Greatest engineering advance or innovation?

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: BoomerD
Thermos (vacuum) bottle...keeps hot things hot, cold things cold.

What makes it so magical you ask??? HOW DOES IT KNOW?

Until you drop it.

 

[tfinch2]

Unix

 

[Ameesh]

transistor

 

[OrganizedChaos]

the screw

 

[NatePo717]

Originally posted by: MS Dawn
Air Conditioning without a doubt.

:thumbsup: Gets my vote.

 

[adairusmc]

Hydraulics

 

[Gilligansdingy]

3 ply toilet paper.... my ass would be hurtin without it.

 

[K1052]

steel gets my vote

 

[SoftwareEng]

guns

 

[SoftwareEng]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

Originally posted by: thepd7

Originally posted by: neonerd
What would you say is an engineering advance or innovation that you feel has had an important impact on society and why?

The firearm, I would say.

Ahh, the handgun, it made every man equal.

no, no, it was the notion that "size didn't matter" that made every man equal!!!

 

[Vic]

concrete

 

[BrownTown]

electric generator

 

[SoftwareEng]

PENIS PUMP

 

[Sniper82]

Originally posted by: killface
Stolen from SA: Thopmson Coupling is pretty sweet and new. It might change the amount of fuel we waste turning and whatnot. check out the video.

That is cool actually.

 

[grrl]

Microsoft Vista?

 

[punjabiplaya]

Without a doubt - math (everything from subtraction to calculus)
No math = pretty much nothing we have now.

 

[gsethi]

Electricity (Generator)

 

[Turin39789]

The Volkswagen Beetle

 

[sao123]

the age of steam really started the industrial revolution.

 

[Ausm]

Fusetalk's search Engine




Ausm

 

[Toastedlightly]

Originally posted by: punjabiplaya
Without a doubt - math (everything from subtraction to calculus)
No math = pretty much nothing we have now.

I do agree here. If we don't count things such as that, then the steam engine. Industrial Revolution ftw!

 

[swtethan]

fleshlight, of course.

 

[Chaotic42]

The printing press

 

[So]

Electricity. If you want to pick a single part, the Dynamo (electrical generator).

 

[OVerLoRDI]

Electricity or the Wheel and BMWs