Ikaros project

2010-2015

By Guilsal
  • 2010

    2010
    Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches their project IKAROS. This is the first space station that draws power from the sun to help propel it through space.
  • 2011

    2011
    Boral Roofing, a roofing tile company, made available to the public roofing tiles that helps lower pollution in the air. This is accomplished through a chemical reaction between the coating on the tile and the nitrogen pollutants in the air which ends as a calcium nitrate product that is harmless to the environment.
  • 2012

    2012
    The space mission to Mars that will give us a better understanding of the universe, although small compared to the universe, was made possible with NASA's Curiosity Rover.
  • 2013

    2013
    First lab grown burger is cooked and eaten in London. The patty was made with stem cells from the muscle of a cow.
  • 2014

    2014
    New way of monitoring Blood sugar thanks to Google's Smart Contact Lens. The lens measures glucose levels from tears and transmits the level to a portable monitor.
  • 2015

    2015
    Car to car communication takes off! Vehicles can share real time information to each other, letting them know the speed , steering wheel position, and other information from surrounding vehicles.