🧠 Inventions of 2012
Breakthroughs and everyday innovations from the year.
1 
Deep Learning Neural Networks
2 
Cloud-Based Streaming Music
3 
Electric Vehicle Performance Sedan (Model S)
4 
3D Printing Consumer Adoption
5 
Mobile App Economy Expansion
6 
CRISPR Gene Editing Concept
7 
Smartwatch Concept
8 
Digital Wallet Services
9 
Online Video Streaming Original Content
10 
Medical Telehealth Platforms
The Sounds of
The biggest hits of the year — Top 10 Pop & Country chart toppers
HEADLINES ON August 27, 2012
Full News Archive
- Headline: Back-to-School Shopping Trends Shift. Impact: This back-to-school shopping delay could lead to a future where kids start their own 'anti-consumerism' movement, complete with tie-dye shirts and handmade backpacks. Thanks, capitalism!. Fact: The phrase 'Back to School' is just a fancy term for 'let's spend money we don't have.'.
- Headline: Nick Watney Wins Barclays Championship. Impact: Nick Watney's victory could lead to a future where everyone suddenly thinks they're a golf prodigy. Get ready for a surge in high school golf teams and overpriced golf clubs.. Fact: Fun fact: Golf is the only sport where you can yell ‘fore!’ as a warning and still be completely ignored by everyone on the course..
- Headline: A Regulator’s Key Role in Failed Mutual Fund Reform. Impact: This regulator's failure to act set off a chain reaction that led to a series of financial crises, proving once again that ignoring problems is the best way to let them fester. Thanks, Luis!. Fact: If only we could regulate the regulators; I hear they’re great at dodging responsibility!.
🦸 Top 5 Comics
The Walking Dead #100
$3,000
Saga #1
$75
Avengers vs. X-Men #1
$20
Batman #5
$33,333
Before Watchmen: Minutemen #1
$20
🧸 Top 5 Toys
Skylanders Giants
$200.00
LeapPad2
$75.00
Nerf N-Strike Elite Hail-Fire Blaster
$75.00
Lego Ninjago Epic Dragon Battle
$150.00
Monster High Dolls
$150.00
🎮 Top 5 Video Games
Journey
$85.00
The Walking Dead
$35.00
Dishonored
$30.00
Far Cry 3
$80.00
Mass Effect 3
$30.00
⚾ Top 5 Trading Cards
2012 Panini Prizm Prizms Gold LeBron James #1
$30,000
2012 Topps Update Mike Trout #US144
$3,054.20
2012 Panini National Treasures Anthony Davis RPA #101
$50,000
2012 Yugioh! Duelist Alliance Ghost Rare Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon
$200