Gas detection device will also shut down the heating system

Interesting news from Turkey: it says two Turkish school kids (Omer and Yalcin Laloglu) have invented a gas leak detection device, which will also shut down the heating system to prevent accidents.

We do not know how the heating systems operate in Turkey, and so, do not have much details about how this device works. However, it does seem interesting.
The device costs around $10, according to the Ministry of National Education and the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey. You can check with them for more details.

One thing is clear: innovation does not have any boundaries!

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Self-cleaning clothes?

One of our favorite dreams – clothes which wash themselves!

It may no longer be a dream, thanks to US military researchers, who have developed a fabric which is water-resistant, stain-resistant and bacteria-resistant.

Alexium, a British firm, has won the licensing rights to develop this technology.

The director of Alexium says this fabric could be in the shops within a year of signing the required deals with the manufacturers.

The fabric uses microwaves to fix microscopic particles permanently to the fibres of clothing. The antibacterial effect is not permanent. However, the clothes can be retreated with the formula.

And, this has been tested by US soldiers, who tested underwear made out of this fabric, by wearing them for several weeks!

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