PowerMat

  PowerMat

The Powermat is a wireless charger for hi tech gadgets. You simply place your gadget on the mat to charge it.

It uses magnetic induction energy rather than electricity to charge devices and it works just as fast or faster than standard power adapters.

It can also charge multiple and different gadgets all at the same time.

Source: powermat.com

                    Pocket Breathalyser

If you drink alcohol don't operate a vehicle. But the reality is that people rely on their own sense of sobriety if they have a glass of wine at a restaurant or a couple of beers during a sporting event.

The fact that blood alcohol levels differ for every person is what inspired this invention.

The iBAC alcometer is a thumb-sized, portable, breathalyser spectrometer that measures your blood alcohol content similar to tests done at a laboratory.

Jetpack

The Jetpack is one of those modern inventions that is just so cool.

Time magazine listed this innovation among the 50 Best Inventions of 2010.

New Zealand inventor Glenn Martin has spent the past 30 years developing his personal flying machine - a dual fan, gas fueled, vertical take-off and landing ultralight.

The Martin Jetback is enthusiastically supported by the Research, Science and Technology Ministry of the New Zealand government.

In fact, the country has a rich history in aviation innovation dating back to what some historians claim to be the first invention of the airplane by inventor Richard Pearse.