Best of What's New 2008

Best of What's New 2008

Best Of What's New 2008
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For decades, we've fantasized about watching paper-thin TVs, soaring hundreds of feet with personal jetpacks, riding in cars that drive themselves, and re-growing organs. The 21st annual Best of What's New celebrates all of those dreams coming true. Take a look around here to learn about these achievements and 96 other breakthroughs that, whether long awaited or completely unexpected, are equally amazing. Photos, video, galleries, and more: it's Best of What's New 2008.

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Innovator Profiles

  • Security

    A Dad Who Fought Back

    When Brian Hart lost his son to a roadside ambush in Iraq, he channeled his grief into creating an affordable robot that defuses bombs so the troops don’t have to
  • Health

    Making All the Right Calls

    An engineer and his students turn the cellphone into a lifesaving medical imager
  • Engineering

    The Bamboo Builder

    Yan Xiao found a way to turn China’s abundant and fast-growing bamboo fields into buildings and bridges
  • Aviation & Space

    The DIY Flier

    A New Zealand inventor has spent most of his life on the ultimate garage project: a jetless jetpack that will carry him hundreds of feet in the air. Now he’s ready to fly