🧠 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 December 10, 2011
Full News Archive
- Headline: Diverse Rap Styles at Glasslands Gallery. Impact: If G-Side, Cities Aviv, and eXquire hadn't rocked the stage that night, who knows? Maybe we'd all be speaking in 90s pop lyrics instead of rap verses. You're welcome, world.. Fact: Did you know Brooklyn's Glasslands Gallery was an actual gallery? Because judging by the hip-hop scene, it seemed more like a portal to a parallel universe of coolness..
- Headline: Understanding Japanese Internment at Heart Mountain. Impact: The Heart Mountain Interpretive Learning Center might just be the reason for a resurgence in empathy in future generations—because learning from the past is so last century.. Fact: Did you know that heart mountain isn't actually a mountain of hearts? Just a little disappointing, right?.
- Headline: Swatch, Supplier to Rivals, Now Aims to Cut Them Off. Impact: Swatch's decision to cut off sales to competitors could lead to a watch industry civil war. Who knew timepieces could be so dramatic? Tick-tock, the drama clock is ticking!. Fact: Did you know that Swatch's name was derived from 'Second Watch'? Because they clearly didn’t think 'Time to be a Bully' would sell as well..
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