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  • 1. British inventions in XXI century Done by:Semenova A,102

2. The iPod Jonathan Ive is a British designer and the SeniorVice President of Industrial Design at Apple Inc.He is internationally renowned as the principaldesigner of the iMac, aluminum and titaniumPowerBook G4, MacBook, unibody MacBook Pro,iPod and iPhone. Collaborating with manufacturing, software,hardware and electronic teams, he did just that,creating the iconic, bestselling iPod. In 2005, hedesigned Apples iPod nano, and in 2007, theiPhone. 3. VACCINES IN PLANTS In 2004 at st.Georges hospital scientists growvaccines in plants St. Georges Hospital Medical School, London, isworking with a pan-European consortium to growvaccines against rabies and Aids in geneticallymodified plants. Many vaccines have had remarkable success infighting disease, but they are expensive tomanufacture often prohibitively expensive. It ishoped that the new technology will drasticallyreduce the costs. 4. Self-heating baby bottle Jim Shaikh wasnt hit on the head with an idea ofa self- heating baby bottle. Jim came up with theidentified need, while going through a mundanedaily experience himself feeding his prematurebaby at night. He kept getting the temperature ofthe bottle wrong heating, cooling and re-heating. It took Jim four prototypes to finally get theproduct right and the rest as they say is awesomeBritish inventions history. 5. Portable water filtration jug Michael Pritchard came up with a literally life-savingproduct while watching images of the Tsunamidevastation on television. The thought of people dyingbecause they lack clean drinking water agitated him. LifeSaver, his product, is described as the worlds firstportable nano-filtration technology. It is simply a waterjug with a built-in filtration device designed to helppeople during calamities. Currently, LifeSaver, likeother British inventions, is also used in the military andfor leisure activities like traveling and camping trips. 6. Spill-free dog bowl The product generated interest at a trade showand encouraged Natalie Ellis to enter a womensinvention competition where she received threeawards. Her product was featured on BBC newsand on the reality television show, Dragons Den. Road Refresher(another man) then became thefastest selling dog bowl in America onAmazon.com. President Barack Obama evenowns one. 7. Conclusion There are a lot of different inventionseven nowadays. They are very interesting, but mostly weCAN imagine our life without them. It means that we have already have allthe necessary things.