Best Inventions of 2007

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

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I Can See Clearly Now

Lucky Imaging Inventors Inventions Best of the Rest 2007

Lucky Imaging

Space-based telescopes like the Hubble are sharp and clear — no atmosphere in the way — but expensive. The Lucky Camera works with conventional telescopes, on the ground. It snaps up to 20 images per sec., sorts out the best ones and combines them into a picture sharper than the Hubble's at 1/50,000 the cost.
Available: Prototype; could be widely available by 2009
Lucky Website

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