof screens for smartphones with this newly fabricated layer of electrode. It’s been quite some time now since, researchers were looking for alternatives to conventional indium-tin oxide, the ITO technology used for making the touchscreen. Brittleness is one of the major flaws with smartphone screens made up of ITO technology. Another equally important reason for looking at its alternative is its scarcity. Moreover, escalation of smartphone and tablet market is fueling…

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Fully Autonomous Vehicles: Profit Center for Chipmakers

Pooja Kashyap

IHS Technology envision that market for MCUs and processor units would touch half a billion dollars by 2020. Similarly, revenues from optical sensors would escalate 7 times by the same year. Google has already rolled in its driverless car and by the end of 2014 we would be witnessing more such autonomous vehicles from robot manufacturers as well, as in robocars. As of now, these cars are not functioning as fully autonomous vehicles and they do require human intervention, especially to avoid unanticipated events. In fact, they are being operated…

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Oxytocin can Rejuvenate Muscle Regeneration: Beneficial Metabolic Effect

Neha Shukla

Until now, we knew Oxytocin as the hormone which is associated with sex, childbirth, maternal nurturing and other kinds of social bondings. But researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, now claim that Oxytocin has a bigger role to play and have found to be majorly contributing in repairing and maintaining healthy muscles in elderly mice. 

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