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Inventions of the Year 2001
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Inventions of the Year 2001

Time.com has a very interesting feature on inventions of the year. The list is funny to scan through anyway, but some caught my attention by using AI...

Optically Guided Bus
http://www.time.com/time/2001/inventions/go/inbus.html
A bus that uses computer vision together with motion control and obstacle avoidance schemes to drive through town.

Disposable Cell Phone
http://www.time.com/time/2001/inventions/basics/indisposable.html
A small mobile phone that uses voice recognition to dial the numbers, hence avoiding the need for an expensive keyboard.

Office Co-Worker
http://www.time.com/time/2001/inventions/robots/inirobot.html
I'm not quite sure what she does actually, appart from look around and avoid walls!

Slug Bot
http://www.time.com/time/2001/inventions/robots/inslugbot.html
We've mentioned this guy in the news before, but he's obviously so cool he deserves to be in the invention of the year section! A bot that detects slugs with sensors, picks them up, and disposes of them.

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Thursday 22 November, 06:24
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