# Inventions
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This guy has invented a special 'glue' for women to seal their vaginas shut during their periods
He thinks it will replace tampons. Guess what people who actually have periods think?
How much do you really know about your phone?*
*Not your phone specifically, but the features that make it what it is.
11 essential inventions for people who are always tired
Wrecked? Or just lazy? Either way, we’re here to help.
Ever smashed your phone? Apple's new invention could change your life
The pain of having a cracked screen could become a thing of the past.
Japanese researchers win Nobel for inventing the "revolutionary" LED lamp
The LED has helped in the fight against global warming and also helps people in poverty.
Mother of Invention: 11 happy accidents in the lab and the kitchen
Taking the wrong turn was so right.
18 ingenious cooking inventions you need in your kitchen immediately
Take every single scrap of our money.
17 wonderful inventions to solve all your first world problems
Never be slightly irritated ever again!
Books AND gaming both have place with student entrepreneurs
Feeling down about the future of this country? These enterprising students give us a sense of hope…
4 stupidly simple but successful new inventions
Start-up turns community-generated ideas into clever new products, paying back lifetime royalties to inventors.
Column: Why it’s important to look at the stars – literally
It’s good to be curious about a world outside our own, because being inquisitive in the past has gotten us where we are today, writes Conor Farrell.
Check out this life-size Mousetrap game
Gigantic fun and games at New York engineering and inventor festival.
7 Dublin curiosities that tell of capital's inventive past
New book, Ingenious Dublin, charts the world-shaking discoveries, inventions and feats of engineering that came out of the capital – and helps you find physical signs of them yourself.
Afraid of needles? 'Jet-injected' drugs may have solution
Scientific researchers are developing a ‘jet-injector’ to get medicine to the right spot – by using pressure, rather than a puncture of the skin.
Try these for size: Irish inventor selling 200 ideas for new products
Fancy your own startup? Bill O’Riordan says he doesn’t have the skills to make money from his gadget ideas – but hopes they can spur others on to success.
9 fictional film items we really, really wish existed
Lightsabres, hoverboards, and Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory – will someone invent them for us please?
Irish doctor who invented the modern injection remembered
Plus, some other things that you may not have known were invented by Irish people (spoiler: one is chocolate milk!)
Ireland above EU average for innovation - study
A Europe-wide study rated us highly for research and skills – but noted a lack of financial support for innovative products.
