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Time Magazine has published a list of the Best Inventions of 2008. The list, which has been published annually since 2001, includes technological marvels like the Bionic Hand and retail DNA testing as well as more pedestrian items such as Internet TV and Joss Whedon's Doctor Horrible Web series. The 2008 list involved 17 writers and editors who used trade journals, design awards and other sources as reference.SF Gate: 23andMe genetic testing called top invention (October 30, 2008)
Time 50 Best Inventions of 2008
- The Retail DNA Test
- The Tesla Roadster
- The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
- Hulu.com
- The Large Hadron Collider
- The Global Seed Vault
- The Chevrolet Volt
- Bullets That Shoot Bullets
- The Orbital Internet
- The World's Fastest Computer
- Green Crude
- Housing Funds
- The Memristor
- The Bionic Hand
- The Direct-to-Web Supervillain Musical
- The Dynamic Tower
- The Mobile, Dexterous, Social Robot
- The New Mars Phoenix Lander
- Montreal's Public Bike System
- The Everything Game
- The Synthetic Organism
- The Shadowless Skyscraper
- The Branded Candidate
- Bionic Contacts
- Thin-Film Solar Panels
- The Speedo LZR Racer
- Bubble Photography
- The Invisibility Cloak
- The 46th Mersenne Prime
- The Internet of Things
- Einstein's Fridge
- Facebook for Spies
- Biomechanical Energy Harvester
- Made-in-Transit Packaging
- Airborne Wind Power
- The New Ping-Pong Serve
- Smog-Eating Cement
- The Baseball Instant Replay
- Enhanced Fingerprints
- The Seven New Deadly Sins
- The Peraves MonoTracer
- Disenvoweling
- High-Tech Running Shoes
- Sunscreen for Plants
- The Short Refinance
- Aptera Electric Car
- Google's Floating Data Center
- The Time Eater Clock
- Sound-Enhanced Food
- A Camera for the Blind
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Time Best Inventions Questions
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Im loving #Time 50 best inventions of the year. Some I knew, some I didnt. It would be great to do a review of previous years & their impact
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Best Inventions Of All Time - Top Ten List http://bit.ly/5IINKF
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The 50 Best Inventions of 2009... http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1934027_1934003,00.html
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50 best inventions of 2009 http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1934027,00.html (according to TIME)
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Best Inventions Of All Time - Top Ten List: Best Inventions Of All Time interactive top ten list at TheTopTens... http://bit.ly/6Sp6Z4
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