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INVENTIONS OF THE 21st CENTURY
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| The 21st century has already seen some amazing inventions in its first decade. Many of the best inventions have improved the Internet experience, allowing us to connect with people and information better than ever before in history. Modern technology has become so entrenched in the idea of a modern society that the two are nearly inseparable. Developing countries try to get better utilities, more vehicles, faster computers, as well as Internet and cell |
phone providers because that's what makes a modern society. Modern technology must be implemente d in order to accomplish the feats required of a modern society.
One of the most important invention of the past decade include s social networking. It has become one of the top uses of the Internet along with search engine queries. Facebook is by far the most successful social network, connecting people with others online so they can share information and communicate with each other. Facebook was founded in 2003 by Mark Zuckerburg and his Harvard roommates Chris Hughes, Eduardo Saverin and Dustin Moskovitz. According to Facebook's official website, it has over 500 million active users worldwide, logging in 700 billion minutes per month on Facebook. The site is a worldwide success, with 70 percent of its users outside of the United States.
The first and largest video-sharing site on the Internet is YouTube. It was invent ed in 2005 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim. «Time» magazine named YouTube as the top invention of the year in its 2006 publication. YouTube has revolutionized media by allowing anybody with a video camera to create a video and show it to the rest of the world. It is used by people to sell their services, build music careers, comment on politics and many other things.
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One of the most interesting invention of the 21st century is iLIMB - artificial hand with five individually powered fingers. It was invented in 2007 by David Gow. This breakthrough allows people to grip oddly shaped objects like balls and coffee mug handles. Gow persisted through the many technological hurdle s and created the iLIMB with three separate parts: the finger, thumb and palm. Each part is equipped with its own motor-control system. Gow's iLIMB was named as one of «Popular Science» magazine's best innovation s in 2007.
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