Tech2012 Tech27 Science Fictions That Became Science Facts In 2012We may never have our flying cars, but the future is here. From creating fully functioning artificial leaves to hacking the human brain, science made a lot of breakthroughs this year.By by Donna DickensBuzzFeed StaffPosted on December 19, 2012, 5:19 pmTwitterFacebookLink 1. Quadriplegic Uses Her Mind to Control Her Robotic Arm 2. DARPA Robot Can Traverse an Obstacle Course View this video on YouTube buzzfeed.com Once the robot figures out how to do that without all the wires, humanity is doomed.DARPA was also hard at work this year making robots to track humans and run as fast as a cheetah, which seems like a great combination with no possibility of horrible side effects. 3. Genetically Modified Silk Is Stronger Than Steel 4. DNA Was Photographed for the First Time 5. Invisibility Cloak Technology Took a Huge Leap Forward 6. Spray-On Skin 7. James Cameron Reached the Deepest Known Point in the Ocean 8. Stem Cells Could Extend Human Life by Over 100 Years 9. 3-D Printer Creates Full-Size Houses in One Session 10. Self-Driving Cars Are Legal in Nevada, Florida, and California 11. Voyager I Leaves the Solar System 12. Custom Jaw Transplant Created With 3-D Printer 13. Rogue Planet Floating Through Space 14. Chimera Monkeys Created from Multiple Embryos 15. Artificial Leaves Generate Electricity 16. Google Goggles Bring the Internet Everywhere 17. The Higgs-Boson Particle Was Discovered 18. Flexible, Inexpensive Solar Panels Challenge Fossil Fuel 19. Diamond Planet Discovered 20. Eye Implants Give Sight to the Blind 21. Wales Barcodes DNA of Every Flowering Plant Species in the Country 22. First Unmanned Commercial Space Flight Docks with the ISS 23. Ultra-Flexible "Willow" Glass Will Allow for Curved Electronic Devices 24. NASA Begins Using Robotic Exoskeletons 25. Human Brain Is Hacked 26. First Planet with FOUR Suns Discovered 27. Microsoft Patented the "Holodeck" Topics in this articleScience