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
Back It Up
The chic Iomega eGo portable hard drive ($140) holds 160 GB—up to 640,000 photos, say, or 2,900 hours of music. Simply plug it into a USB port, then drag and drop files to copy them over. Should it fall off your desk, the shock-absorbing case will keep its precious contents safe.
iomega.com/ego
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