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Old 11-02-2007, 03:15 PM   #1
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Default Time Magazine's inventions of the year

Interesting read. I'm encouraged by the number of alternative transportation methods being thought up, especially steam power integrated into gasoline engines (making them 40% more efficient).

Top award went to the iPhone.

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The thing is hard to type on. It's too slow. It's too big. It doesn't have instant messaging. It's too expensive. (Or, no, wait, it's too cheap!) It doesn't support my work e-mail. It's locked to AT&T. Steve Jobs secretly hates puppies. And—all together now—we're sick of hearing about it! Yes, there's been a lot of hype written about the iPhone, and a lot of guff too. So much so that it seems weird to add more, after Danny Fanboy and Bobby McBlogger have had their day. But when that day is over, Apple's iPhone is still the best thing invented this year. Why? Five reasons...
Saab's 'Aero X' Concept:


Boeing vision of a future commercial sized plane:


And most importantly, because we all know how smokin' hot female astronauts are, she Spandex spacesuit:
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