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1. The 50 Best Inventions Of the Year.

Author

Hamilton, Anita, Caplan, Jeremy, Dell, Kristina, Dorfman, Andrea, Fitzpatrick, Laura, Fox, Justin, Gregory, Sean, Grossman, Lev, Kiviat, Barbara, Kluger, Jeffrey, Lacayo, Richard, Lemonick, Michael, McLaughlin, Lisa, Newton-Small, Jay, Park, Alice, Thompson, Mark, Walsh, Bryan, and Keegan, Rebecca Winters

Subjects
INVENTIONS, TECHNOLOGICAL innovations, GENE mapping, ELECTRIC automobiles, HADRON colliders, SKYSCRAPERS
Abstract

The article describes the best inventions of 2008 including: the Retail DNA Test; the Tesla Roadster, an electric car; the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter; Hulu.com, a network TV-show hub; The Large Hadron Collider; the Global Seed Vault; the world's first moving skyscraper, in Dubai; thin film solar panels; the 46th Mersenne Prime; and the Speedo LZR Racer.

Published
2008

2. The Best Of the Rest.

Author

Buechner, Maryanne Murray, Dell, Kristina, Dorfman, Andrea, Grossman, Lev, Hamilton, Anita, Keegan, Rebecca Winters, Kluger, Jeffrey, Lemonick, Michael D., Masters, Coco, McLaughlin, Lisa, Park, Alice, Rawe, Julie, van Dyk, Deirdre, and Xu, Jodi

Subjects
TECHNOLOGICAL innovations, AUTOMOBILE emission control devices, ROCKET fuel, COMPACT cars, FOOTBALL helmets, DEAFNESS, COMPUTER software
Abstract

The article presents breakthrough inventions of 2007. Some of the inventions spotlighted are the Venturi Eclectic wind and solar powered automobile, City Cars, methane fueled rockets, glasses for the deaf that display subtitles on the lenses, and the Head Impact Technology System helmet which uses sensors to tell whether the person who is struck needs medical attention or not.

Published
2007

3. 'I Have Found It!'

Author

Dell, Kristina

Subjects
INVENTORS, TECHNOLOGICAL innovations
Abstract

The article looks at important inventors and the impact made by their inventions. Some inventors mentioned on the list are Archimedes, Galileo Galilei, Isaac Newton, and the Wright Brothers. The most recent inventor listed is Burt Rutan, the builder of the first privately funded spacecraft. Each inventor listed is accompanied by a photograph and short caption.

Published
2007

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