Best Inventions of the Year 2012

Robots, rovers and the rest of 2012's most important innovations, from the affordable to the extreme

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Priceless

Indoor Clouds
Free - $150

The Civilization Starter Kit
The Motion-Activated Screwdriver
LiquiGlide
OraQuick Home HIV Test
Eliodomestico Solar Water Distiller
Enable Talk Gloves
Techpet
Nike Flyknit Racer
$200 - $500

Self-inflating tires
Bounce Imaging
Body Armor for Women
$600 - $3,000

Sony RX100 Digital Camera
Wingsuit Racing
Google Glass
The MakerBot Replicator 2
$22,000 - $750,000

Baxter
The Switchblade Drone
The Tesla Model S
A Drifting Fish Farm
$1 million - $2.5 billion

NASA’s Z-1 Space Suit
Element 113
The Deepsea Challenger Submarine
Bahar Towers
The Curiosity Rover


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