From Sainsbury’s Wiggles to Tesco‘s Curly, most British supermarkets have their own version of a caterpillar cake.
The original, Marks & Spencer’s Colin Cake – who turned 30 last year – has been a staple at British birthday parties for decades, with similar cakes gaining in popularity in recent years.
A new process allows manufacturers to 3D-print a sustainable wood composite to create wood furniture and building elements, in novel forms
Swiss Designer Yves Béhar is known for his work with recycled and sustainable materials. His newest design is a homeware collection for additive manufacturing company, Forust. Called Vine, the range is produced by 3D-printing a wood composite into complex shapes.
Unless you've spent the past fifteen years of your life avoiding all human contact and interaction, you've likely heard of the world-famous yet completely mysterious graffiti artist Banksy. He creates his art while no one is watching; no one knows the identity of the great creator, making the creations that much more magical. Sometimes he even destroys them.
The European Inventor Award is one of Europe's most prestigious innovation prizes. Launched by the EPO in 2006, it honours individual inventors and teams of inventors whose pioneering inventions provide answers to some of the biggest challenges of our times. The finalists and winners are selected by an independent jury consisting of international authorities from the fields of business, politics, science, academia and research who examine the proposals for their contribution towards technical progress, social development, economic prosperity and job creation in Europe.
Respiray has provided a 21st century upgrade to the ordinary face mask by using UV technology and knowledge of breathing thermodynamics, to create a solution that is safe, social and sustainable
Estonian research and development company Respiray has developed a wearable air purifier that uses UV-C light to inactivate harmful airborne pathogens and disinfects air without covering a wearer’s face or restricting breathing.
WIPO’s Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) has launched a new application that makes accessible digital books available for direct download by individuals who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print disabled.
ABC Global Book Service's business application is provided free of charge and connects participating libraries for the blind, known as authorized entities, to allow the sharing of accessible books.
Brussels (dpa) - Lego may have a pathway to protect its bricks as intellectual property after the EU General Court handed the Danish toymaker a win in a dispute about whether the design of some of its bricks can be exclusively registered.
The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) erred in law when it found that the bricks in question did not qualify as a protected design, the bloc's second-highest court ruled on Wednesday.
The office had failed to examine part of Lego's argument, according to a statement sent out by the General Court.
This is the question that the Spanish Supreme Court had to answer after Miguel Angel Perera, a famous Spanish bullfighter, tried to protect his show from 2014, show that was classified as “perfect and outstanding” (go figure…). According to the Supreme Court, it is impossible to define precisely the “artistic creation”, as the bullfight is composed of unique elements that could never happen again and are, eventually, up to chance and to random and unpredictable factors.
