The 50 Best Inventions of 2009

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http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1934027,00.html

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The Best Inventions

   1. The Best Invention of the Year: NASA's Ares Rockets
   2. The Tank-Bred Tuna
   3. The $10 Million Lightbulb
   4. The Smart Thermostat
   5. Controller-Free Gaming
   6. Teleportation
   7. The Telescope for Invisible Stars
   8. The AIDS Vaccine
   9. Tweeting by Thinking
  10. The Electric Eye
  11. The Mercury Probe
  12. The Personal Carbon Footprint
  13. The Solar Shingle
  14. The Handheld Ultrasound
  15. The YikeBike
  16. Vertical Farming
  17. The Planetary Skin
  18. The $20 Knee
  19. A Watchdog for Financial Products
  20. The Electric Microbe
  21. The Bladeless Fan
  22. The Custom Puppy
  23. The Cyborg Beetle
  24. The Biotech Stradivarius
  25. The Nissan Leaf
  26. The Robo-Penguin
  27. The Universal Unicycle
  28. YouTube Funk
  29. Dandelion Rubber
  30. Wooden Bones
  31. The Living Wall
  32. The School of One
  33. The No-Punt Offense
  34. The Human-Powered Vending Machine
  35. The Handyman's X-Ray Vision
  36. Meat Farms
  37. Packing, Improved
  38. The Foldable Speaker
  39. The Levitating Mouse
  40. The Edible Race Car
  41. The High-Speed Helicopter
  42. The Supersuit
  43. The Eyeborg
  44. Spiderweb Silk
  45. The Sky King
  46. The Smart Bullet
  47. The Fashion Robot
  48. The 3-D Camera
  49. The Newest Cloud
  50. The World's Fastest (Steam-Powered) Car

[tags] Inventions 2009

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and something from Popular Mechanics.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/news/2078467

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