Innovation

  • ScienceAOL

    Fish transporter works like a flexible vacuum to help salmon get upstream

    It may look like a water slide, but this is actually a fish transporter for salmon. It works like a flexible vacuum, helping the fish get past potentially hazardous hydro plants and dams. The elaborate device was developed by Whooshh Innovations

  • LifestyleAOL

    This car can move in any direction thanks to innovative wheels

    An ingenious inventor has come up with a set of wheels that enable a vehicle to move freely in any direction. The Liddiard wheels, named after creator William Liddiard, can even rotate the car by 360 degrees on the

  • NewsJasmine Jones

    These Teabag Designs Will Charm The Pants Off You

    Tea, comforting, delicious nectar of the gods.  You’ll definitely be familiar with the old marketing fads peddling teabags with kooky shapes for ‘better flavour’, but these designers have gone a creative step further, dreaming up a novel ‘experience’ to accompany your cuppa. While some are just concepts (we’d love to see realised) others are available to buy (links included).

  • PoliticsAOL

    Government prize set to aid car efficiency development

    Innovative companies across the UK are set to benefit from a £38 million Government prize that is being used to develop and further ideas on how to reduce emissions and improve alternatively-fuelled car technology. Awards have been given to over

  • NewsAOL

    New cars 'should use less fuel'

    Most people believe car manufacturers could make their vehicles more fuel-efficient, according to a new study. Three out of four said more could be done to improve fuel efficiency, while 42% agreed that stricter fuel-efficiency standards were a

  • LifestyleAOL

    Cameron's £1m prize for the next big thing

    David Cameron is launching a new prize, offering £1 million to any Briton who can come up with the 'next penicillin' or 'world wide web'. The idea is to encourage innovation to help Britain compete on a global stage. But

  • EntertainmentAOL

    Innovations: the best tech at the Geneva Motor Show

    It's always the flashy or eccentric cars that make the headlines at any motor show, but the technology that's inside them is often far more impressive – and far more important. Here are the innovations showcased at Geneva 2012