Seriously O/T... the two best inventions of the last 40 years

[Bob_Huntley]

Thinking about this, I must say that heated seats in cars  and TV remote controls come to mind. Please, no mind numbing stuff about medical procedures etc.

Bob

[Sam Morrow]

I can listen to the remote control but for those of us in God's Country heated seats is a waste.

[Gene Greco]

Bob:

     A "medical" procedure but not "mind numbing": Botox.

       Gene





        

[Alex Miller]

Although research started in the 60's... HOW BOUT THAT INTERNET!

[Mike Nuzzo]

Great list Bob
Keep your butt warm and comfy

Spandex
Bubble wrap
Walkman
Post-it
GPS
Buffalo Wings

[Tim Gavrich]

The iPod.  Game changer.

[Mike_Trenham]

Spell check

[Jim_Kennedy]

Bob,
Recently I was in a buddies car that had heated seats and built-in massager, perfect 'ride' after a round of golf.

Here's a usefulless one:

[John Kavanaugh]

My friend tells me that Viagra works pretty good.  Of course my wife prefers heated seats.

I will say that the iPad has made the TV remote obsolete.  Even when we do watch TV it is On Demand or Netflix.  800 channels makes clicking around obtrusive to an enjoyable evening.

[Billsteele]

The Ipod and HDTV...what a shallow person I am!

[Stuart Goldstein]

The guy who invented the stamps that you peel off should win a Pulitzer Prize.

[John Kavanaugh]

The guy who invented the stamps that you peel off should win a Pulitzer Prize.

What's a stamp?

[Joel Zuckerman]

Three little letters: DVR

Watch what you want, when you want it, and save a lot of time in doing so. Seinfeld takes 20 minutes, any hour-long drama is more like 45 minutes, and if you are so disposed, you can watch the final round of golf tournament in less than two hours

[hick]

Sam, why not get a Cadillac with ac in the seat.

[David_Tepper]

Soft spikes!

[Garland Bayley]

Hierarchical design rule checking and layout for computer chips.

[John Foley]

DVR

For those of us in the high traffic toll area's the RF Tag

Satellite Radio

In N Out

[Bruce Katona]

well off base and not my typical response but:

boob jobs

[Mike Hendren]

High density trailer parks:

[Jim Nugent]

stem cells

[Mark Bourgeois]

"DVRs" are NOT the best invention of the last 40 years. TiVo is. DVRs are to TiVo as a picture of a golf course is to a golf course.

[Jonathan Stewart]

Mobile Phones

Invented - 1973

1990 Worldwide use - 12.4 million

Current worldwide use - 5.6 billion. (80% of humans have one)

[Kalen Braley]

I'll have to go with the internet.

Its enabled billions to have access to information that they would otherwise be very limited to.  The internet literally is the dawn of a new age....the age of Reason!  

[Howard Riefs]

Handheld mobile phone
CT/CAT Scan
MRI
Camcorder
Ethernet
Graphic user interface (GUI)

[Jeff_Brauer]

While some responses touch on it, you need the personal or laptop computer as a basis for almost everything else digital, so I say that is it.  Certainly some of the medical procedures are nothing short of miraculous. 

In golf, is it the materials borrowed from the space program for shafts, heads, and the like?  I know many don't like that idea, but it was a game changer.