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3D printer
From the first 3D printer created by Chuck Hull in the 80's, to the Modern ones we know today, 3D printers allow us to create extremely dense material from very cheap plastic and resin. From this we can make technology, infrastructure, even organ replacements. -
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5 Inventions of the Decade
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Higgs Boson
In 2012 the ATLAS and CMS research foundations revealed a new way to observe gravitational waves and how mass is created using the large hadron collider. This was a huge development in how we understand our universe and will lead to several discoveries over time. -
CRISPR-Cas9
In 2013 scientists discovered a way to alter genetics without breaking them. Allowing us to genetically alter a fetus before they are born. While there are many ethical questions to be asked about this, it could lead to the elimination of certain genetic deseases. -
Oculus Rift
In 2016, Palmer Luckey released the oculus rift, a much more advanced and reasonably priced version of virtual reality than any that has ever been publicly available, kickstarting a massive interest over virtual reality in the past years. -
Self driving cars
While there have been many prototype self driving cars on the road over the years, in 2020, tesla released its autopilot feature on all tesla models.