Inventions of 2001

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."

Comments

Re:Millenium Bridge

[JimPooley]

You are SO wrong!

Had you bothered to read the bloody article, you would have seen that the Millennium Bridge they are talking about is the one in Gateshead over the Tyne.

The bridge you mentioned is the one over the Thames, which has been closed now for ages because on its opening day it started swaying from side to side as people walked over it. It's a pile of crap like most of Blair's other Millennium Projects (Don't get me started on the Dome!!!).

The Gateshead bridge mentioned in the Time article which you so obviously didn't bother to read is a marvellously designed piece of work.

You can read more about the Gateshead bridge here.

pogo stick

[Anonymous Coward]

The new Airgo replaces the metal springs of classic pogo sticks with an air pump for a smoother, quieter ride. Of course, kids-and grownups too-may have to land on their fanny a few times before they get the hang of it.

ouch! those poor girls..

Re:They forget the most important

[Anonymous Coward]

remote desktop: work remotely with graphical apps

this is not a microsoft invention, this was first integrated into the "coherent" operating system by the mark williams company 15 years ago

multimedia: play dvd's, burn cdr's

some european already did this

nice GUI: lots of aqua-colored blue-ish gui stuff

this was done in the "geos" gui for commodore 64 in 1986

and many many more innovative stuff which make you forget how computers worked... etc, etc

you are thinking of the amiga

Very Physical

[under_score]

but where are all the less physical inventions? Surely someone invented a new type process that affects our day to day lives... this list of greatest inventions is neet, but its all eye-candy. There are very few listed there which really meet the parameter that Time describes as being important to their list: "how it changes our lives." There are a few there: the artificial heart, the cooling pot, etc. But the automatic mashed potato maker???! Give me a break. That is pure consumerism. What have we learned after 9/11? Nothing? Where are the inventions that help alleviate economic and environmental disasters? What about things that help education in poorer countries? What about tools that make new industries possible, therefore creating jobs?