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If you had to name only five advancements and/or inventions in our collective century, what would they be?

I think I would choose:

aviation

vaccines

space travel

telephone

computers

RedGlitter;687202 wrote: If you had to name only five advancements and/or inventions in our collective century, what would they be?

I think I would choose:

aviation

vaccines

space travel

telephone

computers


you took all mine.

minks;687204 wrote: you took all mine.


I'm sorry.

1 the pill gave women there indapendence

2 the plane made the world a small place

3 the microwave made chicken ding famous

4 the mobile phone made a small world tiny

5 the tv made a tiny world seem larger

micro chips!!

Pop Tarts

Macaroni and Cheese

Time Travel.... (OK, not there yet)

el guapo;687208 wrote: 1 the pill gave women there indapendence

2 the plane made the world a small place

3 the microwave made chicken ding famous

4 the mobile phone made a small world tiny

5 the tv made a tiny world seem larger


Dang, I couldn't have said that any better!

mikeinie;687212 wrote: micro chips!!

Pop Tarts

Macaroni and Cheese

Time Travel.... (OK, not there yet)


How did I know pop tarts would be in there....????

:wah::wah:

1. Remote control



2. Propane BBQ grill



3. Microwave ovens



4. Personal computers



5. Televisions

sliced bread



vaccines





fridge



puters





mobile phone

radio

crayons

the bra

zippers

Insulin

RedGlitter;687202 wrote: aviation


Wright Brothers 1903 - Statute of limitations?

RedGlitter;687202 wrote: vaccines


Sorry, Edward Jenner - 1796

RedGlitter;687202 wrote: space travel


Konstantin Tsiolkovsky - 1903 (OK, it was theoretical)

RedGlitter;687202 wrote: telephone


US patent 174,465, issued in 1876 CE

RedGlitter;687202 wrote: computers


I'll give you that one, Zuse Z3, seen working in may 1941.

minks;687224 wrote: the bra


In China during the Ming dynasty a form of foundation clothe complete with cups and straps drawn over shoulders and tied to the girth seam at the lower back called a dudou was in vogue among the rich women. (Oriental Clothing and Modern Fetishism, various authors, ed. Partho Shanner, 1996, Yeti, Hong Kong).


For a small fee I will not be extracting the Michael.............

Chookie;687228 wrote: For a small fee I will not be extracting the Michael.............




alright smarty pants

Air Bags

Jarvik 7 (artificial heart

Closed Captioning

Fiberoptics

Freon

I'm having major problems with "collective century" - every reference I can find is to a historical recognition of the 100 years of socialism across Europe from the 1870 revolutions, while "5 Important Inventions in Our Century" starts when GWBush took office.

http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa121599a.htm

here just to make your life a little simpler even though I am not quite understanding ya ahahahaha

The combustion engine

Pink Floyd

MP3 Players

Flat screen TV’s

mikeinie;687240 wrote: The combustion engine

Pink Floyd

MP3 Players

Flat screen TV’s


hehehe that is your second post listing only 4 items ... :wah:

Youtube

Digital cameras

Head phones



And ¦.Mini Skirts :-4;):rolleyes:

electricity

indoor plumbing

the assembly line

pre-sliced bread



cataract surgery.

Mini Skirts (again)

Thongs

Halter Tops

And those evening dresses where the slit comes right up the side :-4;):rolleyes:

Seriously.

Television (changed the world)

Nuclear Weapons (changed geopolitics forever)

Aircraft

Automobiles (both cars and planes have completely changed peoples lives, made the world smaller, given us more freedom, helped to ensure we became dependent on ever increasing quantities of oil and are the basis of how our economies and lives work now)

Computers: The information revolution is what is changing the world now in many ways, that and the other 4 are the things that are decisevly influencing everything that is happening that you see right now.

Will these do? They're all 20th century inventions.

wireless radio/tv

semiconductors

genetic sequencing

cellphones

the web

spot;687237 wrote: I'm having major problems with "collective century" - every reference I can find is to a historical recognition of the 100 years of socialism across Europe from the 1870 revolutions, while "5 Important Inventions in Our Century" starts when GWBush took office.


Sorry Spot. I meant the century we just came out of. I guess I still forget that we're in a new one. The last 100 years.

RedGlitter;687355 wrote: Sorry Spot. I meant the century we just came out of. I guess I still forget that we're in a new one. The last 100 years.


I'll have to re-think my list then - wireless radio/tv is older than that.