Top 10 New World-Changing Innovations of the Year


	Top 10 New World-Changing Innovations of the Year
einbar
10-21-2008 8:03 AM
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2008 Breakthrough Awards /// The Innovators
The early 20th century produced a breathtaking succession of innovations—the Wright Flyer, the Model T, the Panama Canal. It was a golden age of engineering. A century hence, observers may well look back at our era in much the same way: Cars are being reimagined from the wheels up. Advances in solar energy show the way past fossil fuels. And space probes explore planets that could become our future homes. These pages salute the innovators who are inventing the future. Welcome to the new golden age.
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The early 20th century produced a breathtaking succession of innovations</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/research/4286850.html?series=60"><STRONG>These pages salute the innovators who are inventing the future. Welcome to the new golden age.</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/research/4286850.html?series=60"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.popularmechanics.com/img/A0621E5A-2860-45FA-9F76-4B3EB9C73C9E" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/research/4286850.html?series=60"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD><H3>Leadership Award</H3>
<SPAN><STRONG>ENGINEERING FOR A DEVELOPING WORLD</STRONG></SPAN>
<SPAN><STRONG>Innovator:</STRONG></SPAN> Amy B. Smith, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
<SPAN><STRONG>Engineering Equation:</STRONG></SPAN> brilliant design + broad experience in developing countries + passion = a movement to tackle complex problems with simple technology</TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/research/4286850.html?series=60">APTERA VEHICLES
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