“The economy may be tanking, but innovation is alive and well. Here’s our countdown of what rocked our world in 2008 — and what will change yours in 2009 and beyond,” Priya Ganapati reports for Wired.
Wired’s Top Technology Breakthroughs of 2008:
10. Flexible Displays
09. Edible Chips
08. Speedo LZR
07. Flash Memory
06. GPS
05. The Memristor
04. Video-Capable SLRs
03. USB 3.0
02. Android
01. Apple’s App Store
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“06. GPS”
Yes, of course that great 2008 breakthrough, it came right before the introduction of the Commodore 64 and the wheel
From the article, Android’s “the first mobile OS to make its debut in years.”
So the iPhone’s using PalmOS?
No, the iPhone runs windows, because bill gates really wrote OS X and then gave it to apple.
I’d put the memristor at #1, and the app store at #2. I’m not sure any of the others belong on this list at all.
-jcr
Edible chips? Are those made out of potatoes?