Gallery: 4 World-Changing Products Dreamed Up by Bill Gates
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Artefact was tasked with inventing a portable power supply for homes living without access to an electrical grid.  Ian Allen
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Their Juicebox solution accepts all manner of electrical inputs, and comes with a dynamo for converting mechanical energy into electricity...  Ian Allen
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...So, for example, you could hook a windmill to a belt drive, and use the belt drive to turn the dynamo's spindle.  Ian Allen
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Artefact went through dozens of prototypes, seeing how the electrical components could realistically be fit together.  Ian Allen
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New Deal Design was asked to create a "tricorder for farmers." But for the product, they referenced a classic farm implement: A walking stick.  Ian Allen
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The bottom end would have sensors for moisture, pH, and nutrients, and would be activated by jabbing the staff into the ground.  Ian Allen
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The sensors would communicate with a cellular-connected head. Here you can see the head's control ring: Turning it would activate a variety of information feeds, such as weather.  Ian Allen
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Study models for the shapes and sizes of the head and sensor point. The main challenge was creating a head with a natural proportion for the hand, and a sensor with an attached tab that would allow the user to push it into the ground.  Ian Allen
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A sketch of the form factors.  Ian Allen
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An early sketch of New Deal's Yield concept.  Ian Allen
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Frog was asked to come up with a comprehensive kit for taking care of babies after birth.  Ian Allen
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Their concept, Healthy Baby, is a system of pre-natal vitamins, sterile birthing supplies, nutritional supplements, and scores of useful tools.  Ian Allen
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One brilliant detail: Frog created the kit with Uganda in mind, and Uganda is heavily Catholic. So one device they put into the kit was [CycleBeads](http://www.cyclebeads.com/), which help track fertility cycles and resemble a Rosary, thus allowing them to be used inconspicuously and intuitively.  Ian Allen
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The vitamin packs are color-coded to denote the passage of time.  Ian Allen
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Christopher Null
Meta’s Muse Could Upend All Kinds of Businesses. It Hasn’t Yet
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Get Bose QC Headphones at Their Lowest Price Ever
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Harry Rabinowitz
An AI Agent Injected Drugs Into a Live Mouse’s Brain
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Emily Mullin
The Keurig Alta Brewer Can Do It All, With No Plastic Pods
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Are Memories Transferable? Meet the Scientists Replicating an Infamous Study to Find Out
In the 1960’s, an odd experiment showed planarian worms could transfer memories by consuming each other. It was a sensational finding—that is until the worms stopped learning.
Claire L. Evans
Sunrise Alarm Clocks to Help You Adjust to Shorter Days
I’ve never been a morning person. This bedside gadget is the only thing that’s ever changed that.
Nena Farrell
White Dwarfs Aren’t Just White. Scientists Discover Dying Stars Turning Pink and Green
Astronomers find that a white dwarf’s density and the kind of material it absorbed from its surroundings can produce a rainbow of shades in the star’s atmosphere.
Petr Kubala
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