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European Inventor Award 2019

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Social and technological progress is only possible thanks to the tireless efforts of researchers and inventors working to change our lives for the better.

20/06/2019

World News

Watch: European Inventor Awards honour innovators changing the future

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The ceremony at Vienna's Wiener Stadthalle on Thursday saw awards given to innovators working in the fields of plastic recycling and cancer diagnostics, rechargeable battery technology, marine anti-fouling and DNA testing.

19/06/2019

Finland

Watch: Finnish inventor takes to high seas in floating hot tub

The crew sailed 90km from Helsinki to Tallinn, Estonia, in just over ten hours. The men spent the journey fishing from the comfort of the tub, although sadly their barbecue went overboard.

19/06/2019

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Flying high: New jet suits unveiled in London

This is the moment new jet suits were demonstrated at a special unveiling in London.

14/06/2019

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Russian motor enthusiast makes Bentley into a tank

Russian roads are famous for being hard to conquer but not when you are driving a tank. Or at least use tank tracks as does a new creation by Russian enthusiast who has upgraded a Bentley Continental GT sedan in very unusual way

13/06/2019

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Guatemalans transform old bikes into machines

A group of Guatemalan indigenous people have turned old bicycles into machines that help to protect the local environment.

09/02/2019

France

Watch: This destructive barrier was created to stop lorry attacks

French company La Barrière Automatique (LBA) has developed a retractable device that can stop a 7.5-ton truck going at 80 km/h in its tracks.

26/06/2018

World News

Atom bomb to Facebook: How inventor's remorse works

NBC Left Field and Euronews take a look at inventors who were faced with the negative consequences of their inventions, and how society today addresses new technologies ethically.

21/06/2018

World News

German student invents own language

From Klingon to Dothraki, invented languages have gained popularity in recent years. One German student has created his own language called Garadálava — and he tells Euronews how it’s done.

25/04/2018

Japan

Japanese company creates noise-canceling spoon to drown slurping sounds

The spoon sends signals to an app that plays an artificial flushing noise to cover up slurping noodles

27/10/2017

Denmark

Danish entrepreneur charged with murder after submarine is wrecked

A Danish inventor has been charged with murder over the disappearance of a Swedish journalist after his submarine is wrecked.

12/08/2017

Sci-Tech

Caractacus Potts and the mothers of invention in Venice

Europe acknowledges it inventors

17/06/2017

Russia

Watch: Global Energy Prize awarded in Russia

01/06/2017

USA

Ray Tomlinson 'father of email' dies

07/03/2016