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TBS: Best Inventions of 2015...─── 07:28 Tue, 24 Nov 2015
The ‘Hoverboard’ Scooter
The Underground Park
The Sensor That Sniffs Out Gluten
Bionic Ears
The Superior Stethoscope
The Headset That Helps You Hack Life
Power Pasta
The Desktop DNA Lab
Housing That Welcomes the Homeless
The Transparent Truck
The Next-Gen Baby Monitor
An Airport for Drones
The Bed in a Box
The Virtual Brush and Canvas
Shoes You Can ‘Tie’ With One Hand
The Pan That Teaches You To Cook
The Book That Filters Water
The Ocean Vacuum
The Personal Pollution Detector
The Ball That Teaches Kids to Code
All-Access Virtual Reality
The Musical Instrument That Anyone Can Master
The Meanest, Greenest Driving Machine
The Toy That Talks Back
More information on all these inventions here: TIME’s Best Inventions 2015
Here is our Top 3
The Air Umbrella
Bionic Ears
If you’re stuck somewhere with unbearable noise, you essentially have two options: plug your ears, or leave. But what if you could isolate the most grating sound and mute it? Or just lower the volume, much as you would on a TV? That’s the promise of the Here Active Listening system, a groundbreaking set of earbuds from New York–based Doppler Labs. Unlike hearing aids, which amplify or decrease all noises at once, Here’s processor syncs with a smartphone app, so users can handpick which frequencies they want to filter. That means you could stand on a subway platform and have a normal conversation as a train screeches by, or even tune out a crying baby on a plane. “It’s augmented audio reality,” says Doppler Labs CEO Noah Kraft, who initially developed Here for musicians and concertgoers before pivoting to a general audience. The first earbuds will ship in December
They also used this technology in hearing aids, read more here: Bionic Ear
Artiphon Intrument 1
source: http://time.com/4115398/best-inventions-2015/
