Best Inventions of 2006

It's been an interesting year in technology. Nintendo invented a video game you control with a magic wand. A new kind of car traveled 3,145 miles on a single gallon of gas. A robot learned to ride a bike and somebody came up with a nanofabric umbrella that doesn't stay wet

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Finder of Lost Gloves

best inventions 2006 loc8tor

For years, people prayed to St. Anthony for help finding misplaced items. Now you can attach radio-frequency-emitting tags to your most losable possessions. When something is missing, fire up the Loc8tor, and it points you in the right direction--not just left or right, but up or down too. It homes in to within an inch of your item, while the tag itself emits helpful beeps. The only thing the system can't do is locate the Loc8tor itself. For that you still need St. Anthony.

Inventor: Loc8tor
Availability: Now; $190
To learn more visit loc8tor.com

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