Eating to Save the World

Worried about global warming and your grandchildren’s future? Would you change your diet to give them a better chance of a life worth living? An international team of scientists has warned that current dietary trends are a threat to human health and the environment.   The team has issued a report saying we need a global […]

Robot Contact Lens Switches Focus When You Blink

Researchers in California have made a contact lens that automatically zooms and switches focus between near or far objects. Created by scientists from the University of San Diego, the lenses use natural electric signals in the human eyeball to switch focus.   The team discovered that the electrical potential between the front and back of […]

Daedalus: Are Flying Footsoldiers the Future of the Royal Marines?

Gravity Trial Jet

The inventor and co-founder of Gravity Industries, Richard Browning, has tested his invention – the Daedalus jetpack – over open water for the first time. Browning tested his jet-powered suit in the Solent, a body of water between mainland Britain and the Isle of Wight in the UK. The 39-year-old former Royal Marine Reservist regularly […]