NYT IDEAS OF THE YEAR 2008

An interesting list that includes...

• The implications of dancing cockatoos
• Airbags for the walking elderly
• A bio-mechanical energy harvester (I had trouble with that one the first time around)
• A new+radical auto-engine design that consumes 50% less fuel (Nah, not yet, its just at the R&D stage)
• Endlessly burstable bubble wrap toy - could be only from a company called Mugen Puchi Puchi and only from the country of...Japan!
• The bus wait formula-what if you could minimize the time you wait for a bus?
• How real warmth (as in heat) melts a cold heart- no, seriously!
• The best way for a goalkeeper to stop penalty kicks is to stay still?!?
• Crows with vending machines of their own
• Spray-on condoms
• Moonvertising - yes, lasers on the moon that spell,what else, COKE!
• Minicattle
• And a national 10% off sale,thats likely to work better than the eco-stimulus cash that the US Govt sends in right now.

The rest of a mostly interesting list is here