Five Awesome Inventions & Ideas of 2016

Arvindh Yuvaraj

21-Dec-16 13:30

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We’re approaching the end of 2016 and is has been an unpredictable year to say the least. But it has also given us some pretty amazing new inventions and business ideas that will continue to evolve and make waves in 2017. This week we look at five of the coolest new concepts, contraptions, and course-changers that have come out of the most erratic year of the last decade.

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Tags: Inventions, Ideas, IKEA, Studio AP, Orange-Fleshed Sweet Potato, MiniMed, Artificial Pancrease

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