BackMangalyaan among best inventions of 2014: ‘Time’ magazine
Levitating skateboards, superbananas that prevent blindness, Ebola fighting filter, and a tablet that translates sign language were also the ones that got featured
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New Delhi: India’s Mars satellite is among Time’s list of top inventions of 2014 that includes levitating skateboards, superbananas that prevent blindness, Ebola fighting filter, and a tablet that translates sign language.
Dubbing it the supersmart spacecraft, Time said: “Nobody gets Mars right on the first try. The US didn’t, Russia didn’t, the Europeans didn’t. But on 24 September, India did."
It further said that at $74 million, Mangalyaan is equipped with five instruments that allow it to do simple tasks like measure Martian methane and surface composition. “More important, however, it allows India to flex its interplanetary muscles, which portends great things for the country’s space programme—and for science in general," it added.
Time described this list as the annual roundup of inventions that make the world better, smarter and, in some cases, a little more fun. Among the inventions that would make the world better were rechargeable battery powered wheels for bicycles, the air-conditioner that lowers your electricity bills, and a prison room that helps inmates relax.
Among the inventions that would change how we unwind were a selfie stick, a coaching basketball and a screen that shows digital art. The best inventions powering the technology of tomorrow which included Mangalyaan also featured wireless electricity, reactors that could realize nuclear fusion, and 3-D printed everything.
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