Friday, December 14, 2007

Best Inventions of 2007


By Jan Gray


Time magazine puts together a list of the greatest inventions every year. This year some of them are predictable but some are unbeleivable.




Steam power made it to the top of the list for the first time in a century. This time is is said to be able to increase the miles per gallon of a gasoline engine by 40 percent. This princible is possible by a San Diego race car designer who will implement the steam power in a hybrid gas -steam engine.




The new Boeing planes, the 787, have not even been released yet but it made it onto the list. The planes will be able to run on 20 percent less fuel as well as provide its passangers with larger windows, better humidity and pressure, as well as more leg room.




The book atm is essentially a kiosk that will deliver any book to a customer in around three minutes. The machine is a super fast printer that makes hard to find book titles a cinch to purchase. Just slide your credit card, punch in the book, and in about three minutes your book will be made, cover and all. The machine currently cost around $50,000.




Also invented this year is reusable paper. The ink when printed on this sheet will disappear within 24 hours when exposed to light because of a new material embedded in the paper's surface.




Organic screens, theorized for years has this year finaly become a reality. These are screens, just like any other but the only difference is they are fully flexable. Imagine a newspaper that is really a full digital screen that is equipped with videos and is constantly updated throughout the day. This time is now.




The greatest invention of the year, according to Time, is of course the Iphone.




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