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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. Re:Where's IT? by rnb · · Score: 2, Informative

    You mean Ginger?

    I remember the guy who invented it coming out and saying it wasn't as big a deal as people were making it out to be, and then various news sites got hold of patent applications for a small scooter with pictures of Brady Bunch-era teens riding it. It was all downhill after that.

  2. Re:Where's IT? by HarrisonSilp · · Score: 4, Informative

    Right here.

  3. Re:Visions of the Future by an_mo · · Score: 2, Informative

    I want my flying cars

    In case you haven't noticed yhe skycar is here.

    It is supposed to run at 350mph and take off and land from the same spots helicopters do, so in principle from the top of one's building/dorm/etc...

    It is awaiting AFA approval I believe

  4. Re:Visions of the Future by guidobot · · Score: 2, Informative

    In that case, you'll want to check out Yesterday's Tomorrows, a traveling museum exhibit of flying cars and the like. I agree, the world should be like this. Maybe in the future.... People tried to invent lots of this stuff, but it just never really took off (pardon the pun). Which is funny considering they all seem so much more exciting than slug eating robots.

  5. Popular Science by nob · · Score: 2, Informative

    The current issue of Popular Science has a similar article. It's "the hundred best products and technologies" of the past year.

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  6. Re:Where's IT? by oo7tushar · · Score: 2, Informative

    Yeah, it's listed on Time as well. Apparently the details that were leaked made a lot of people nervous and some major investors pulled out.

    Another thing was the book deal that Dean Kamen made with Steve Kemper (Harvard Business School). Kemper leaked what could have been details; in the book proposal and that caused Dean to become very quiet about the whole matter.

    In fact we still don't know what project Ginger could be. I could very well be something like Ginger from the Civilisation Earth series (by Harry Turtledove, a continuation of the World War series). to time

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