Taylor Elliott- Assignment 2

1. A new type of sports bra is being created that detects if a woman has breast cancer by measuring her body chemical levels.  In the future, this sportswear could help cure breast cancer.  Another option is for a chip to be in the sports bra that sends updates to the woman's radiologists. 
Reference: http://tsminteractive.com/can-a-new-sports-bra-really-detect-breast-cancer/

2. Electronic pills made from stomach friendly material send updates to your smartphones to determine progress.  These pills could also give constant updates to doctors and eliminating the need for regular check ups, but also letting the person know when there is a problem as soon as it happens.  
Reference: http://www.digitaltrends.com/home/fda-approves-edible-electronic-pills/

3. The car that drives itself opens up people's schedules and allows them to get more done during the day.     Reference: http://www.baekdal.com/trends/driverless-car-atnmbl

4. The robotic personal assistant helps you get your everyday tasks and a errands done without leaving your home.  The robot would be able to travel far away from home, because the owner would have the ability to control him with their smartphone.  
Reference: http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/personal-robot-market-getting-crowded

5. People who do not know how to play musical instruments can still make music by humming a tune or beat and a computer creates the music for them. 
Reference: http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/26/health/mental-health/music-brain-science/

6. Instead of FaceTiming or Skyping and just seeing the other person, you could physically reach through the computer and be able to touch the person on the other end of the call. 
Reference: http://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/3994198/Ever_wanted_to_reach_through_t

7. A Patch senses when a person is getting hungry, running low on energy, dehydrated, and so forth, and provides the person with whatever they need. 
Reference: http://www.aromapatch.org/aroma.htm

8. A small electronic patch behind the ear acts as a person assistant by reading and carrying out the users thoughts.  For example, "I need to text Joe and tell him I can't make it to the meeting tonight," or adding events to a calendar when the user needs to remember an important date. 
Reference: http://www.apple.com/ios/siri/

9. A printer that has sticky pads that the user would place on their temples; the printer would serve as a way to take a photo of what you are picturing in your head. 
Reference: http://www.houseofjapan.com/electronics/brother-world-smallest-mobile-printer

10. Vacuums in the baseboards that not only suck out any dust and dirt, but also rid a room of any infections, germs, or toxins, making the surrounding environment completely sterile. 
Reference: http://www.homecontrols.com/NuTone-VacPan-Automatic-Dustpan-Inlet-NUCI365

11. (This can be paired with 10.) 
Based on medical researchers creating arm patches that allow people to be vaccinated without getting a shot, in the future there could be a patch that cleaned it's surrounding environment.  This would be extremely helpful after natural disasters.   
Reference: http://www.gizmag.com/polymer-vaccine-mit/25999/

12. Electronic Patches placed behind the ear translates what a person says into another language and translates what a person says in another language into the language the user speaks. 
Reference: http://www.italia.it/en/home.html