2012: A year in technology
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A Curiosity self portrait combining dozens of high res images captured by the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) (Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)
Graphene continued to make headlines in 2012 (Image: Shutterstock)
Despite support from major players including Google, NFC technology failed to take off in 2012
Carroll Shelby
A house built using 3D printing techniques
Ferdinand Porsche
Makerbot Replicator 2
Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, Apollo 11 Commander, inside the Lunar Module as it rests on the lunar surface after completion of his historic moonwalk (Photo: NASA)
Printing blood vessels: the future? (Photo: Biomedical Nanotechnology Laboratory, Chen Research Group, UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering)
Ray Bradbury
Artist's impression of a proton-proton collision producing a pair of gamma rays (yellow) in the ATLAS detector (Image: CERN)
3D printed guitar
Thought-controlled prosthetic arm
A proton-proton collision observed by CMS produces two high-energy photons - behavior consistent with the decay of a Higgs boson (Image: CERN)
Article Summary
Keeping tabs on the furious rate of technological development happening all around us is no easy task and the passing of another year provides a good excuse to reflect and take stock of the major milestones we've seen. So sit back in your power-generating rocking chair, crack yourself a self-chilling beverage and enjoy our take on the significant trends, technological victories and scientific bombshells of 2012.
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