TOP 10 �2012 TECHNOLOGY INVENTIONS �

My presentation done for english class in 2013.

1. TOP 10 2012 TECHNOLOGY INVENTIONS Made by: Laura Papinigyte

2. Content My Motivation TOP 10 inventions Conclusion Sources

3. My Motivation

4. 1 Indoor Clouds price: priceless Created by: Dutch artist Berndnaut Smilde How it is made: The temperature, humidity and lighting all have to be just so. Then uses a fog machine.

5. 2 LiquiGlide Price: 25¢ per bottle (estimated) Created by: MIT What it is: The plant-based product.

6. 3 OraQuick Home HIV Test Price: $40 Created by: OraQuick What it is: OraQuick can identify the antibodies that signal HIV infection.

7. 4 Enable Talk Gloves Price: $75 Created by: Four Ukrainian students What it is: Gloves that allow speech- and hearing-impaired people to communicate with those who don’t use or understand sign language.

8. 5 Self-inflating tires Price: $200 each (estimated) Created by: Goodyear What it is: An internal pressure regulator opens to allow air to flow into a pumping tube, and as the wheel turns, the flattened part helps squeeze air from the tube through an inlet valve into the tire.

9. 6 Google Glass Price: $1,500 Created by: Google What it is: Glass is, simply put, a computer built into the frame of a pair of glasses.

10. 7 The MakerBot Replicator 2 Price: $2,199 Created by: MakerBot What it is: 3D printer. 1kg plastic – 48 $

11. 8 Baxter Price: $22,000 Created by roboticist Rodney Brooks What it is: Baxter is built for light repetitive tasks like packing and sorting.

12. 9 Bahar Towers Price: $245 million Located: Abu Dhabi What it is: Towers feature a facade with intricately designed shades that open and close in response to the sun, reducing heat gain by more than 50%.

13. 10 The Curiosity Rover Price: $2.5 billion Created by: NASA What it is: SUV-size Mars car with more scientific instrumentation—10 times as much, by weight—than ever sent to the Red Planet before.

14. Conclusion

15. Sources http://techland.time.com/2012/11/01/best-inventions-of-the-year-2012/slide/all/ http://www.hcbe.net/media/332721/technology.jpg http://timenerdworld.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/indoorclouds.jpg?w=720&h=480&crop=1 http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQANBA-2ZqqfSs7-VWW20OZGsxq7REsSoyUYWJ_qVYpkz_BxPIn http://s1.aecdn.com/images/news/goodyear-debuting-self-inflating-tires-at-iaa-49699-7.jpg http://timenerdworld.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/selfinflatingtire.jpg?w=260 http://i-cdn.phonearena.com/images/articles/76938-image/ggss.jpg http://timenerdworld.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/makerbotreplicator2.jpg?w=260 http://www.funnyjunk.com/funny_pictures/2567119/Technology /

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