Best of What's New
The editors of Popular Science pick the year's top 100 innovations in the worlds of gadgets, aviation, engineering, health, and beyond. Est. 1988.
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The best entertainment tech of the year
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2017’s coolest tech for your home
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The year’s most exciting innovations in software
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The year’s most important innovations in security
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The 12 most important health innovations of the year
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The top 11 innovations in recreation this year
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The 100 greatest innovations of 2017
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The 100 Greatest Innovations Of 2016
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Humans don’t know how to drive self-driving cars
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The 11 Greatest Gadgets Of 2016
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The 10 Greatest Home Innovations Of The Year
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The 9 Most Important Security Innovations Of The Year
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The 11 Greatest Engineering Innovations Of 2016
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The 11 Greatest Innovations In Entertainment This Year
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How An Axe-Handle Bat Is Going To Take Over Baseball
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The 10 Greatest Automotive Innovations Of 2016
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Q&A: How ‘Star Wars’ Creators Made BB-8 Into A Robot Icon
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What We’ve Learned From The Pluto Flyby
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The 100 Greatest Innovations Of 2015
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Home
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Health
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IMAX 3D Camera
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Google Cardboard Is Virtual Reality On A Budget
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Top aerospace innovations of 2014
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Top home innovations of 2014
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Top health innovations of 2014
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Top auto innovations of 2014
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Top hardware innovations of 2014
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Top green innovations of 2014
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Top entertainment innovations in 2014
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Top software innovations of 2014
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A Genetic Fog Machine That Tags Criminals
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The 100 Greatest Innovations Of The Year
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The First Home Iris Scanner
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The Top 25 Innovations of the Last 25 Years
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Looking Back at the 100 Best Innovations of 2009
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