20 Inventions That Will Change The Way We Live
Kenneth Coo
Published
11/17/2015
The future is now.
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Smart Pipe. Developed at Chicago's Northwestern University, this invention aims to reduce the amount of clean, treated drinking water that is wasted, an issue that costs between $12.5 million and $92 million per year in the U.S. alone. The project, still in laboratory development, uses nanosensors. -
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Engineers are now able to print 3D prosthetics at a fraction of the cost of previous ones. -
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Actual jetpacks are being developed for emergency first responders. -
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Wearable sensors could translate sign language into spoken words. -
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This bikini is made out of a material that absorbs water pollution. -
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There is new virtual reality technology that can help wearers forget pain. -
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Children stories will never be the same once they release these augmented reality coloring books. -
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This "Tractor Beam" can actually levitate objects using sound waves. -
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Wireless phone charging will eliminate all the cords you can’t ever find. -
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And there is a new kind of countertop that could actually charge your phone. -
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The show "Battle Bot" actually airs robot duels on television, USA vs Japan is coming soon. -
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Cars really are capable of driving themselves. There’s even one Tesla that can do it all on its own. -
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A 3-D pen that can make anything you can imagine. -
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Developers are working on a new jet concept that could take you from London to New York City in 30 minutes. -
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It’s official, there is now a robot that can do your laundry. -
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And the trash might even be picked up by robots, too. Wall-E, is that you? -
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There are plans in the works for this high speed train to link NorCal and SoCal at 220mph. -
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Hoverboards exist, and they even play music while you ride. Still have a few tweaks to work out on this one. -
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A 3D laser scanner can scan anything and turn it into insane art. -
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HomeChoice is a VCR-size dialysis machine that can be used at home (and monitored via special software and a data card). The portability of the system allows dialysis patients to travel more freely, and not having to go to the hospital so very often. The market for this product is huge. Today some 2 million people worldwide need kidney dialysis. In the U.S. alone, the government spends $24 billion, or $48,000 per patient per year, on dialysis, 80 percent of which is spent on Medicare patients.
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