“The wheel was voted as the most important invention in history, with the aeroplane in second place, the lightbulb third, the worldwide web fourth and computers fifth,” The Beeb reports. “Other inventions to make the top ten included Graham Bell’s telephone in sixth place, followed by Sir Alexander Flemming’s discovery of Penicillin.”
“The iPhone came eighth, while Thomas Crapper’s flushing toilet was ninth,” The Beeb reports. “The internal combustion engine came tenth.”
The Beeb reports, “Lance Batchelor, Chief Executive Officer of Tesco Mobile, which carried out the nationwide research among 18-65 year-olds, said: ‘All of the inventions included in this list have changed the world forever. Whether it be something as small as a paper clip, to something which changed the face of the universe like the combustion engine, these amazing feats have all been recognized as truly great. It’s amazing to see how much the iPhone is valued, sitting alongside inventions such as Penicillin in people’s perceptions and being declared a more important invention than miracle gadgets of their own time, such as the compass. No wonder the iPhone has been flying off the shelves at Tesco, as it allows us to have everything we need at our finger tips.'”
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I could have given you that conclusion without the need for an expensive market research! Typical of Tesco, looking to sell the iPhone via stealth!
8th. Right behind the SlapChop and ShamWow!
Zune: 1,476,543,792th
You mean a three year old device that is already behind on tech specs to many other phones? And apparently converts your photos, music files, and other data to a proprietary format unusable by any other mobile device?*
Strange
* as recently “proven” by Jessica Mintz, AP Technology Writer
seriously… the iPhone?
The Computer
Radio
Television
The Internet
Airplane
The Number Zero
Written Language
Telephone
Nuclear Fission
Photography
Penicillin
Would have been some of the ones I thought of off the top of my head and including “The iPhone” in that list is laughable.
Now if they had said the most important consumer technology breakthroughs of the last decade, the iPhone would definitely be in the running.
It would be interesting to see where the Macintosh, iPod, and Microsoft Bob placed.
VHS Tape
DVD
Internet
Motion Picture Camera
Condoms
Cell Phone w/ voicemail
KY Jelly
Kleenex
Like I said, they are looking for an angle to declare that they have the iPhone for sale. One can only wonder how successful that will play out in the end.
I vote for tortillas, tofu and pasta. Seriously, who figured those things out? Oh yeah, and I like turtles…
Frell that, nobody listed air conditioning/refrigeration? I don’t want to think of life without those…
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#2: iPhone
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2. Developers
3. Developers
4. Developers
5. Throwable Chairs
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Of course it’s ridiculous. It’s simply the current state of popular historical perspective. I love my iPhone, but I’d give it up before I’d give up my indoor flushing toilet. Let’s get real.
In reply to the comment left by DRMSSDB: your a JEALOUS, IDIOTIC , MORON! What have you created in your life worth mentioning?? Besides piss and crap , you have created nothing loser. All you iPhone haters, you can lick my nuts.
I’ve always found it hilarious that the guy who invented the modern toilet was names Thomas Crapper (and no, that’s not where the word “crap” comes from). Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony.
So where is Global Warming on the list?
Not surprised to see that dentistry didn’t make that list.
I’m sure Britons did not mention hot water. Jesus, they still cant get friggin hot water and cold water out of the same damn faucet.
This guy makes me laugh. And you MAC lemmings make me laugh even more. Everyone knows computer equals to Windows, and MAC are toys, not computers, so my Microsoft is high above your precious I-pHone.
And the list this guy is talking about is laughable at best. www above Windows?? There would not be www without Windows and the masterminds at Microsoft. So, here’s the REAL list:
1. Wheel
2. Windows (or computer)
3. HP or Dell
4. Zune
5. USB
6. Airplane
7…and the rest. Don’t know, don’t care.
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X-Rays
Cathode Ray Tubes.
Silicon Transistors.
Ultrasound Scanner
The Mobile Phone!
The Printing Press
Now, let’s stay within the computer world:
LCDs
Silicon wafers
The Mouse
The Laptop
The Modem
VOIP
Nintendo Gameboy
The iPhone is nowhere NEAR “important” status. If it didn’t exist, life would go on and nothing would really change.
most important in history? The iPhone wouldn’t even rank in the top 10,000.
crop rotation
stirrups
saddle
mechanical clock
microscope
telescope
compass
dynamite
fish hook
plow
locks
paper
sewing machine
spectacles
syringe
Thomas Crapper’s flushing toilet FTW…
In it’s day, the spear was somewhat useful.