Researchers at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a plastic that can heal by itself just like human skin but faster. When this unique plastic comes to a crack form, a liquid healing agent is released from tiny channels within the plastic to fill the crack and then soon gets hardens with the help of the top layer plastic. This new polymer is said to use for implantable medical devices and computer cooling components. Hopefully they will use this for mobile phone and portable devices like music players.

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After the thinnest camera module, today Sharp has developed the world’s smallest digital TV module codenamed VA3A5JZ912, measuring only 7.3mm x 6.3mm x 1.25mm. This module is compatible with Japanese 1-Seg terrestrial digital broadcast. The mass production for this TV module will commence in September. Pricing has not been released.

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Sharp Corporation has developed the world’s thinnest camera module for mobile phones, the 2,000,000-pixel auto-focus CMOS camera module which measures only 1/4 –inch, code name LZ0P39DS. It is the industry’s most compact and thinnest module, which is a demand for use in compact portable device like the high-end mobile phones today.
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I really like invention like this which is pretty useful and save cost. A Chinese farmer Ma Yanjun wanted his mother to shower with hot water so he invented a solar-powered water heater out of beer bottles. Ma put 66 beer bottles attached on a board and those bottles are connected to each other to let water flows through them. The sunlight will heats the water as it slowly passes through the bottle before flowing into the bathroom as hot water. Ma says that it provide enough hot water for all three members of his family to have a shower everyday.

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VortexTech is showing you us how you can check if your cell phone carrying any bug. Is your battery running out faster than usual? Check it out after the jump.
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Have you ever wondered how piano was made? Check out this “How it’s made” segment showing you how the Mason & Hamlin company makes its pianos. Video after the jump.
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Today in “How it’s made” segment will show you how bamboo fly rods were made, video after the jump.
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Sharp has introduced their new blue laser for their Blu-Ray and HD DVD players, the GH04020A4G. This blue laser claimed to be the world’s smallest blue laser ever. GH04020A4G semiconductor measures 3.3-mm in diameter and will draw 10mW from your laptop’s battery and offering up to 10,000 hours of lifetime. It will be available for ¥12,000 ($99) in sample quantities starting June 13th and mass production will start on July.

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Here’s the “world’s smallest wearable TV”, the Teleglass T3-F. It attaches to you standard looking glasses and comes with an extendable arm for optimum viewing angles. Watch the video after jump.
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Sony is showing off their new 2.5-inch OLED screens which claimed as the world’s first flexible, full-color OLED display built on organic thin-film transistor (TFT) technology. It’s made form a glass substrate measures only 0.3mm thick and this 2.5-inch prototype display supports 16.8 million colors at a 120 x 169 pixel resolution and weighs a mere 1.5 grams. Watch they bend the screen after the jump.
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