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Shared pens are known to potentially carry lots of bacteria and viruses. They are a sure way to spread infections.

In one study a shared pen was shown to contain more than 46,000 times more bacteria than what you would find in a household toilet.

This invention aim to reduce this risk of spreading bacteria from shared pens. It was developed by Todd Roberts, the clinical coordinator at Orlando Health’s Cancer Center, and is called ClearBlock. It is basically a device that sanitizes a pen after use.

The last users replaces the pen back into the ClearBlock which then kills of of the germs on the pen. The next users simply pulls the pen from the clearbloack and continues to use it.

The CleanBlock cleans the pens using a 70 percent ethanol alochol solution.

The inventor claims that ClearBlock eliminates 99 percent of germs within seconds.

Researchers from the university of California have created a new invention that can create energy at night.

Solar panels have always had one massive drawback that of they are no good at creating energy when the sun has gone down!

The team of University of California Davis researchers have developed what they are referring to as an “anti-solar-panel”.

Instead of generating energy from the sun anti-solar panels, as the name suggests, do the opposite. Anti-solar panels generate energy by using the heat that radiates off of the earths surface at night.

So, where a traditional solar panel would absorb photons from the sun’s radiation to generate energy anti-solar panels use a process known as radiative cooling. Air grows cooler at night and so heat radiates from the earth’s surface. The heat radiates in the form of infra-red light. The new panels can absorb this energy to generate power.

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This new invention called Airselfie is a great replacement for the traditional selfie stick!

Even with a selfie stick, it can often be very difficult to get a big group of people into a photo. This problem is resolved by this new drone that flies in the air and takes that perfect selfie for you.

The device has been invented by a US Company called Airselfie.

“People are taking 100 million selfies a day,” says general manager Greg Appelhof. “Our market is Gen Z and millennials, who want to get that perfect shot.”

The selfie drone is expected to retail for $99.95 (£76.40) and it has special technology built into it that can help it focus on the people in the picture it is about to take.

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This clever device invented by French technology company Nexmind aims to do away with such things as a television remote control.

Using sensors it scans for electrical brain activity. The user can focus on a particular thing on the screen in front of them and the device can then work out what you are focussing on.

As well as remote controls it could also be useful in certain video games.

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If you wear a hearing aid yourself or you’ve ever discussed them with someone who does yo may well be aware that hearing aids pick up sounds from all over the place. Often sounds that the wearer is not particularly interested in hearing, such as distracting background noises.

In an attempt to resolve this problem an Israeli company called Orcam has developed The Hear, which is basically a wearable camera. The camera identifies who is speaking and then uses lip-reading technology to enable the hearing aid to focus-in just on the conversation coming from that individual.

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No one likes warm beer or white wine at a party. If you’ve not had a chance or forgotten to chill your drinks earlier then this invention could be just what you need.

Called the Juno chiller and invented by Akram Boukai the chiller works by rapidly spinning the drink, this process improves heat transfer away from the liquid.

Beers can be chilled in less than a minute whereas a bottle of white wine or Prosecco takes just less than five minutes.

There are displays that show you the progress of your drink as its cooling.

It is currently retailing for $199.

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This pedal-assisted vehicle is not quite a car and not quite a bike. It’s power-assisted from solar panels attached to the roof of the vehicle.

Made by the French start-up company Wello it has a top speed of twenty-five miles per hour and can be driven without the need for a driving license due to the fact that it is pedal-assisted.

The Wello Tricycle can connect to the Internet to enable location to be tracked.

It is expected to retail for approximately £7000. With the manufacturers explaining that it will save on fuel costs and be very easy to park.

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A new smart light has been invented by the French company Lexilife.

Based on research published back in 2017 the company has created a special light that helps prevent the confusing signals that dyslexic people receive when reading.

In non-dyslexic people, one eye is dominant, whereas in dyslexic people both eyes send information to the brain that can cause words to look confusing or in a mirror image type look.

The new light emits a pulse of light that should enable a dyslexic person’s eye to take precedence over the other.

Research has shown the new technology to work in approximately ninety percent of cases and it is therefore already being rolled out to some UK schools to help pupils overcome dyslexia based reading difficulties.

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This invention by OnPointSystems is a virtual fence for your dog.

You simply but a GPS enabled dog collar on your dog and then set the boundaries.

If your dog goes beyond the set boundary then two audible tones are sounded and your dog is given a mild electric shock. This shock should train and deter your dog from venturing beyond the boundaries that you set.

Once set, if your dog does go beyond the boundary then you will be alerted on your smartphone and shown the location of your dog.

Such electric-shock containment collars are illegal in some parts of the UK.

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Have you ever been sat on the throne only to realize that you’ve run out of toilet paper? Well, this toilet paper robot aims to solve this problem for you.

Invented by Procter & Gamble who owns the Charmin brand of toilet paper this robot named “RollBot” can be called from your smartphone and will bring you that spare roll of toilet paper that you so urgently need!

Procter & Gamble have not stated whether “RollBot” will go on general sale or not yet.