Scientists at Indian Institute of Technology and Tokai University have taken the natural features of a mosquito's mouth, and created a new type of needle that promises pain-free blood sample collection and injections.

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The Bierstick is a syringe for beer. For some reason. It allows to drink 24 ounces in less than two seconds—probably breaking your throat in the process if you are not an expert—and it's FDA-approved for use in swimming pool and lingerie parties. The Bierstick only costs US$20, plus the US$500 you would probably need to pay for the busty girl in white undies required for it to work properly, according to the photos in the instruction manual.

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We've brought you inventions that aim to replace the scary-looking hypodermic syringe before, but this new design reinvents the device in a kid-friendly package. Designed by Christopher Holden, a student at Northumbria University in the UK, MediDome combines drug and needle in a stick-on blister, designed for a single use only. So it reduces the risk of needle-stick injury, and looks much friendlier to kids. You simply stick it on, and compress it until the drug is delivered: it's even got an integrated alert system to check you've not ruptured a vein, and a built-in tamper warning. It's now being patented, so it's a product we might actually see for real sometime. [Medgadget]

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