Here are the most amazing inventions available now!
10 – EMILY – Robotic Lifeguard
Check out the Emergency Integrated Lifesaving Lanyard, or known more simply as EMILY.
I guess everything has to be an acronym!
This is basically a robotic lifeguard that has super powers...or something very close
to them anyway.
This remote controlled buoy can easily navigate strong currents and surfs at speeds of 22
miles per hour...in other words, way faster than even Michael Phelps.
This allows the buoy to reach drowning swimmers faster without risking an additional human
life.
Made by a company called Hydronalix, EMILY is armed with a lighting system for night
rescues, a couple two way radios, a video stream so lifeguards on the shore can monitor
the rescue mission, a jet pump and enough handles to rescue eight people at a time.
If nothing else, EMILY might be proof that not all robots are evil and trying to take
over the planet.
Sometimes, they just want to save us from drowning.
9 - SeaVax
Simply put, we’ve gotta figure out a way to clean up the ocean.
There are all kinds of pollution floating around in the ocean which isn’t exactly
a great thing.
Thankfully some people figured out a way to help alleviate this problem.
This innovation isn’t QUITE out yet, but there are working prototypes out there and
I’d be surprised if it doesn’t actually become reality.
First of all, let’s quickly examine just how bad this problem is.
Scientists have speculated that by the year 2050, the ocean will have more trash than
fish.
What!!
The SeaVax, a wind and solar powered ship that can essentially act as a giant vacuum
for all the plastic crap on the ocean floor just might be part of the solution to this
daunting problem.
Sensors help detect trash and sonar technology protects marine and bird life from getting
caught in the 160 ft long vessel.
Its compacted cargo is then either collected at sea or returned to port for recycling.
Bluebird Marine Systems, a company based in Sussex, England, provided their proof of concept
in 2016 projecting that the SeaVax will be able to treat close to 90 million litres of
seawater each year.
Let’s hope that this innovative vessel is out sooner than later.
8 - Language Translating App
Need to talk with someone who speaks a different language?
There’s an app for that.
No seriously, there is.
Actually there are quite a few.
While you have stuff such as Google translator that have been around for a while, newer Apps
for phones are even more convenient.
Take Voice Translator for Android for example.
You can record a phrase and the app will translate it to a language of your selection.
This might come in handy if you’re traveling abroad and need to be able to learn a few
foreign phrases.
Or it might be helpful if you encounter a local and need to converse with them.
There’s also the iHandy for the iPhone.
This one is pretty straight forward.
You type a word or phrase into one box, pick the language you want to translate it to,
and voila, it makes translations for you...like magic.
Sort of.
Anyway, this might sound pretty basic, but considering people used to need translators
or spend years studying a foreign language, this is one of those inventions that we almost
take for granted.
I bet this would have been very useful when they were building the tower of babel.
7 - The Knockout
Here’s a really creative way to catch a buzz…..in different ways!
It’s called the Knockout, and it’s an interesting little device that turns your
beer bottle into a working bong, once you’ve finished your beverage.
Equipped with a mouthpiece and valve that are placed inside the beer bottle, all you
have to do is fit the mouthpiece snuggly over the bottle, flip it upside down, suck on the
mouthpiece, and it shoots beer down your mouth, pretty much just like shotgunning a beer.
You see that little pipe that sticks out?
What that does is it allows air into the bottle while the valve keeps it from escaping.
Once you’re done guzzling down the beer, you now have a bong.
Fill the bottle halfway up with water, place a gram of whatever smokeable substance you
like inside the pipe, light it up, and boom...you’ve got a bong.
So in a nutshell, the Knockout is a very efficient way to get a couple buzzes going, and it’s
probably up there in useful things for a great party.
6 - Bottleloft
You know how sometimes you run out of room in your fridge?
Maybe you stock up on a bunch beer and can’t fit it all in there.
Well that’s why someone created the Bottleloft.
The Bottleloft is a series of magnetic strips that allow bottles to stick to the top of
the fridge and just kind of hang out...allowing them to stay cool while freeing up plenty
of other space in the fridge.
These things will make sure your beer won’t just fall off in the middle of the night.
The strips are made from super strong magnets and crazy strong tape, known as 3M VHB, which
is also what they happen to use on the wing flaps of commercial planes.
So yeah, it can handle your unopened beer, which will give you room to store something
with some actual nutritional value, or simply more beer.
Your call.
5 - Futuristic Boards
As kids, we might have day dreamed about the distant future and imagined a world where
people zoom around on hoverboards...like the Green Goblin, minus the hand grenades, hopefully.
BUT, we’re not quite there yet, but we have made some serious advances towards that goal.
Take the ZBoard 2 for instance.
This bad boy is an electric powered skateboard that reaches speeds of 20 miles per hour and
has a range of anywhere from 16 to 24 miles.
As the world’s first weight censored electric skateboard, a rider can control the speed
of the board by leaning forward or backward.
Lean forward to go faster, or lean backward to stop.
It’s described by the makers as quote, “perfect for any trip that’s too far to walk, but
too short to drive.”
Known for being lightweight and portable, the ZBoards could very well be the new way
to make short commutes.
And then there’s the Flyboard Air.
A Hoverboard that allows you to totally fly over almost anything.
