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- thezoner, on 06/25/2009, -2/+28what about the Thermos? Keeps the hot stuff hot and the cold stuff cold...how do it know?
- grimacebrown, on 06/26/2009, -1/+25You could have cut 3 of these off the list by just listing the Microchip...
- DahRecords, on 06/25/2009, -2/+19I think I still would like flying cars.
- Beson669, on 06/26/2009, -4/+19World,
You're welcome.
USA - inactive, on 06/26/2009, -1/+15Transistor.
You could have reduced that entire list to one. - cor315, on 06/26/2009, -0/+12also known as computers
- thethinktank, on 06/25/2009, -2/+10What? No Wonder Bra! Clearly should be number 11 on this list.
- Mikey129, on 06/26/2009, -2/+10This list is horrible.
- bdbr, on 06/26/2009, -0/+7Definitely the gun. The atom bomb ended one war; guns ended several.
- Harabeck, on 06/26/2009, -0/+7The form of electricity is the discovery, AC is an invented process to make use of electricity.
- darknecross, on 06/25/2009, -3/+9What a ***** list. The discovery and applications of Alternating Current account for at least half the items.
- endigger2, on 06/25/2009, -3/+9I think the intention of the list was to point out inventions, not discoveries.
- unusualbob, on 06/26/2009, -0/+5The US did not necessarily invent those things however they significantly improved them and made them available to the broad public. The US provided significant funding and other resources for much of the research.
The car was originally produced by the Germans however they were totally unaffordable by anyone except the very rich. The US revolutionized the production of automobiles allowing a much broader market to enjoy their use.
TV was created by many different people, each building on eachother's ideas, but the first time TV was ever demonstrated at long distances was in the US by Bell Telephone and the US department of commerce.
Anyway, the US has played a significant role in taking technology and making it usable and so is often seen as a major location of innovation and creativity. Pretty much all these things have roots in the US as well as other locations throughout the world and for any one place to take credit is wrong, but to exclude the US contributions to these devices is just as wrong. - slvrbullet87, on 06/26/2009, -0/+5How about the telephone?
Either or Alexander Graham Bell or Elisha Gray invinted it and they are both Americans - pussnuts, on 06/26/2009, -0/+5The USA spent massive amounts of resources and made a gigantic leap in the design and engineering required to make atomic power reality. To say that it wasn't created by the USA is hugely ignorant.
By your logic Jules Vern deserves the credit for putting Humans on the Moon. - ctrlaltdel, on 06/26/2009, -0/+3AIR CONDITIONER - Thank you Mr. Carrier!!!
- d3dm, on 06/26/2009, -3/+7Light bulb
Printing press
Telephone
Personal automobile
Camera
Television
Airplane
Atom bomb
Personal computer
Internet - ayeroxor, on 06/26/2009, -0/+4Your comment sucks. And why the ***** do you do that thing with underlines? _ the rest of us
- CleoQKazoo, on 06/26/2009, -0/+4see : "Modern"
- Shaggy3, on 06/26/2009, -1/+5P.S.
Sorry Japan - Mankind121, on 06/26/2009, -0/+4Hey, I've never seen a list about important technology containing these very same items on digg before...
/s - appleseed1234, on 06/26/2009, -0/+4Yes, but anti-biotics are.
- inactive, on 06/26/2009, -0/+4I'll take fridge over all of them.
- rusnak167, on 06/26/2009, -2/+6Edison didn't invent the modern light bulb or the system in place to power most of the modern world. It was Nikola Tesla who invented AC and the modern light bulb. Dugg down for the articles author not doing his homework.
- yocouchdigga, on 06/26/2009, -0/+3use of the bow and arrow changed the world immeasurably.
- krystofr, on 06/26/2009, -0/+3#11 - Remote Control (yes, I'm lazy and proud!)
- pussnuts, on 06/26/2009, -0/+3Refrigeration should have been easily in the top 3.
- ThatEvilGuy, on 06/26/2009, -0/+2Pretty insane what a huge leap the humanity took in technology in the last two hundred years.
And it's constantly accelerating, I can't imagine what it will be like in 100 years. - filip3311, on 06/26/2009, -2/+4How about electricity? Tesla FTW!
