Time Magazine's 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

Expert Picks
•Movies
•Music
•Politics
•Comedy
•Kitchen

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