1. Kobe Bryant

Exhibit A: Kobe’s Top 10 plays of 2007

Exhibit B: The impressive numbers he’s consistently posted

2. Malcolm Gladwell’s Tipping Point

3. Apart from the fact that it gets the equivalent of 137 mpg, and is one of the most beautiful cars on the road today, the Tesla Roadster is undoubtedly a solid choice for a car (assuming the $98,000 tag doesn’t scare you, that is).

4. Michelangelo’s Ceiling

5. Hans Rosling’s Debunking 3rd World Myths (this is a highly recommended video, if only because it’s very interesting. If you like numbers, you’ll also love the material from Gapminder)

6. The Ipod

7. Alaska Air’s Airport of the Future (say goodbye to those dreaded airport queues)

8. Google

9. Mariah Carey’s voice (video here)

10. StarChase: To the growing dismay of Cops fans, one day high-speed police chases might be a thing of the past!