Bright Idea: The Traumatizer mimics a human arm holding a weapon
A forensics professor you may know from ’Making A Murderer’ finds a mechanical solution to a courtroom problem
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Bright Ideas
Bright Idea: A fast, cheap mobile water-testing kit
Faster and cheaper than anything on the market today
Bright Idea: Touchscreen chamber for mice, complete with milkshake
A chamber that completely changes the way cognitive tests are performed on animals
Bright Idea: Ludwig the robot is helping dementia patients remember
This adorable two-foot bot is on track to fill in communication gaps for people with dementia
Bright Idea: A tuna vise that gets a grip on fish heads
The tuna vise is a two-metre, clam-shaped contraption made of stainless steel that won’t rust in salt water
Bright Idea: Furniture grown from mushrooms
Toadstools? No, mushroom benches.
Bright Idea: Delectable corn fungus
A delicious novelty food with an ugly name
Bright Idea: Cricket Pasta Sauce
Cricket cavatelli, anyone?
Bright Idea: An apple with human skin
The apple and your eye
Bright Idea: Fake blood that behaves like the real thing
A blood substitute that’s miles ahead of cornstarch and food colouring