U-Feel: An Electric Bike With No Battery The market for electric bikes is growing. They are useful, more environmentally friendly than cars and less tiring than classic bikes. However, the user regularly needs to recharge the battery. The French company Véloci Industries is developing the first 100% electric bike with no battery and no need…
First waste-to-energy plant in Ethiopia Reppie waste-to-energy project In 2017, more than a hundred people died in a trash dump in Koshe, in Ethiopia, therefore the government decided to act against those trash dump, so those places wouldn’t be house to hundred of Ethiopians anymore. They created the Reppie waste-to-energy project in 2018. Their goal…
An intelligent cane for the visually impaired There are 36 million blind people in the world and 217 million people with moderate or severe visual impairment. This handicap creates difficulties for individuals suffering from blindness or severe impairment. Walking, going to work or to the supermarket, running are all activities that are not obvious to…
India : Trains running on solar energy Greenhouse gas emissions are a major problem in our society. Rising average temperatures, glacier retreat, extreme weather events are the consequences of rising CO2 emissions. To combat these phenomena, several solutions can be put in place. For example, solar renewable energy can be one of the factors of…
Inauguration of Africa’s largest wind farm With a population of some 1.2 billion, the African continent is the second most populous continent, but paradoxically the least electrified. 665 million people are reported to live without electricity on a daily base, Is a big an issue! Polluting energies and lack of accessibility. Flame thermal power plants…
Launch of the first literary social network A study published in Livres Hebdo shows that the book market is not doing very well in the age of social networks. In France, for example, in 2018, sales fell by 1.7% compared to the previous year. To overcome this problem, the emergence of a new social network…
The first tattoo institute dedicated to breast reconstruction Every year, more and more women are affected by breast cancer. In Quebec, this disease affects 6,000 new patients per year. When the diagnosis is made, most of the time, mastectomy is inevitable. In addition to being long, painful and stressful, this surgery often leaves patients “mutilated”.…
Another way to cure cataracts? Scientists have just developed a drug treatment that could cure people with cataracts. These eye drops can be administered into the eyes using a pipette which contains lanosterol. They improve vision and greatly eliminate cataracts. Lanosterol, a natural molecule, is used to restore a damaged lens. A Chinese team conducted…
Net Guard, the Innovative Drone That Can Save Lives The Net Guard drone can unfold in four areas, to stretch a safety net for people trapped in towers, or high altitude buildings or in case of fire. It’s a bit like a flying carpet. The operation is simple: the automatic pilot drone receives a distress…
A powerful anticancer drug discovered in a marine sponge Researchers have developed a molecule with anticancer properties from marine sponges from the Caribbean. They decided to look at the “superpowers” they contain to exploit its virtues. They managed to identify a molecule and extract it from a sponge, then they modified it and made it…