If you have a un-spayed female cat, the last thing you’re going to want to do is let it outdoors while they’re in heat (unless you don’t mind your cat being a dirty little whore). So there are a few solutions. One, you can cover your current catflap with planks of wood, but risk the chance that meth-addicts think your home is an abandoned meth lab. Two, you can use RFID technology to keep your puss ‘n boots on house arrest.

The Catflap uses RFID tags to only allow access to the flap at pre-programmed times, so you can keep a personal view on your cats social life. If your kitty is really ugly, you can most likely trust her on her own. But we’re talking mutation ugly. — Andrew Dobrow

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Natural disasters leave architecture in ruins, causing millions upon millions of dollars in damages. On a Greek mountainside, plans are under way in creating a self-healing house made of nano polymer particles. These particles, when applied under pressure during an earthquake, will flow into cracks and harden to form solid material, which would greatly decrease the chance of a collapse or building damage.

The house will also sport unique load-bearing steel frames, wireless, battery-less sensors and RFID tags to collect data about vibrations, stresses, temperatures and humidity levels. The designers hope to save people not only millions of dollars, but their lives as well. — Andrew Dobrow

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