event,invention,historical turning point that has changed mankind and turned this world into what it is today.whether good or bad
2006-06-27 14:42:14 · 7 answers · asked by clueless 4 in News & Events ➔ Other - News & Events
Easy. Th einternal combustion engine followed by the information age.
2006-06-27 14:46:42 · answer #1 · answered by jaredshouse 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When a man eating lunch at Texas Instruments (they invented the calculator...), drew on a napkin an idea for a transister (before we had circut boards and chips), dropped the napkin in a "suggestion box." Scientists at Texas Instruments looked at the drawing, built a transister from it; and from that! came all the electronics we have today. Before they used test tubes to make electrical machinery run. We have gone very far, in a very short time; technology wise...
2006-06-27 21:50:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The invention of agriculture. It allowed nomadic tribes to settle and spend less time hunting/foraging. We wouldn't have big cities or iPods if it weren't for the fact prehistoric people all of a sudden had a lot more free time.
2006-06-27 21:49:27 · answer #3 · answered by gecko_neon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bill Gates deciding to apply copyright law to software. He developed a royalty and licensing legal concept that maximized profits from his innovations. This allowed him and Paul Allen to retain exclusive control of their product. The development of an operating system software capable of working across platforms revolutionized money-management, inventory-control, and database solutions in a previously unimaginable manner. Simultaneously, they disseminated extremely profitable entertainment platforms. The result, the capacity to globally profit!
2006-06-27 21:54:12 · answer #4 · answered by 5375 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The establishing of a medium of exchange-currency. Without it, there would be chaos.
Was it good-bad?...The jury is still out.
2006-06-27 21:51:31 · answer #5 · answered by marnefirstinfantry 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The invention of the nuclear bomb.
2006-06-28 02:47:06 · answer #6 · answered by composertype 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
one of the following: electricity/light bulb, flight, or the automobile. where would we be without all 3? nowhere!
2006-06-27 21:46:47 · answer #7 · answered by drunkinpoet 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