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What is the most important invention ever? The wheel? Electricity? The computer? There are many important inventions and, in the future, there will be many more. Here are some that, in a few years, you may want to have in your home! THE NOISY KNIFE We all know that we shouldn't eat too fast. But sometimes, we put the food in our mouths and it goes, without us really thinking about it. Well, this knife helps you to eat properly. As you cut your food, an alarm is set in the knife. If you cut another piece of food too soon, the alarm rings to tell you that you are eating too quickly! And, because of the noise, everybody else knows too! ANIMAL TRANSLATOR The Americans are known for their animal beauty parlours, animal psychologists and animal cemeteries. They can now go one step further and talk to their animals. A company has spent years listening to dogs, cats, horses and other pets and has now released a dictionary with CD-ROM of animal noises. It might be difficult to look the 'words' up, though! EAR PHONE What's the smallest mobile phone you know? Well, in the future, they may get much smaller. German researchers are working on a phone that can be put inside your ear. When a call comes in, only you will be able to hear it as it goes from the ear directly to your brain. But how will you talk back?;-) SMART CAMERA This camera is connected to a special Internet database. Whenever you take a photo, you can choose to send it for analysis. In seconds, computer screening can match this to any similar photos held on their database. If it finds a match, a message will be sent to you, telling you exactly what your photo is of. It could be the name of a plant, a translation of a street sign, it may even be able to tell you a stranger's name.