A World Transformed: What Are the Top 30 Innovations of the Last 30 Years?

The list is as follows, in order of importance:

1. Internet, broadband, WWW (browser and html)
2. PC/laptop computers
3. Mobile phones
4. E-mail
5. DNA testing and sequencing/Human genome mapping
6. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
7. Microprocessors
8. Fiber optics
9. Office software (spreadsheets, word processors)
10. Non-invasive laser/robotic surgery (laparoscopy)
11. Open source software and services (e.g., Linux, Wikipedia)
12. Light emitting diodes
13. Liquid crystal display (LCD)
14. GPS systems
15. Online shopping/ecommerce/auctions (e.g., eBay)
16. Media file compression (jpeg, mpeg, mp3)
17. Microfinance
18. Photovoltaic Solar Energy
19. Large scale wind turbines
20. Social networking via the Internet
21. Graphic user interface (GUI)
22. Digital photography/videography
23. RFID and applications (e.g., EZ Pass)
24. Genetically modified plants
25. Bio fuels
26. Bar codes and scanners
27. ATMs
28. Stents
29. SRAM flash memory
30. Anti retroviral treatment for AIDS
More at http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=2163

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Human Evolution, History and Origins


From here you can access the information we are assimilating about the origins of life and the evolutionary process. To provide some context to the discussion of where we might go (evolutionarily speaking), it may help to understand the different theories about from where we came. There are several different beliefs on this topic, many firmly and fervently held. We try to present the core ideas behind each without advocating any particular theory.

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