Need a hug? Brian Mullen at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst may have the answer. He has invented an inflatable vest that fits inside the lining of a jacket and delivers a 鈥減ortable hug鈥� to children with autism. Deep pressure touch stimulation, as the therapy is known, seems to ease these children鈥檚 anxiety, and Mullen鈥檚 device provides it without drawing attention to the wearer.
Now you can convince would-be burglars you are tucked up at home watching TV when you are actually sunning yourself on the beach. FakeTV, by Xenso of Malaysia, projects TV-like light patterns of flickering, fading, onscreen motion and ad-break transitions onto walls and ceilings. The device, which runs on just a few watts, has a small computer that sends the patterns to a bank of LEDs ().
