🧠 Inventions of 2013
Breakthroughs and everyday innovations from the year.
1 
Autonomous Driving Sensors
2 
Smart Thermostat
3 
Blockchain Smart Contracts
4 
Cloud-Based Office Suites
5 
Voice-Activated Speakers
6 
Electric Bike Systems
7 
Genetic Testing Kits
8 
Digital Wearable Fitness Trackers
9 
Mobile Game Monetization Models
10 
Medical Imaging AI Algorithms
The Sounds of
The biggest hits of the year — Top 10 Pop & Country chart toppers
HEADLINES ON May 19, 2013
Full News Archive
- Headline: Pakistan's Railway Crisis Unveiled. Impact: As Pakistan's railways rusted, the global shipping industry began to heavily invest in air travel, leading to a future where people could fly to avoid traffic. Ironically, that just made everyone late for everything instead.. Fact: Pakistan's railway is so neglected that even the trains have adopted a 'do not disturb' policy..
- Headline: Luxury Towers Transforming New York City. Impact: The luxury tower boom in NYC sparked a trend where each building was required to have its own artisanal avocado toast café. This ultimately led to a crisis where the price of avocados skyrocketed, and millennials couldn't afford rent or brunch.. Fact: If you stacked all the luxury towers in Manhattan, they’d reach the moon. But don’t worry, they’ll just charge you a million bucks for a view of it..
- Headline: Yahoo to Buy Tumblr for $1.1 Billion. Impact: Yahoo's acquisition of Tumblr was the moment when the internet collectively sighed, leading to a future where people pondered if their favorite platforms would just be giant black holes sucking up creativity for profit.. Fact: Buying Tumblr for $1.1 billion makes you realize how much money people are willing to throw at things that, in reality, are just collections of cat memes and existential angst..
🦸 Top 5 Comics
The Walking Dead #115
$2,500
Batman #21
$1,500
Infinity #1
$75
Saga #12
$42,000
Sandman: Overture #1
$50
🧸 Top 5 Toys
Disney Infinity
$300.00
LEGO Minecraft Micro World: The Village
$95.00
Nerf N-Strike Elite Rapidstrike CS-18
$500.00
LeapFrog LeapPad Ultra
$150.00
Barbie Dreamhouse
$750.00
🎮 Top 5 Video Games
The Last of Us
$82.00
Grand Theft Auto V
$90.00
BioShock Infinite
$3.00
Tomb Raider
$200.00
Dota 2
$4,999.99
⚾ Top 5 Trading Cards
2013 Prizm Giannis Antetokounmpo Rookie Card #290
$13,800.00
2013 Magic: The Gathering Black Lotus (from Magic: The Gathering Modern Masters)
$500,000
2013 Pokémon Plasma Storm Charizard Secret Rare #136/135
$1,200
2013 Panini Select Anthony Davis Prizm Gold #30
$185,730
2013 Topps Update Nolan Arenado Rookie Card #US259
$1261