[rsaavedra]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Samgotit /img/forum/go_quote.gif Hitachi Magic Wand... hands [size=xx-small](and pants)[/size] down the first "legitimate" gadget for womankind.

Hey imagine if they had faced-off the Gameboy with that one. How can you determine what can be regarded as better: lot's of people with minor entertainment, or much fewer people, but with major entertainment?

 

[marvin]

@4:

Calculator vs AK: Both are evolutionary rather than revolutionary. AK wins for it's continued relevancy, even though it's over two decades older.

Sextant vs Compass: Both are revolutionary, but the compass had less of an effect as it changed when you could travel more than where you could travel. The sextant expanded where you could travel to everywhere. Sextant wins.

@2:

AK vs Sextant: The sextant was revolutionary, the AK wasn't. Sextant wins.

 

[Illah]

No offense but this quiz is ridiculous...partway through I dropped out.

--Illah

 

[rockin_amigo14]

i have the TV as the champion, the runner-up being the Sextant

 

[gz76]

How it played out for me:

Semi Finals:
Atari 2600 vs Nintendo NES
Sony CDP-101 vs Pulsar Digital Wristwatch

Finals:
Nintendo NES vs Pulsar Digital Wristwatch

Yep, NES is the greatest on my list!

 

[FalconP]

The only "high-tech" item that went into my final list was the IBM 5150 PC.
The other contenders were the ball-point pen, the thermometer, and the sextant.
And the winner is... the pen.

 

[gjustice]

The list was too long... lost intrest before i finished.

 

[lmilhan]

The items in the last round for me were:

Apple iPod
IBM 5150 PC
Fender Telecaster
Zenith Remote Control

The Fender Telecaster of coarse won.

TiVo went up against the IBM PC, so I was forced to pick the PC. Otherwise the TiVo would have most definitely been in the top 4.

 

[ducatisteve]

I ended up with the 1954 Regency Transistor Radio. Talk about need-to-have gadget at the time, and the future gadgets it paved the way for!!

 

[Mrvile]

Ugh...Wii vs. the first color TV? That's not even fair!

 

[skudmunky]

Quote:

Originally Posted by rsaavedra /img/forum/go_quote.gif Aha! So you are a robot after all Jahn

BaZing!

 

[kwkarth]

there were so many life changing gadgets represented. I ended up with the iPod, but there could have been other winners such as the sextant as other have indicated. Pocket calculators, slide rules, microwave ovens, all changed the face of this planet.

Just ponder the magnitude of change forced upon the world by the simple iPod and the infrastructure and music distribution network around it. The record companies will learn how to play along or they will evaporate. Pretty powerful!

 

[rsaavedra]

Quote:

Originally Posted by FalconP /img/forum/go_quote.gif And the winner is... the pen.

Been thinking about it and actually makes sense. Lord Byron once said: "One drop of ink makes thousand, perhaps millions think."....

Pens are one of the oldest existing inventions on that list. Let's say at least a sextant is much younger than the first writing tools (quill/feather pens, sticks, chisels).

Of all the competing items, the one that has been sold most, or is most widely used (the most common gadget) must also be the pen. Arguably there are more pens than TVs, or radios, or watches, or lighters, or actually anything else on that list.

And let's not forget function. Hey, you could even kill someone with a pen, yet you'd find it very difficult to write anything with an AK47 assault rifle.

 

[Ham Radio Nut]

My picks were: final two- CT-100 color TV vs. Zenith remote

CT-100 color TV was the winner!

 

[Troyhoot]

final 4
Mr Coffee
Remote control
DVR
Commodore 64

Had to pick DVR over Mr coffee in the finals though. Leatherman and a couple others were in the running hehe.