Matter Industries founder Adam Root has developed a filter to trap microfibres at home and on an industrial scale. But is it just a drop in the ocean? The dinky device slots seamlessly into the modest ...

Last year, on his trip to a village (name withheld for privacy) in Tamil Nadu, Navjot Sawhney presented Divya with a washing machine, an updated version of the prototype he’d created and named after ...

Like all great inventions, the inception of Divya – the Bristol-made manual washing machine – stemmed from a real-life problem faced by millions around the world. “How do you clean your clothes?” It ...

SINGAPORE – Scientists here will soon launch a small, lightweight “nanosatellite” carrying AI-powered edge computing, allowing it to analyse and prioritise information to be sent back to Earth, such ...

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Bath time can be tough for both the elderly and their caregivers, but this Japanese invention aims to make the process easier. Come 2026, the "human washing machine", which cleans the body, will be ...

Do you absolutely hate taking a shower or having a bath? Well this futuristic tech might be just the thing for you! This is the human washing machine that a home electronics retailer in Japan is ...

A next-generation “human washing machine” that captured attention at the World Expo in Osaka has now hit the market in Japan. Developed by Japanese tech company Science, the capsule-style device lets ...