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As the time is rolling on, the inventors using its creativity and producing inventions time to time, which are helpful and beneficial in all aspect of our life. Undoubtedly some of the inventions made a revolution and gave a lot of ease to human being. For example Edison invented the bulb and illuminated the dark world.

Here are inventions which are giving ease to all of us and surely the inventors are making a lot of money.

         Pet Rock

You can’t invent a rock, but the mad inventor Gary Dahl who was an advertiser of California, think over to decorate and sell rocks in this way that sell like hotcakes.

He was a creative minded person, so he bought ordinary and cheap gray pebbles from a construction company and sold them as pets, attached with painted models face. Surely it was a good marketing not anything extraordinary. It is the pet, which are not needed to be fed or cleaned.

It is interesting that the buyer could talk to it, name it and teach it fishy tricks. Most of them are outlined in a joyful manner included with the pet. A lot of buyers painted themselves in their own way to make it personal. Originally the price of Pet Rocks was $3.95 but due to its high demand it is now selling at $16. You will be surprise to know that the creator Dahl has sold these rocks more than 5 millions in only six months. He earned $56 million up till now. There is a facility that you may buy them on internet.

         Tamagotchi

This is also a pet which is very much on sale nowadays on this planet, became at its peak at the end of 20th century. This is a small, egg-typed device having a black & white LCD screen and a honking animal kept inside. A Japanese toymaker Bandai first introduced this device in market.

How it works

When you turned the Tamagotchi on and allot a name to it, then feed your given name by buttons of the device. The animal will play games and will become sleepy when it will be tired. It is design to make the copy of a real pet such as dog & cat. If you will take care of Tamagotchi nicely, it will change its versions. The pet required a continuous take care other wise it may “die”. To start it once again, you have to reset it. When it came into market it sold near about 70 million. They sell one Tamagotchi/ second, making it creator millionaire.

         The Singing Fish

This is an electronic fish like Rocky Rainbow Trout, started singing when you go closer to it. The appearance is just like a fish which may be mounted on a wooden board, and then the board may be mounted on the wall. The activation started when you push a button, a sensor activates the fish and it started singing, when any unknown person comes near it.

The device was created by a toy company of Texas. The buyers well liked it warmly, and the sale goes up high, so it became a great success for its company. In the starting year the singing fish sell about a million.

۩ Energy saving car head lights

Are you intended to save the energy of your car headlight, then wait for a little time? The big car company BMM is going to introduce laser headlights very soon. The company claims that these headlights will save energy in comparison to the normal headlights. To overcome the bad affects of the laser, which may be harmful for the passenger coming from the opposite sides, the lights produced by laser will be softened. The company is trying to pass the white light through fluorescent phosphor material in the headlight. The light which will come out from headlight will be bright and cool, giving no hazardous effect to the eyes of animals and human being coming in the range of this laser light. It will produce a huge intensity than LEO lights and safe a lot of energy. 

۩ Communicating cars

A large number of accidents occur when there is weak visibility and foggy situation takes place in the bad weather. The scientists of Bologna University, it a ly produced a modern device which will solve this problem and will save human life from collisions. This device will offer a communication to the approaching cars and deliver warning when ever any accident will take place. The warning system will be attached with an active sensor on dashboard; it will detect the accident when it takes place. Toyota is installing this system on the roads in Los Angeles. Surely this wireless device will save the human lives. The system will warm others about road blocks and slippery conditions.

۩ Magical camera

A camera with magical fiction is going to be launched in the last of this year by a company “Lytro” based in California. Often we faced a confusion when we photograph then came to know that the focus was not then came to know that the focus was not appropriate. We think the result of the snap will not be satisfied in camera technology has been made and you will never face this problem again. Now you may adjust the focus after taking the snap. Only you have to readjust the focus in the photo on the foreground, or background objects. You may adjust it in this way that all the objects come in a nice focus.

Ordinary cameras accumulates all the light rays to one point, but the new camera records the color, the power and its imaginary line position of the light position of the light rays differently, hence permitted the data to be done nicely by the software which mounted with strength in the camera.

