Our wireless, hands-free, automatic, smart device era may be about to get even smarter, thanks to high-tech smart fabric that can send out signals to devices or turn itself into a health monitor. Plus: a trash barrel from the US goes on holiday, traveling all the way across the ocean to end up in Ireland. 

Invention lets people pay for purchases with a high-five (Science Daily)

Traveling Trash Can Visits Ireland From Myrtle Beach (City of Myrtle Beach, SC)

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