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Wednesday, January 12, 2005

Top 25 Innovations

From CNN, here is a list of 24 of the top 25 non-medical innovations from the past 25 years. Notice they are talking about innovations, not inventions.


TOP INNOVATIONS

The number one innovation will be announced on
Sunday, January 16, at 8 p.m. ET.

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


What is your guess about what they will declare as the #1 innovation? How about the internet or world-wide-web?

or possibly microwavable popcorn?
or maybe the use of replays by NFL officials?
My granddaughters would say MP3 players.
 
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