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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The Kodak EasyShare V1253 (above, $300) shoots 12-megapixel images in wide-screen format (that's 16:9 aspect ratio in geekspeak), so your vacation pics display nicely on your HDTV (dock sold separately; $100). The 8-megapixel Nikon Coolpix S51c ($329) has built-in wi-fi, so you can e-mail snaps right from the camera or beam them to your Flickr account for friends, family and fans to enjoy immediately.
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