The Simpsons is the longest-running cartoon television series. But let's say something that Wikipedia doesn't mention. Did you know that the Simpsons predicted a bunch of innovations in their episodes that later turned out to be true? Check out 10 innovations that The Simpsons got right.
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As long as we use fossil fuels, we will be able to deal with air pollution. Air-Ink is a device that is installed on the exhaust system and is responsible for catching car exhausts at the source. even before they leave the pipe and enter the atmosphere. Graviky Labs then cleans the collected particles of toxic elements and turns them into ink for pens and printers.
Same faucet, 98 percent savings. Meet Altered:Nozzle, a faucet attachment that promises 98% water savings! Would you like to lower your water bill? Would you like to treat water more responsibly? Then this innovative Swedish product is perfect for you. And none of this will require you to change your habits!
Apple has a long list of innovations. A smart mirror is not among them. Designer Rafael Dymek, who has created the Apple Mirror, a smart touch mirror that resembles a bulky iPad, is fixing this somehow. If you already spend a lot of time in front of the mirror, you will now spend even more. 'iMirror' is powered by iOS 10 operating system.
Bagel is a new measuring tape that will save a lot of nerves for all architects, carpenters, builders and others who often encounter impractical measuring tapes. Bagel, the smart tape measure, doesn't actually need a long, clunky tape to work at all. In addition to normal surfaces, Bagel can also measure objects with an uneven surface, and with the help of a laser, it can measure even distant, hard-to-reach objects. Of course, it is also connected to mobile devices, tablets and computers, where all measured measurements can be stored.
Being handcuffed to illegally parked cars is, next to the "spider", the worst nightmare of drivers, as it is much worse than the usual punishment of the orderly or the police. Not only are you fined, the handcuffs must be unlocked by an authorized person, which can be very time-consuming and may take quite a while before you get the car back. Fortunately, there is now a much less painful and time-consuming solution - Barnacle. The Barnacle is basically a massive wrong parking ticket that you can't ignore. Requests payment on the spot, security or and the police spread it across the entire windshield, blocking the driver's view. Unless you want to drive with your head praying out the window, you have no choice but to pay the fine.
The self-inflating Basic House is probably the most mobile shelter out there. It is made of rescue or astrofoil and offers you a safe shelter wherever you are.
BiWa is an exercise bike that is also a washing machine. It allows us to perform two activities at the same time; we relax and do household chores. The BiWa concept was created by design students at Dalian Nationalities University in China.
We are used to turning on the lights with a switch, more and more of them can be turned on with smartphones, and in the future we may be able to turn them on by voice command. Well, Xinyue Yang has chosen a different way of turning the light on and off, which offers similar effects as a dimmer, except that instead of using a keyboard, the brightness is determined with your breath.
Do you like to camp outdoors, somewhere in nature? Don't want the fire in your fireplace to go out overnight? Think of the Campfire Defender, a 'blanket' for the fire that ensures that even after several hours your fire pit is still 'active' and you can just throw a log on the embers in the morning and it will be as if the fire had been maintained all night.
How many times have you been reading or studying in the library when you were interrupted by a phone call and had to rush out? Now you won't have to. Meet Hushme, probably one of the most bizarre innovations we've come across recently, but also by far the most useful. The technological mouth mask with headphones allows you to enjoy a private conversation in public without disturbing others. An unusual headset is a silencer.
L'Oreal obviously thinks you don't know how to brush your hair properly. That's why he teamed up with consumer electronics company Withings to create the Kératase Hair Coach smart hair brush.