Nigerian Designer Samuel Adeloju has developed his Longreach Buoyancy Development System, a man-portable system that can deploy water-activated buoyancy devices to a drowning victim’s location. The bazooka-like device fires a condensed bullet of hydrophobic foam up to 492 feet away, which then expands up to 40 times its size in water in 15 seconds. Longreach is designed to be portable for carrying on boats, and is easy to operate. It is also equipped with a light for attracting attention, as well as Para-Flares for nighttime illumination. The Longreach Buoyancy Depolyment System has the potential to reduce the number of drowning accidents at sea.

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• http://www.jamesdysonaward.org/Projects/Project.aspx?ID=1010&RegionId=0&Winindex=5
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqMS_xEsUIw

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PLX Devices, a company based in California, has developed XWave, an EEG interface that works with iPhones and iPads as a controller for games and meditation training. XWave is the first brainwave interface accessory for these devices that is worn over the head like a pair of headphones. XWave is powered by NeuroSky eSense technologies, which sense even the faintest electrical impulses, transmitted through your skull to the surface of your forehead, and convert them to digital signals. The product is designed for entertainment use, but could be applied to other practical uses in the future.

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• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWOBSuKqiWU
• http://www.plxwave.com

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Chris Harrison, a graduate student at Carnegie Mellon University and a former intern at Microsoft Research, has developed software called Skinput, which uses the body as an input source. Skinput’s technology creates a method of controlling electronic devices by tapping different parts of the body. Designed for keypads and buttons that are sometimes too small to use on cell phones and media players, Skinput merges man and machine like never before.

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• http://www.chrisharrison.net/projects/skinput/
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3XPUdW9Ryg

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The U-010 Undersea Yacht concept, designed by Marina Colombo and Sebastiano Vida, is a crossover design between a luxury yacht and a submarine. The undersea vehicle is designed to explore the deep seas in a stylish and comfortable fashion. The yacht can run on diesel or switch to electric propulsion, and the entire craft is 218 feet with an inner surface greater than 7,500 square meters. Equipped with integrated systems of stabilization, the voyage on the sea surface is slow and comfortable even under the worst conditions. The U-010 Undersea Yacht combines technology and luxury in a way that allows people to explore the ocean in a whole new way.

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• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-XlnljluN4
• http://myda.sea-tec.it/uk/myda-award/u010.asp

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Greenbutts are all-natural 100% biodegradable cigarette filters that sprout into green grass shoots or flowers when planted. Greenbutts were designed to curb the pollution caused by discarded cigarette butts into the environment. The filters are safer for people as well; they are made of an all-natural hemp and cotton blend that can be combined with a variety of grass and flower seeds. Instead of leaving the used cigarette butts in an ashtray, they can be planted or composted.

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• http://planetgreen.discovery.com/videos/stuff-happens-no-butts-for-mother-nature.html
• http://www.green-butts.com/

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China’s Shenzhen Hashi Future Parking Equipment Company has designed a new form of public transportation called the Straddling Bus that will ease the traffic congestion problem in Beijing’s Mentougou District.  The Straddling Bus is a 20-foot wide, 14-foot tall bus that can carry between 1,200 and 1,400 passengers at a time while cars on the same road drive underneath it.  The bus is powered entirely by electricity and solar power, and could reduce traffic by 25 – 30%. The Straddling Bus will not add to the congested roads due to the fact that the bus will drive above the cars and operate like a train on wheels.

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• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JokMtK8IJFM
• http://www.umiwi.com

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The Olympic Games 2016 in Rio de Janeiro could be first zero carbon footprint Olympics ever, thanks to the Solar City Tower, designed by the Swiss architecture firm, RAFAA. The tower uses solar panels and a solar power plant to produce energy for the Olympic village during the day. Any excess energy is used to pump seawater up into the tower in order to create an urban waterfall at night for special occasions. The Solar City Tower will serve as a symbol of the sustainable development of urban structures.

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• http://www.rafaa.ch/rafaa/rio_de_janeiro.html
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