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TIME technology editor Peter Ha picks the 100 greatest and most influential gadgets from 1923 to the present ---- (2010)
Time Magazine ^ | Oct. 25, 2010 | By Peter Ha

Posted on 12/24/2023 8:38:13 AM PST by dennisw

All-TIME 100 Gadgets TIME technology editor Peter Ha picks the 100 greatest and most influential gadgets from 1923 to the present ---- (2010)

How We Chose the List

Picking humanity's 100 greatest gadgets is no easy task. If we were starting from the beginning of humanity itself, the list would actually be a lot easier to compile: the wheel, the lever, the telescope, the syringe, movable type — the roster practically writes itself. But we're masochists and decided to limit the list to the 100 most influential personal gadgets created since 1923 — the year TIME started publishing. You'll see a lot of items that get the nod simply because they were the first of their kind.

First may not always be best, but it's surely a sign of smart innovation. We're sure you won't agree with all of our choices, but what kind of list would it be without some controversy? Oh, and one thing we left completely up to you: our list is in no particular order, so feel free to pick your own No. 1.

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1 posted on 12/24/2023 8:38:13 AM PST by dennisw
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Photos of all these Hall of Fame gadgets/ As evaluated in 2010

Bose Noise-Canceling Headphones
Ipod
Amazon Kindle
Nintendo Game Boy
Optical Media
Sony Discman D-50
TiVo (remember that!)

and so on......


2 posted on 12/24/2023 8:43:26 AM PST by dennisw (Be positive. Eveo day is another day.)
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The Kindle?

Is looking at a Kindle in your hand so different from looking at the paperback in your hand?


3 posted on 12/24/2023 8:45:23 AM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: dennisw

Two of the most influential inventions in my opinion are the DVD player and the Blu-Ray player.


4 posted on 12/24/2023 8:46:47 AM PST by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: dennisw

electric toaster.


5 posted on 12/24/2023 8:49:21 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: dennisw

Not a gadget, but the circular saw was a great invention. Same for the nail gun. I see roofers go a mile a minute with nail guns.


6 posted on 12/24/2023 8:54:08 AM PST by dennisw (Be positive. Eveo day is another day.)
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To: dennisw

The Thermos


7 posted on 12/24/2023 8:54:34 AM PST by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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To: ansel12
Is looking at a Kindle in your hand so different from looking at the paperback in your hand?

Yes, it most certainly is when you're on an extended trip away from home and don't want to or can't carry a dozen paperbacks.

8 posted on 12/24/2023 8:58:10 AM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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To: dennisw

Popiel Pocket Fisherman?


9 posted on 12/24/2023 9:00:46 AM PST by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.)
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To: dennisw
feel free to pick your own No. 1.

Toilet paper. Without it, well..

10 posted on 12/24/2023 9:02:37 AM PST by Hot Tabasco (This Is The Way)
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To: dennisw

the home phone, consumer radio, TV, and personal computer to name a few that should top the list.


11 posted on 12/24/2023 9:07:44 AM PST by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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PC and cell phone


12 posted on 12/24/2023 9:08:14 AM PST by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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To: Yo-Yo

I don’t have a Kindle but I have 25,460 Kindle books in my library that I can read on the computer.

While a Kindle can be convenient I don’t see it as among the greatest and most influential changes, to me it is more like a Bic lighter replacing matches, nice but not life-changing like the microwave or smartphone (which I don’t use).


13 posted on 12/24/2023 9:11:23 AM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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Remember the Kindle can store hundreds of books. And if you’re into say Neal Stephenson or Diana Gabaldon or folks like that those books get a LOT lighter on a Kindle.


14 posted on 12/24/2023 9:12:12 AM PST by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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To: Hot Tabasco

Modern toilets will not flush a corncob.


15 posted on 12/24/2023 9:12:21 AM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: OrioleFan
Ronco rotisserie oven.

Set it and forget it!

16 posted on 12/24/2023 9:14:48 AM PST by IndyTiger
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To: sten

The home phone and commercial radio predate 1923.

I guess the TV makes it though.
Biden informs us that “When the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on the television and didn’t just talk about the, you know, the princes of greed.”


17 posted on 12/24/2023 9:20:28 AM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: dennisw

Not one of those are really necessary for society nor do they really help society.


18 posted on 12/24/2023 9:21:01 AM PST by ealgeone
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To: discostu

For you Kindle users, is 25,460 Kindle books a lot for the typical Kindle person?


19 posted on 12/24/2023 9:22:54 AM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: dennisw

Wheels on luggage.


20 posted on 12/24/2023 9:23:14 AM PST by Jumpmaster (U.S. Army Paratrooper. I am the 0.001%.)
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