10. Printing Human Organs: 3D Bio printer already capable of growing arteries, hearts, teeth and bones possible within 10 years. Dying patients could someday receive a 3D-printed organ made from their own cells rather than wait on long lists for the short supply of organ transplants. Such a futuristic dream remains far from reality, but university labs and private companies have already taken the first careful steps by using 3D-printing technology to build tiny chunks of organs. Regenerative medicine has already implanted lab-grown skin, tracheas and bladders into patients — body parts grown slowly through a combination of artificial scaffolds and living human cells. By comparison, 3D-printing technology offers both greater speed and computer-guided precision in printing living cells layer by layer to make replacement skin, body parts and perhaps eventually organs such as hearts, livers and kidneys. Tiny kidneys are world's first 3D printed living organs.
Two years ago, Anthony Atala took to the stage at TED and showed the world that human organs could be 3D printed. Now, a team from eastern China has successfully printed a series of living kidneys. This is a huge step forward in the quest for 3D printed replacement organs.
9. Big Dog: Dynamically Stable quadruped robot was created in 2005 by Boston Dynamics, NASA and Harvard. BigDog is a rough-terrain robot that walks, runs, climbs and carries heavy loads. BigDog is powered by an engine that drives a hydraulic actuation system. BigDog has four legs that are articulated like an animal’s, with compliant elements to absorb shock and recycle energy from one step to the next. BigDog is the size of a large dog or small mule; about 3 feet long, 2.5 feet tall and weighs 240 lbs. BigDog runs at 4 mph, climbs slopes up to 35 degrees, walks across rubble, climbs muddy hiking trails, walks in snow and water, and carries 340 lb load.
8. Thought Controlled Prosthetics: Research Organisation is US is currently testing robotics limbs to be controlled by brain via an implanted chip. A team of scientists are getting closer to the holy grail of brain-powered prosthetics by developing the first advanced-movement prosthetic leg that communicates with the wearer’s mind.
The first Mind-Controlled Bionic Leg used by Zac Vawter and now he’s the “test pilot” for the first bionic leg that can complete tasks like going up stairs or down slopes, all controlled by Vawter’s mind.
7. Wireless Power: Systems that can deliver Electricity to devices without the need for wires were showcased back in 2008. Wireless power or wireless energy transmission is the transmission of electrical energy from a power source to an electrical load without man-made conductors. Wireless transmission is useful in cases where interconnecting wires are inconvenient, hazardous, or impossible. The problem of wireless power transmission differs from that of wireless telecommunications, such as radio. In the latter, the proportion of energy received becomes critical only if it is too low for the signal to be distinguished from the background noise. With wireless power, efficiency is the more significant parameter. A large part of the energy sent out by the generating plant must arrive at the receiver or receivers to make the system economical.
6. Retinal Implants: Researchers at Germany's Tuebingen University successfully tested implants allowed blind peoples to see shapes and objects. Retinal implant restores partial sight to blind people. Some previously blind patients fitted with retinal implant could read signs, tell the time and distinguish white wine from red Blind people have described smiles on friendly faces, the food on their plates, and household objects from telephones to dustbins, after surgeons fitted them with electronic chips to partially restore their vision.
5. Hologram TV: With Prototypes unveiled back in 2006, Japanese Broadcaster NHK plans household hologram TVs in 2017. New methods for producing color holographic video are here, and they could lead to cheaper, higher res and more energy efficient TVs. Daniel Smalley, a researcher at MIT, built a holographic display with about the same resolution as a standard-definition TV, which is able to depict motion because it updates its image 30 times a second. The display is run by an optical chip that Smalley made in his lab for about $10. If the process can be perfected, it will be much more efficient than LCD technology and has the potential to change how TVs are made.
4. Cloaking Devices: Using crystals and metamaterials, scientists in the UK successfully managed to make a paperclip 'invisible'. A cloaking device is a theoretical or fictional stealth technology that can cause objects, such as spaceships or individuals, to be partially or wholly invisible to parts of the electromagnetic (EM) spectrum. However over the entire spectrum, cloaking device scatters more than the uncloaked object. Metamaterials are used to make objects with refractive indices between zero and 1. The team used metamaterials to make their cloaking device have gradually varying refractive indices -- from 1 on the outside of the device, decreasing to zero in the center. The result is that microwave light subtly bends around the device and is able to reform on the other side, albeit with some detectable distortion.
3. Hover Cars: Israeli company currently testing unmanned aerial vehicle for battlefield evacuations. A flying car is a hypothetical personal aircraft that provides door-to-door aerial transportation (e.g., from home to work or to the supermarket) as conveniently as a car and without the requirement for roads, runways or other specially-prepared operating areas. Such aircraft lack any visible means of propulsion (unlike fixed-wing aircraft or helicopters) so they can be operated at urban areas, close to buildings, people and other obstructions. Urban Aeronautics X-Hawk, Moller Skycar M400, Terrafugia TF-X are some already tested.
2. Exoskeleton: Exoskeletons that can enhance human ability to run, jump and carry heavy loads are into their final testing stages. Definition an exoskeleton is a skeleton on the outside of the body. One example of an exoskeleton is the hard outer covering that makes up the skeleton of many insects. However, today there is a new invention that claims the name of "exoskeleton". Exoskeletons for human performance augmentation is a new type of body army being developed for soldiers that will significantly increase their capacity. An exoskeleton will allow you to carry more without feeling the weight, and move faster too.
1. Force Fields: The UK Military has successfully tested 'force fields' (Effectively electro-magnetic pulses) to protect military vehicles. While EMP weapons are generally considered non-lethal, they could easily kill people if they were directed towards particular targets. If an EMP knocked out a hospital's electricity, for example, any patient on life support would die immediately. An EMP weapon could also neutralize vehicles, including aircraft, causing catastrophic accidents.
In the end, the most far-reaching effect of an e-bomb could be psychological. A full-scale EMP attack in a developed country would instantly bring modern life to a screeching halt. There would be plenty of survivors, but they would find themselves in a very different world.
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