Flashy green rivers in France

Monday, 25th of April :

This morning, French people from twelve different French departments woke up noticing the colour of some rivers have changed. Indeed fluorescine, an inoffensive colourant, has been poured into the water by an environmental federation in order to warn people about the lack of resources allocated to the pollution struggle.

Outside the fourth environmental conference (following on from COP21 conference), environmental activists have decided to make a national impact and led the "Green River Mission". Twelve French departments are concerned with the fake pollution designed to raise awareness (Paris, Ardèche, Aude, Haute-Savoie, Orne, Calvados, Gard, Ille-et-Vilaine, Finistère, Landes, Moselle and Cher).

Indeed, the activist leaders declare pollution struggle is far from being a national priority as its budget has been cut by around 10%. They disapprove of the difference between what politicians say and what they concretely set up.

This mission makes itself heard and make an impression on French people who perhaps are not careful enough of the environment. On social medias, numerous pictures of French flashy green rivers have been posted via #rivieresvertes hashtag.

SPYCE KITCHEN, a new way to eat

MIT engineering students (in Boston, USA) have invented a fully-automated robot that could be your new chef! It is called SPYCE KITCHEN and features several elements such as a refrigerator, a dishwasher, a stovetop and a robot chef that cooks and serves meals.

Indeed, the fully-equipped robot can prepare meals composed of fresh food at the disposal of users. The ingredients are stocked by the SPYCE staff daily to offer fresh products to the users. All they have to do is to choose their order by using the dedicated mobile and tablet app. They can customize their entire meal, from the different ingredients to the sauce they want. The quantity can also be chosen. When the order is validated, they are transported to one of four automated pots that mix and cook the ingredients all-in-one. Once the meal is ready to eat, it is dispensed on a plate and the pot cleans itself.
This invention could definitely revolutionize our way to eat and represent a new alternative to fast-foods. Despite its small size (two square meters), the SPYCE KITCHEN would be able to produce the half of the production per day of a standard fast food.

INK HUNTER : The new tatoo app

Have you ever thought about getting a tattoo? Or worried if you will regret the moment it is there? And what about the placement? Would it be better on the waist, arm or neck?

This is why INK HUNTER was created! This new app projects your potential future tattoo on your body via your phone screen. 

Here is how the app works: available on the Apple Store, the app asks you to choose a pattern among a large pictures gallery or to upload your own pattern in order to project the image where you would like to have your tattoo. To do so, you just have to draw a smiley on your skin where you would like the tattoo to be. The app will recognize the smiley and the tattoo will appear. Thanks to this app, you will be able to have a more defined idea of what the tattoo you want could look like, and you will equally have the possibility to ask your friends' opinion by sharing it via social medias. 
Here is a new way to avoid awkward tattoos!

What if dogs could detect illnesses?

Well trained, some dogs are capable of detecting illnesses such as cancers: this is what several studies conducted by different medical teams all around the world have confirmed. Everything started through sheer luck : a woman had noticed her dog couldn't stop sniffing the mole she had on her leg. An analyse revealed it was about a carcinoma. Scientists have looked into the situation and have ventured the hypothesis that dogs were able to detect cancers thanks to their sense of smell, which is much more developed than humans' one.

Prostate cancer is the first screening case made by dogs, but the experience has been expanded to other forms of cancers such as breast cancer or lung cancer. This kind of cancer screening has been really convincing with a success rate neighbouring 100%. Those results have encouraged cancer researchers to explore a lead concerning artificial noses which could permit to set up non-invasive cancer screenings.