🧠 Inventions of 2010
Breakthroughs and everyday innovations from the year.
1 
Tablet Computer (iPad)
2 
4G LTE Commercial Networks
3 
Cloud Infrastructure Scaling
4 
Electric Vehicle Mass Market (Nissan Leaf)
5 
Social Media Photo Sharing (Instagram)
6 
Smart TV Platforms
7 
Voice-Controlled Smart Assistants Concept
8 
Online Ride-Hailing Concept
9 
Medical 3D Imaging Software
10 
Digital Learning Platforms
The Sounds of
The biggest hits of the year — Top 10 Pop & Country chart toppers
HEADLINES ON May 9, 2010
Full News Archive
- Headline: New Challenges in Gulf Oil Spill Containment. Impact: Imagine a world where that dome actually worked. The oil industry might have had a midlife crisis instead of a full-blown existential meltdown, leading to cleaner oceans and perhaps... a rise in dolphin populations that would eventually start their own tech startups. Thanks, oil spill!. Fact: Fun fact: The only thing that spreads faster than oil in the ocean is the panic of investors when they hear about environmental disasters..
- Headline: EU Unveils Ambitious Rescue Package. Impact: This $957 billion rescue package not only helped stabilize the market but also inadvertently funded countless memes about how Europe has more money to throw around than your average college student. It's all fun and games until someone starts a meme economy.. Fact: Did you know that if you stacked $957 billion in $100 bills, it would reach a height that could rival the Eiffel Tower? And we just thought it was a rescue package!.
Wall Street Time Machine
The Right Call: If you'd invested $1,000 in any one of these companies in 2010, here's what it would be worth in 2025.
Rank #1
TSLA
Tesla
Price in 2010
$1.59
Value in 2025
$303,497
Tesla - If you invested $1,000 in 2010, it would be worth $303,497 today (303.5x return)
Rank #2
NVDA
NVIDIA
Price in 2010
$0.42
Value in 2025
$410,895
NVIDIA - If you invested $1,000 in 2010, it would be worth $410,895 today (410.9x return)
🦸 Top 5 Comics
Batman and Robin #16
$300
The Walking Dead #78
$50
Morning Glories #1
$50
X-Men: Second Coming #1
$15
Thor #615
$1,200
🧸 Top 5 Toys
iPad
$90.00
Leapster Explorer
$75.00
Squinkies
$25.00
Sing-a-ma-jigs!
$75.00
Nerf N-Strike Stampede ECS
$150.00
🎮 Top 5 Video Games
Red Dead Redemption
$63.96
Mass Effect 2
$65.00
Super Mario Galaxy 2
$22.00
Call of Duty: Black Ops
$130.00
Limbo
Unknown
⚾ Top 5 Trading Cards
Stephen Strasburg 2010 Bowman Chrome Superfractor
$16,000
Mike Trout 2010 Bowman Chrome Prospects Autograph
$20,000
LeBron James & Kobe Bryant 2010 Panini National Treasures Dual Logoman
$250,000
Pikachu Illustrator 2010 Promo
$1,275,000