Innovation is the mother of all good things in this life. It has been so since the dawn of the age of man. In the present-day scenario too, this age-old wisdom holds true. But instead of hunting, farming and rearing a family, we are concerned now with the most creative and effective things that could have a good impact on our lives. We as a collective, are always on the lookout for the ‘next-best-thing’.
This age of innovation has given us a whole bunch of ‘next-best-things’ at different points of time which still continue to endure. Something as simple but also effective as, Youtube thumbnails, video converter apps or the emergence of software as a service or SaaS – you name it and the internet has got it covered.
These days cryptocurrencies are also increasingly popular. Kraken, a crypto trading platform is a gamechanger – Whether you’re looking to invest or access a more secure way to buy online products, this crypto exchange will help you get your hands on Litcoin or Ethereum, easy and fast. Let’s look at a few other things that have the potential to change the world –
1) Universal free internet – This has been a pet project at different times of both Mark Zuckerberg as well as Tesla founder Elon Musk. Both have tried and failed so far to make it sustainable for everyone involved. However, since neither has any problem as far as funding is concerned, we can be rest assured that one of these days either one of these guys or some other technology sector billionaire is going to end up prevailing over this challenge. A company that is actually succeeding with this is Hiber, which launched their own network of shoebox-sized microsatellites into low Earth orbit, which wake up a modem plugged into your computer or device when it flies over and delivers your data. Their satellites orbit the Earth 16 times a day and are in fact being used by prestigious organizations like The British Antarctic Survey to gain internet access in the remotest regions of the world.
2) Self-healing concrete – This is a highly innovative and futuristic material developed by a research team based out of the University of Colorado Boulder. It is a living organism of sorts made from concrete, gel and bacteria. It possesses all of the great qualities of normal concrete like its load-bearing capabilities and durability, without any of the drawbacks like not being environmentally-friendly. Since concrete is the second-most consumed or used material in the world after water, this invention could pave the way for lots of exciting things in the future.
3) Heart-monitoring t-shirt – It has been some time since wearable sports bands were introduced. Studies have shown that most of them do not offer accurate results as much as we’d like to believe otherwise. KYMIRA is a company that creates t-shirts that have a single lead ECG printed into it. This measures your heartbeats and upload them securely to the cloud via Bluetooth. Once, the information reaches the cloud, pre-existing algorithms in the cloud measure and compute the data to reveal any inconsistencies like irregular heartbeats.
All of the above-mentioned technological marvels and many more are waiting for us on the other side of time.