I won't do a full ten count, and I suppose some of you will have over ten...

 

but I will start by mentioning some obvious ones...

 

The Wheel

 

Fire

 

Darwin's odd idea that all living creatures share a common ancestor.

The written word.

 

Antibiotics.

 

Computing machines.

 

The scientific method.

 

Atomic power.

 

Fudge.

Pencil & Paper.

 

We first discovered we are, then empathy, how we relate to the world. Those we built on in our head. Then tool making abilities and fire. I assume you ask about signifigant discoveries after these.

refining metal

steam engine

Just to add two.

Just aman

Language

Sewerage systems

Printing presses

Agriculture

Illustration

Magnifying glass

 

Blood transfusion

 

Electromagnet

 

Fountain pen\Ballpoint pen (soon to be extinct)

 

Nylon

 

Transistor

 

Light-emitting diode

 

 

Just too many to name. We really do take everything for granted don't we?

Bikinis

dental anasthetic

beer in cans

the transistor (as also stated above)

Duct tape

sewer systems,treatment,fresh water for the masses

language (also above)

the condom

the lens

super glue (crazy glue)

maths (obviously )

discovery of electron (=> electricity)

splitting the atom

penicillin

aspirin

transistor

 

can't be bothered thinking of anything else.

pizza

The Cat Flap.

 

The written word.

 

And genome restructuring .

The ban feature.

Nobody has mentioned the internet yet..

shh, i was getting there.. or something

 

your avatar says it all

anti gravity

warp drive

cold fusion

Oh yeah, the rest of you can't do that yet.

Just aman

Chin pants.

CAT scanner

 

Fiberoptics

 

Compact disc

 

Artificial heart

 

High temperature superconductors

oooo the BAN feature totally forgot!

and the INTERNET!

aman said in post #14 :

anti gravity

warp drive

cold fusion

Oh yeah, the rest of you can't do that yet.

Just aman

 

Food replicators too!

 

 

Sayonara³ said in post #15 :

Chin pants.

 

 

What's that?

NSX said in post #18 :

What's that?

Chin pants.

 

Invented by our very own Sister Blike of the Order of Questionable Virtues.

 

They're going to change the world.

never!

Radeon 9700 Pro's.

Cheese in a can

Radeon 9800pro.

 

Although to be fair, it's just the 9700 overclocked, but it still rocks.

Anaesthetics

 

Antiseptics (and aseptic technique)

 

The modern hypodermic needle

- Music

(why do we all like it it's not like it is food)

 

 

 

dave said in post #23 :

Radeon 9800pro.

 

Although to be fair, it's just the 9700 overclocked, but it still rocks.

 

You better do a check on that because the shaders changed form 2.0 to 2.1

so there is a hardware difference.

 

P.S. The R360 is knocking on the door now.