What’s an invention that quietly changed the world, but doesn’t get enough credit?
Robot
ArishMell · 70-79, M
Not so much invention as discovery: that of being able to create and control Heat Energy: Fire.
Probably the most fundamental of all human achievements, without which almost everything else could not have been possible... and we do not know where, when and how this happened.
In rough chronological order but spanning millennia:
Controlling Fire led to...
Cooking
Pottery
Copper, Tin and Zinc (hence Bronze and Brass, respectively)
Glass,
Iron (our most valuable, versatile and ubiquitous metallic element, especially in its leading to -
- Steel.
Mechanised Manufacturing and -
- Mechanical Transport
Electricity.
All else are developments from, or relying on, one or more of these!
Probably the most fundamental of all human achievements, without which almost everything else could not have been possible... and we do not know where, when and how this happened.
In rough chronological order but spanning millennia:
Controlling Fire led to...
Cooking
Pottery
Copper, Tin and Zinc (hence Bronze and Brass, respectively)
Glass,
Iron (our most valuable, versatile and ubiquitous metallic element, especially in its leading to -
- Steel.
Mechanised Manufacturing and -
- Mechanical Transport
Electricity.
All else are developments from, or relying on, one or more of these!
AthrillatheHunt · 51-55, M
GuidanceCounselor · 56-60, M
@AthrillatheHunt rather uplifting
AthrillatheHunt · 51-55, M
@GuidanceCounselor doubt we would have mega cities without them , even though London hit like 1 million I believe before elevators .
Electricity
ElwoodBlues · M
GnomeyGee · 41-45, M
Paper clip
Shybutwilling2bfriends · 61-69
FreeSpirit1 · 51-55, F
ButterRobot · 51-55, M
Sanitation
GuidanceCounselor · 56-60, M
The leather belt
Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M
GuidanceCounselor · 56-60, M
@Picklebobble2 which one
AthrillatheHunt · 51-55, M
@Picklebobble2 not every society invented the written word.
Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M
@GuidanceCounselor Any that gives expression to thought.
TheSirfurryanimalWales · 61-69, M
rinkydinkydoink · M
WD-40. The preceding 39 water displacement formulas were not quite right.
Katie01 · F
The wheel. Underrated king
Bleak · 36-40, F
The Barcode
Punxi · F
Brass Knuckles
LegendofPeza · 61-69, M
Hireath · 36-40, M
smilies/emojis
GuidanceCounselor · 56-60, M
Viagra
sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M
