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The 50 Best Inventions of 2010

2010 might mark the 25th anniversary of the movie trilogy with a lot of killer inventions (hoverboards, time traveling cars, down vests), but there are also a lot of pretty sweet gadgets that got invented this year. Time Magazine's 50 Best Inventions of 2010 starts with everyone's favorite fruit branded…

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Blue Barnhouse Greeting Cards

Most people don’t even read greeting cards.  They scan them like they were trying to get through The Great Gatsby.  Why would you waste five bucks on a card that doesn’t even garner a reaction when you could spend the same amount on one that guarantees it?  Blue Barnhouse creates simple,…

By Mike Newman
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ViewSonic 3DV5 Pocket 3D HD Camcorder

Did you see Jaws 3-D and think, “Hey, I could shoot something better than this in 3D?!” Well, unless you were planning on filming yourself going to the bathroom, you were probably right, and now you can prove it. The ViewSonic 3DV5 is a pocket-sized camcorder that lets you take videos…

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Music by Andrew Zuckerman

It took over four years to create the Discovery Channel miniseries “Life” in part because it had such an all-encompassing title.  If it was called “Animals Doing Stuff” it could have been shot in a week at the zoo.  Andrew Zuckerman has a knack for setting the bar high like this…

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SURLY Jethro Tule Bottle Opener

You could slap a bottle opener on just about anything and make it better – a belt buckle, TV remote, baby stroller – but most of the time it’s more for a laugh than anything else.  When you’re doing some real work, however, and you’ve got your toolset out, having…

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