This tech trend report countdown features the top tech trends in the last year. The report is a crowd-filtered ranking based on TrendHunter.com monthly traffic (several million monthly views) and our tech trend database, which now has more than 1,400 tech trends.

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Technology in 2009 has shown more growth than previous years and will continue to do so. With live birthing simulators and robotic exoskeletons, the digital evolution forges ahead. This year has shown bizarre innovations such as human dolls and 'techtoos.' Technology continues to grow, and you can expect much more to come.