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2019-12-06 08:25:31

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  • Phone apps
  • illustration of a probe nearing the sun
  • a person looking through their Twitter timeline on a phone while on an airplane
  • Paul Alekhin covered in ice and snow on bicycle

    By Jeanette D. Moses/Popular Photography

  • Magic: The Gathering Arena animation.

The 100 greatest innovations of 2019

We take every one of the 100 awards we dole out seriously. That final debate follows hundreds of smaller discussions in meeting rooms, Slack chats, and hallways throughout the year. Dig in, there’s some great stuff in here. Some might even call it “the best.” We sure think so. 

All 100 innovations for Best of What’s New 2019 >>

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  • legs and shoes
  • mechanical keyboard on a desk
  • cleaning surface with microfiber cloth
  • speaker and book on top of toilet
  • The 10 best health products and innovations of the year
  • It’s easy to get excited about a shiny new device. But this year, some of the most important advances in the gadget world didn’t arrive in thoughtfully designed, sustainably sourced packaging. In fact, several of the biggest steps forward enhance the networks and engineering infrastructure that underpin our increasingly connected world. But don’t worry, we included some unboxing-video-worthy gizmos too.

    By Stan Horaczek and Corinne Iozzio

  • The coolest automotive innovations of 2019

    By Dan Carney and Chuck Squatriglia

  • The best entertainment innovations of 2019

    By Stan Horaczek and Corinne Iozzio

  • The most important security advancements of 2019

    By Eric Adams and Chuck Squatriglia

  • The best recreation innovations of 2019

    By Rob Verger and Stan Horaczek

"I was always very interested in science, and I knew that for me, science was a better long-term career than tennis."

–Sally Ride

  • Best of What's New - Aerospace
  • The greatest engineering innovations of 2019
  • Tovala smart oven
  • a power plant spews smoke into an orange sky

Videos

Naked mole rats look like walking steamed spring rolls (with tails). But, beneath their translucent skin, they have a 35 million year old superpower: they are super carbon dioxide breathers (trust us, they’re joining the Avengers). 

THE MOLE—as in 6.02214076×10^23, the unit in chemistry used to count really really tiny stuff like atoms and molecules.

  • Moleskine Smart Writing Set
  • STEP-UP students take a tour of Washington D.C.
  • Typing review Cyber Monday
  • PreP HIV antiretroviral drugs
  • Riot Police uses a water canon and tear gas against demonstrators during a protest against the rising of the fuel and oil prices by people wearing yellow vests.