🧠 Inventions of 2014
Breakthroughs and everyday innovations from the year.
1 
Virtual Reality Headsets
2 
Mobile Payment Platforms
3 
Cloud-Based Big Data Analytics
4 
Autonomous Drone Technology
5 
Smart Home Voice Control
6 
Electric Vehicle Autopilot Systems
7 
Digital Health Wearables
8 
Streaming Live Video
9 
Online Marketplace Platforms
10 
Medical Genomic Editing Refinement
The Sounds of
The biggest hits of the year — Top 10 Pop & Country chart toppers
HEADLINES ON January 22, 2014
Full News Archive
- Headline: Unemployment Benefits Facing Major Cuts. Impact: Cutting aid to the jobless led to a nationwide trend of people developing an uncanny ability to juggle flaming torches while looking for work. Who knew unemployment could be such a circus?. Fact: Did you know that in 2020, unemployment benefits were actually extended? Yeah, it was like one of those rare solar eclipses where people thought, 'Wow, I actually might be able to pay rent!'.
- Headline: $2 Billion Deal in Works for Puerto Rico. Impact: The $2 billion deal for Puerto Rico led to an unexpected boom in financial advisors moving to the island, hoping to surf on the waves of debt and crisis. They soon realized it was more like surfing on a tsunami.. Fact: Did you know that Puerto Rico's financial crisis was so bad that even Monopoly money refused to invest? Now that's a low blow!.
- Headline: Knicks Have a Star Magnet: Courtside Seats. Impact: The Knicks' obsession with celebrity fans created a ripple effect, leading to the birth of a new sport: Celebrity Fan Hunting. It’s like Pokémon Go, but with more overpriced nachos and fewer actual sports.. Fact: Did you know that courtside seats at a Knicks game are the only place where you can simultaneously witness a basketball game and an audition for reality TV? Talk about multitasking!.
🦸 Top 5 Comics
Ms. Marvel #1
$4,000
The Wicked + The Divine #1
$25
Batman #28
$3,000
Edge of Spider-Verse #2
$75
Saga #23
$15
🧸 Top 5 Toys
Frozen Sing-Along Elsa Doll
$150.00
LEGO Minecraft The Mine
$125.00
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Action Figures
$250.00
Zoomer Dino - Boom
$75.00
Nerf Mega ThunderBow Blaster
$150.00
🎮 Top 5 Video Games
Destiny
$550.00
Mario Kart 8
$200.00
Dark Souls II
$200.00
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
$50.00
Dragon Age: Inquisition
$200.00
⚾ Top 5 Trading Cards
2014 Magic: The Gathering Black Lotus Vintage Masters
$3,000,000
2014 Panini Prizm World Cup Prizms Gold Cristiano Ronaldo
$162,000
2014 Topps Chrome Mike Trout #1 Black Refractor
$1,500
2014 Pokémon XY Flashfire Charizard EX #11
$465.00
2014 Panini Prizm NBA Prizms Black Kobe Bryant #66
$5,000