Street art can make it safer for pedestrians to cross the road

Innovation

Street art can make it safer for pedestrians to cross the road

by Warp Institute | Nov 1, 2022 | Innovation, Human Progress

Soon, a number of European cities will have the opportunity to decorate their roads with street art as a way of making them safer for pedestrians and bicycles to cross. The Asphalt Art Initiative is a project that wants to increase pedestrian safety by painting murals...

NASA’s experiment could save Earth from future asteroids

by Warp Institute | Oct 30, 2022 | Innovation, Space

NASA has deliberately let a small space probe called Dart crash right into an asteroid. The point of it was to see if it was possible to change the trajectory of the asteroid.The result of the crash was that the small asteroid, Dimorphos, clearly changed its...

Charge the electric car in 10 minutes

by Warp Institute | Oct 29, 2022 | Green Tech, Energy, Innovation, Transportation

The car industry is slowly moving away from the classic internal combustion engine towards electric vehicles, and a ban on the sale of new vehicles with an internal combustion engine is being discussed in several places within just over a decade. One of the biggest...

Hearing aid can alleviate tinnitus

by Warp Institute | Oct 25, 2022 | Health Tech, Innovation

Approximately 20 percent of Sweden's population has tinnitus, which means that they hear sounds in their ears without it being caused by any external sound source. For most, it is not a major problem, but two to three percent have severe problems that can lead to...

Success in replanting eelgrass

by Warp Institute | Oct 22, 2022 | Green Tech, Innovation

The eelgrass in the sea around southern Bohuslän has disappeared at a rapid rate in recent decades. This is bad news because the eelgrass meadows are important habitats for many species of plants and animals and serve, among other things, as nurseries for fish.On...

Optimist’s Edge: Dangerous with less screen time?

by Warp Institute | Oct 19, 2022 | Innovation, Optimist's Edge, Human Progress

What people thinkA large number of books, articles, television features, and lectures are produced that warn against screen time. Digital screen use has been linked to obesity, depression, antisocial behavior, lack of sleep, and concentration difficulties.In...