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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 .
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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 .
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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
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 ,
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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 .
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