Hover Jedi-style

Aerofex - The Jedi style hovering vehicle.

Aerofex, a California-based firm has developed a manned hovering aerial vehicle which relies on human instincts of balance and mechanical responses for hovering rather than electronics or artificial intelligence. The vehicle has close resemblance to sci-fi hovering flying bikes like the ones in Return of the Jedi.

Self making bed

A breath of relief for those who hate to make their bed after waking up. Spanish furniture maker OHEA has created a bed which can make itself automatically.

Self-adjustable glasses

Eyejusters

Spectacles designed for use in developing countries, where people do not have access to the glasses they need. These glasses are self-adjustable, using a technology called Slidelens - a revolutionary technology that works by sliding the lenses over each other.

Behold! Photography set to be revolutionized!

Lytro, a silicon valley startup, has created the first light-field camera for consumers, that lets users focus at any point of the image LONG AFTER an image has been taken!

Pedal operated washing machine

Remya's pedal operated washing machine. Source-http://tilz.tearfund.org/

An ingenious pedal operated washing machine that is eco-friendly, energy efficient, doesn't require electricity to function and is very cheap.

Japanese pot that self-stirs and boils water quicker

Kuru Kuru Nabe

A Japanese dentist Hideki Watanabe has invented an ingenious sculpted pot which helps to heat the pot's contents more efficiently while stirring the contents by itself.

Charge your phone with your cotton T-shirt!

The activated carbon textile. Image credit: http://www.futureoftech.msnbc.msn.com

Engineers have successfully transformed cotton into a flexible, highly conductive component, which means it could charge devices.

Get rid of needles!

The device fires a jet of the drug which breaches the skin.
Image courtesy of the MIT BioInstrumentation Lab

There are many among us who are scared of needles. Your woes may end in the near future.

Load carrier for labour

A push cart as well as a backpack which can pick-up heavy loads

Here is a real grass root innovation. It is meant to improve the working condition of labourers and workers at many places globally like construction site, factories, ports, railway stations, etc.