MED certainly fits the bill for innovative

Just for those that are not aware MED is a hybrid scrypt+sha256 algorithm, now you may be asking how does that work?

Your sha256 speed is limited by the amount of cpu power you have creating a niche for usb asics to mine and actually be profitable. with 4 usb antminers I earn about $10 a day. While with bitcoin I would only get $0.60 a day.