These guys successfully designed and made a balloon that went to 93,000ft, snapped some pictures and then returned to Earth safely, broadcasting it’s position for easy retrieval. Truely awesome stuff!
1979 iPod
Kane Kramer certainly was way ahead of the times in 1979 when he patented the above device – flash memory based music player the size of a cigarette packet. Not only that, but he predicted music piracy and DRM. Read more here.
These guys have built a touchscreen interactive mirror, which looks totally awesome.