🧠 Inventions of 2003
Breakthroughs and everyday innovations from the year.
1 
Social Media Platform (MySpace)
2 
Voice Search Technology
3 
Electric Hybrid Vehicle (Prius)
4 
Online Video Streaming Platform
5 
3D Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
6 
Wi-Fi Home Routers
7 
Open-Source Web Browser (Firefox)
8 
Digital Rights Management Systems
9 
Medical Electronic Health Records
10 
Spam Filtering Algorithms
HEADLINES ON December 3, 2003
Full News Archive
- Headline: Jim Crace: The Outsider Novelist. Impact: Jim Crace's refusal to share his life story led to the rise of countless aspiring novelists who realized that being a 'perpetual outsider' is a great marketing strategy. Thanks, Jim, for making introversion trendy!. Fact: Crace's books are so moral that reading them might actually make you a better person. Just don't expect him to spill any tea about his own life..
- Headline: Chocolate Revolution in Fine Tasting. Impact: The rise of boutique chocolatiers means that one day, humans may actually be able to taste feelings. Imagine a chocolate that tastes like 'existential dread'—it’s only a matter of time!. Fact: Chocolate tasting is now a serious business. Remember when it was just a guilty pleasure? Now it's practically a competitive sport!.
- Headline: Struggles of New York Sports Museum. Impact: The New York Sports Museum’s struggle led to the birth of countless memes about how sports museums are just places where dreams go to die. Welcome to the Hall of Fame of Unfulfilled Potential!. Fact: The Sports Museum is fighting for funds like it’s on a reality TV show. Spoiler alert: they’re not winning any popularity contests!.
Wall Street Time Machine
The Right Call: If you'd invested $1,000 in any one of these companies in 2003, here's what it would be worth in 2025.
Rank #1
AAPL
Apple
Price in 2003
$0.22
Value in 2025
$1,226,446
Apple - If you invested $1,000 in 2003, it would be worth $1,226,446 today (1226.4x return)
🦸 Top 5 Comics
The Walking Dead #1
$75
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume II #3
$50
Y: The Last Man #10
$80
1602 #1
$30
Green Arrow #26
$150
🧸 Top 5 Toys
Beyblade: Metal Fusion
$300.00
Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game
$300.00
RoboSapien
$200.00
Bratz Dolls
$150.00
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 Series)
$200.00
🎮 Top 5 Video Games
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
$150.00
Call of Duty
$100.25
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
$609.50
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
$60.00
Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
$80.00
⚾ Top 5 Trading Cards
LeBron James 2003-04 Topps Chrome Rookie Card #111
$250,000
2003-04 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection LeBron James Rookie Patch Auto #78
$2,400,000
2003-04 Topps Chrome Refractor Dwyane Wade Rookie Card #114
$1,504.99
2003-04 Upper Deck SP Authentic Carmelo Anthony Rookie Auto #148
$19,544
2003-04 Fleer Ultra Gold Medallion LeBron James Rookie Card #171
$800