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Top 100 Gadgets of All Time
akintayo writes "Mobile PC released its list of the top 100 gadgets of all time. The number one gadget was the Apple Powerbook 100. And the list does include some older gadgets, most notably the Abacus at #60. The BBC also has an article on the list."
I prefer #79 (TASER X26, 2003) If you have one of these you can probably eventually get everything else on the list.
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personally, I would have opted for the red swingline stapler.
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They might as well be running their webserver on #50...
This might get modded funny if people could actually get to the site and figure out which one #50 is.
Congratulations to the BBC for making the gadets list!
Boy! I'm sure surprised that a magazine gave an apple device the #1 spot. I surely didn't see that coming!!
Any list that includes the POPEIL POCKET FISHERMAN in a list of greates gadgets isn't worth reading any further.
I'm an American. I love this country and the freedoms that we used to have.
what, no sex toys? the hitachi magic wand at least deserves a nod.
My SO swears by hers!
Now that is a gadget that deserves some recognition in the top 100! http://www.p-p-p-powerbook.com/
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If the Soviet cosmonauts thought pencil lead actually contained "metal lead particles," it's no wonder they lost the Cold War...
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I can think of at least one "portable device" that many women would think is THE best invention ever...
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When I was a boy, our abaci took up an entire wall, and we had to move the stones with donkeys, ropes, and pullies. Mobile computing my ass!
Gadgets needed moving parts and/or electronics to warrant inclusion.
And no dildo? You call this news for nerds?...
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Made with real giraffes? :)
Or perhaps that was graphite.
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I agree that my abacus has a very intuitive interface and gets awesome battery life, but it seems to be taking a long time to compile a kernel. Anyone have tips for optimizing this?
Man i can't believe it!
They think that digital watches are still pretty neat, but didn't put it at number 42! They ought turn their geek cards in!
Way to set yourselves up for a perfect inside joke and not even coem thru with it guys!
And the sextant and chronometer arguably affected long-distance travel more than Bose noise-canceling headphones...
Hell no. Ships back then were very loud. The noise cancelling headphones allowed the likes of Magellan and Cortez to listen to their Ye Olde 50 Pence albums in peace.
Where does the school board find them and why do they keep sending them to ME?
Except for the abacuses produced by Microsofte. I always hated getting the Blue Bead of Death.
Where's my grandmother's clamp-on-the-counter hand-cranked apple peeler? That thing could peel an apple in 5 seconds flat. Certainly more innovative than half the stuff on that list.
And the oldest digital calculator too.
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Fire in a stick. Hmm. Comes to mind as something that has been used from time to time down through history. Guess it can't compete with the Clapper.
I'd say the oldest calculating machine, and most used even today, can be found at the end of your arm.
You mean, my watch?
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