Shad Connelly

Coverage of the 2008 INPEX Invention Show - Day Two

There was a lot of hustle and bustle on the show floor at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center during day two of the Invention and New Product Exposition (INPEX). Along with all the exhibitors and attendees, "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" was there f... Read >

Non-Lethal Weapons - Police Technology Targets Enhanced Safety

In movies like "Bad Boys" and "Lethal Weapon", renegade cops commonly race through the streets firing off round after round in hot pursuit of the bad guys - usually while simultaneously tossing off one-liners and demolishing everything in their paths. In ... Read >

Spy Flies, Cancer Sniffers, Robot Maids and Explosive Noses

Each year, Technology Review, a magazine covering emerging technologies (which dates back to 1899), publishes a list of young innovators whose work shows great promise. This year, the editors at Technology Review have spotlighted 35 technologists and scie... Read >

Future Technology - From Intelligent to Emotive

A transformation from intelligent to emotive - no, it's not your girlfriend during an argument. According to Philips, it's the future of technology. While the trend in recent years has been to produce self-thinking (intelligent) products, the people at Ph... Read >

The Bizarre Resurgence of Banks

In these uncertain economic times, it's hard to find the right bank. Not the kind to keep your bills, but the kind to keep your coins. Collecting change can be a small and effective way to save some extra money over time. Often, a container filled with pe... Read >

H2 Transports Musicians From Garage to Studio

In the early 90s, "alternative" rock exploded and suddenly every wannabe musician believed they could crank out a hit tune. Kids grabbed guitars and headed for garages and basements to produce rough demo tapes and, hopefully, bask in the glow of fame. Mor... Read >

Emergency Assistance With PocketCPR

Two of the most common deficiencies people tend to have when performing CPR are doing compressions that are either not fast enough or not hard enough. Much of the problem stems from that fact that individuals performing CPR don't want to hurt the recipien... Read >

A Smarter Way to Detect Surgical Sponges

There are people walking around right now with sponges inside them. And maybe more people than you would think. A published study has indicated that as many as one in anywhere from 1,000 to 1,500 intra-abdominal surgeries result in sponges being left behi... Read >

Jamming Out to Wi-Fi Radio

With people constantly griping about the song repetition and abundance of commercials on FM radio, it's surprising that Internet radio still tends to get overlooked. Internet radio offers individuals a huge variety of different content tailored to just ab... Read >

Star Wars: Unleashing the Forces of Interconnected Media

More and more the lines between entertainment media are blurring. The overlaps among movies, television, literature, music, video games and the Internet have become so widespread, it's hard to know where one ends and the others begin. And perhaps no one h... Read >

NFL Performance-Enhancing Glove

Rushing at full speed, ball cradled at his side, the running back gets slammed to the left by a 300-pound lineman, spins right, stays on his feet, keeps his legs churning, and then gets savagely crunched by a pair of flanking defenders who pull him violen... Read >

Finding Positive Light With the VEIL Solar Shade

Often times, negative situations breed positive advancements. A prime example is the way environmental concerns have inspired an entire generation of inventors. With the appetite for green products voracious, inventors everywhere have heeded the challenge... Read >

Infinitely More Freedom from Regretful Tattoos

While it seemed like a great idea back in the day, twenty years later that Hulk Hogan tattoo isn't quite as cool. And that bicep tribal band was really an original - until you saw a couple hundred guys at the gym with the same one (for the ladies, this pr... Read >

Printing in the Palm of Your Hand

While most devices - computers, phones, TVs - have heeded the compact call with aplomb, printers have been a little slower to jump on the downsizing trend. Parts like moving gears, ink cartridges and, of course, paper posed serious challenges to innovator... Read >

Military Exoskeleton Rides the "Iron Man" Publicity Wave

Sometimes publicity comes from unexpected places. Recently, an article in the May issue of Popular Science drew comparisons between a robotic suit being developed for military use and the title character in the movie "Iron Man". As a result, Raytheon Comp... Read >