ArabaiWeather.com- The year 2014, which will pass over the next few hours, was full of scientific discoveries and inventions that are considered precedents in several fields, technological, medical, environmental and space. Below are the most important scientific inventions of 2014:
Google's self-driving smart car
This car can travel without a driver for long distances of thousands of kilometers, as it was able to walk from California to Google headquarters near San Francisco, and it is equipped with cameras, special sensors, lasers, a database, and an advanced navigation device.
Student satellites
75 student-made miniature satellites have been launched into low Earth orbit; to carry out research assignments.
Human brain chips
The American scientific magazine "Science" considered the "Neuromorphic" chips one of the most important scientific inventions of 2014; They are chips like conductive chips that simulate the human brain, developed by programming experts from IBM.
Orbiter Philly
Sense magazine explained why it chose the Philae probe as one of the most important scientific inventions of 2014, because the data it transmits sheds light on the origin and evolution of such comets.
The hidden chair
The Swiss company Noni was able to devise a hidden chair called the "chairless chair", which is attached to the foot and buttocks area and allows the person to sit in any position he wants, all he has to do is press the power button only, and the chair's structure is made of aluminum and carbon fiber, and it weighs about Approximately 2 lbs., on a 6-volt battery that powers the weight-bearing regulating pole for 8 hours.
Rejuvenating Protein
It was tested on mice at first, after giving old mice the "GDF11" protein, which was extracted from the blood of young mice, as it succeeded in regenerating the muscles and brains of old mice, which set a scientific precedent that may help treat Alzheimer's.
Kerosene from sunlight
Scientists at the Bauhaus Research Center have managed to produce kerosene from sunlight, as part of a project supported by the European Union.
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