The Internet
Vinton G. Cerf founded the InterNetworking Group in 1972 and this has since been recognised as the birthyear of the Internet. Thoughts behind the Internet can be traced back as far as the end of World War II, though.
Most Important Inventions Throughout History
Inventions have changed the world and the lives of people many times through history, but which inventions are most important? ListWoo gives you what the world thinks is the Top Ten most significant inventions of man.
Scientists and inventors have made significant contributions to the lives of the common people throughout history. Sometimes through dedicated research, other times through neccessity and still other times by accident. An interesting fact is that war seem to speed up the pace of new inventions. Some inventions make a bigger impact on the public than others, and some inventions quickly become part of everyday life, but which ones are the most important? ListWoo shows what people around the world thinks and gives you the opportunity to let your voice be heard.
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Electricity
Developed in the 18th and 19th centuries by a long row of inventors and scientists who each contributed with their own piece of what is modern day electrical technology.
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Language
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The Wheel
Used both for transportation and as the basic principle for most mechanized systems ever built. The Wheel is thought to have first appeared in Mesopotamia around 3500 BC.
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The Light Bulb
The road to the cost effective, long-lasting and practical light source starts in the early 1800's, but the essential breakthrough came about in 1879 and is largely credited the famous inventor Thomas A. Edison.
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The Computer
The earliest computers were developed during World War II for processing ballistic numbers and numeric analytics, but the thought of having machines calculate difficult mathematics can be traced back to England in the years around 1800.
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Fire
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Penicillin
Invention of penicillin is credited Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming in 1928, when he discovered that certain mold could kill bacteria.
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Flight
First Perfected By The Wright Brothers In 1903, It Has Allowed The Entire World To Become Next Door.
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The Printing Press
Developed by Johann Gutenberg in the 1440's the printing press enabled mass production of the written word.
Additional items
This list is limited to 10 primary items. Additional items are phased out after a period of time, if they do not get sufficient votes. If you think, any of the additional items below should become primary and permanent, then please give them your vote.
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Telephone
The man behind enabling people to communicate to each other at long distances, is the Scottish engineer Alexander Graham Bell who patented his telephone in 1876.
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Mathematics
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Paper
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Books
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Condom
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Writing
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Steam Engine
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Agriculture
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Vaccine
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Sewer System
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Water Purification
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Gunpowder
Known and used for both fireworks and firearms by the Chinese as far back as 1000 BC.
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Clock
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The Screw
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Refrigerators
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Steel
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Semiconductor
The addition of impurities to modify the electrical properties of pure semiconductor elements, forming P- and N-type materials, enabled the invention of the modern diode, transistor, and integrated circuit. -
Clothes
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Compass
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Microscope
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Radio
Wireless signal transmission was widely experimented on during the 1800's, and so many scientists contributed that the actual inventor of modern radio cannot be decisively named.
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Cellphone
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Haber Process
A process to create ammonia from hydrogen gas and nitrogen gas. It is estimated that the fertilizer made from the ammonia created by this method feeds a third of the earths population.
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Bread
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Car
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Nuclear Energy
From the 1895 experiments of ionising radiation to produce X-rays by Wilhelm Rontgen, through Pierre and Marie Curie's "invention" of radioactivity to the development of nuclear fission during World War II, nuclear energy has had a widespread effect on multiple areas throughout the world.
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Bike
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Camera
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Currency
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Telegraph
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Money
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Television
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Nail
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Microwave
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The elevator
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Typewriter
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Gps
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Algebra
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Democracy
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Abacus
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Radiators
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Oven
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Plastic
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Acid
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Toothbrush
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Intermodal Container
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Velcro
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Scariest Places in the World
The most scary place in the world is of course very subjective, but some places do undoubtedly invoke great fear in almost all people who visit them. ListWoo has comprised a list of the ten scariest places in the world for you to feel the shiver down your spine.
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