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How We Chose the 100 Best Inventions of 2019

Every year, TIME highlights the Best Inventions that are making the world b...

Every year, TIME highlights the Best Inventions that are making the world better, smarter and even a bit more fun. (See last year’s list here.) To assemble our 2019 list, we solicited nominations across a...

Best Inventions 2018: How we chose the list

How We Chose the 50 Best Inventions of 2018

Every year, TIME highlights the Best Inventions that are making the world b...

Every year, TIME highlights the Best Inventions that are making the world better, smarter and even a bit more fun. (See last year's list here.) To assemble our 2018 list, we solicited nominations across a...

Jonathan Ive attends the front row for the Burberry Prorsum show on day 4 of London Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2013 on September 17, 2012 in London.

Apple Design Chief Jonathan Ive on the iPhone X: We Had to Solve ‘Extraordinarily Complex Problems’

Apple's design chief talks about the removal of the home button, overcoming...

Apple's design chief talks about the removal of the home button, overcoming challenges, and more.

The 25 Best Inventions of 2017

To determine TIME’s annual unranked list, we consider hundreds of invention...

To determine TIME’s annual unranked list, we consider hundreds of inventions from around from around the world. In the past, we’ve featured everything from the floating lightbulb to the desktop DNA lab. To see the...