Smart innovations and technology of 2014 in retrospect

Aug 17, 2015The Editorial Staff

What makes a country great is its ability to embark on smart innovations and programs that assist its overall progress and economic development.

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Become a game-changer with smart innovations.

Smart innovations usually have lots of contributions to the development of a country. Great and smart innovations empower the technological progress of businesses, a country and some help in the development of overall humanity. Some smart innovations become an irreplaceable part of an industrial process.

We need these creative and highly beneficial smart innovations to help a country keep developing. There are excellent brains behind such remarkable discoveries and smart innovations.

Achieving economic development is possible through innovative technology.

2014 has also seen tech scientists coming up with innovative technologies and smart innovations. Scientists found out how a smartphone can detect a threatening disease. A startup has come up with an excellent idea of lighting roads using green energy. The list below will tell you the most potential smart innovations of the year 2014 and beyond.

Solar roadways add to smart innovations

What is solar energy? Well, when a company first discovered a special solar energy harvesting surface which could light up the roadways, many people didn’t believe. But this has been an enormous success and they have already implemented it. A United States-based startup discovered this and completed phase II prototype for a parking lot.

The prospects of solar energy technology growth and usage around the world is enormous, and it is also environmentally friendly. This allows both businesspersons and environmentalists to tap into its resources.

Glaucoma detection via smartphone camera

Who wouldn't like to see a tiny device doing some amazing big jobs? A Stanford University scientist has invented a new technology which will monitor glaucoma in the eye via a smartphone camera. Isn’t this smart innovation amazing? The scientist has discovered a sensor which will do that using a small device implanted in the eye. The project has been successful in animal trials. It’s currently undergoing human trials.

Connected wheelchair by intel

A group of intern from Intel have discovered a smart wheelchair that will perfectly be able to measure a user’s health status. In September last year, the group of interns from Intel revealed this smart innovation. The wheelchair will measure the heart rate, blood pressure and body temperature of the users.

Telebot

Innovative thoughts and smart innovations come from great minds who aspire to bring solutions for the average person. They try to come up with amazing solutions. Undergraduate students from the Florida International University have developed an amazing robot for the disabled military personnel and police officers. With the help of an oculus rift, and other motion tracking devices like gloves and armband, the users will control the robot remotely. The researchers will need some time to conduct field test before they finally launch it onto the market with innovative marketing.

Mangalyaan—a smart innovation spacecraft

In 2014, India made a legendary history by making it successfully to Mars the very first time with its Mangalyaan spacecraft. It’s actually the first time in world history that a country made to the Mars successfully in its first attempt. This is when the spacecraft entered the orbit of the red planet. India had to spend only $74 million to make this craft. How cool is this smart innovation?

Linx—a smart hearing aid

By utilizing the ReSound app, you can record data using this hearing aid. You can use this with an iPhone. You can use your smartphone to adjust the sound of this Bluetooth enabled device. It’s small and less noticeable.

So these were some of the great smart innovations of 2014. We now wait to see how many great things this year offers. What other innovations do you know about? Please share with us.

The Editorial Staff

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