Created by Zapata Racing, this Hoverboard utilizes four turbo engines with 250 Horsepower
each.
Powered by kerosene, it can be controlled using a remote throttle.
In 2016 a video went viral of Franky Zapata, the CEO of Zapata Racing.
zooming around on the Flyboard Air.
The Flyboard Air seems to be the most extreme Hoverboard out there.
Other companies such as Lexus have Hoverboards, but it’s still Zapata Racing that has made
ones that really flies.
But as Zapata himself pointed out, anyone brave enough to ride on the Flyboard Air should
have experience with Hoverboards, especially with The Flyboard Air’s predecessor, the
Flyboard, which is a hoverboard of sorts powered by water-jets.
Whether or not it takes off as a viable mode of transportation, still remains to be seen.
4 - Kymco’s Smart Scooters
You definitely know about smart cars and electric cars, which are definitely the future.
But what about those who don’t drive cars, or want to be even more efficient?
Smart Scooters are making their presence known.
A Taiwanese company called Kymco has started what they call “The NooDoe Experience.”
Basically they have created a new dashboard for scooters, which display info such as the
time, weather, a speedometer and a simple compass to keep riders going in the right
direction.
All of this allows riders to stay informed, while not taking their hands of the controls
or their eyes off the road.
It also connects to smartphones, so when the scooter is stopped, riders can see alerts
on their dashboard.
Riders can also customize their dashboard with color schemes, photos and all kinds of
interesting elements.
The super cool thing is that riders can connect with their friends who also are part of the
NooDoe System.
So let’s say you’re cruising around town on your scooter looking for your friend Bob.
You know Bob is on his scooter as well.
Thankfully, you’re both on the NooDoe system, so Bob now appears as a blip on your Dashboard.
He’s just a couple blocks away, and now you can catch up with him quickly without
having to pull over and call him.
Orrrr this is another useful way to stalk someone!
3 - Germ Killing Paint
In 2015 Sherwin-Williams came up with a plan to stop the spread of infections within hospitals.
According to a story by CNN, around 1 in 25 people will contract some kind of infection
or sickness while staying in hospitals.
This leads to serious illness and sometimes death, which of couse pretty much sucks.
But thanks to Paint Shield by Sherwin-Williams, that could maybe be a thing of the past.
Sherwin-Williams says that Paint Shield is unique because it doesn’t just prevent the
growth of common bugs, it also eliminates more than 99 percent of germs while killing
common microbes in the process, thanks to the product’s active ingredient, Alkyl Dimethyl
Benzyl Ammonium Chloride, or “quat.”
EPA test protocols show that Paint Shield’s antibacterial capability can last up to 4
years as long as the surface integrity is preserved.
Paint Shield is available in more than 500 colors and isn’t limited just to hospitals.
This stuff could be useful anywhere germs are common, such as walls of medical complexes,
locker rooms, schools, and daycare centers.
2 - Exoskeletons
Imagine a suit of armor that gives you increased strength and endurance while allowing you
to stay limber.
Well, the Exoskeleton isn’t a figment of the imagination, it’s a real thing that’s
being used today!
These wearable machines are powered by a series of motors and hydraulics to provide people
wearing them greater strength, endurance and protection.
They have many practical uses, especially in the medical field, such as helping people
without arms or legs in improving their quality of life.
It may even help medical professionals improve precision during surgery, or nurses to lift
heavy patients or equipment.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, Exoskeletons can also be used in the military.
Since they add strength and endurance without limiting mobility, soldiers can use them during
missions while carrying heavy weapons or equipment.
It might even be useful for other tasks, such as on construction sites where workers often
have to lift heavy objects, or maybe even firefighters who have to work in dangerous
environments.
If Exoskeletons seem cutting edge, it’s because they are.
But the idea goes all the way back to 1890 when a Russian dude named Nicholas Yagn designed
an apparatus to assist with walking, running and jumping.
But that was pretty basic; these days you have Exoskeleton products such as ReWalk,
which assists people with lower limb disabilities or Sarcos products and their array of Exoskeleton
arms and legs that allow people to lift up to 200 pounds with basically no effort.
And even Honda has developed Exoskeleton legs that has a seat for the user.
And that’s just naming a few.
Dozens of companies have created products featuring this amazing technology.
1 – Bionic Eye As unbelievable as it might sound, there is
now a way to restore sight through a brain implant.
Also known as the Bionic Eye or the Retinal Implant, The Argus II from Second Sight aims
to help people suffering from vision loss.
Here’s how it works.
A miniature video camera housed in the patient's glasses captures a scene.
The video is sent to a small patient-worn computer, the video processing unit, where
the video is processed and transformed into instructions that are sent back to the glasses
via a cable.
These instructions are transmitted wirelessly to an antenna in the retinal implant.
The signals are then sent to an electrode array, which emits small pulses of electricity.
These pulses bypass the damaged photoreceptors of the eye and stimulate the retina's remaining
cells, which transmit the visual information along the optic nerve to the brain, creating
the perception of patterns of light.
Patients learn to interpret these visual patterns with their retinal implant.
This basically allows you to see a visual representation of the world around you, which
supplements your own sight.
Now that’s pretty impressive.
Here’s what’s next!