10 new technologies in 2007

Popular Mechanics magazine of the US has introduced 10 technology concepts to know in 2007. The following information can be very helpful for those interested in application development trends for business.

1. Bend concrete : the official name is ' synthetic cementitious materials ' (Engineered Cementitious Composites - ECC).Covered with extremely small polymer fibers, when subjected to strong forces, this type of ECC concrete will bend and not break.ECC can tolerate large earthquakes and has been applied to buildings such as Michigan Bridge, 41-storey building in Yokohama .

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2. Phase-Change Random Access Memory (PRAM): promises to overtake existing flash memory types, PRAM uses a chemical contained in the data storage disks whether by heating and cooling.This type of memory is 30 times faster than flash memory and 10 times longer life cycle.

3. Solar-absorbing printing plates: California's Nanosolar Company has created a kind of nano-printable ' ink ' on plates that generate energy-absorbing semiconductors.Nanosolar is building a factory that can print annual solar cells enough to produce 430MW of electricity, more than three times the current number across the United States.

4. ' Hack ' passport: in early 2007, radio identification equipment (RFID) will be applied on US citizens' passports (previously applied to public officials). The goal is to avoid counterfeiting but in the summer, German security researchers successfully copied this electronic passport.However, RFID does not store financial information or other security numbers.

5. Traffic infrastructure integration system (Vehicle Infrastructure Integration - VII): if your car has a GPS navigation system and radar monitoring program but still can't get out of traffic jams, use system VII.VII setting up a 5.9 GHz short band can collect information from other cars such as speed, location . to help you get a map of vehicles circulating on the road and conditions weather to avoid traffic jams.

6. Body Area Network (BAN): the phone in your pocket emits a small electric current running along your skin as the door opens when you touch the car and the computer logs in when you hold the baby mouse.It is the function of a new smartphone thanks to BOARD technology.This technology is safer and smarter than the identification system from the user's fingerprint.

7. Plasma arc furnace: garbage can be a gold mine when heated to 5.5000C.A plant under construction in Florida will use this incinerator to turn 3,000 tons of waste a day into steam for surrounding plants and 120MW of electricity, which produces virtually no emissions.

Smart pill (Photo: Popular Mechanics)

8. Video on the Net (VoN): the concept of watching videos on computers is really ripe.Products such as Apple's iTV device (coming soon) and recently the acquisition of YouTube for $ 1.65 billion all prove that VoN is a promising new business.This is a tablet-shaped form of touch device that can collect information about blood pressure, acidity, temperature and transfer to a receiver device, worn by patients when the pill "walks" in your intestinal system.

9. Smart pill : This is a form of tablet-shaped induction device that can collect information about blood pressure, acidity, temperature and transfer to a receiver device, worn by patients. when the pill 'walks' in your intestinal system.

10. Data cloud: what happens when all data on your computer can be accessed at any time via the Internet, forming a big cloud with you wherever you go?There are now many products and services that allow you to create your own cloud of data: Google's Maxtor, Gdrive networked hard drive with unlimited capacity .

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