The Best Inventions Of The Year

From the phone that has changed phones forever, to futuristic cars, to a building made of water, to a remote-controlled dragonfly—a dazzling display of ingenuity

—By Maryanne Murray Buechner, Kristina Dell, Andrea Dorfman, Lev Grossman, Anita Hamilton, Rebecca Winters Keegan, Jeffrey Kluger, Michael D. Lemonick, Coco Masters, Lisa McLaughlin, Alice Park, Julie Rawe and Deirdre van Dyk

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Ian Wilmut (1944- ) & Keith Campbell (1954- )

By (1944- ); (1954- ) Thursday, Nov. 01, 2007

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Wilmut (above) and Campbell created a sensation by cloning the first mammal from an adult somatic cell, a sheep named Dolly. She lived less than seven years.

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