Technological innovations are inventions or creations that present a novelty in the form of meeting the needs of today’s society that would not exist without the advancement of technology.
Thanks to the extraordinary progress of science in recent years, the technology created and implemented with the help of engineers has made the innovations of the 21st century so surprising that they have surpassed fiction.
Here are some of the most amazing technological innovations that revolutionized the world, creating the one we know today.
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1. GPS
The GPS Global Positioning System changed the way we get around. Thanks to this system initially created only for military use, today, we can locate ourselves in an unknown place and find paths without needing a map or prior knowledge.
GPS uses the 24 satellites that orbit our planet Earth to deliver the exact location directly to our electronic device. Since the design of maps in II BC and the invention of the compass in 1090, the GPS constitutes a fantastic technological innovation to locate us in this world.
2. Nanorobots
Nanorobots are systems that perform specific tasks at nanometer-scale dimensions (billionths of a meter). This tremendous technological innovation by the Catalan Samuel Sanchez (1980-) was intended as a cure for cancer. Thanks to this technological innovation, Samuel Sanchez was chosen in 2014 as the Best Innovator of the Year Under 35 in the famous MIT ( Massachusetts Institute of Technology ) magazine.
Nanotechnology has advanced enough that today, in addition to administering drugs, DNA nanorobots can identify tumors within the body and discharge the dose of thrombin so that they cannot continue feeding and dying. Furthermore, these nanorobots move on their own, react to stimuli, and are 5,000 times smaller than the tip of a needle. Indeed a unique technological innovation after the invention of the vaccine in 1796.
3. Maglev Magnetic Levitation Transport
Maglev, for its acronym in English magnetic levitation, is a transport that uses magnetic levitation to reach maximum speeds of up to 590 km / h. Magnetic levitation for ground transportation is one of the most innovative technologies for passenger transportation.
In this way, thanks to the propulsion created based on the science of magnetism. The friction of the rails is eliminated, significantly increasing speed and safety and reducing carbon emissions. Maglev has become the technological innovation of the public transport of the future.
4. Internet
The Internet has revolutionized modern communication since the first connection network was established in 1969. This technology has been key to the innovations created in the 21st century and our way of life.
Thanks to the Internet, today, we are more connected than ever in a partially globalized society. We can share moments with family, friends, and information through the network almost instantly. The Internet, along with the web, has been one of the most surprising technological innovations that have shaped our current society.
5. Smartphone
Meanwhile The smartphone has replaced how we communicate, register, think and even pay. Thanks to this electronic device that almost all individuals today have. It is possible to do all tasks remotely and anywhere.
The smartphone or smartphone has increased our mobility and individuality where our contacts, documents, and pleasures can be held in the palm of our hands. In addition This technological innovation has replaced the telephone and television and modified our form of social communication.
6. Pacemaker
The pacemaker has been an amazing technological innovation since its invention in 1958. The advancement of medical science was achieve with the pacemaker to introduce an electronic device inside the human body to stimulate the impulses of the heart, maintaining life.
However The pacemaker is the size of a coin. It can detect abnormalities in the heart’s electrical signal and send the electrical alerts necessary for it to continue functioning. In this sense, the pacemaker is a surprising technological innovation for being the first step in introducing electronic devices inside the human body to increase the life cycle.
7. Refrigerator
Moreover. The refrigerator may not seem surprising. But it is a technological innovation that revolutionized how we eat. Thanks to the fridge, first patented in 1834, the increase in population in cities is made possible by food distribution chains that use refrigeration.
The electric refrigerator is a technological innovation as surprising as the technology of the plow for agriculture in 3,900 BC. In addition to modifying the way of feeding through food preservation technology. most importantly. This technology would later be use for refrigeration systems not only for food. But also for computer cooling and central heating systems in houses.
8. QR Code
The QR code. For its acronym in English for a quick response or “rapid response” in Spanish. after that. Is a technological innovation that surprises by the amount of information that can be extract quickly. In this way, in addition the QR code has allowed creation even in how we buy and sell today, without using physical money.
Therefore. Invented in 1999 by the Japanese Masahiro Hara, it allows the most complex information to be extract by scanning the code horizontally or vertically. Its predecessor, the barcode invented in 1973, required scientific and technological progress, from the laser beam to computer technology.
9. Lightning Rod
That is to say If all the electrical charge from lightning spread across all cities on stormy days, It would not be possible to maintain the number of electronic devices in our homes today.
Above all. The importance of the lightning rod, invented in 1752 by Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790). Is surprising for how a simple metal structure manages to conduct the electrical discharge of a lightning bolt to a safe place. In this way, it avoids disasters and maintains the lifestyle we enjoy today.