Every year, TIME highlights inventions that are making the world better, smarter and even a bit more fun. To assemble our 2020 list, TIME solicited nominations both from their editors and correspondents around the world, and through an online application process. They then evaluated each contender on key factors, including originality, creativity, effectiveness, ambition andContinue reading “TIME Magazine 100 Best Inventions of 2020”
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The 25 Best Inventions of 2014
Welcome to TIME’s annual round-up of the best inventions making the world better, smarter and—in some cases—a little more fun. Check out the list HERE. The Real-Life Hoverboard The Hendo Hoverboard ($10,000)—a type of skateboard that levitates like a magic carpet—had been a pipe dream since its fictional debut in 1989’s Back to the FutureContinue reading “The 25 Best Inventions of 2014”
The 25 Best Inventions of 2013
What makes an invention great? Sometimes it solves a problem you didn’t think could be solved. Skyscrapers can’t turn invisible. Pens can’t write in midair. Paraplegics can’t walk. Except now they can. And sometimes an invention solves a problem you didn’t know you had. Maybe you didn’t realize you needed to eat a doughnut andContinue reading “The 25 Best Inventions of 2013”