Major New Inventions.....
Discussion
OK, when was the last time something really new and revolutionary was invented or discovered? Something that really changes how we live....? Not just a 'better version' of something.....
3mm OLED HD televisions are still, just, televisions after all.
Examples? GPS has turned out pretty handy. What else?
Or have we hit some kind of 'creativity' ceiling?
3mm OLED HD televisions are still, just, televisions after all.
Examples? GPS has turned out pretty handy. What else?
Or have we hit some kind of 'creativity' ceiling?
GPS has turned a generation of motorists into feckless morons who have no idea how to read a map, and will follow the directions of some box blindly even if it means driving over a cliff 
The RAC/AA etc have also let people get away with knowing nothing about cars or how they work, including how to change a pissing tyre. So when you do have a genuine breakdown, you have to wait 14 hours for a recovery truck because all the single mums get priorety to have their tyres changed
The RAC/AA etc have also let people get away with knowing nothing about cars or how they work, including how to change a pissing tyre. So when you do have a genuine breakdown, you have to wait 14 hours for a recovery truck because all the single mums get priorety to have their tyres changed
Rotary Madness said:
GPS has turned a generation of motorists into feckless morons who have no idea how to read a map, and will follow the directions of some box blindly even if it means driving over a cliff
The RAC/AA etc have also let people get away with knowing nothing about cars or how they work, including how to change a pissing tyre. So when you do have a genuine breakdown, you have to wait 14 hours for a recovery truck because all the single mums get priorety to have their tyres changed
That would be Sat Nav, not GPS.The RAC/AA etc have also let people get away with knowing nothing about cars or how they work, including how to change a pissing tyre. So when you do have a genuine breakdown, you have to wait 14 hours for a recovery truck because all the single mums get priorety to have their tyres changed
Tony*T3 said:
Rotary Madness said:
GPS has turned a generation of motorists into feckless morons who have no idea how to read a map, and will follow the directions of some box blindly even if it means driving over a cliff
The RAC/AA etc have also let people get away with knowing nothing about cars or how they work, including how to change a pissing tyre. So when you do have a genuine breakdown, you have to wait 14 hours for a recovery truck because all the single mums get priorety to have their tyres changed
That would be Sat Nav, not GPS.The RAC/AA etc have also let people get away with knowing nothing about cars or how they work, including how to change a pissing tyre. So when you do have a genuine breakdown, you have to wait 14 hours for a recovery truck because all the single mums get priorety to have their tyres changed
davido140 said:
Tony*T3 said:
Rotary Madness said:
GPS has turned a generation of motorists into feckless morons who have no idea how to read a map, and will follow the directions of some box blindly even if it means driving over a cliff
The RAC/AA etc have also let people get away with knowing nothing about cars or how they work, including how to change a pissing tyre. So when you do have a genuine breakdown, you have to wait 14 hours for a recovery truck because all the single mums get priorety to have their tyres changed
That would be Sat Nav, not GPS.The RAC/AA etc have also let people get away with knowing nothing about cars or how they work, including how to change a pissing tyre. So when you do have a genuine breakdown, you have to wait 14 hours for a recovery truck because all the single mums get priorety to have their tyres changed
I reckon the biggest steps forward from now on will be in energy, production or conservation.
Edited by DrTre on Wednesday 2nd September 14:21
Biggest recent invention that springs to mind is the mobile phone - has completely changed how we conduct our lives. Mobile technology in general has given us (the potential of) so much more flexibility in our work and personal lives.
What other things did you not have 10/15 years ago but now couldn't live (easily) without?
What other things did you not have 10/15 years ago but now couldn't live (easily) without?
Edited by ewenm on Wednesday 2nd September 14:22
Cellular radio, aka mobile 'phones, are pretty clever and, in the grand scheme of things, quite new. Doesn't it amaze you when you dial up a mate and he answers from a beach in Croatia. The system finds him almost wherever he is in the world and connects you.
Mind you, he's even more amazed 'cos before you rang he was driving a van around the M25!
Mind you, he's even more amazed 'cos before you rang he was driving a van around the M25!
I somehow have a feeling that the OP didn't intend for this to turn into an argument about GPS!! 
I am thinking the mobile phone with (full) internet capabilities (currently got the iPhone). It has certainly changed the way I work and I have gained several new clients by always being contactable!
Cheers
The Moose
I am thinking the mobile phone with (full) internet capabilities (currently got the iPhone). It has certainly changed the way I work and I have gained several new clients by always being contactable!
Cheers
The Moose
Your question reflects where science is at the moment. A LOT of the cutting edge stuff that has been / being developed is at molecular level, which means it isn't as tangible as something like a TV or a Mobile phone.
I can't be arsed to find the link, but the rate of scientific breakthroughs is increasing year on year, it's just that a) we're more used to it, and b) to quote Dean Martin in Cannonball Run "Cause you're small. Small. S - M - all. "
I can't be arsed to find the link, but the rate of scientific breakthroughs is increasing year on year, it's just that a) we're more used to it, and b) to quote Dean Martin in Cannonball Run "Cause you're small. Small. S - M - all. "
motco said:
Cellular radio, aka mobile 'phones, are pretty clever and, in the grand scheme of things, quite new. Doesn't it amaze you when you dial up a mate and he answers from a beach in Croatia.
It certainly does, he lived in Worksop the last time I saw him!I'd say satellite navigation/gps and the internet. And teleporters.
rhinochopig said:
Your question reflects where science is at the moment. A LOT of the cutting edge stuff that has been / being developed is at molecular level, which means it isn't as tangible as something like a TV or a Mobile phone.
I can't be arsed to find the link, but the rate of scientific breakthroughs is increasing year on year, it's just that a) we're more used to it, and b) to quote Dean Martin in Cannonball Run "Cause you're small. Small. S - M - all. "
Agreed to an extent, but the problem with these 'inventions' is that they are always just need 'an application', are 'some time off', 'needing testing' or 'cause unwanted side effects'.I can't be arsed to find the link, but the rate of scientific breakthroughs is increasing year on year, it's just that a) we're more used to it, and b) to quote Dean Martin in Cannonball Run "Cause you're small. Small. S - M - all. "
For example, I understand they've basically cured Male Patern Baldness. Now they just need to stop all the tumours that sprout up all over your head when you use the 'cure'.
Medical Discovery: Barry Marshall drank a petri dish of H. Pylori to prove his theory that the bacterium are the cause of most stomach ulcers, reversing decades of medical doctrine which held that ulcers were caused by stress, spicy foods, and too much acid.
Solved suffering countless numbers of people in the world and will prevent suffering in countless more. Won the Nobel prize.
Cheers,
FT.
Solved suffering countless numbers of people in the world and will prevent suffering in countless more. Won the Nobel prize.
Cheers,
FT.
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