Inventions & Breakthroughs of February 2020
Gadgets, lab surprises, odd bets, and future-shocks from this slice of the calendar.
1 
mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine
2 
Remote Work Collaboration Platforms
3 
AI Image Generation Models
4 
5G Smartphone Adoption
5 
Contactless Payment Expansion
6 
Telehealth Platforms Scale-Up
7 
Autonomous Delivery Robots
8 
Edge AI Computing
9 
Digital Contact Tracing Apps
10 
Cloud Gaming Platforms
The Sounds of
Popular recordings and roots/country selections associated with the year
HEADLINES ON February 11, 2020
Full News Archive
- Headline: ICE Shooting Sparks Trump-NYC Tensions. Impact: This tragic event could potentially lead to an alternate timeline where Brooklyn becomes the epicenter of a new revolution, complete with artisanal coffee shops and protest poetry slam nights. The hipster uprising is imminent!. Fact: In a bizarre twist of fate, the phrase 'Fighting in Brooklyn' might become a new Olympic sport. Who knew politics could be so... athletic?.
- Headline: A New Book Asks: Just How Machiavellian Was Machiavelli?. Impact: This inquiry might spark a global movement where people start questioning the motives of every leader, leading to widespread paranoia and the invention of 'Machiavelli-ometers' to gauge political integrity. Who wouldn't want to measure their government on a scale of conniving to benevolent?. Fact: Machiavelli once said, 'The ends justify the means,' which is probably how he justified all those awkward family dinners..
- Headline: She Wants to Break Up Big Everything. Impact: If successful, this movement could lead to a reality where every single corporation is divided into its own tiny enterprise. Think of the chaos: Starbucks could end up being just a chain of tiny coffee stands run by hipsters who only accept Bitcoin.. Fact: When Sarah Miller talks about breaking up big corporations, she means making them as fragmented as your cousin's explanations about cryptocurrency at Thanksgiving dinner..
🦸 Top 5 Comics
Batman #92
$50
Thor #5
$42,000
Strange Adventures #1
$400
Venom #25
$50
Something is Killing the Children #7
$450
🧸 Top 5 Toys
Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo Switch Game)
$69.99
LEGO Super Mario Adventures with Mario Starter Course
$200.00
Baby Yoda (The Child) Animatronic Edition
$120.00
LOL Surprise! O.M.G. Remix Fashion Dolls
$75.00
Paw Patrol Dino Rescue Dino Patroller
$135.00
🎮 Top 5 Video Games
The Last of Us Part II
$1,006.24
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
$45.00
Cyberpunk 2077
$5.00
Hades
$10.00
DOOM Eternal
Unknown
⚾ Top 5 Trading Cards
2020 Panini Prizm Justin Herbert Rookie Card
$1,450
2020 Topps Chrome F1 Lewis Hamilton Autograph Card
$1,225
2020 Pokémon Sword & Shield Charizard VMAX (Shiny)
$65.00
2020 Panini National Treasures LaMelo Ball Rookie Patch Autograph
$315,000
Magic: The Gathering Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Box Topper (Godzilla Series)
$10,000