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The 100 Most Iconic Tech Inventions of All Time\u00a0 (according to the Hard Fork Podcast)<\/b><\/h1>\n

100. Boats
\n99. Calculators
\n98. NFTs
\n97. Oregon Trail
\n96. Spinning Jenny
\n95. Radio
\n94. Vine
\n93. KitchenAid Stand Mixer
\n92. Bar Codes
\n91. Drones
\n90. Nintendo DS
\n89. Zoom
\n88. Sundial
\n87. Haber Bosch Process
\n86. Linux
\n85. Podcasts
\n84. Fracking
\n83. Fonts
\n82. Patreon
\n81. Concrete
\n80. Juul
\n79. Anesthesia
\n78. Netflix
\n77. Screws
\n76. Seat Belts
\n75. Disposable Diapers
\n74. Amazon Prime
\n73. Microsoft Excel
\n72. Roads
\n71. Databases
\n70. Insulin
\n69. OnlyFans
\n68. Dolby Surround Sound
\n67. Doom (Video Game)
\n66. Ibuprofen
\n65. Compass
\n64. AOL Instant Messenger
\n63. GPS
\n62. Compound Interest
\n61. Facebook News Feed
\n60. Dolly the Sheep
\n59. Tesla
\n58. Tumblr
\n57. Lever
\n56. Bitcoin
\n55. Motorola Razr
\n54. Gunpowder
\n53. Snapchat
\n52. Condoms
\n51. eBay
\n50. Corrective Lenses
\n49. Slack
\n48. IVF
\n47. Shipping Containers
\n46. TikTok
\n45. Light Bulb
\n44. Microscopes
\n43. Washing Machines
\n42. Elevators
\n41. Twitter
\n40. Refrigerators
\n39. iMac
\n38. Napster
\n37. Currency (Money)
\n36. Cotton Gin
\n35. Uber
\n34. Fulcrum
\n33. Vaccines
\n32. MySpace
\n31. AlphaFold
\n30. Ozempic
\n29. Agriculture
\n28. Walkman
\n27. Cuneiform
\n26. Spaceships
\n25. CRISPR
\n24. Combustion Engine
\n23. Aqueducts
\n22. Grindr
\n21. Telephone
\n20. Semiconductors
\n19. Wheel
\n18. Waymo
\n17. Indoor Plumbing
\n16. Wi-Fi
\n15. LSD
\n14. World Wide Web
\n13. Batteries
\n12. Birth Control Pill
\n11. Email
\n10. Transformer Neural Networks
\n9. Atomic Bomb
\n8. YouTube
\n7. Airplanes
\n6. Television
\n5. Penicillin
\n4. Printing Press
\n3. iPhone
\n2. Electricity
\n1. Fire<\/p>\n

Source:\u00a0Hard Fork Episode, 11\/29\/2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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  1. How many do you not know?\u00a0 Which ones?<\/li>\n
  2. How many did we touch on in class?<\/li>\n
  3. What would your top 10 look like?\u00a0 What criteria did you use.<\/li>\n
  4. Which do you think will fall off this list of 100 in 10 years?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The 100 Most Iconic Tech Inventions of All Time\u00a0 (according to the Hard Fork Podcast) 100. Boats 99. Calculators 98. NFTs 97. Oregon Trail 96. Spinning Jenny 95. Radio 94. Vine 93. KitchenAid Stand Mixer 92. Bar Codes 91. Drones 90. Nintendo DS 89. Zoom 88. Sundial 87. Haber Bosch Process 86. Linux 85. Podcasts … <\/p>\n

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