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🆕 blog! “Looking Back at the Best Inventions of 2001”
While looking down the back of the Internet for something or other, I stumbled across Time Magazine's Best Inventions of 2001.
It has been a quarter of a century since 2001 (!!) so that's a good excuse to look back at what stood the test of time. The article states:
Inventions come in all shapes and sizes. Some are as…
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@Edent Over the holidays in Canada I saw a few people controlling what looked like heated socks from their phones. So that's definitely around.
Interesting that the office robot was supposed to be from the now defunct iRobot.
Fun list to work through with hindsight.
@Edent I think the rental electric scooters and bikes that are widely available in cities can be considered part of the impact of the Segway. There is a backlash against them, but there is a lot of potential for using them for low-impact last mile transport.
