2000 - T.V. Oommen invents environmentally friendly transformer fluid from vegetable oil. 2001 - AbioCor artifical heart invented by Abiomed. 2001 - Dr. Kenneth Matsumaura and the Alin Foundation invents the artificial liver. 2001 - Aprillia invents the fuel cell bike. 2001 - PPG Industries invents self-cleaning windows. 2001 - Jonathan Ive's invention, the Apple's iPod, is publicly annnounced on October 23, 2001. 2001 - David and Jay Groen, two brothers from Utah perfect the gyroplane. 2001 - Wilkinson Eyre Architects and Gifford and Partners, civil engineers invent the Millenium Bridge an alternate design to the drawbridge. 2002 - Ryan Patterson invents the Braille Glove. 2002 - British Waterways Scotland invents the Falkirk Wheel, the World's First Rotating Boat Lift 2002 - Ortho McNeil Pharmaceutical invents the birth control patch. 2002 - Richard Merrill invents the Date Rape Drug Spotter. 2002 - Jorg Schlaich invents the Solar Tower. 2002 - Canesta and VKB invent the virtual keyboard. 2003 - Alex Zettl invents the nanoscale motor small enough to ride on the back of a virus. 2003 - Toyota's Hybrid Car is introduced in Japan. 2003 - Claudia Escobar and Skini invent Salmon Skin Leather used primarily in bikinis. 2003 - Rod Sprules invents the Java Log made from used coffee grinds. 2003 - Singapore Technologies Electronics and the Singapore Defense Science and Technology Agency invent Infrared Fever Screening System used to scan for people with high temperature or SARS in public buildings. 2003 - Adam Whiton and Yolita Nugent invent the No-Contact Jacket that protects that wearer by electric shocking any attackers. 2004 - Intel Express Chipsets are invented by Gransdale and Alderwood; they will provide built-in sound and video capabilities for the PC. 2004 - St. George's Medical School in London invents a process to grow vaccines in plants leading the way for cheaply manufactured vaccines. 2004 - SonoPrep, that injects medication by sound wave, is invented by bioengineer Robert Langer . 2005 - YouTube is invented by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim. 2005 - An international team of British, American, and Japanese, scientists believes it has found a master switch for cancer which they have called Pokemon (for POK erythroid myeloid ontogenic factor) . 2005 - Smart plastics that change shape with certain light wavelengths are invented. 2006 - Infrared alcohol test is invented in Albuquerque, N.M. for quickly identifying drunk drivers. 2006 - The Clever Car which runs on natural gas, getting 108 m.p.g. is invented by BMW, and various European institutions. 2006 - Tesla Motors invents the Tesla Roadster 100 that runs on a huge lithium-ion battery taking it up to 250 highway miles. 2006 - Shanghai-based Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies invents a toy car powered by hydrogen extracted from tap water. 2006 - Aqua Sciences invents, 'The Rainmaker', which harvents drinking water out of the air. 2006 - Allerca invents a mixed breed hypoallergenic cat. 2006 - INSCENTINEL of Britain invents a system to train bees to detect explosions, 2006 - HelioVolt invents Solar Skin, which can be printed directly onto glass, metal and other building materials so skyscrapers will go up solar ready. 2007 - Jonathan Ive of England invents the iPhone for Apple. 2007 - Bruce Crower invents a steam/gasoline hybrid car that travels 40% farther than traditional gas powered engines. 2007 - A British research team led by Sir Magdi Yacoub, a professor of cardiac surgery at Imperial College London and one of the world's leading heart surgeons, invents a process to grow part of a human heart from stem cells for the first time. 2007 - The Espresso Book Machine is invented which prints out a 300 page novel in 3 minutes at $3 a book. 2007 - Sony invents the Bio Cell, a battery that runs on any sugary solution and glucose-digesting enzymes to extract electrons creating electricity. 2007 - Frank Pringle of Global Resource Corp invents an emission-free process for pulling oil out of shale rock, tires and plastic using microwaves. 2007 - Henry Liu invents a process to compress mercury-laced ash, from coal power plants, into bricks made at room temperature also conserving energy. 2007 - Hyshot Scramjet Engine is invented by a team from the University of Queensland led by Professor Allan Paull. It is designed to boost a vehicle to hypersonic speeds. 2007 - Alex Zettl invents a nanoscale radio receiver. 2007 - The Electro Needle Biomedical Sensor Array is invented. It is a patch that takes blood readings without external extraction of the blood. 2007 - Dow Corning invents special clothing for bikers that remains soft unless impacted by a fall upon which time the entire piece of clothing becomes ridgid, protecting the body. 2008 - TX Active, a smog-eating cement is invented by the Italian Company, Italcementi, which destroy airborne pollutants by up to 60%. 2008 - Flying Windmills are invented by Sky Windpower, a San Diego company that extracts energy from the jet stream possibly satisfying the planets energy requirements. 2008 - The Deakin T-squared Green Car is invented by students from Deakin University in Melborne, Victoria Australia. It uses compressed air as its fuel and is, therefore, a zero emission vehicle. It is cheap to produce since it uses light-weight materials, only has three wheels and uses a 'drive by wire' system meaning that there is no steering rack or steering rod. A person controls the vehicle by an electronic connection rather than by a mechanical connection between the hands and wheel. 2008 - Spray on Skin Gun is developed by Australian Dr. Fiona Wood that uses a persons own stem cells for regenerating skin tissue. 2008 - The Nintendo Wii is released which is the first interactive gaming system. 2009 - The Sixth Sense wearable gestural interface is invented letting natural hand gestures interact with a computer. 2009 - Retinal Implants are invented by the Retinal Implant Research Group. It is a microelectronic implant that restores vision to patients with macular degeneration and blindness. 2009 - Tank-bred Tuna System is invented by Clean Seas Tuna of Port Augusta, Australia. 2011 - Swedish Engineer, Alex Breton invents the Print Brush, a combination camera, injet printer that can take a picture and then 'brush' the picture onto any medium. 2011 - The Bed Bug Detective utilizes a digitized organic compound sensor that detects bedbugs by sensing two pheromones that they produce.