A Century of Innovation

The 20th Century saw many innovations that have affected the way we live. Which inventions or scientific breakthroughs of the 20th Century do you think have made the most impact on humanity and human society?

Some that immediately come to mind are oral contraceptives, computers, the worldwide web, television and cell phones. If you can narrow it down, name the ten you think have been the most significant.

Internet; specifically it's ability to explicitly educate and simultaneously encourage people, if only subconsciously, to easily search out what they'd like to learn and research it.

-AC

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Internet; specifically it's ability to explicitly educate and simultaneously encourage people, if only subconsciously, to easily search out what they'd like to learn and research it.

-AC

don't forget porn.

Originally posted by Evil Dead
don't forget porn.

The automobile

Originally posted by imaqtpie
The automobile

Getting your centuries mixed up again?

I'd consider the automobile a 19th Century invention since that was when they were.. you know... invented... (although they weren't mass produced proper until the 20th).

The death ray.