Time - Best Inventions of 2006

Time has released it's annual "best inventions of the year feature". Check it out online here:
http://www.time.com/time/2006/techguide/bestinventions/

Here are some of my favorites:



- This saw senses when it comes into contact with something soft (like a finger) and automatically stops the blade. It must have been a bit of fun testing it, "Hey mate, just stick your finger into this spinning saw blade, Oh argh I was sure I had it right that time, oh well you still have 9 fingers".




- How cool would it be to sleep on a bed suspended from the floor by magnets!





- This machine sucks fresh water out of the air. That has to be the coolest thing since sliced bread.





- This one turns straw into a useful building material. No more big bad wolf stories with this tool in the picture.