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Readers are bombarded with many "best-of" lists this time of year touting the latest and greatest in technology. Scientific American decided to broaden this idea a bit further, in search of a sampling of technologies that members of our advisory board--a group of highly accomplished scientists, engineers, educators and entrepreneurs--could not possibly live without.

It took ages to convince the right people to sit on your advisory board. So why aren't they helping?