Best invention of since 1800

Leeleather

What is the best invention since 1800?

I purposely say best so there is no right or wrong answer, just what you think was the best invention.

I'm still considering what the best was but off the top of my head, antibiotics, the integrated circuit, the industrial internal combustion engine, airplanes etc.

efb

Internet

Shiraz 4.99

Dunno . . . . I'm waiting for my light bulb moment

Shiraz 4.99

Anal sex

Duggy747

The Safety Dance

crisco10

integrated circuit for me. Or maybe, Boolean Algebra. Combine the two and you have computers!

smoking_kills

Car, jet engine, transistor!

Jawgap

Underground sewerage and pencillin - we'd be royally fecked without either.

Zemuppet

Shiraz 4.99 wrote: »

Anal sex

In fairness I think that was the ancient Greeks who invented it ;P

I'd have to go with Club Orange. Tis the nectar of the Gods. Reject ye all those false gods. Fanta and Finches are the Devil's work.

eeguy

Definitely the internet

murpho999

Harnessing, storage and supply of electricity. None of the other great inventions listed so far would work without it.

BBDBB

the hoverboard

Chip Whitley

murpho999 wrote: »

Harnessing, storage and supply of electricity. None of the other great inventions listed so far would work without it.

Was going to post the same. Electricity all the way.

circadian

Shiraz 4.99 wrote: »

Anal sex

The Greeks were into that a few thousand years previous.

The internet is possibly the greatest invention by humans.

SEPT 23 1989

the machine gun

iDave

Nuclear weapons. Think about it. No major war between superpowers since.

Darkglasses

The faux hawk. Genius

endacl

The international declaration of human rights.

obriendj

BBDBB wrote: »

the hoverboard

eh
That won't be invented until 2015 and we will have to wait until even later for the waterproof model.

The Backwards Man

The traction engine, more commonly known as the tractor. Single most important invention in the history of humankind, after the seed drill, but that was pre1800.

banquo

Sausage rolls!

osarusan

mechanical pencils.

Schwiiing

The Backwards Man wrote: »

The traction engine, more commonly known as the tractor. Single most important invention in the history of humankind, after the seed drill, but that was pre1800.

T'wud be fair useless without diesel

smash

The Internet, the hubble telescope, CERN.

Schwiiing

smash wrote: »

The Internet, the hubble telescope, CERN.

All useless without harnessed electricity as stated previously in the thread.

smash

Schwiiing wrote: »

T'wud be fair useless without diesel

Or wheels.

endacl

The nerd. Nothing happens unless driven by the mighty nerd.

iDave

smash wrote: »

Or wheels.

bit older than 1800 IIRC

smash

iDave wrote: »

bit older than 1800 IIRC

yes, but the original poster stated that the tractor was the single most important invention in the history of humankind.

Akrasia

The Iphone 6 plus mini

Where would we be without it...

Schwiiing

Akrasia wrote: »

The Iphone 6 plus mini

Where would we be without it...

A few million iPhone **** short...:D

WoollyRedHat

Velcro, it sure did take off.

Skylinehead

smash wrote: »

the hubble telescope

I'd have Sputnik, Vostok 1, Apollo 11 ahead of it in terms of achievement. Probably the ISS too, most expensive item ever.

RobertKK

Electrification.

Witcher

sugarman wrote: »

Sliced pan

What's the best thing since that though? :pac:

spurious

Radio, because it led the way for so many other goodies.

Gustav_Holst

Abortion Clinics.

The Backwards Man

Schwiiing wrote: »

T'wud be fair useless without diesel

The first tractors were steam powered, and you don't need wheels for every job

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Electric power transmission, without a doubt.

Field east

The toilet system. If we could not fond a way to sustainably manage the c** p- especially given the concentration OP the world population in cities , towns , camps, etc , what's the point in all of the other inventions, as we would have a short life expectancy and a miserable one while alive.

If not that then the safety pin

mad muffin

Schwiiing wrote: »

A few million iPhone **** short...:D

Shut your filthy ape face :mad:

Mesrine65

Not an invention per se but I propose antibiotics.

BailMeOut

'Pay at the pump'

...when will the great invention ever make it to Ireland?!!

wilhelm roentgen

WD 40

JupiterKid

Electricity and flush toilets.

Wossack

eurovision song contest

BBDBB

obriendj wrote: »

eh
That won't be invented until 2015 and we will have to wait until even later for the waterproof model.

damn I undershot

Reoil

The lighter.

o1s1n

The Sega Megadrive.

efb

Electricity was discovered rather than invented

cerastes

Jawgap wrote: »

Underground sewerage and pencillin - we'd be royally fecked without either.

Would we? we managed for millenia without them

murpho999 wrote: »

Harnessing, storage and supply of electricity. None of the other great inventions listed so far would work without it.

Have they figure the storage bit yet?
None of the other great inventions would work without electricity? the steam traction engine? sausage roll?nom nom nom