Major Inventions

Tesla · 5 Feb 2006 at 20:26

Whilst making a sandwich 15minutes or so ago I was thinking of major inventions.

A few which immediately came to me...

Lightbulb
TV
Telephone
Computer

It then dawned on me that I couldn't think of any real great inventions from say the last 20years.

Lots of discoveries have been made, scientific, mathematical and technological but no real NEW inventions, just improvements to old ones (mobile phones).

What inventions do you think changed the modern world?

Any you can think of from recent times?

KaHn · 5 Feb 2006 at 20:27

Last 20 years.

Mobile Phones?

MRI

Will think of more.

KaHn

/edit:-

Of all time,

Anti bacterial stuff (soap)

IC engine

Gas Turbine

Nuclear bomb (good or bad it has lead to a lot more work)

Mic · 5 Feb 2006 at 20:29

the inter web

loopylou · 5 Feb 2006 at 20:29

Trainers with air bubbles!

Kerplunk · 5 Feb 2006 at 20:30

Mr_L · 5 Feb 2006 at 20:30

loopylou · 5 Feb 2006 at 20:30

Of all time? Surly it must be the wheel.

Tesla · 5 Feb 2006 at 20:31

HDTV and DVD are just improvements on older technologies though.

Kerplunk · 5 Feb 2006 at 20:31

loopylou said:
Of all time? Surly it must be the wheel.

Read the thread

Kerplunk · 5 Feb 2006 at 20:31

Tesla said:
HDTV and DVD are just improvements on older technologies though.

Still 'inventions' though

Tesla · 5 Feb 2006 at 20:32

loopylou said:
Of all time? Surly it must be the wheel.

I did say the modern world to avoid things like the wheel and loo.

Tesla · 5 Feb 2006 at 20:33

Kerplunk said:
Still 'inventions' though

I disagree, I think the CD was an invention, but the DVD an improved version.

loopylou · 5 Feb 2006 at 20:33

Kerplunk said:
Read the thread

Somebody else mentioned their best of all times, was just adding my $0.02.

Wireless networking, CD's and DVD's, eeeeeerrr can't think of anymore.

loopylou · 5 Feb 2006 at 20:34

Tesla said:
I did say the modern world to avoid things like the wheel and loo.

alright, sorry mate.

Kerplunk · 5 Feb 2006 at 20:35

Tesla said:
I disagree, I think the CD was an invention, but the DVD an improved version.

But if its using new technology, surely it has to be created, invented? :confused:

Messiah Khan · 5 Feb 2006 at 20:35

Transistors
Computers
Wheel
IC engine
Planes

Kerplunk · 5 Feb 2006 at 20:35

messiah khan said:
Transistors
Computers
Wheel
IC engine
Planes

decmatt · 5 Feb 2006 at 20:45

Got to be the computer, the world would be no where near advanced without it

DRZ · 5 Feb 2006 at 20:49

Electricity is perhaps the most important discovery(/invention, in terms of its generation and storage) ever. Without it, we wouldnt be 1/10th as advanced as we are now.

Ricochet J · 5 Feb 2006 at 20:51

Pulley system
Without it the Egyptions wouldn't have thier pyramids
The Chinese wouldn't have thier great wall
The English wouldn't have thier Big Ben