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 tend to assist its overall progress and economic development.

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

Simply put, 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.

2014 had also seen tech scientists coming up with some amazing and smart innovations. Scientists found out how Smartphone can be used to 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.

Solar Roadways Adds to Smart Innovations

What is this? 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 a big success and already has been applied. A United States based startup discovered this and completed phase II prototype for a parking lot.

Detect Glaucoma via Smartphone Camera

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

Connected Wheelchair by Intel

A group of intern from Intel has discovered a smart wheelchair that will perfectly be able to measure a user’s health status. This smart innovation has been unveiled in Sept last year. The wheelchair, to be precise, will be able to 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 common man. 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 oculus rift, and other motion tracking devices like gloves and arm band, the users will be able to control the robot remotely. The researchers will need some time to conduct field test before they finally launch it onto the market.

Mangalayan – A Smart Innovation Spacecraft

In 2014, India made a legendary history by making it successfully to Mars the very first time with its Mangalayan 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

You can use this hearing aid to record data using ReSound app. You can use this with 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 has to offer. What other innovations do you know about? Please share with us.

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