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The Greatest Invention/Discovery/Development of all Time.

  • 08-10-2011 7:29pm
    #1
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,030 ✭✭✭✭


    What do you think is the greatest Invention/Discovery/Development of all time?

    The internal combustion engine?
    Harnessing Electricity?
    Powered flight?
    The vaccination?
    Antibiotics?
    The printing press?
    Communication satelittes?
    The television?
    The internet?
    Yore Ma?

    Have your say AH'ers.


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  • #2
    4leto
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,940 ✭✭✭4leto


    Sky+


  • #3
    Dempsey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,553 ✭✭✭✭Dempsey


    Electricity


  • #4
    Bobby Baccala
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,342 ✭✭✭Bobby Baccala


    Anne Robinson


  • #5
    SeaFields
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,551 ✭✭✭SeaFields


    Ridin'


  • #6
    MagicMarker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 32,865 ✭✭✭✭MagicMarker


    socks


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  • #7
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,030 ✭✭✭✭Chuck Stone


    I'm going to say the internet is the greatest development of all time.


  • #8
    4leto
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,940 ✭✭✭4leto


    My bicycle its a thing of beauty.


  • #9
    Alter-Ego
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,324 ✭✭✭Alter-Ego


    MIDI.


  • #10
    Guill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,332 ✭✭✭Guill


    The axe


  • #11
    Wilson.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8 ✭Wilson.


    Atari Jaguar


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  • #12
    Jess16
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,176 ✭✭✭Jess16


    Cheese taco fries


  • #13
    earlyevening
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,332 ✭✭✭earlyevening


    What ever it is, it probably hasn't been invented yet.


  • #14
    stoneill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,609 ✭✭✭stoneill


    The merging of crisps and chocolate.
    Best discovery ever!


  • #15
    4leto
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,940 ✭✭✭4leto


    My mate was showing me his new phone,,,,,,,

    Just wow, I am gushed.


  • #16
    admiralofthefleet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    sliced bread


  • #17
    Yahew
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,491 ✭✭✭Yahew


    You missed the wheel.

    Fire.
    The Wheel.
    Writing.
    Printing Press.
    Electricity.
    Internal Combustion Engine.
    Flight.
    Transistors.
    Computers.
    Internet.


    Order of discovery, not importance. Haven't we done well that last 200 years?


  • #18
    mackg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,938 ✭✭✭mackg


    The Technodrome


  • #19
    smk89
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,163 ✭✭✭smk89


    Yahew wrote: »
    You missed the wheel.

    Fire.
    The Wheel.
    Writing.
    Printing Press.
    Electricity.
    Internal Combustion Engine.
    Flight.
    Transistors.
    Computers.
    Internet.


    Order of discovery, not importance. Haven't we done well that last 200 years?

    Does the wheel or the printing press play HD movies?


  • #20
    the groutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,096 ✭✭✭✭the groutch


    Condoms


  • #21
    sheesh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,081 ✭✭✭sheesh


    the flushing toilet and sewage system


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  • #22
    Suryavarman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,583 ✭✭✭Suryavarman


    Steam engine.


  • #23
    Doc Daneeka
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 236 ✭✭Doc Daneeka


    Suitcases with wheels


  • #24
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,030 ✭✭✭✭Chuck Stone


    The disposable nappy?


  • #25
    4leto
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,940 ✭✭✭4leto


    Nah the wheel is useless, but the guy who invented the second wheel well then you have a set. See up to then you could only have wheelbarrows.


  • #26
    Thrill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,485 ✭✭✭Thrill


    Underpants.


  • #27
    4leto
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,940 ✭✭✭4leto


    Its an every day item and its something we don't even think about.

    But could you imagine life without the automatic washing machine.


  • #28
    Standard Toaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,288 ✭✭✭✭Standard Toaster


    Alcohol


  • #29
    Curly Judge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,708 ✭✭✭Curly Judge


    The wheel.
    The cam.
    The telescope and the microscope.
    The vacume pump.
    The Bessemer steel process
    The Periodic Tables
    Electricity
    The internet.


  • #30
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,030 ✭✭✭✭Chuck Stone


    Kittens.


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  • #31
    Wetai
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 773 ✭✭✭Wetai


    The Internet


  • #32
    Yahew
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,491 ✭✭✭Yahew


    smk89 wrote: »
    Does the wheel or the printing press play HD movies?

    Fair point. I retract the wheel.


  • #33
    Tomtata
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 227 ✭✭Tomtata


    Evolution


  • #34
    ascanbe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,089 ✭✭✭ascanbe


    Donnie Darko obviously doesn't post here.
    Penicillin.


  • #35
    4leto
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,940 ✭✭✭4leto


    Chuck Stone wrote: »
    Kittens.

    ah

    And don't forget Kitten juggling.


  • #36
    4leto
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,940 ✭✭✭4leto


    The remote control,,,trumps them all

    You can lock this thread now.


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  • #37
    starlit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,349 ✭✭✭✭starlit


    the bed plenty more I could mention! ha ha. The light bulb, computer, cooker, microwave, transport, ipod, tv, internet, umbrellas, electricity, toaster, chocolate, radiator!


  • #38
    starlit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,349 ✭✭✭✭starlit


    A shower! Chair, table, the list could go on and on and on!


  • #39
    Bobby Baccala
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,342 ✭✭✭Bobby Baccala


    doovdela wrote: »
    the bed plenty more I could mention! ha ha. The light bulb, computer, cooker, microwave, transport, ipod, tv, internet, umbrellas, electricity, toaster, chocolate radiator!

    Cant imagine they'de be any use.


  • #40
    ArtSmart
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,614 ✭✭✭ArtSmart


    the dump by text


  • #41
    Satts
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 818 ✭✭✭Satts


    The mirror.

    And my favourite at the moment, the internet radio.


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  • #42
    Sticky_Fingers
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,379 ✭✭✭Sticky_Fingers


    Language and the written word, every subsequent human invention/discovery has flown from these


  • #43
    starlit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,349 ✭✭✭✭starlit


    I suppose anything that's useful like a radio or a car.


  • #44
    starlit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,349 ✭✭✭✭starlit


    Planes!


  • #45
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,030 ✭✭✭✭Chuck Stone


    doovdela wrote: »
    Planes!

    http://www.philadelphiafurnitureworkshop.com/images/pop_wood_plane-500.jpg

    Not bad I suppose.


  • #46
    loremolis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 944 ✭✭✭loremolis


    Time travel.


  • #47
    ToddyDoody
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,417 ✭✭✭ToddyDoody


    The device in the back of your toilet that prevents it overflowing... Not the floating arm, the plastic dome


  • #48
    Standard Toaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,288 ✭✭✭✭Standard Toaster


    Music


  • #49
    M cebee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭M cebee


    the ride

    mobile phone


    alcohol


  • #50
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,030 ✭✭✭✭Chuck Stone


    Sticky_Fingers wrote: »
    Language and the written word, every subsequent human invention/discovery has flown from these

    Is language a development though?

    Chimpanzees can make tools and they just kinda grunt.


  • #51
    AnamGlas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 593 ✭✭✭AnamGlas


    the wavin pipe


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