Hmmmm, Interesting Pattern

Thew, you seem to have a distinctly "modern" flavor to your invention list. The oldest was invented in 1460, the next oldest, the steam engine, in 1689. I am through half the list before I hit the steam engine at #6. This is not a critique as much as an observation.

So, the next List is what are the Top Inventions of the 21st Century. That is, you are writing in the year 2110 (my, you look mahvalous for 145) and looking back at the greatest modern inventions.


The bone I will throw to both of us is that you the technology does not have to exist today, but needs to be technically feasible at a reasonable cost. That is, I would call BS on a Space Elevator not because it is not possible, but the cost would be prohibitive under any reasonable set of circumstances.

UPDATE: There is an estimate that the Space Elevator could cost as little as $40 billion. This is pure, unvarnished fantasy. The Big Dig was thought to cost $5 billion and ended up over $15 billion. That the total distance was (maybe) 7 miles. On earth.

And no Fusion-o-Matic....