The iPad. If you Google the word, you’ll come across terms like “laptop killer,” “Apple tablet,” and most interestingly, a young man named Ivor Padilla, who uses iPad for his Twitter account. Frankly, we’re not impressed. Here are 10 inventions that are much more worthwhile than the iPad.

College students and faculty members with a concealed handgun license would be able to pack their firearms on campus under a bill that the Texas Senate tentatively approved on Tuesday. The measure, passed on a 20-10 vote, was offered by a state senator who said he wants to give Texas students protection against mass shootings such as occurred at Virginia Tech University in 2007.