19 Top Inventions of 2015 by Time magazine

Time magazine chose the 19 Best Technological Innovations of 2015, among which a skillet gives cooking instructions and headphones that eliminate unwanted ambient sounds. All events are useful for the busy lives of its users, who depend on them for labor or simply entertain.

 

1. "Hoverboard" Scooter

A skateboard that uses a pair of electric gyros (one on each pad) to stay balanced automatically, allows users to advance or go back. He presented it as a new means of transport but was banned in England. It costs between 350 and 1700 dollars.

2. Underground Park

An abandoned subway station in New York was recreated by an architect as an interior garden. It has a skylight that captures sunlight and sends an optical fiber system to a reflective dome, allowing plants to grow. "The forgotten places can still be used for the public good," said their inventors.

 

3. Sensor Gluten

For eating out longer a problem for celiacs. Now the "Nima" sensor tests the food in two minutes and reports whether or not suitable for consumers.

 

4. Bionic Ears

For those who get tired of hearing, came the "Here Active Listening" system that synchronizes your processor with an application for mobile devices and has the ability to filter frequencies we want: for example, silence the cries of babies in public transport or some maddening discussion. They will be distributed in December.

 

5. Future Stethoscope

This is the "Eko Core" that analyzes the sound and sends it to a database through a smartphone, which can be compared to standard patterns or previous recordings to reveal whether there are murmurs or other abnormalities in the patient's heart. The device will cost $ 200.

 

6. Microsoft HoloLens

This is augmented reality glasses of Microsoft. His hologram system allows applications ranging from science, architecture or games, thanks to structures that can change hands, allowing users to design for example the figure of a human body. The same is being tested at NASA and will be available beginning of 2016.

 

7. Power Pasta

It's called "Banza" and is made from chickpeas. It has twice the protein and four times the fiber of traditional pasta. Containing fewer carbohydrates and is free of gluten.
 

8. DNA Laboratory Notebook

Now the samples are obtained or study in three hours, to find organ donors in three hours and cures for genetic diseases. "Fluidigm" can amplify samples 1,000 times smaller than a drop of water, it has a comfortable size and is portable. Worth $120,000.
 

9. Housing for the homeless

An NGO for the homeless built a building of 102 apartments with four terraces, medical facilities, a gym and classrooms. The idea is that it is perfectly adapted to the needs of recovering addicts.
 

10. Transparent Truck

Samsung designed a truck with panels that transmit in back video images from the front of the vehicle to alert motorists that tuck behind. And they seek to avoid accidents.
 

11. Monitor for Babies

It was designed by the company Fitbit. The device goes into the baby's body and keeps track of heart rate, body temperature and position, notifying their parents via an app. It costs $299.
 
12. Brones Airport

The project includes three ports Rwanda of "drones", designed to transport food, medical supplies, electronics, spare parts and other goods through the hills, where it is difficult roading easier. It will be ready in 2020.
 
13. Clothing for Female Accidents

ThinX has the technology of these products in the same fabric. They can be washable, reusable, possess antimicrobial four layers of tissue and humidity control. Still, its inventors say the most complex days may be safer to use extra protection. It costs $24.
 
14. Mattress Home

Casper The company sends you home in a box mattress and vacuum sealed. It costs $500.
 
15. Pencil and Apple iPad Pro

Pencil Apple iPad Pro is the pen that allows users to draw, paint or write on the screen, just as you would with a paper, and works perfectly with the Apple tablet. It is 80% faster than laptops sold in the past year.
 

16. The Pan of Cooking Denied

Many people dodging the kitchen because you do not know or do not like. So Pantelligent used Bluetooth and a special heat sensor that instructs the cook through the screen of a smartphone. Out $ 200.
 
17. The cleaner oceans

The Clean Ocean Project can clean 100 km long at an estimated cost of US $ 15 million, using only natural streams to catch floating debris, be safe for marine fauna. If the tests are successful next year, a complete cleaning operation would begin in 2020. In that case, the waste is reduced by 42% in 10 years.
 
18. A Ball that Teaches the Kids to Program

The toy is synchronized with a mobile application that allows users to program how and when to turn on, and then see how the programs affect their lives in the real world. Thus, children can establish when the ball changes its colors at random intervals, or play a game style "hot ball". It will be distributed in January and $85.
 
19. The Musical Instrument Made ​​for All

While it is believed that 70% of adults want to play an instrument on a regular basis, only 5% achieved by the difficulties to master the device. Artiphon operates like a guitar strumming, beats like a piano, or you can mix and match can play banjo as if it were a drum. It costs $400.

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