--- description: Find out why Best Inventions 2025: Special Mentions is on TIME's list of 2025's best inventions. title: Best Inventions 2025: Special Mentions: The Best Inventions of 2025 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt11e71564988c49a9/6998caa7d32e93362acd76b6/INVENTIONS-SPECIAL-MENTIONS.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Oct 09, 2025 # Best Inventions 2025: Special Mentions by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7324063/best-inventions-2025-special-mentions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7324063/best-inventions-2025-special-mentions/"},"headline":"Best Inventions 2025: Special Mentions","datePublished":"2025-10-09T11:00:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T11:55:05.248Z","description":"Here are the 2025 best inventions earning special mentions for making the world better, smarter, and more fun.","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7324063/best-inventions-2025-special-mentions/","keywords":["Tech"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt11e71564988c49a9/6998caa7d32e93362acd76b6/INVENTIONS-SPECIAL-MENTIONS.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt11e71564988c49a9/6998caa7d32e93362acd76b6/INVENTIONS-SPECIAL-MENTIONS.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7324063/best-inventions-2025-special-mentions/","name":"Best Inventions 2025: Special Mentions"}}]}] ```