Megavac™ Mechanical Thrombectomy System
– Centers and secures the catheter tip position within the vessel. Proximally occludes antegrade blood flow from the target work zone creating a static work environment. Has the ability to deliver lesion disruptive devices and other therapeutic devices.

The Batelco Infinity advertising campaign: Keep Thinking: Bringing Ideas to Life!Shot in Toronto. Incredible and inventive with great production values and s[pecial effects. Batelco: Bringing Ideas to Life! Enjoy watching and also see the making off (here below to the right) or at: https://communi...

Pouring Molten Aluminum In a Watermelon. Awesome Surprise! by the Backyard Scientist creating a visual arts sculpture by pouring hot molten aluminum in a watermelon.

The Legged Squad Support System (LS3) is a rough-terrain robot developed by Boston Dynamics with funding from DARPA and the US Marine Corps. It is designed to carry 400 lbs of payload and travel 20 miles without refueling. LS3 has sensors that let it follow a human leader while avoiding obstacles in...

A Chinese company is using 3D-printed blocks to build cheap and quickly assembled houses as a possible solution to the urgent problem of modernizing housing conditions in Chinese villages. The blocks are made from a mixture of sand, concrete and glass fiber, materials processed from common construct...

Update on the contest: March of 2012, both the regional and global winners will be announced. Regional winners will include six contestants from each region from both the 14-16 age bracket and the 17-18 age bracket. That’s 36 regional winners, if my math’s up to snuff. Prizes for regional winners w

Yves Rossy has completed his flight over the Grand Canyon. He jumped out of a helicopter at 2,440 metres (8,000 feet) and soared over the Canyon at 330 km (205 mph) for eight minutes before deploying his parachute.
"My first flight in the US is sure to be one of the most memorable experiences in my...

From Vincent Callebaut Architects, this impressive project is meant to navigate through the rivers in Europe in order to clean water make it drinkable. Its name comes from “Physalia physalis”, meaning “water bubble”. It is a project whose idea came from a major global issue which is the fact that on

Cathy Hutchinson has been unable to move her own arms or legs for 15 years. But using the most advanced brain-machine interface ever developed, she can steer a robotic arm towards a bottle, pick it up, and drink her morning coffee. The interface includes a sensor implanted in Cathy's brain, which 'r...

The doll can be a boy, a girl, neither or both, and Mattel, which calls this the world’s first gender-neutral doll, is hoping its launch on Sept. 25 redefines who gets to play with a toy traditionally deemed taboo for half the world’s kids. Carefully manicured features betray no obvious gender: the