Innovations that changed the world for the better in 2014

ReSound LiNX h4>

This hearing instrument , working in conjunction with the iOS-devices. Very small and inconspicuous, equipped with a Bluetooth-module, the hearing aid is a part-time and wireless headphones. From your smartphone, you can adjust the sensitivity and the volume of the device, and it is possible to create different profiles, for example, for the house and for the street. The application also allows you to record the audio path to the file.

Telebot h4>

Prototype робота-полицейского, growth 1, 8 m and weight 34 kg. Of course, it is not self-sufficient, and a remote-controlled robot. And it is not controlled by the mouse and WASD, the operator puts the device for this virtual reality (Oculus Rift), tracks the movement of the vest, sleeves and gloves with tactile feedback. Soon, developers are going to conduct field tests.

Personal worn by the base station h4>

Hardware and software system Instant Network Mini fit in a small backpack and allows you to create tiny cellular network. Weighs all this economy around 11 kg (the previous version was pulling 90), and the process of "alerting" takes about 10 minutes. The main purpose of new products - providing emergency mobile communications in the disaster area. Performance wearable station can support up to 5 concurrent sessions cellular communication within a radius of 100 meters, passing processing thousands of SMS.

Foldscope h4>

Great idea Stanford bioengineer - бумажный Microscope value 0, $ 5. It is a few inserted into each other parts and cardboard insert size of a postage stamp contains microlens 2000-fold magnification. The present inventor wants to thereby promote the study of biology among children. Also Foldscope can be cheap working tool of researchers from the regions where expensive laboratory equipment is simply not available in terms of finance or the availability.

Toilet Sol-Char h4>

Most of us are unaware that about 2, 5 billion people worldwide live in unsanitary conditions due to lack of water or its poor quality . This problem attended by scientists from the University of Colorado, created toilet that runs on solar energy . Parabolic mirror gathers light that is transmitted through the optical fiber and is used for burning ... products of human activity. As a result of this "recycling" is obtained byproduct called "biochar" which can be used as fertilizer or fuel furnaces. As long as the product has not reached the stage of the test sample and there is a в a laboratory setup , but developers are not going to stop.

Smart Bridge h4>

American start-up in May this year completed a five-year program prototyping smart bridge , consisting of thick glass of the hexagonal panels. Under glass is solar battery and LED. Collected in the daytime energy can be spent on the heating surface of the pavement or given to external consumers. And at night, turn on the LED lights.



Another similar project was implemented in the Netherlands, which developed the technology to create a solar-powered bicycle paths a >.

Nanomotors h4>

Incredibly fast 500 times smaller than grains of salt has a speed of 18,000 rpm, and the duration of his work up to 15 hours. Prior to this mikrorobototehnika boasted a much slower motors working just a few minutes. But the real breakthrough in this case became even rate and duration of work, and the ability to synchronize the operation of several motors. This allows you to create a means of drug delivery to the tumor that can achieve the goal in one day.

exoskeleton controlled by the power of the mind h4>

Here, perhaps, . Suffice it to recall how many people in the world suffering from varying degrees of paralysis.

Exosuit h4>

new generation of height 1, 95 m and a weight of 240 kg. It can go down to a depth of over 1000 m, and in addition to purely scientific tasks suit will allow for research, lifting, repair and construction work on the previously inaccessible depths.

programmable implantable microchip h4>

This allows for the development of pre-laid down the program for quite a long time to produce the body of a drug carrier built tanks. For example, hormonal contraceptives, which is very important in such densely populated regions such as Africa and Southeast Asia. Access to the market of the final product is scheduled for 2018.

Ophthalmologic examination using a smartphone h4>

Scientists at Stanford University have developed an implantable sensor , which allows you to monitor glaucoma. Moreover, information can be obtained using a camera smartphone. Progressing glaucoma damages the optic nerve, but apart from the loss of peripheral vision other symptoms usually do not have, and therefore often not detected in its early stages. The implantable sensor of a few millimeters measures intraocular pressure, so you can quickly identify and prevent glaucoma blindness in many people around the world.

Another very promising project is the campaign to build a cheap adapter for smartphones, allowing to conduct their own eye examination and identify those or other illnesses.

Smart wheelchair h4>

Specialists Intel created a wheelchair registering various vital parameters of its passengers, including heart rate, body temperature and blood pressure. This information can be quickly sent wirelessly to doctors, relatives or carers. The first tester was Stephen Hawking. Well, comments and explanations are not necessary here, too.

Safe kitchen stove h4>

More than 40% of the world population still cook their own food, burning solid fuel. In this case, due to carbon monoxide poisoning and other combustion products annually kills more than 4 million people. In 2012 it was 7, 7% of the total number of deaths per year worldwide people.

To reduce the number of such accidents, and has created a special "safe" energy-efficient . It gives 70% less smoke and thus consumes 60% less fuel.

Instead of needles h4>

This model of nanotechnology - a device that allows you to do without any injection syringes and needles. It is a plate the size of a fingernail, , filled with the right medicine. Enough to squeeze plate to the skin, the needle will penetrate into it and the drug gets into the blood. Due to the tiny size of needles, no pain a person is experiencing. This approach also eliminates the need to store vaccines in refrigerators, which is especially problematic when sending drugs by air or sea, and even in developed countries too.

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Of course, the list of various technologies and inventions that have emerged this year and employees for the benefit of people and not just for fun, you can continue for a long time. If you know of something suitable, please write in the comments.

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