The 50 Best Inventions of 2009


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I wonder if Times is related to the New York Post.

Research on many of the claimed inventions for 2009 did not occur in 2009. A classic example is the teleportation. It is an IBM Fellowship program done at IBM Japan in the latter nineties.

Though, I do not read this rag sheet [magazine] or have a subscription, a thorough research by the editors in providing 2009 inventions vice patents that had occurred in the past. Perhaps, it is more of a deception in gaining readership from the title than providing truism in the content. ^_^

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Land Speed Record

In August 2009, the British Steam Car, driven by Charles Burnett III, smashed a record that had stood for a century: the land-speed record for a steam-powered car. Burnett drove his vehicle on a track at Edwards Air Force Base at an average of 139.843 mph, breaking a record set in 1906 by Fred Marriott, who drove his Stanley Steamer Rocket at 127.659 mph.

Read more: A Steam-Powered Car Sets a Land Speed Record - Photo Essays - TIME

Makes you wonder what criteria Time uses, to determine what is 'best"?

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