Question Finally Answered. Top Innovation of the Last 25 Years. Now With POLL!

[Rudee]

why isn't the salad shooter on that list?

 

[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: Rudee
why isn't the salad shooter on that list?

If you'd said shooter instead of tosser when you nominated yourself you'd have made the list.

Viper GTS

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: Rudee
why isn't the salad shooter on that list?

Because croutons jam the fvcking thing up thats why!

 

[robertcloud]

Can we agree on the WWW? The consumer version of the internet came into being in 1995...

 

[timswim78]

Originally posted by: conjur
Wait a minute...Jan. 6 has already passed and it wasn't a Sunday.


You mean the 16th, maybe?

Right, the 16th is correct. I updated the original post.

 

[timswim78]

I think that it is digital watches. I mean they have really made life so much better. People can look at their watch and know the day of the week, the date, and the time (because many people are unable to read watches with hands).
Here is a good example.
http://pocketcalculatorshow.co...ics/seiko-a159-big.jpg

 

[tfinch2]

fleshlight?

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: timswim78
I think that it is digital watches. I mean they have really made life so much better. People can look at their watch and know the day of the week, the date, and the time (because many people are unable to read watches with hands).
Here is a good example.
http://pocketcalculatorshow.co...ics/seiko-a159-big.jpg

This got me thinking... how long have digital alarm clocks been around ?

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: timswim78
I think that it is digital watches. I mean they have really made life so much better. People can look at their watch and know the day of the week, the date, and the time (because many people are unable to read watches with hands).
Here is a good example.
http://pocketcalculatorshow.co...ics/seiko-a159-big.jpg

People still think digital watches are a pretty neat idea

 

[timswim78]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: timswim78
I think that it is digital watches. I mean they have really made life so much better. People can look at their watch and know the day of the week, the date, and the time (because many people are unable to read watches with hands).
Here is a good example.
http://pocketcalculatorshow.co...ics/seiko-a159-big.jpg

People still think digital watches are a pretty neat idea

I've got a watch that I wear when swimming, fishing, biking, etc. that has both analog and digital displays. I always find myself looking at the digital display.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

When was LSD created?


PS: Internet is fro mthe 70s. Doubt that 25 year rule works... Unless you invented the internet

 

[CombatChuk]

Transistor?

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

SHOULDN'T THE TOP INVENTIONS BENEFIT MANKIND? Most of these or nothing more than TOYS God, nominate hte original nintendo instead of this crap. Or hte N64 for bringing 3D gaming to the forefront.

"Consumer Level Digital Camera" really, is this a "necessity". Film still works fine you know and it's 100 tiems easier for my mom to use film! How is it a benefit if 50% of society can't use it? WHAT THE FVCK!

Originally posted by: timswim78

Ripped from CNN

Here are numbers 2 through 25. Nomber 1 will be announced on Sunday January 16th, 2005 by by the Lemelson-MIT Program, which promotes inventiveness in teens. What do you think it will be?

2. Cell phone
3. Personal computers
4. Fiber optics
5. E-mail
6. Commercialized GPS
7. Portable computers
8. Memory storage discs
9. Consumer level digital camera
10. Radio frequency ID tags
11. MEMS
12. DNA fingerprinting
13. Air bags
14. ATM
15. Advanced batteries
16. Hybrid car
17. OLEDs
18. Display panels
19. HDTV
20. Space shuttle
21. Nanotechnology
22. Flash memory
23. Voice mail
24. Modern hearing aids
25. Short Range, High Frequency Radio

 

[Weeeman]

Originally posted by: ggavinmoss
Sharks with freakin' laser beams on their heads?

-geoff

 

[Train]

Originally posted by: PingSpike
And everyone knows this title should go to internet pornography. Although that may have existed before as well...I mean whats the first thing you're going to do when you dial up the internet even in the 1960s....use arpagoogle to search for "titties" obviously.

ha, ya too bad they didnt have image files, not to mention how slow the downloads were, hope you like ASCII art titties

 

[dsfunk]

seat warmers

 

[Mr N8]

Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004
When was LSD created?


PS: Internet is fro mthe 70s. Doubt that 25 year rule works... Unless you invented the internet

Heh, had to think about that for a minute. I was thinking "Limited Slip Differential," and was really confused as to why you thought that would be #1.

Most of my ideas are already on that list. I thought for sure that the #1 was going to be batteries, since they have made huge advances, and are use in most every device you use. Yes, even your fleshlight.

How about Satellite Radio / TV or Radial Tires (or the advancement of...).

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Originally posted by: venk
Why is the space shuttle on that list? It existed before 1980.

Tehy als thin kthe internet is new. Not exactly rocked scientists around here.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Originally posted by: lobadobadingdong
metalergy? none of the above products could have happened without our advancements in metalergical production capabilities.

Most people don't realie that our world would be a different place without teflon.


Not joking either . Without it, no nuke for Japan and if we lost that war, who knows what today would be like.

 

[timswim78]

Maybe they are thinking of some type of medical procedure. Hearing aids are on the list.

Are relational databases older than 25 years?

I hope that the Macintosh is not number one.

 

[ravana]

Why is HDTV such a great innovation?

I bet there are medical related innovations that are far better than HDTV that should be on this list.

 

[PanzerIV]

Pretty stupid, dubious list.

 

[PanzerIV]

Originally posted by: ravana
Why is HDTV such a great innovation?

I bet there are medical related innovations that are far better than HDTV that should be on this list.

My feelings as well which is why I said this list was retarded.

 

[daveshel]

Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004
When was LSD created?


PS: Internet is fro mthe 70s. Doubt that 25 year rule works... Unless you invented the internet

1948.

The answer will not be the Internet, since the text-based Internet has been around longer than 25 years. The WWW, as distinguished by the addition of a GUI, is what I think the answer will be.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Originally posted by: SWScorch
How are cell phones higher than personal computers? I'd like to go back in time, find the inventor of the cell phone and rip his head off :|

Ummmm.... I', j/k of course

Concur. Cell Phone = most annoying invention ever and will show psycoligcal problems i nthe future as parents are always a phone call away. Instant gratification is not healthy for children.

And this is hotly debated in psycoloigical circles.