Best Inventions
Best inventions from Time magazine
http://www.time.com/time/2001/inventions/
http://www.time.com/time/2002/inventions/
http://www.time.com/time/2003/inventions/
http://www.time.com/time/2004/inventions/
http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1129516,00.html
http://www.time.com/time/2005/techbuyers/
Sites about some inventions
ENV bike ( fuel cell motorbike) http://www.intelligent-energy.com/index_article.asp?SecID=15&secondlevel=798
Life Straw (personal water purification system) http://www.lifestraw.com
HAL : Hybrid Assistive Limb (robotic exoskeleton) http://sanlab.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/indexE.html
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/mech-tech/mg18624945.800
NEMO (inflatable tent) http://nemoequipment.com/home.asp
One-Time-Use Video Camcorder http://www.letsgodigital.org/en/news/articles/story_3433.html
SeaLife DC500 ( underwater digital camera ) http://sealife-cameras.com/
SCOOBA (floor washing robot) http://irobot.com/sp.cfm?pageid=128
PackBot EOD ( assist with Explosive Ordnance Disposal) http://www.irobot.com/sp.cfm?pageid=138
Globalflyer (nonstop, nonrefueling plane) http://globalflyer.com/
AntWorks (ant farm) http://fascinations.com/unique-toys-gifts/antworks.htm
Hand Roll Piano http://www.yamano-music.com/docs/hard/handroll_piano_e.html
MaxSight (tinted contact lenses from Nike) http://www.nike.com/nikevision/main.html#section=product&subSection=product_maxsight
PapeRo (child care robot) http://www.incx.nec.co.jp/robot/english/childcare/cando.html
Pneumatic Elevator http://www.daytonaelevator.com/Pneumatic%20Vacuum%20Elevator%20Main%20Page.htm
GoCar ( GPS-guided storytelling car) http://www.gocarsf.com
Invisibility Cloaks http://science.howstuffworks.com/invisibility-cloak.htm
Dean Kamen's Ibot and Segway
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2001/02/02/60II/main269165.shtml
http://www.independencenow-europe.com/
http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,186660-2,00.html
http://web.mit.edu/invent/www/ima/samplepages/kamen.pdf
http://hcs.harvard.edu/~hsr/pdfsspring2002/shen-zhao57-60.pdf