This is a huge business. Runners up: Microsoft C. Oh, and we survived Y2K. We continue to look at products that laid the foundation for the modern world. But it was the iPod that continued the tech world's inexorable move to a mobile-first environment.
There had been many MP3 players before the iPad, and, in fact, Apple promoted its own music format. But the iPod was introduced with, for then, was such shocking capacity that, for the first time, music lovers could carry their entire music collection with them wherever they went.
Tor , based originally on an onion router project developed for the US Navy, is designed to keep communications secure, even at a level that may surpass VPNs. The idea of an onion router is that there are layers of security like layers in an onion that would have to be peeled away to find out a user's identity.
Read also: Tor Project boosts support for anonymous mobile browsing. In a world where privacy is becoming ever more difficult to secure, where governments, terrorists, and criminals are actively spying on users everywhere, a tool to protect privacy becomes ever more important. Unfortunately, like many technologies, privacy provided to the innocent can also be used by bad guys.
Even so, the non-profit Tor project exists to preserve and protect identities the world over. Tor, itself, may not have changed the world as much as something like Android did.
But Tor enabled the world changers to work safely and freely to change the world, and that's its ultimate contribution. Most people think of the Android operating system as something Google developed, but that's not the whole story.
Android was founded as a company, initially intended to build a operating system for digital cameras. At one point, the company was so close to closing down, it couldn't pay its rent. That was then. This is now. Today, Android is the most successful in terms of the number of users operating system in history. For our 20 best we selected only actual gadgets—no websites like YouTube or Facebook, no software programs and no innovative companies like Netflix.
From listening to music to trips to the lavatory, each of these gadgets has made life a little more enjoyable. Congrats to the inventors—now quit dawdling on the video-camera watch and the personal jetpack.
Josh Jackson. Soon after the iPod, there was the iTrip, wirelessly transmitting those early playlists to the car stereo via radio waves and with an Apple-worthy sleek design. Next we will explore new technology for the middle years of the decade. Old iPhone. Share this Post. HelioVolt invents Solar Skin, which can be printed directly onto glass, metal and other building materials so skyscrapers will go up solar ready.
Sony invents the Bio Cell, a battery that runs on any sugary solution and glucose-digesting enzymes to extract electrons creating electricity. Frank Pringle of Global Resource Corp invents an emission-free process for pulling oil out of shale rock, tires and plastic using microwaves. It is a patch that takes blood readings without external extraction of the blood. Dow Corning invents special clothing for bikers that remains soft unless impacted by a fall upon which time the entire piece of clothing becomes rigid, protecting the body.
Flying Windmills are invented by Sky Windpower, a San Diego company that extracts energy from the jet stream possibly satisfying the planets energy requirements. Spray on Skin Gun is developed by Australian Dr. Fiona Wood that uses a persons own stem cells for regenerating skin tissue. The Sixth Sense wearable gestural interface is invented letting natural hand gestures interact with a computer. It is a microelectronic implant that restores vision to patients with macular degeneration and blindness.
Square, a payment platform created by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey. With the aid of a tiny magnetic card reader that attaches to a smart phone, Square lets anyone process credit cards. Google's Driverless Car. Driverless technology is logical and efficient, and in the near future, it could transform your commute into stress-free transport on a motorized sofa.
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