- frankdozier, on 08/10/2009, -1/+3The internet proves itself as a world-changing innovation everyday. We wouldn't even know about the atrocities in Iran if it weren't for social media. the days of propaganda are over thanks to the information age. NEDA LIVES!
- depro9, on 06/26/2009, -0/+2***** list, ***** list. It's all about Tesla & his brilliance. ***** EDISON!
- yocouchdigga, on 06/26/2009, -0/+2discovery, not an invention.
antibiotics works. - Loki101, on 06/26/2009, -0/+2Canned and packaged foods.
- CaptainPedantic, on 06/26/2009, -0/+2O RLY? I know you're trying to be clever (and I get your point; well done), but the medicinal application and eventual mass production of Penicillin (that is, the drug, not the fungi) necessitated several inventions for it to be used on a commerical basis. The numerous patents awarded to the scientists and engineers on the projects to mass produce Penicillin testifies to this, and these completly revolutionized the world of pharmaceuticals.
- TheUnlearn, on 06/26/2009, -1/+3penicillin is neither technology nor an invention.
- sanskrtam, on 06/26/2009, -0/+2No trains?
- Claverhouse, on 06/26/2009, -3/+5Only the Internet --- partially, and Airplanes --- kinda ( and both would have come about if the USA had never existed ) of the items on this odd list can be attributed to America.
Most were created by European scientists and inventors --- however even if those particular persons, such as Niepce for the first camera and Rutherford for splitting the atom, hadn't existed it was in the nature of western science that someone else would have done the same thing later.
The western printing press was German, as was the car --- ignoring the separate Korean invention of the printing press elsewhere --- however, Gutenberg doesn't really fit into a 'past two hundred years' framework. - crpietschmann, on 06/26/2009, -0/+2There are plenty of more important technological advancements from the past 200 years that are much more important than some of the ones listed. What about advances in waste and water treatment? Immunization vaccines? How about medical imaging equipment? Or the Electric Motor? Or Batteries? Or Refrigerators and Freezers? Or the rim fire or pin fire gun cartridge? Or Penicillin? Realistically there isn't any way to narrow down the list to the top 10 anyway; maybe we could do top 200 but that may be too limited also.
- jakem1, on 06/26/2009, -0/+2Well they did include printing presses which are really pushing the definition of modern. Maybe early modern but probably late medieval.
- dsmx, on 06/26/2009, -0/+2The valve is a more important invention than the transistor.
- inactive, on 06/26/2009, -0/+2TESLA FTW! Edison is a overrated,***** thief.
- Pixelante, on 06/26/2009, -0/+2Where's the freakin' FRIDGE?
- Schmich, on 06/26/2009, -0/+2I'll admit I never really took in the full title into memory but, afairead, it is not mentioned in the actual article.
ie "Here are the 10 technologies, in our mind, that have shaped the world in a way we could never go back." - wmuldoon, on 06/26/2009, -0/+2Neda doesn't live. We all have seen the horiffic proof of that. As far as propaganda being over, you're about as wrong as possible. Propaganda is information, true or not, spread to influence opinion. The video of Neda, is exactly that. If anything Propaganda is in its heyday currently, with social media spewing out unverified, emotionally charged rants, and for a far lot cheaper than hitler got it for.
Obama, won the election largely on his oratory/propaganda skills. I voted for the guy [I wanted Ron Paul, but knew he didnt have a chance] If it wasn't for his facebook/twitter getting young people fired up, I dont know he would've won by so many popular votes.
and I personally dont think its game changing for me on a daily basis, unless we're talking porn, gaming, and surfing the same 25-30 sites daily. - antoniuk, on 06/26/2009, -1/+2The inventions for the utilization of AC and even DC current is by far the most important discovery in human history. It literally changed how we live. Every other invention on that list is directly or indirectly iresponsible based on that.
- Primous, on 06/26/2009, -0/+1The most important piece of technology is in no way limited to one item or ten or even ten thousand. So many little things are taken for granted that make our lives easier. What about satellites and Doppler radar with things like this we safe millions of lives every year from terrible storms. Lists like these are cool but just don't forget to realize how much more is our there then you could ever find on one list.
- merdok, on 06/26/2009, -0/+1DUGG for 'A Series of tubes'
- RawOysters, on 06/26/2009, -0/+1Where is the transistor?
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