The 10 Greatest 21st Century Innovations
by Cheung, LisaFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-04-15
Publisher(s): Scholastic Library Pub
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Summary
The 21st century has only just begun, and technology is advancing at a faster rate than ever before. From transparent cloaks to flexible light panels to bionic body parts, see what researchers around the world have come up with so far. But remember: This is just the beginning!
Table of Contents
| Introduction: Eureka! | p. 4 |
| Optical Camouflage | p. 6 |
| One day you might be able to blend into the background or disappear altogether with the help of this new technology. | |
| Electromagnetic Suspension | p. 10 |
| What would it feel like if a car could leap over bumps and potholes in the road? | |
| Bendable Optical Fibers | p. 14 |
| A cutting-edge technology is used to help make these thin glass rods ultrabendable. | |
| Flexible Lights | p. 18 |
| Can you wrap your head around a light panel that is as flat and flexible as a sheet of plastic? | |
| Tilting Bridge | p. 22 |
| This "blinking-eye bridge" has been called a wonder of architecture and a marvel of engineering. | |
| Wireless Technology | p. 26 |
| This wave of the future has unlimited promise as we move into the new wireless century. | |
| Layered Image Sensor | p. 30 |
| The most significant breakthrough in digital photography in 30 years. | |
| Online Video Sharing | p. 34 |
| You upload. You share. You watch. It's all you at YouTube - the pioneer online video-sharing community. | |
| Bionic Knee | p. 38 |
| An artificial device with artificial intelligence will help amputees walk, stand, and run again with more confidence than ever before. | |
| Artificial Heart | p. 42 |
| By replacing damaged or diseased hearts, the world's first completely implantable artificial heart could save millions of lives. | |
| We Thought... | p. 46 |
| What Do You Think? | p. 47 |
| Index | p. 48 |
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