50 major inventions of the year

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Scientists - the biggest dreamers of all the representatives of the species Homo sapiens - they are constantly inventing something very necessary and very useless things, some of which then become part of our everyday life. Each year, Time magazine selects 50 of these inventions in various fields of science and technology. ... Roux, ...

technology.

The first number in the list of major technological breakthroughs, the magazine placed the iPad. Strange computer without a keyboard, the most similar to the swollen iPhone, set the speed record for sales of any gadget ever made (not including telephone ). Apple's Tablet struggling implements the concept of ... Also on the list got representation system of open windows and tabs in the Internet as a mosaic of thumbnail screenshots, which is implemented in iPad and other computers from the company Steve Jobs.

Another conceptual breakthrough innovation, the experts considered the draft Time Kickstarter finance sites. The project idea is - the creators of the new resource set a monetary limit, they would like to move to a specific date. If the amount claimed is able to collect on time, then by all means authors listed site, if not - then the money is returned to the accounts of sponsors. This scheme allows people to realize their ideas without the financial risk - in case of failure, they just come out to zero ( loss of time does not count), and will try his luck again.
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This category is represented by so many inventions, most of which should help in the preservation of the planet's ecology. One of these inventions - Hungarian car Antro Solo, whose prototype was introduced in 2008. Externally, this machine is like a giant beetle or larva - Antro Solo is a smooth round shape, and occupied the whole roof with solar panels. For a small travel a distance of no more than 15-25 km the energy to move a very light car with three passengers will come from batteries and on the efforts of the driver, crushing the pedals. To make a long journey over the developers have provided a small gasoline engine. So far, however, the prospects for Antro Solo is unclear on the market - one of the obvious shortcomings is the lack of eco-friendly car air conditioner - a hot day in the cockpit, which is specifically designed to ...

Less heaped electric, and gas stations for them ( which there obviously is not enough ) is also included in the list of top inventions of 2010. Another novelty - a device for charging the batteries of electric vehicles, mounted directly to the roadbed.
Employee of the prevention of crime, John Anderton played by Tom Cruise works with the information in the future. Scene from the movie '. separate opinion. '.

Another invention of transport in many things we once saw in a movie - small backpacks with built-in jet engine allowed characters cleverly escape from enemies and overcome all kinds of terrain. An inventor from New Zealand Glenn Martin has created a not so compact, but it is a valid jetpack. It will raise its owner to a height of 2.5 kilometers and allows him to survive in air for about 30 minutes.

Health and Medicine.

Every year there are about 240 million people are infected with malaria, and nearly a million people who are infected die. The causative agent of disease is malarial plasmodium, which is transmitted by mosquitoes Anopheles genus. American biologists have been able to create genetically modified mosquitoes that are resistant to Plasmodium. In the future, scientists need to ensure that the ...

Another interesting invention, Time magazine recognized the glasses Eyewriter, which allow paralyzed people to communicate with others through eye movements. Created paralyzed graffiti artist Tempt1 points read eye movement and transform them into line on the screen. In EyeWriter use software available for free on the Web.

biotechnology.

This section contains perhaps the most impressive of the invention. The first item is a body with an artificial genome, created by biologist Craig Venter odious. Venter and his team from scratch synthesized and assembled the genome of a parasitic bacterium Mycoplasma mycoides and inserted it into the cage akin to microorganism Mycoplasma capricolum, from which it had been removed their own DNA. As a result, researchers have viable cells M. mycoides, which apparently did not differ from bacteria, born in a natural way. Learn more about this experiment and its possible practical applications can be found here.

Other work in the future will extend the life of people with lung diseases - for example, smokers who developed cancer. Scientists using stem cells could grow in the laboratory of the lungs, the morphology of which 95 percent is similar to the morphology of ... While researchers have done this work in mouse tissues as small bodies grow much easier than large. Nevertheless, developed by technology can be used for partial replacement of damaged lungs.

Robots have long been used in various industries, and in the future, it seems, will continue their expansion. In the list of Time got a few robots, but we will tell you about the most useful and most non-standard. Thank EMILY robot designed to rescue drowning - he can swim across the waves at a speed of 10.7 meters per second - about 15 times the speed of which can develop into a storm well-trained lifeguard. At length the robot is slightly higher than one meter and, in fact, is a mobile inflatable buoy.

The robot, whose purpose is not obvious, was created to recognize the sarcasm in the lyrics. During the tests, he examined 66,000 text and managed to catch the irony with a probability of 77 percent. Although the practical niche for such a device has yet to come, the creation of such a machine shows great progress in computer linguistics.

Military inventions.

One of the major inventions of 2010, necessary for the conduct of hostilities, in fact, was coined back in the XIV century. XOS2 exoskeleton is essentially a suit of armor - it weighs 70 kilograms and allows its bearer without any effort to lift loads weighing up to 91 pounds.

Another major breakthrough in military affairs has been recognized as a new explosive IMX- 101. In effect, it is similar to the familiar TNT, however, unlike the latter, has a markedly lower sensitivity to shock. Projectile with IMX- 101 does not explode even if shot at him.

Miscellaneous.

As noted above, a considerable portion of the Time of inventions designed to make our planet a better, cleaner and greener. In the West, an environmental trend rages not for the first year, but to Russia, this mode has not yet been reached ( the exceptions include energy-saving light bulbs except that promotes personal, President Medvedev ).

A typical example of ... Another popular concept - the creation of mechanisms to nurture a variety of devices due to the energy from the movements of the human body. One of these devices, who are in the list of Time, was placed in the shoes of a device that can charge the phone for an hour after only 12 hours of walking.

Complete the distillation major inventions of the year I would like the product, whose prospects are still unclear, but that in itself is very beautiful and elegant. Special foam sprayed from a spray on the body stiffens and retains its shape ( the solvent evaporates, and the main components are the fiber and woven fabric structure repeat ). Theoretically, in the future with these cartridges, each able to design their own clothes to their taste and would never think of that dress and jeans no longer get into the cupboard.




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