Okiepan Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 In your opinion what was the greatest invention of the 20th century ??? 1900-2000 Big or Small because it's your opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Joker Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 Henry Ferguson's tractor designs. Revolutionized agriculture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 The Wright Flyer. The refrigeration research of Willis Carrier. He made possible the widespread use of commercial HVAC, refrigeration for food preservation, and industrial process cooling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yul Lose Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 The Micro Processor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pit Bull Tex Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 Just mine. SASS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex M Rugers #6621 Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 Penicillin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Sage, SASS #49891 Life Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 Man's ability to fly. Without that , everything else pales in comparison. Of course my view is tainted, as I am a retired aerospace engineer and worked in that industry all of my adult life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 Dental anesthesia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Charlie Harley, #14153 said: The Wright Flyer. The refrigeration research of Willis Carrier. He made possible the widespread use of commercial HVAC, refrigeration for food preservation, and industrial process cooling. +100000 You beat me to it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Gun Barney, SASS #2428 Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 The 1911! First thing that came to mind was refrigeration, but CH beat me to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 So many to choose from. I'll add the Model T Ford which made personal transportation affordable for the masses. 15 million of them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 Sliced bread...what all other inventions and ideas have been compared to since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joeronimo Caffiend Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 Industrial Automation; Else we'd be working 6 days a week and a half day on Sunday with no time for the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 The transistor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Boots Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 If you mean greatest impact...television, it opened the world to the average person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 The plastic straw. Do you remember trying to drink a milk shake with a paper straw? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 3 minutes ago, Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 said: The plastic straw. Do you remember trying to drink a milk shake with a paper straw? Only briefly, even the cardboard-like ones collapsed. Thereafter I used a spoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish Pat Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 Birth control pills and viagra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish Pat Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 And heart bypass surgery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snakejaw_Joe Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 the assembly line. the biggest contributor to mechanization, automation, and making products accessible to all. Shoutout to the internet, which brings those assembly line products straight to your couch and connects us with our loved ones near and far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconKC Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 I have to go with refrigeration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 The AK-47. It completely reshaped the world map, for better or worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imis Twohofon,SASS # 46646 Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 The coat hanger, or else lost socks would have nothing to turn into. All of the world"s greatest inventions are the results of the efforts of lazy men. Imis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 The greatest? So many choices. sliced bread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Hair, SASS #29557 Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 If you ask me in the middle of a Florida summer I'd have to say the air conditioner and an ice cold soda! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derringer Dan Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 The thermos. In the summer my wife puts ice tea in it and it keeps the tea cool all day long. In the winter time she puts hot soup in it and it keeps the soup hot all day long. How doit know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 Nuclear energy! It’s capable of the greatest of good and the greatest of bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 Powered flight changed the world. The other things just modified it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantankerous Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 Either the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders or the Glock 17. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 ....... without 'lektrikkery I wouldn't have had a vocation ....... ... you know, ...... this stuff ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskey Hicks Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 Moving picture: movies, TV, and animation. I say this specifically studying psychology and religion studies. We teach and learn the most through narrative and teleology. Moving pictures are the most powerful medium for narrative we’ve ever experienced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 24 minutes ago, Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 said: ....... without 'lektrikkery I wouldn't have had a vocation ....... ... you know, ...... this stuff ... But it wasn’t a 20th century invention. Well at least in the Northern Hemisphere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 24 minutes ago, Whiskey Hicks said: Moving picture: movies, TV, and animation. I say this specifically studying psychology and religion studies. We teach and learn the most through narrative and teleology. Moving pictures are the most powerful medium for narrative we’ve ever experienced. Interesting take on it. I had never considered that aspect. Thanks. Ove been thinking about this since 5 this morning and am still not sure what to answer. Flight, electronics- including computers, modern medicine, the assembly line, they all have something to recommend them for the top spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clay Mosby Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 Best invention: Saturn 5 Worst invention: Social media Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 16 minutes ago, Clay Mosby said: .................... Worst invention: Social media Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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