@conandlibrarian I think you made a very valid point. If @conandlibrarian has managed to live without the invention for years, it obviously has no real relevance anymore or maybe never did
Just today I ate potato chips, used a microwave, wrote on post-its, and fixed something with super glue. There was also some vulcanized rubber in there somewhere, probably.
X-Rays. Not just because I work in radiology but for the simple fact that it's the one accidental discovery that advanced medicine years beyond where it was. Medical imaging has given us the ability to diagnose and save lives. No other option can truly say it has given something so important to society.
Any invention that saves a live. I have 3 people in my family who are inventors. One invented the glass eye who passed away recently and 1 invented the sound for movies. The last was my father who invented the video case in my garage when I was little. Plus other inventions through out his life.
Strikeable Matches, but my husband would say Viagra.
@MrsPavlov and its beta version, rogaine.
Penicillin.
@Teripie I came here to say the same. You get the star.
@Teripie and really, this pretty much means antibiotics as a whole. God bless moldy bread.
Time Travel. Wait for it....
@Fish_Kungfu Sorry dude, I already said this. It just hasn't happened yet.
Penicillin
I am surprised the microwave oven is getting so many votes. I have not owned one in years.
@conandlibrarian The microwave is a marvelous miracle of simplicity. I've been using the same one for 29 years.
@conandlibrarian
Show me a new home that doesn't have one built in
@conandlibrarian I think you made a very valid point. If @conandlibrarian has managed to live without the invention for years, it obviously has no real relevance anymore or maybe never did
@MehnofLaMehncha I am not saying they are not everywhere, I can just think of so many other things that are more important.
Most children.
Silly Putty
Porn...
Oops, sorry. Wrong accident.
Corn Flakes.
Although I said microwave oven, the correct answer is probably vulcanized rubber, which makes automobile travel more effective.
Cold Fusion, ah, no...Donald Trump.
LASIK surgery
Chocolate chip cookies.
@PocketBrain Cookies generally I'd say (just to be inclusive of people who for whatever reason prefer other kinds)
Just today I ate potato chips, used a microwave, wrote on post-its, and fixed something with super glue. There was also some vulcanized rubber in there somewhere, probably.
@awk did you drive anywhere? If not, delivery trucks will do. Someone drove.
X-Rays. Not just because I work in radiology but for the simple fact that it's the one accidental discovery that advanced medicine years beyond where it was. Medical imaging has given us the ability to diagnose and save lives. No other option can truly say it has given something so important to society.
@cinoclav anything that saves a life. Health is more important than things to survive.
X-Rays and penicillin are certainly more important, but the ubiquitous post-it has changed my life so much more.
I love Post-Its.
Plastic.
Pickles.
Actually, a different form of fermentation was probably more important... Alcohol.
Probably penicillin, because without it we would all be dead.
Viagra. It saved a company. And a few marriages. Best recreational drug ever. ... err, I've heard.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8466118.stm
Anyone who thinks microwave ovens are more important than vulcanized rubber is an idiot.
@Fen_Star I'm not sure "greatest" and "most important" are synonymous.
Any invention that saves a live. I have 3 people in my family who are inventors. One invented the glass eye who passed away recently and 1 invented the sound for movies. The last was my father who invented the video case in my garage when I was little. Plus other inventions through out his life.
Penicillin
The slinky!