list of notable inventions

	River Drying Up to Lead to Freshwater Crisis
...to the issue the WWF said that countries should have certain agreements on smart use of water resources. In addition Dr. Ticker stated that the crisis of the freshwater is much bigger than the rivers listed in the report. "It mirrors the extent to which unabated development is jeopardising nature's ability to meet our growing demands." he said....
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	The most important inventions and discoveries of the humanity
...ne of its researches that Mendeleev's periodic table of elements was the most important discovery the humanity made... even more important than the discovery of iron. The Community has published a list of 10 most important discoveries the humanity ever made. The results of this research were based on answers of a survey conducted by the community. According to that survey: - the second most important discovery, fo...
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	New Electronic Display to Be Used on Clothes and Beer Cans
...One of the latest inventions in the field of light emitting devices might change the way people light their homes and design clothes. The device represents a thin film of plastic able to conduct electricity and create solar power. Scientists working on the international project are looking forward to bring the organic light emitting devices to the masses. Thus the invention could significantly cut costs by billions of ...
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	Nano-nose to help identify illnesses
...Nanoparticles are used by U.S. researchers to 'smell' the scent of illnesses in fluids of the body. The researchers used nanoparticles of gold with different coatings to distinguish among different proteins and detect the illness, as reported by the New Scientist. According to Vince Rotello from the University of Massachusetts the human nose has a series of receptors, which react differently to different compounds. Thu...
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	The 2007 Winners of Ig Nobel Prize Who Made us Laugh and Think
...Scientists of the research projects that "first make people laugh, and then make them think" were awarded with Ig Nobel Prize. The 17th ceremony of Ig Nobel Prize or also called Improbable Research took place at Harvard's Sanders Theatre on Thursday night, October 4. The Ig Nobel Prizes that are parodies of the real Nobel Prizes, are awarded annually to celebrate unusual, creative and improbable achievements in sci...
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	Prizes $27,000 Worth For the Best Undergraduate Inventor
...An event meant to encourage young inventors will be held on Monday and Tuesday, February 11th and 12th in the University of Wisconsin Madison. The UW-Madison Invention Days competitions will house 14 inventions designed and built by 49 UW-Madison undergraduate students. Among the presented inventions there will be solutions for ice fishermen, for tailgaters, for potato farmers, for modern laptops and even for airlines. ...
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