30 on 30
Posted on February 16th, 2009 – 3:23 PMBy Thomas Lee
The Nightly Business Report and the Wharton school of business at the University of Pennsylvania complied the top 30 innovations over the past 30 years. (Sorry, the Post-It note, Spam, and honey crisp apple didn’t make the cut.)
30. Anti retroviral treatment for AIDS
29. SRAM flash memory
28. Stents
27. ATMs
26. Bar codes and scanners
25. Biofuels
24. Gentically modified plants
23. RFID
22. Digital photography/videography
21. Graphic user interface
20. Social networking via Internet
19. Large scale wind turbines
18. Photovoltaic solar energy
17. Microfinance
16. Media file compression
15. Online commerce/retail/auction
14. GPS sytems
13. Liquid crystal displays
12. Light emitting diodes
11. Open source software and services (Linux, Wikipedia)
10. Non-invasive laser/robotic surgery
9. Office software (spreadsheets, word proccessing)
8. Fiber optics
7. Microproccessors
6. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRIs)
5. DNA testing and sequencing (human genome mapping)
4. E-mail
3. Mobile cell phones
2. PC/laptop computers
1. Internet
One response to "30 on 30"
Microprocessors are way older than 30 years. So are fiber optics and bar code scanners. The GUI goes back almost 40 years, as does the internet. Someone needs to check this list.
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