🧠 Inventions of 2007
Breakthroughs and everyday innovations from the year.
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
The biggest hits of the year — Top 10 Pop & Country chart toppers
HEADLINES ON December 18, 2007
Full News Archive
- Headline: Romney's Campaign Legacy from Father to Son. Impact: Romney's campaign echoes through time, leading to a never-ending cycle of political dynasties that make the Kardashians look like amateurs. If only they had stuck to reality TV—less drama, more entertainment!. Fact: Did you know Mitt Romney's father, George, was the first to run for president in a car that wasn't a convertible? Talk about setting the bar low!.
- Headline: New Orleans: A Heartfelt Farewell. Impact: Thousands leaving New Orleans sets off a chain reaction of gentrification that transforms the city into a hipster paradise, where beards and artisanal coffee reign supreme, and jazz is replaced by obscure indie bands.. Fact: Did you know that New Orleans has a 'No Mean People' policy? Too bad they couldn't enforce it on all the politicians!.
- Headline: Laws of Nature, Source Unknown. Impact: The debate over the universe's origins leads to a bizarre cult of people who believe that the universe is just a giant cosmic joke, causing an uptick in tinfoil hat sales and conspiracy theories that make the Flat Earth Society look credible.. Fact: Did you know that some scientists believe the universe could be a hologram? Makes you wonder if that means your life is just a poorly written sci-fi script!.
- Headline: Keeper of an Unlikely Trove, Gutenberg to Warhol. Impact: Dane's dedication to art preservation inspires a group of rebellious teens to start their own library filled with only memes and TikTok videos, inadvertently creating the world’s first digital art museum that no one can find.. Fact: William J. Dane has been a librarian for so long that the only thing older than his collection is the phrase 'shushing people in libraries'!.
Wall Street Time Machine
The Right Call: If you'd invested $1,000 in any one of these companies in 2007, here's what it would be worth in 2025.
Rank #1
AMZN
Amazon
Price in 2007
$1.93
Value in 2025
$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
Value in 2025
$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