Grand Awards

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  Auto Tech

  2010 Mercedes S400 BlueHybrid

  The hybrid of the future
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  Health

  3M/Littmann Electronic Stethoscope Model 3200 With Zargis Cardioscan

  The scope that never misses a beat
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  Home Tech

  Bosch Full Force Technology

  Nail guns retooled with power, not heft
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  Gadgets

  Canon EOS 5D Mark II

  A still camera changes moviemaking
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  Home Entertainment

  Microsoft Project Natal

  The Xbox ups the Wii’s ante
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  Aviation & Space

  NASA Kepler Space Telescope

  The alien hunter
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  Recreation

  Sea-Doo GTX Limited iS 255

  A personal watercraft puts on the brakes
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  Green Tech

  Steward Advanced Materials Thiol-SAMMS: The Toxin Terminator

  A white powder that can absorb more than half its weight in mercury
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  Computing

  Wolfram Research WolframAlpha

  Delivering answers instead of links
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  Security

  X-Flex Blast Protection System

  The world’s toughest wallpaper