Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Top Tech Breakthroughs of 2008

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the r&d-still-hard-at-work dept.

As we approach the end of the year it's time once again for the never-ending stream of retrospectives and year-in-review discussions. Wired has their version of the best technology breakthroughs of 2008. From phones to shrinking laptops to flexible displays, there is no shortage of interesting advancements when looking back at this year. What other groundbreaking advancements were made this year, and what do we have to look forward to for 2009?

1 of 116 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Oh dear by Draek · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    a bathing suit

    And a computer is just 'another calculator', right? don't oversimplify.

    A slightly better consumer digital video camera

    If you knew anything about how digital cameras are made, specially large-sensor SLRs, you'd know how significant it is.

    Flexible displays that barely work!

    Gee, I wonder, how good was GPS on 1978?

    so glad I live in the age of technological miracles

    The fact that we can create such a list out of a *single* year of our lifetimes proves this is the age of technological miracles.

    --
    No problem is insoluble in all conceivable circumstances.