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  • genuine reality (27 March 2014) An augmented reality technology that overlays digital images from real-life objects onto the virtual world to create an authentic real world experience. For example, with genuine reality, players of video games are able to see their own arms, legs and hands as part of the ...
  • humanoid robot (22 March 2014) A robot that bears structural resemblance to a human being with a similar body shape, having a head, a torso, two arms and two legs, etc. In its most advanced form, such a robot is an android which is a human-like robot built to aesthetically resemble humans. The robots are ...
  • curved TV (22 March 2014) Curved TVs are a type of TV sets that have a slightly curving screen horizontally. Curved designs catch the human eye better with their vivid sensory appeals, creating a unique viewing experience impossible with the flat TVs. Like most high-end works of furniture produced ...
  • Antarctic moss (18 March 2014) Scientists have revived a moss plant that was frozen beneath the Antarctic ice and seemingly lifeless since the days of Attila the Hun. It displays verdant growth which marks the first time a plant has been resurrected after such a long freeze. The moss resurrection came ...
  • Greenland ice sheet (18 March 2014) It is a vast body of ice covering 1,710,000 square kilometres (660,000 sq mi), roughly 80% of the surface of Greenland. It is the second largest ice body in the world, after the Antarctic Ice Sheet. The ice sheet is almost 2,400 kilometres (1,500 mi) long in a north-south ...
  • currency unification (18 March 2014) In a place where several existing currencies have been consolidated, to reduce some of the currency bloat, currency unification is introduced as a very sustainable and understandable system for rewards moving forward in a countries economic system Cuba is laying ...
  • baby hatch (18 March 2014) A baby hatch is a place where people (typically mothers) can bring babies, usually newborn, and leave them anonymously in a safe place to be found and cared for. Chinese authorities have suspended operations at a "baby hatch", where anonymous mothers can safely abandoned ...
  • thorium car (14 March 2014) A concept atomic car designed by Laser Power Systems that uses a radioactive metal called thorium as its fuel instead of the commonly known uranium. The company claims that the car can run for 100 years on as little as 8 grams of the thorium fuel. Thorium is a naturally ...
  • word cloud (27 January 2011) A visual representation of the frequency of occurence of certain words. The word cloud can be used to represent major search terms in search engines, frequency of keyword use in speeches, etc.
  • fracking (13 March 2014) Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is the process of extracting natural gas from shale rock layers deep within the earth. Fracking makes it possible to produce natural gas extraction in shale plays that were once unreachable with conventional technologies. Recent ...

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