The 50 Best Inventions of 2010

Flying cars! Jet packs! Lasers that zap malaria-carrying mosquitoes! Here are the year's biggest (and coolest) breakthroughs in science, technology and the arts.

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Technology

• iPad
• Flipboard
• Looxcie
• Kickstarter
• Square
• Sony Alpha A55 Camera

Transportation

• Amtrak's Beef-Powered Train
• Google's Driverless Car
• Martin Jetpack
• Edison2
• Antro Electric Car
• Electric-Car Charging Stations
• The Straddling Bus
• Road-Embedded Rechargers
• Terrafugia Transition
• The Plastic-Bottle Boat

Health & Medicine

• The Malaria-Proof Mosquito and The Mosquito Laser
• NeoNurture Incubator
• eLegs Exoskeleton
• EyeWriter

Bioengineering

• First Synthetic Cell
• Lab-Grown Lungs
• 3-D Bioprinter
• Faster-Growing Salmon

Green Energy

• Deep Green Underwater Kite
• Body Powered Devices
• Power-Aware Cord
• Bloom Box
• The (Almost) Waterless Washing Machine

Clothing

• BioCouture
• Spray-On Fabric
• The Plastic-Fur Coat
• Woolfiller

Robots/Software

• The Deceitful Robot
• The English-Teaching Robot
• Lifeguard Robot
• Sarcasm Detection

Military

• Super Super Soaker
• Less Dangerous Explosives
• The X-51A WaveRider
• X-Flex Blast Protection
• Iron Man Suit

Miscellaneous

• The Seed Cathedral
• STS-111 Instant Infrastructure
• Better 3-D Glasses
• Responsible Homeowner Reward Program
• Sugru

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