۩ Fuel cell

In Georgian tech in USA scientist are trying to develop a new type of fuel cell which functions on coal gas. From coal gas is made and then the coal gas is used in the fuel cells. Scientists are claiming that by these fuel cells they may produce electricity with less expenditure. This electricity will be more efficient. The procedure of operating this fuel cell in like this the cell convert chemical energy into electrical energy which can be further used for different purposes. There are different kinds of fuel cells, for example hydrogen cells that produce electricity by oxidizing hydrogen with oxygen to make water from this process electrical energy generates. The electrical energy generated by these cells will be cheaper in comparison to the energy generated by turbines and thermal processes.

In this competitive and modern world, Apple Company is very popular and renowned for introducing and launching different models of iphones and iPods. Apple Company launched many models of iphone such as iphone 3, iphone 4. Now, Apple Company is planning to introduce new version and model of iphone i-e iphone5. In this article we will discuss important features of iphone 5 for their users. The important features are as follows:

1. clear screen:

An important feature of iphone 5 is that it has new and clear retina screen. This new retina screen has several characteristics such as most vibrant, sharpest and highest resolution as compared to other several of iphone. Iphone 5 has a resolution of almost 650x 960.

2. gyroscopic sensor:

In this fast pace of world, mobile phones become more advanced and intelligence. Iphone 5 offers gyroscopic sensor for the users. Moreover, it also offers three axes of accelerometer sensors and one sensor of proximity.

3. thickness:

Another important feature of iphone 5 is thickness. Iphone 5 is considered to be the thinnest mobile phone all over the world. The thickness of iphone 5 is 9.3 mm which is 25% thinner as compared to previous versions of iphone. Moreover, the outlook appearance or design of iphone is very attractive and eye-catching and when person handle it with the hand, then he/she will be happy and amazed.

4. camera LED flash:

Iphone 5 has a camera along with LED flash. In this way, person can capture different photos and videos even at night and low light ambient.

5. better and best camera:

Another important feature of iphone 5 is that it offers best camera to the users. Iphone 5 has improved qualities and features of camera as compared to other models. The camera of iphone 5 has 5 megapixels.

6. video conference:

Apart from 5 megapixel camera, iphone 5 also offers front camera that is considered to be the most incredible and awaiting feature of iphone 5. This marvellous camera is used for video conferences and self portraits. As every person knows that self portraits different videos and pictures are very popular especially among teenagers.

7. multitasking and different folders:

Furthermore, iphone 5 offers multitasking and different folders to the users. Users can use different applications and switch them without getting slowing down the actual performance of iphone. Additionally, it also offers folders. Folders are considered to be the best way in order to recognize various apps and it also helps the users to make more rooms or folders for different apps. In this way, iphone 5 looks more systematic and organized by dividing or categorized them.

8. stainless steel antenna:

Iphone 5 also offers stainless steel antenna. This is considered to be a cool and best engineering design and iphone 5 looks more stylish and elegant.

9. internal component:

The speed of iphone 5 is quicker and faster as compared to other models. Moreover, iphone 5 also includes microphone for the purpose of noise cancellation.

10. battery life:

Last important feature that is very important is battery life. The battery of iphone 5 will provide 9 hours of video, 7 hours or web browsing and thirteen hours of 2G talk time and 30 hours of music.

A new technology has been developed during last thirty years named Nanotechnology. It has helped in count less field like food, cosmetics, medicine, electronics, water purification and many other fields.

The largest contribution is by US, 28 % in the nanotechnology market, whereas Japan is standing on 2nd number have shared up to 24% , while the Europe in on 3rd number have a share of 25 % .

Germany, France and UK are real Contributors for Nanomaterials owe their special properties according to the size. They are particularly between 1 nanometer and 100 nanometer of size. You will be stunned to know that 1 nanometer is equal to one-billionth is of a meter.

When two major advancement in the 1980’s achieved, the growth of this field was activated.

1.         In 1981 a scanning tunneling microscope is developed, from which images can be seen at the atomic level.

2.         In 1985 the discovery of molecular “carbon footballs” by Richard Smalley   Harry Kroto and Robert Curl. They won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1996, together.

