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Inventions of 2001

Posted by michael on from the beating-a-path-to-their-door dept.

oo7tushar writes: "Time has a list of the Inventions of 2001. They've got a list of some very impressive inventions. They've got the inventions, a short description, prices/costs, and a link to the websites. On the list is the Abiocor Artificial Heart, Millennium Bridge, EZ-Rocket, a very sweet light weight fuel-cell bike with good mileage and a whole bunch of other very high tech toys, gadgets, vehicles, robots, and medical technology. A good read and very interesting."

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  1. Visions of the Future by Alien54 · · Score: 4, Funny
    Remember the old movies, etc that said how the world would be in 2001?

    I want my flying cars, jet packs, all those neat toys.

    But I can do with the 1950s predictions of what year 2001 fashions would be like. and I certainly wouldn't want to do space navigation by slide rule and "dead reckoning"

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    "It is a greater offense to steal men's labor, than their clothes"
  2. Artifical Heart by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    The story did not have a price on one of those, and does it come with professional installation or will i have to install it myself?

  3. Most worrisome invention on the list... by mbessey · · Score: 3, Funny

    I vote for "slugbot".

    That's just what the world needs - meat-eating robots....

    >

    Don't these people watch Sci-Fi movies? What were they thinking?

    1. Re:Most worrisome invention on the list... by Chakat · · Score: 3, Funny
      Don't these people watch Sci-Fi movies? What were they thinking?
      I wouldn't worry all too much. This thing only eats slugs, so unless you're a trial lawyer, I don't think that this thing is going to eat you.
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      If god had intended you to be naked, you would have been born that way.

  4. not so tasty by Bazman · · Score: 2, Funny

    I bet the artificial liver doesn't taste as nice with some fava beans and a nice chianti...

  5. NO NO its XP!!!! by MosesJones · · Score: 3, Funny


    It going to revolutionise the way we work, I know its true. Bill said so. I don't need a command line, I need a telly tubby skin. I must have a voice controlled jukebox. And I don't want to interoperate with anyone. Bill is my friend, Bill invents

    XP is the greatest invention of this or any time.

    Its true I tell you. The wheel is nothing in comparison with XP. Fire is just a footnote to the chapters historians will dedicate to the wonder that is XP and how it changed the face of digital communication.

    Oh yes all the voices agree, XP is the best because Bill says so.

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    An Eye for an Eye will make the whole world blind - Gandhi
  6. Yessssss..... by Soko · · Score: 3, Funny

    Saw this little gadget and instantly thought "Finally! I can get my caffeine with out all that bothersome coffee and Mountaing Dew making me pee all the time."

    Or, may be not...

    Soko

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    "Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm." - Anonymous
  7. Re:fuel cell bike? Doh A Bicycle! by Havokmon · · Score: 2, Funny


    Who the hell would want a Fuel Cell mountain bike?

    I want a Fuel Cell Harley, but I think the 'Harley Rumble' might have to be an MP3.

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    "I can't give you a brain, so I'll give you a diploma" - The Great Oz (blatently stolen sig)
  8. Re:They forget the most important by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Jeez, you must be one humourless person...

    no, humorlessness was first pioneered by trs-80 users