Most usefull piece of technology

I was just wondering what ppl think bout this.

What (in your opinion) is the most usefull/coolest/best etc piece of tech ever invented/used or such.

Satisfy my curiosity.

abacus
telescope
loom
pyramids

and my all time favorite .... the universe

Originally posted by Blurrr
What (in your opinion) is the most usefull/coolest/best etc piece of tech ever invented/used or such.

Architecture

not sure if this falls under this but Fire and the Wheel would be at the top of my list.

The Internet, computers in general

yeah, they all pretty much moved our way of life in a good direction, usefull stuff.

anything goes here, the more specific the better. And why their so good.

Bottom of the list would be nukes and polititians, a bad combination

Originally posted by Blurrr
anything goes here, the more specific the better. And why their so good.

Bottom of the list would be nukes and polititians, a bad combination

Don't forget Lawyers!

AboveTopSecret.com has my vote
but seriously, I think the mobile phone has to be up there.
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WIRE

Everything we have today either has wire in it, or is made by something with wire in that. From the lowly paperclip to the mightiest of military and scientific minds, wire controls all!

I would have to say the microchip.

Originally posted by soothsayer
WIRE

Everything we have today either has wire in it, or is made by something with wire in that. From the lowly paperclip to the mightiest of military and scientific minds, wire controls all!

Good one, chipmunk come up with it?

A pretty general question Blurrr, but a great one.

My fave' is electricity

[Edited on 4-3-2004 by sanctum]

Television

the most usefull piece of technology to unconsciously brainwash tons of people.

Steven Thalers Creativity Machine has got to be the craziest/coolest/scariest technology ever invented.

A computer that is given problems and thinks up ideas on how to resolve them, the New OralB toothbrush wasnt created by a man, it was invented by the creativity machine. In fact, the first invention ever thought up by the creativity machine was Version 2 of itself!!!

Robots thinking for themselves and creating new inventions completely on their own.

Check it out...

www.siliconvalley.com...

Originally posted by m0rbid
Television

the most usefull piece of technology to unconsciously brainwash tons of people.

Just change the channel, or don't own one.

Laminated Magazines
Just kidding

Would probably have to be satelites

Inteligence.

Something that we've been working on developing further for quite some time.

the internal combustion engine...

for piece of technology (this would exclude fire, etc.)

I'd have to go with (in this order)

telephone
car
internet
airplane

these 4 things have united the world, and made it a smaller place, in turn, bringing the world closer together