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Title: The 50 Best Inventions of 2009
Post by: Clive on November 30, 2009, 18:03

LINK (http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1934027,00.html)

Title: Re: The 50 Best Inventions of 2009
Post by: Rik on November 30, 2009, 18:25

I'm surprised they could find 50...

Title: Re: The 50 Best Inventions of 2009
Post by: Simon on November 30, 2009, 18:58

The electric eye looks promising.  :)

Title: Re: The 50 Best Inventions of 2009
Post by: Rik on November 30, 2009, 19:00

I prefer the London Eye.  ;D

Title: Re: The 50 Best Inventions of 2009
Post by: Simon on November 30, 2009, 19:28

Would you go on it?

Title: Re: The 50 Best Inventions of 2009
Post by: Clive on November 30, 2009, 23:00

No.   ;D

Title: Re: The 50 Best Inventions of 2009
Post by: Simon on November 30, 2009, 23:03

I would, as long as I could sit down.  :)

Title: Re: The 50 Best Inventions of 2009
Post by: Clive on November 30, 2009, 23:09

I've seen too many accidents at our local funfair.  I don't fancy hanging upside down for three hours waiting for the fire service to rescue everyone.   ;D

Title: Re: The 50 Best Inventions of 2009
Post by: Simon on November 30, 2009, 23:11

How can you hang upside down in a glass box?  :laugh:

Title: Re: The 50 Best Inventions of 2009
Post by: Clive on November 30, 2009, 23:15

You can at our local funfair!  Sam took one look and said  :kidding:

Title: Re: The 50 Best Inventions of 2009
Post by: Simon on November 30, 2009, 23:26

Oh, that was probably because the gravitational pull of the earth that day, rendered the ride 0.001365478548% more likely to fail.  ;D

Title: Re: The 50 Best Inventions of 2009
Post by: sam on December 01, 2009, 00:15

all built in China.

Title: Re: The 50 Best Inventions of 2009
Post by: Simon on December 01, 2009, 07:50

;D

Title: Re: The 50 Best Inventions of 2009
Post by: Clive on December 01, 2009, 14:22

Quote from: sam on December 01, 2009, 00:15

all built in China.

Oh come on Sam.  The rides at our funfair predates Chinese civilization!  ;D

Title: Re: The 50 Best Inventions of 2009
Post by: sam on December 01, 2009, 19:43

they predate human civilization too.

Title: Re: The 50 Best Inventions of 2009
Post by: Simon on December 01, 2009, 21:08

 ;D  Not a fan of fun fairs, Sam?

Title: Re: The 50 Best Inventions of 2009
Post by: sam on December 02, 2009, 00:32

Oh I rides etc... but not on things that then drive on the motorway!

Also clive... local fun fair = in wales = bound to be s**te and dangerous.

Title: Re: The 50 Best Inventions of 2009
Post by: Reno on December 02, 2009, 01:12

In 2009, researchers at Yale University created the first rudimentary solid-state quantum processor. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_computer)

Nanoparticles that deliver 2 or more drugs simultaneously could defeat pancreatic cancer. (http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/24022/)

Microcapsules deliver chemo drugs directly to lung tumor. (http://www.medgadget.com/archives/2009/10/microcapsules_deliver_chemo_direct_to_lung_tumor.html)

IBM using nanotech to read DNA, personalize medicine (http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9139015/IBM_using_nanotech_to_read_DNA_personalize_medicine)

Title: Re: The 50 Best Inventions of 2009
Post by: sam on December 02, 2009, 01:31

quantum computing, though a bit of a brain-f***, has to be one of the most anticipated arrivals in computing...