After that a number of developments came into being, such as carbon nanotubes and thin carbon sheaths. Then different methods have been adopted for development of precious nanomaterials.

The diligence in medicine includes the drug delivery of nanomedicines with the purpose of improved absorption in the human body. The use of nanomedicines made the provision of pictures of cancer ous tissues in a best appearance.

When we arrange nanoparticles properly, it delivers drugs, light, heat and other materials only to diseased cells and didn’t damage & disturbs the healthy tissues.

Lighter display screens have been produced that utilize minimum power, using flexible display panels prepared from nanowires. For producing effective and smaller computers, upgraded & heavy density memory chips and tiny transistors has been used in integrated circuits. A market survey told economists that nanoelectronics at present is estimated to be above $ 4 trillion.

Nanotechnology is helping in food science and has improved the methods of growing and storing food. It is surprising to know that silver nanoparticles, when placed in plastic storage bins, the harmful bacteria are killed at the time of contact.

On the other hand Zinc oxide nanoparticles comprised into packaging plastic films made a blockage of ultra violet light, gives a protection against bacteria and makes the films durable and increase their constancy.

Pesticides comprised in nanocapsules give out the toxic substances only in the stomach of insects which take them, in this way protects the plants and human from their harmful effects.

Such nanosensors has been produced that recognize when single plants and fertilizers need water and activate their release when needed, hence increasing the productivity of each plant and reducing the expenditure of water, foods and fertilizers.

The nanotechnology also developed the bulletproof paper which is prepared from nanocellulose, astonishingly it is stronger than steel. Light weight & stronger substances used in space craft, aero planes and everlasting light weight batteries.

For the economical production of durable tennis racquets, light weight textiles, and other sports items, we are using nanotechnology with success.

A great scientist claims that the solar energy will lead entirely in future. That will be a great need of this planet in the next coming 20 years. Now we could imagine our self the importance of this valuable energy, because we are now in disaster and facing energy crises. The reservoirs of gas, coal and petroleum is going to be empty. At last we have to search the substitute of it.

There is 10,000 times more sunlight than we need to meet 100 percent of our energy needs and the technology needed for collecting and storing it is about to emerge as the field of solar energy is going to advance.

Solar to compete in the next five years

At this time we have not any big planning for accumulating the solar and wind energy. But after seeing the statics of the future, we are serious and doing a valuable research and planning to store these energies. At present supply about 1 percent of the world’s energy needs, but advances in technology are about to expand with the introduction of nano-engineered materials for solar panel  making them more efficient, lighter and easier to install and take the demanding  benefits.

The researchers said that we are not that far away from a tipping point where energy from solar will be economically competitive with fossil fuels and   it could happen in the next 5 years.

In this connection other technologies which will be helpful are solar concentrators, made of huge mirrors that absorb very large amount of sunlight onto a small steam turbine. The energy can be stored by using nano-engineered fuel cells which will be available in the market soon.

You could create hydrogen or hydrogen-based fuels from the energy produced by solar panels and then use that to create for fuel cells.

Other troublesome challenges

Experts think that facing the energy challenge and the other troublesome challenges of the 21st century is simply important to our survival on this planet. Other challenges are:

1-         To clean water.

2-         Producing better medicines.

3-         Securing cyberspace.

4-         Improvement in practical reality.

The big and useful inventions gave us the green revolution that increased the production of food   as world population grew. The distribution of safe water and electricity, improved health generated an upgraded standard of living for everyone.

However, now the world faces some dark results of these advancements which are the threat of a security disaster, if nuclear and biological weapons fall into the wrong and fanatic hands.

More solutions to upcoming challenges

Other tech solutions for the new century’s big challenges include:

1-         Proper monitoring of nuclear weapons components to prevent them from getting in the hands of fanatic.

2-         Make an advance in rapid responses to possible bio-weapons attacks.

3-         Advances in genetic engineering to address the problem of drug-resistant viruses and bacteria, and to create personalized medicine.

4-         Purification of water to meet the demand of shortage of drinking healthy water.

The policy which will be run in the 21st century challenges plan, reveal a more enlightened understanding of role of science and technology in general. This idea is being developed in the context of a globalized world, even though the proposals have been developed in world.