The CameraThe TelevisionThe Printing PressThe TelephoneThe AutomobileThe PlaneThe TrainThe WheelPenicillinThe Sewing MachineThe light BulbThe steam engineThe semi-automatic rifleLandminesThe InternetThe ComputerThe Paper MakerEyeglasses and Bifocal EyeglassesThe Crane (for lifting)The Atomic BombThe Sewer SystemThe ToiletThe Cotton GinThe Smallpox VaccinationThe refrigeratorMorse CodeThe revolverThe catapultThe machine gunThe Gatling gunDynamiteBarbed WireThe RadioThe gas maskThe first robot/ First artificial LifeThe microwaveThe hydrogen bombThe barcode scannerThe Artificial HeartThe World Wide Web, internet protocolThe iPodThe CellphoneIf i left out an invention, please let me knowThis is for a project I am doing on the importance of technologyPlease pick 10-15 of these inventions, and list those 10-15 in order of which you think is most important.
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Well, here is a pre-eliminary listYou have some redundant choices and it is highly difficult to place them in order from most important to least importantWhat is clear to me though is that the Wheel should be on the top of any list many of the inventions use a variant of the traditional wheel, which stresses its importance even moreThe Camera The Television The Printing Press The Telephone The Automobile The Wheel Penicillin The light Bulb The steam engine The Internet The Paper Maker Eyeglasses and Bifocal Eyeglasses The Crane (for lifting) The Sewer System The Cotton Gin The Smallpox Vaccination The refrigerator Dynamite The Radio The gas mask The World Wide Web, internet protocol The Cellphone
