Time: The Best Inventions of 2008

The number 1 slot went to a consumer gene testing service:

We are at the beginning of a personal-genomics revolution that will transform not only how we take care of ourselves but also what we mean by personal information. In the past, only élite researchers had access to their genetic fingerprints, but now personal genotyping is available to anyone who orders the service online and mails in a spit sample. Not everything about how this information will be used is clear yet — 23andMe has stirred up debate about issues ranging from how meaningful the results are to how to prevent genetic discrimination — but the curtain has been pulled back, and it can never be closed again. And so for pioneering retail genomics, 23andMe’s DNA-testing service is Time’s 2008 Invention of the Year.

Hulu came in number 4.

Here are some others that I thought are kind of cool:

16. The Dynamic Tower
20. The Everything Game
24. Bionic Contacts
32. Facebook for Spies
49. Sound-Enhanced Food