what is your favourite gadget or invention during the last 15 years and why?

Question

mine's has to be the internet, and alas when it was launched back in 1995 or whatever, nobody could've predicted it would be that big, influential and to make a huge impact on our daily lives. can you imagine life without the internet and sending off mail by post instead of a click of the mouse, or not having the opportunity to communicate and interact with people all over the world ? yeah, neither can i. yes it can have its faults, but its just a brilliant and amazing invention that ever existed

Answer 1

Hi,
True, most true, or I would not be communicating with you.
But I could mention a few others that have cropped up in my lifetime so far -
The electric shaver. - I used to scratch my face to pieces with some horribly sharp blade.
The mobile phone - I remember shoving coins into slots in a red box on the street.
Travel - I thought it was great to go from Newcastle to Aunt Pollie's in Frinton. Now I go to New York as if it is a bus trip.
Digital TV? I remember two channels in monochrome.
Oh dear, I am only 51, with long hippy hair, play in a band, - oh there is another one, instead of a piano, our man on keyboard has a Yamaha PSR something but look what has happened !
My guitar has changed from a Jedson to a Gibson.
My car is no longer an Orange Mk 2 Cortina, it is a Trans-Am.
I should have a word with NASA about a trip around the planet.
Oh dear - Merry Whatnots to you & yours.
Bob
Bob.

Answer 2

Just as a matter of clarification, the Internet, which is a bunch of interconnected computer networks, traces its origin back to the 50's. I know it was certainly operational in the 80's which is when I first accessed it.

I think you may be thinking of the World Wide Web which is a bunch of linked documents available *through* the Internet. That came about in 1990 or so. The first web browsers like Netscape and Mosaic came out sometime in the mid-1990's. However, the Internet itself has been around a long time.

And no, Al Gore didn't invent it.

Answer 3

There was a TV program not so long ago about the best invention ever, and the best invention was THE SPRING apprently its in allmost everything from cars to the buttons on your keyboard :) Personally i agree that the internet is the best gadget EVER! its totaly revolutionised how we go about our daily lives, and its getting better and better in a few years we will be able to watch a movie at home pause it get into your car and the film will pick of from were you paused it in your house. Networking and the Internet RULES! :)

Answer 4

The Laptop and internet...however how sick am I.?...when I was 7, I am now 46, I sat and designed the exact same device as the laptop, mine was so that you could watch any film ever made when ever you wanted...ok the dvd player does that but mine had the qwerty keypad to and could be linked to a main frame computer.....What do i do for a living???? I am in construction....!!!!!!

Answer 5

The mobile phone. Before that, you had to queue up a a phone box in the rain or not speak to anyone AND they had to be home to answer the phone. Now, you can be in a car and speak to someone who's on a train - it's amazing!

Answer 6

Cordless Drill.

Answer 7

the screen on a mobile phone - you can safely ignore all those annoying 'number witheld/caller unknowns' !

if they want to speak to me then why the big secret of who they are in the first place!?!

Answer 8

Digital Camera.

Now you can see if you have taken a crap shot and erase it rather than wait a week, pay a fortune, and throw them away!

Answer 9

the snooze button on my alarm clock

Answer 10

yes internet and email - what would we do without it!!