Inventions & Breakthroughs of May 2007
Gadgets, lab surprises, odd bets, and future-shocks from this slice of the calendar.
1 
Smartphone (iPhone)
2 
Mobile App Store Concept
3 
Cloud-Based Email Hosting
4 
Social Media Advertising
5 
High-Speed Mobile Data (4G Concept)
6 
Digital Mapping Street View
7 
Electric Vehicle Consumer Prototype
8 
Online Video Monetization
9 
Touchscreen Multi-Touch Interface
10 
Medical Wearable Sensors
The Sounds of
Popular recordings and roots/country selections associated with the year
HEADLINES ON May 7, 2007
Full News Archive
- Headline: Clemens Returns to Boost Yankees' Hopes. Impact: Clemens' return sparked a chain reaction of overpriced contracts in sports, leading to the eventual creation of 'Rookie of the Year' salary caps, which still don't prevent teams from overspending on aging stars.. Fact: Did you know that for the price of Clemens' salary, you could have funded a small country's education system for a year? But hey, who needs educated citizens when you have a baseball?.
- Headline: Sabres Surge Past Rangers in Game 6. Impact: The Rangers' defeat inspired the team's mascot to start a motivational speaking career, which ironically helped more players get injured from laughter than from actual games.. Fact: In sports, 'falling behind' is just a fancy way of saying you’re really good at giving your fans a heart attack. Go Rangers!.
- Headline: Spider-Man 3's Record-Breaking Box Office. Impact: The massive success of 'Spider-Man 3' triggered a decade-long obsession with superhero movies, leading to a world where we now have more caped crusaders than actual heroes.. Fact: Did you know that 'Spider-Man 3' was so successful it almost convinced Hollywood to let Tobey Maguire star in everything? Thankfully, sanity prevailed—at least for a while..
Wall Street Time Machine
The Right Call: If you'd invested $1,000 in any one of these companies in 2007, here's what the stored 2025 dataset estimates.
Rank #1
AMZN
Amazon
Price in 2007
$1.93
2025 dataset value
$117,189
Amazon - If you invested $1,000 in 2007, it would be worth $117,189 today (117.2x return)
Rank #3
NFLX
Netflix
Price in 2007
$0.38
2025 dataset value
$247,275
Netflix - If you invested $1,000 in 2007, it would be worth $247,275 today (247.3x return)
🦸 Top 5 Comics
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight #1
$25
The Umbrella Academy #1
$150
Captain America #25
$75,000
Y: The Last Man #60
$150
Amazing Spider-Man #546
$25
🧸 Top 5 Toys
iPod Touch
$2000.00
Transformers Movie Toys
$150.00
Nintendo Wii
$250.00
Hannah Montana Dolls
$150.00
Razor Sole Skate
$400.00
🎮 Top 5 Video Games
BioShock
$55.00
Portal
$200.00
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
$35.00
Super Mario Galaxy
$200.00
Assassin's Creed
$200.00
⚾ Top 5 Trading Cards
2007 Topps Rookie Card Kevin Durant
$30,000
2007 Yu-Gi-Oh! Gold Series Blue-Eyes White Dragon
$26,000
2007 Pokémon Diamond & Pearl Base Set Charizard
$22,100
2007 SP Authentic Adrian Peterson Rookie Card
$1,500
2007 Magic: The Gathering Tarmogoyf
$250,000