Ok, I know this question has been asked before, but I want to see if any one can guess the true best invention. In my opinion, its the escalator. Think about it, it gets you to somewhere faster using the same energy, and if it breaks, its still stairs, so basically, its never out of service!
2006-12-05 18:43:56 · 16 answers · asked by Mikey 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Fire. Think of who much we would have lost without it. Now if you DON'T call it an invention then that really opens things up. How about the Wheel? Where would the escalator be without it? The escalator basically uses the old rope and pulley type system and needs a wheel to turn it. So without the wheel we simply have a set of steps.
2006-12-06 00:10:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ookami is partially correct. Writing allowed information to be conveyed to people in a permanent manner. But what allowed information to be transmitted to many people was the printing press. Before, copying by hand took a long time. Also alot of people could not read because text was not readily available. The printing press allowed ideas to be disseminated to a large population.
2006-12-08 12:50:29 · answer #2 · answered by speedy b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Although most people don't think of it as an invention, the most useful invention of all time would be written language. The ability to convey our thoughts in writing has allowed ideas to be spread across the world; our ideas themselves are able to be communicated more clearly due to our understanding of grammar and syntax. The written word allows us to record the passage of time and events so that we can learn from them later; it allows us to fabricate entire worlds of fanciful imagination; it creates a preservable record of our lives, thoughts, and actions. Most importantly, it allows ideas to become portable: whic allows people to learn from one another, develop new ideas, collaborate, and answer questions.
2006-12-06 02:57:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
some of the best inventions:
video games
electricity
fire
televisions
internet
computers
peace
compassion
clocks/watches
board/card games
houses
refrigerators
sports (although I am not a very large fan of them myself)
books
communication
satelites
telephones
almost anything that has ever been invented could go on this list
2006-12-06 02:56:58 · answer #4 · answered by Shadow 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
antibiotics as well as the discovery of germs and sanitation. before these things (just a hundred years ago!) peoples life expectancies were at least 30 years shorter than present times.
2006-12-06 03:10:16 · answer #5 · answered by Toni P 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I agree that the wheel is the best invention.
2006-12-06 09:04:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Written language. next in line, electricity, it would be impossible to have an escalator without it!
2006-12-06 06:17:12 · answer #7 · answered by LADY ~ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have always been thankful for disposable diapers, and saftey pins.
I kinda like the wheel too.
2006-12-07 18:14:40 · answer #8 · answered by Diane G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who ever invented sleeping in.
Chocolate frosting.
whoopie cushion
2006-12-06 05:49:59 · answer #9 · answered by ckgene 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Plastic and the birth control pill.
2006-12-06 02:53:57 · answer #10 · answered by Twisted Maggie 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