Just last week, Time announced what they considered the 50 most important technological breakthroughs of 2008. Not to be outdone, today Popular Science has named their 100 “Best of What’s New.” Unlike Time, PopSci has categorized their awards into achievements in Automotive, Aviation & Space, Computing, Engineering, Gadgets (of course!), Green Tech, Home Entertainment, Home Tech, Health, Recreation and Security. But you’ve had enough of a tease; you just want to see the winners:
Automotive
BMW 7 Series Sign Reading Camera
Audi Harmonic Drive Steering
Infiniti EX-35 Self-Healing Paint
Ford Eco-Boost Engine
Mercedes SL63 Speedshift
Aviation & Space
Large Binocular Telescope
Boeing Advanced Technical Laser
Pipistrel Taurus Electro
Computing
Maxis’ Spore
Adobe AIR
Engineering
Hillman Composite Beams
Glubam’s quick assembly bridge
Kajima’s new demolition method
Gadgets
3M MPro 110
Vision Research’s V12 Camera
Green Technology
Serious Materials EcoRock
Envirofit Clean Indoor Cookstove
Enphase Energy Micro-Inverter System
Mariah Power Windspire
Home Entertainment
Lucas Arts’ Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Sony BDV-IT1000ES Home Theater System
Home Technology
Honeywell Specialty Materials Storm-a-Rest
Craftsman VibraFree Sander
Home Comfort Zones MyTemp
Festool Lapex Miter Saw
Remington PowerMower
Gorilla Super Glue
FreshAire Paint
PF WaterWorks PermaFLOW
Personal Health
Recellularized Heart
CellScope
SensAble
Toshiba Aquilion One CT
Fraunhofer Institute’s Magnet-Controlled Gut Camera
BioXcell INVOcell Fertility Assist Device
Pro-Neck-Tor
Electronic Taste Chip
Hewlett Packard Smart Drug Delivery
Recreation
Shimano Dura-Ace 7900 Di2 Electronic Shifting Components
Poseidon Mk IV Discovery Rebreather
Schoeller Cold Black
Atomic Double Deck Skis
Therm-a-Rest NeoAir Sleep Pad
O’Neill XDS-Air Insulated Neoprene
Energy Integration Technology Aevex Gloves
Security
Thruvision T5000 Camera
Noblepeak Vision Triwave
Rotundus GroundBot
Ingenia Technology Laser Surface Authentication System
Lumidigm Venus Series Sensors
Raytheon Controlled Impact Rescue Tool (CIRT)
Landshark IED Robot
RedX Spray-On Bomb Detector
ARA Safety FIT-5
The Streetlab Mobile
So what do you think? Was PopSci dead on or dead wrong? Lay it out in the comments. We were personally affronted that disemvowling didn’t make this particular list. [PopSci]
