🧠 Inventions of 2011
Breakthroughs and everyday innovations from the year.
1 
Voice Assistant (Siri)
2 
Cloud Storage Consumer Services
3 
Electric Vehicle Supercharging
4 
Mobile Payment Systems
5 
Social Messaging Apps
6 
Genome Sequencing Cost Reduction
7 
Digital News Aggregation
8 
Autonomous Vehicle Research Program
9 
Smart Home Automation Platforms
10 
Medical Robotic Surgery Expansion
The Sounds of
The biggest hits of the year — Top 10 Pop & Country chart toppers
HEADLINES ON October 11, 2011
Full News Archive
- Headline: New Music from Idol Alumni. Impact: If Scotty McCreery's album had never dropped, we might have avoided the 'American Idol' dominance in pop culture, leading to an alternate universe where talent shows are actually about talent and not just marketable faces. Imagine a world where karaoke bars are the pinnacle of musical achievement!. Fact: Did you know that Scotty McCreery’s voice is so deep that it’s rumored to be the reason why some fish in nearby lakes have started singing in bass? Music truly does have a ripple effect!.
- Headline: Volcker Rule Proposed to Curb Bank Risks. Impact: With the Volcker Rule in place, banks became slightly less reckless—at least until they found new creative ways to be reckless. This led to a world where the term 'too big to fail' became synonymous with 'too big to care,' resulting in the eventual rise of cats as the only trusted financial advisors.. Fact: Did you know that Volcker once attempted to set a world record for the longest time spent not breaking the bank? Spoiler: he failed miserably because the banks just wouldn’t stop trying to break things!.
Wall Street Time Machine
The Right Call: If you'd invested $1,000 in any one of these companies in 2011, here's what it would be worth in 2025.
Rank #1
NVDA
NVIDIA
Price in 2011
$0.36
Value in 2025
$480,243
NVIDIA - If you invested $1,000 in 2011, it would be worth $480,243 today (480.2x return)
🦸 Top 5 Comics
Detective Comics #1
$1,500,000
Action Comics #1
$8,000
Ultimate Fallout #4
$1,500
Batman #1
$2,220,000
Justice League #1
$750
🧸 Top 5 Toys
LEGO Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu
$20.00
Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure
$200.00
Monster High Dolls
$150.00
LeapPad Explorer
$50.00
Beyblade: Metal Fusion
$150.00
🎮 Top 5 Video Games
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
$200.00
Portal 2
$30.00
Dark Souls
$200.00
Batman: Arkham City
$16.00
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
$200.00
⚾ Top 5 Trading Cards
2011 Topps Update Mike Trout #US175
$2,000
2011 Panini National Treasures Cam Newton RPA #328
$3,000
2011 Bowman Chrome Bryce Harper Autograph #BCP111
$9,716
2011 Panini Gold Standard Kobe Bryant #24
$1,500
2011 Magic: The Gathering - New Phyrexia's Karn Liberated
$250