The skittle.

Calculus, mechanisation and computing for (fairly) recent history.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Writing, counting and fire for ancient history.

The wind-powered sawmill. The ability to produce lumber at an industrial scale allowed the Dutch to become the wealthiest and most powerful nation in the world during the seventeenth century. It also enabled trade and exploration on a massive scale.

Forget what I said before!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the greatest invention ever!

Aids and some diseases were made in a labratory and are bad influences on society

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On Topic: Benjamin Franklin created some of the most brilliant things and ideas...smartest man of his time

The skittle.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Damn you, I was gonna' say sweets and then say "Eg. The Skittle" :P

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anyways, where would we be without the discovery of electricity?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Where would we be if we didn't know how to transmit signals through thin-air?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cables... they're useful.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bad things:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clothes... Now, come on... We have fire for warmth... Nakedness for the win!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The School curriculum; very badly written.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And I think that's about it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-Mitch-

The most infulential invention is without a doubt the printing press.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was the first step in mass communication, speeding technology advancement and information exchanges.

Aids and some diseases were made in a labratory and are bad influences on society

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On Topic: Benjamin Franklin created some of the most brilliant things and ideas...smartest man of his time

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AIDS was most definitely not made in a laboratory...

The most infulential invention is without a doubt the printing press.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was the first step in mass communication, speeding technology advancement and information exchanges.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ding Ding Ding

 

 

 

We have a winner.

Time?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And by time, I mean our ways of measuring it and keeping track, right down to individual seconds. People all arrive at work exactly on time at 5:00:00, any later and they're late. That's a big defining factor of our lives.

The tooth brush...the world without the tooth brush would be really disgusting.

 

 

 

 

 

In a world with less porn... omg its true, so much imformation at our fingertips, and people use the internet for porn...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

people can use the internet for what ever that pleases them, its not for you to decide what people can do.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i find metal to be pretty useful, i guess the first bronze that was made was pretty cool.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

humans didn't invent "metal"... i guess you could say the processes for extracting the ore though.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Humans didn't invent the wheel either... just the process of carving a stone into a round shape. :roll:

 

The most infulential invention is without a doubt the printing press.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was the first step in mass communication, speeding technology advancement and information exchanges.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ding Ding Ding

 

 

 

We have a winner.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

errr.....thats basically just opinion. i think paper is a far greater invention than the printing press. where would the printing press be without paper?

how bout a writing instrument, like chalk or a pencil, i mean without that stuff nothing could be recorded and i jsut owned everyone on this board because a writing instrument was used in everything.

 

 

 

what now :D lol

how bout a writing instrument, like chalk or a pencil, i mean without that stuff nothing could be recorded and i jsut owned everyone on this board because a writing instrument was used in everything.

 

 

 

what now :D lol

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i agree! i think the earliest writing utensil might have been charcoal, but im not exactly sure. i kno quills and ink went way back though...

It might be a good idea to split this up by time period/century, it would make it a lot easier to pick...

Agriculture.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Once humans learned that they didn't have to move around to get their food anymore, they settled down, built cities and started thinking about more than just where their next meal is going to come from.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In time, lands became prized for agriculture, and people had to create more imaginative ways of killing each other in order to protect their territory and keep themselves fed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If we had not developed agriculture, we would still be largely nomadic, and would never have discovered those things that were crucial for an established urban area or could only be feasible in one, such as pottery, metallurgy, engineering, roads, writing or high diplomacy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Without cities, we could never have had organised conflict, and remember that a lot of the technology we take for granted today was developed in order to aid a war effort.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In effect, if we hadn't learned to grow our own food in the first place, we wouldn't have any problems with famine, because we would just move on to better areas. Agriculture also degrades soils over time, and this backs up my previous statement.

Slash and Burn was probably the best technique ever created. Pity the tempation of mass agriculture ruined it all.

 

 

 

Why couldn't people just grow enough food for themself :(

I'd say the bed lol, or the sofa cuz u need 2 rest ur rear end. :D

well im a little confused now did u mean an ivention or a concept. like 1 guy said agriculture but it wasnt like 1 day .........

 

 

 

"Say Joe, how bout we like invent some kinda system in which to farm our crops more efficiantly" says fred

 

 

 

"Dam homie pass that S@#^ thisa way DawG"replies joe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

nar just mucking f00l.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

honestly if its a object then i would say the map. because without maps there is no sence of bearing and people would of been getting lost all over the place.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

if its a concept i would have to say conspiracy. Think about it conspiracy has weeded out all those little nasties in our world- witchcraft -the devil+his associates -bananna flavoured marshmallows.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

for the worst concept i would have to say monarchy, though i do agree with that other guy- are cloths REALLY neccisary.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

that is all children.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

:twisted: :evil: :twisted:

 

 

 

el patto

agriculture isn't an invention its a skill/technique, an invention is someone made by hands, you dont really make plants, you grow em, so it shouldnt count.

 

 

 

Oh ya another would be wires cause that is in almost everything today.

Gunpowder

The dicovery of oil...i know it isn't an invention but meh.

The whole sanitation thing (probably not the most infuential though). I've seen it in a movie (Donnie Darko of course), but it seems to be pretty logical that it is important and infuential.

Sliced Bread :P? JK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I would say the wheel, and the automobile, and the aeroplane were histories greatest inventions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gunpowder is a notable invention, invented by the Chinese

 

 

 

All agricultural inventions, irrigation, plow and stuff