1-A modern cell phone has MORE COMPUTING POWER than ALL OF NASA DID IN 1969 when the United States sent men to the moon .
2-EMILY or the EMERGENCY INTEGRATED LIFESAVING LANYARD is a robot that may one day save lives at beaches . She is 25 TIMES FASTER than human lifeguards .
3-Some cars and trains use vegetable oil as an alternative fuel source , but the future may be in beef . A train running between Okla homa and Texas , U.S.A. , is using BEEF FAT FOR FUEL !
4-Using RADAR SENSORS AND VIDEO CAMERAS Google and other companies are designing CARS THAT DRIVE THEMSELVES.
5- ELEGS allows some wheelchair - bound people to walk . The user's crutches send signals about where the person wants to go , and the FITTED ROBOTIC LEGS carry them there .
6-After the money - making success of MATAR EVERY THING WERT 3D - including phones . One kind of cell phone lets you make videos in 3D .
7-SEE YA , REMOTE ! Many toy cars , helicopters , and planes can now be CONTROLLED WITH SMART PHONES .
8-A special rubber wrist band can track how many steps you take in a day and how many hours you sleep . If you haven't been active for a while , it VIBRATES TO REMIND YOU TO GET MOVING !
9-Within the NEXT 30 YEARS , people may be wearing contact lenses that allow them to PULL UP INFORMATION from the Internet when they BLINK THEIR EYE .
10-More than FOUR MILLION APPLE IPHONE 4S devices were sold the first weekend they were released in October 2011.
11-One day , LAPTOPS will roll up like a YOGA MAT .
12-FLYBOARD is a WATERPROOF JETPACK that lets you dive in and out of the water like a dolphin . You can leap more than 30 FEET ( 9.2 M ) ABOVE THE WATER .
13- Companies are designing cars , refrigerators , and subway platform train schedules that use the same INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGY as your smart phone touch screen .
14- GAMING DEVICES will soon get even more interactive . You won't just tilt your game to make it move , YOU'LL TWIST IT Upcoming models are FLEXIBLE , LIKE RUBBER
15-Engineers are working on SPECIAL EYEGLASSES that will INSTANTLY TRANSLATE FOREIGN LANGUAGES and provide a transcript for the user to read .
16-Future cell phones will be as THIN AS A CREDIT CARD AND BENDABLE .
17-Upcoming IPODS will be worn on your wrist and LOOK LIKE A BRACELET .
18 -CELL PHONES used to be the SIZE OF A BRICK .
19-Besides the FIRST SUCCESSFUL PERSONAL COMPUTER , STEVE JOBS was involved in the creation of the iPhone , the iPad , iTunes , and Pixar , the animators of Toy Story .
20-AIDA ( Affective Intelligerit Driving Assistant ) is a dashboard computer that works like a GPS but also can scan your face to read emotion . Its comments try to suit your mood .
21-In the near future . CARS TAY PARK THEMSELVES and COME PICK YOU UP when you press a button on your phone .
22-Researchers are looking to HARNESS ENERGY created from the OCEANS WAVES AND TIDES TO POWER CITIES.
23- People can now use their PHONE at the checkout INSTEAD OF DERIT CARDS or CASH
24- Scientists USE LASERS TO CALCULATE DISTANCES . They even BOUNCED A LASER BEAM OFF THE MOON to measure the distance between it and Earth .
25-KEVLAR , a flexible fabric that is FIVE TIMES STRONGER THAN STEEL is used for bulletproof vests , tennis rackets , helmets , and skateboards .
26-SHARK SCALES are designed for FAST SWIMMING . Scientists studied the fish to create swimsuit materials that can INCREASE SWIMMERS SPEEDS.
27-NINETY - SEVEN PERCENT of people in MOROCCO AND ICELAND have Internet access MAKING these countries the world's most WIRED .
28-More than FIVE BILLION of the world's SEVEN BILLION people have CELL PHONES
29-In the United States . almost 197 BILLION TEXTS are sent EVERY MONTH .
30-A dictionary definition of the verb TWITTER IS TO TALK IN A CHATTERING FASHION
31-Someday , OUR " SHOES MARRONER DUR CELL PHONES An early version using rubber boots CONVERIS THE NEARER'S HEAT into current to charge a clipped on phone .
32-The average user on FACEBOOK has 130 " FRIENDS
33-Surfers can now wear WETSUITS with a pull cord that inflates a suit to BRING A SURFER TO THE SURFACE IN SECONDS.
34- Some people who have had a brain trauma and can't speak have a brain chip that lets them move a computer's cursor WITH THEIR THOUGHTS to email or surf the Web .
35- In a Florida , U.S.A. , school , kids don't pay cash for lunch . Each kid waves his hand over a sensor that detects a unique VEIN PATTERN and bills that kid's account .
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