It's difficult to believe that some of the innovations we have today began with a scrawled notion on a piece of paper and then a patent application filed with, say, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Aluminum foil, bandages, the ballpoint pen, the computer mouse, and the microwave oven, to mention a few examples of brilliant concepts that have evolved into essential goods that we no longer think twice about, are all things we take for granted.
The never-ending printing processes
Printing was introduced with the advent of the personal computer on the desk top a long time ago. The earliest were Daisy-wheel printers, which were followed by dot-matrix printers, inkjet printers, then laser printers in that sequence. Of course, the issue with all of these output devices is that they need a lot of paper and costly consumables like toner. Who knows why an inkless, toneless printer that enables users to reuse paper hasn't been developed yet?
As it turns out, this isn't a very new idea. Since the 1970s, Xerox has been experimenting with what is known as electronic paper.
Birds Robots:
This is a bird-friendly innovation! It's a robotic falcon, and it's just started working at Edmonton International Airport. Real birds are chased away from the airport by the robot-bird. Birds seem to pose a threat to aircraft as they take off and land. As a result, robot-bird comes to the rescue! To keep actual birds away from the airport, a flock of these artificial falcons is flown about. The following is how it works: The artificial falcons have the appearance of genuine falcons. They even flap their wings and fly like them, giving the impression that the falcons are predators. They get agitated and flee. When the birds stay away, the airport becomes a safer environment.
Communication via the Internet
It doesn't seem fair to conflate the telegraph, radio, and telephone into a single thing, yet they were all founded on the same concept of distant communication. Communication technology has gone a long way since Samuel Morse invented the electric telegraph in 1836 to get to where it is today.
Transmission of messages through electromagnetic waves was a great idea created and popularized by Nikola Tesla and Guglielmo Marconi in the early twentieth century. The transmission of sounds and pictures became feasible thanks to simple signals (or instructions like using a remote control). With live transmission, the advent of television provided hours of pleasure to every household, which is still utilized today.
Revolution of the Neolithic Age
Although large-scale human cultural transitions are rare, they did occur at least once during the Neolithic Revolution, when people abandoned their former nomadic existence as hunters/gatherers in favor of a more stable lifestyle with farming. They discovered techniques for growing crops in a more methodical manner, enabling them to gather foods from the same place again.
Robotic Fish:
This robot has a strange aura about it. A group of Swiss scientists has developed a robot that looks and performs like a zebrafish, a tiny minnow. That may not seem noteworthy, but their tiny fish seems to have gone underground with many schools of actual zebrafish. And the schools mistook the robot-fish for one of their own students. They not only accepted the robot as a part of their group, but the robotic fish was also able to persuade the school to alter course and swim alongside it to a new location. The scientists want to learn more about actual fish behavior by using the robot zebrafish.
Cat-toy Park on Wheels
During a previous performance, comedian Steve Martin's cat learned to imitate his voice and bought $3,000 worth of cat toys from a mail-order catalogue, something he used to do in his own home. The statement struck a chord with cat owners, who are well aware of the ease with which felines may get themselves into trouble in order to pass the time when they are bored.
Inventor from New York has received a patent for one possible solution: A tube equipped with an electric fan that blows colored balls around a mesh tube, creating an activity that is "devised to occupy one or more cats."
Drones that save lives:
This revolutionary drone is still being fine-tuned, but once it is, its creators want to use it to assist in the rescue of swimmers. When a shark is spotted in the vicinity, the Shark Spotter drone is designed to fly over open seas and alert swimmers and surfers. Loudspeakers have been installed on the drone to do this. A lifeguard will be notified if the drone detects a shark in the water.
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