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The Greatest Discoveries of 21st Century.
THE GREATEST DISCOVERIES OF THE 21ST CENTURY 3D PRINTING T h e e a r l i e s t a p p l i c a t i o n o f t h e l a y e r i n g m e t h o d u s e d b y t o d a y ' s 3 D p r i n t e r s t o o k p l a c e i n t h e m a n u f a c t u r e o f t o p o g r a p h i c a l m a p s i n t h e l a t e 1 9 t h c e n t u r y , a n d 3 D p r i n t i n g a s w e k n o w i t b e g a n i n 1 9 8 0 . 2 Source: www.usatoday.com AUGMENTED REALITY A u g m e n t e d r e a l i t y , i n w h i c h d i g i t a l g r a p h i c s a r e o v e r l a i d o n t o l i v e f o o t a g e t o c o n v e y i n f o r m a t i o n i n r e a l t i m e , h a s b e e n a r o u n d f o r a w h i l e . 3 Source: www.usatoday.com BLOCKCHAIN • T h e s i m p l e s t e x p l a n a t i o n o f b l o c k c h a i n i s t h a t i t i s a n i n c o r r u p t i b l e w a y t o r e c o r d t r a n s a c t i o n s b e t w e e n p a r t i e s – a s h a r e d d i g i t a l l e d g e r . • T h e t e c h n o l o g y w a s fi r s t d e p l o y e d i n 2 0 0 8 t o c r e a t e B i t c o i n , t h e fi r s t d e c e n t r a l i z e d c r y p t o c u r r e n c y 4 Source: www.usatoday.com E-READERS • S o n y w a s t h e fi r s t c o m p a n y t o r e l e a s e a n e - r e a d e r u s i n g a s o c a l l e d m i c r o e n c a p s u l a t e d e l e c t r o p h o r e t i c d i s p l a y , c o m m o n l y r e f e r r e d t o a s e - i n k . 5 Source: www.usatoday.com DIGITAL ASSISTANTS • O n e o f t h e b i g g e s t t e c h n o l o g y t r e n d s i n r e c e n t y e a r s h a s b e e n s m a r t h o m e t e c h n o l o g y , w h i c h c a n n o w b e f o u n d i n e v e r y d a y c o n s u m e r d e v i c e s l i k e d o o r l o c k s , l i g h t b u l b s , a n d k i t c h e n a p p l i a n c e s . 6 Source: www.usatoday.com ROBOT HEART • A r t i fi c i a l h e a r t s h a v e b e e n a r o u n d f o r s o m e t i m e . • T h e y a r e m e c h a n i c a l d e v i c e s c o n n e c t e d t o t h e a c t u a l h e a r t o r i m p l a n t e d i n t h e c h e s t t o a s s i s t o r s u b s t i t u t e a h e a r t t h a t i s f a i l i n g . 7 Source: www.usatoday.com MULTI-USE ROCKETS • M u s k ' s p r i v a t e s p a c e e x p l o r a t i o n c o m p a n y , S p a c e X , h a s d e v e l o p e d r o c k e t s t h a t c a n b e r e c o v e r e d a n d r e u s e d i n o t h e r l a u n c h e s a m o r e e ffi c i e n t a n d c h e a p e r a l t e r n a t i v e t o t h e m e t h o d o f u s i n g t h e r o c k e t s . 8 Source: www.usatoday.com ONLINE STREAMING • O n l i n e s t r e a m i n g w o u l d n o t b e p o s s i b l e w i t h o u t t h e c o n v e r g e n c e o f w i d e s p r e a d b r o a d b a n d i n t e r n e t a c c e s s a n d c l o u d c o m p u t i n g d a t a c e n t e r s u s e d t o s t o r e c o n t e n t a n d d i r e c t w e b t r a ffi c . 9 Source: www.usatoday.com HIGH-DENSITY BATTERY PACKS • Te s l a e l e c t r i c c a r s h a v e r e c e i v e d s o m u c h a t t e n t i o n l a r g e l y b e c a u s e o f t h e i r b a t t e r i e s . • T h e b a t t e r i e s , l o c a t e d u n d e r n e a t h t h e p a s s e n g e r c a b i n , c o n s i s t o f t h o u s a n d s o f h i g h - d e n s i t y l i t h i u m i o n c e l l s , 10 Source: www.usatoday.com TOKENIZATION • T h i s d a t a s e c u r i t y t e c h n o l o g y r e p l a c e s s e n s i t i v e d a t a w i t h a n e q u i v a l e n t r a n d o m i z e d n u m b e r k n o w n a s a t o k e n t h a t i s u s e d o n l y o n c e p e r t r a n s a c t i o n a n d h a s n o v a l u e t o w o u l d - b e h a c k e r s a n d i d e n t i t y t h i e v e s a t t e m p t i n g t o i n t e r c e p t t r a n s a c t i o n d a t a a s i t t r a v e l s f r o m s e n d e r t o r e c i p i e n t . 11 Source: www.usatoday.com
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