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Best Inventions
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The 50 Best Inventions of
2009
At 8:47 a.m. on March 12, fish history happened in Port Lincoln,
Australia. A tankful of southern bluefin tuna — regal, predatory
fish prized for their buttery sashimi meat — began to spawn,
and they didn't stop for more than a month. "People said, 'It
can't be done, it can't be done,'" says Hagen Stehr, founder
of Clean Seas, the Australian company that operates the breeding
facility. "Now we've done it." Scientists believe the
breeding population of the highly migratory southern bluefin has
probably plummeted more than 90% since the 1950s. Others have gotten
Pacific bluefin to spawn and grow in ocean cages, but by coaxing
the notoriously fussy southern bluefin to breed in landlocked tanks,
Clean Seas may finally have given the future of bluefin aquaculture
legs. (Or at least a tail.)
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NASA's Ares Rockets
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The $10 Million Lightbulb
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The Smart Thermostat
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Controller-Free Gaming
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The Telescope for Invisible Stars
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The AIDS Vaccine
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The Electric Eye
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The Personal Carbon Footprint
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The Handheld Ultrasound
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The YikeBike
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Vertical Farming
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The Planetary Skin
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A Watchdog for Financial Products
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The Bladeless Fan
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The Custom Puppy
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The Cyborg Beetle
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The Biotech Stradivarius
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The Nissan Leaf
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The Robo-Penguin
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YouTube Funk
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Dandelion Rubber
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Wooden Bones
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The Living Wall
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The School of One
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The No-Punt Offense
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The Human-Powered Vending Machine
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The Handyman's X-Ray Vision
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Meat Farms
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Packing, Improved
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Foldable Speaker
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The Levitating Mouse
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The Edible Race Car
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The High-Speed Helicopter
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The Supersuit
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The Eyeborg
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Spiderweb Silk
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The Sky King
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The Smart Bullet
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The Fashion Robot
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The 3-D Camera
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The Newest Cloud
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The World's Fastest (Steam-Powered) Car
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