Last night I attended an event at my church as part of their 2011 iMissions Emphasis. The featured speaker was Steve Saint of a company called i-tec. Steve is the son of Nate Saint who was a missionary killed by an Ecuadorian tribe and Steve later lived with the same tribe. The story was the subject of the book and movie End of the Spear.
i-tec invents and uses technology for indigenous people. They don't just give them technology they create training and teach them how to use the technology on their own and become self sufficient. One of the things he showed was a portable dental system. It was designed to meet dental needs where there are no dentists. Something that many of us take for granted, dental care, is a big problem in places where there is none.
The invention that is getting the most buzz is a flying car called the Maverick. It's been featured on CNN and in Popular Mechanics and has received some engineering awards. It uses the same controls as a car to fly (steering wheel, accelerator, and brake). Florida licensed it as a car and the FAA has approved it recently. It's only the second car to get such approval (the last one was in the 50's) to be both street legal and air worthy. The first one is due to be delivered to a Saudi Sheik and the next one is being delivered to Youth With A Mission (YWAM). The video is here.
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