If you can’t find something to write about in the descriptions of the innovations,
you are in an advanced stage of … writer’s block.

The Nightly Business Report- The Top 30 Innovations of the Last 30 Years

An easy way to access the information is in a slide
show - the 30 innovations are presented in reverse order
30th first. Go here for the annotated list.

http://www.pbs.org/nbr/site/features/special/subdir/top-30-innovations_slide-show/

For those that don’t have the time at the moment to look at the
explanations - here’s the list in descending order:

1. Internet/Broadband/World Wide Web
2. PC/Laptop Computers
3. Mobile Phones
4. E-Mail
5. DNA Testing and Sequencing/Human Genome Mapping
6. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
7. Microprocessors
8. Fiber Optics
9. Office Software
10. Non-Invasive Laser/Robotic Surgery
11. Open Source Software and Services
12. Light Emitting Diode products (LEDs)
13. Liquid Crystal Displays (LCDs)
14. GPS
15. Online Shopping/E-Commerce/Auctions
16. Media File Compression
17. Microfinance
18. Photovoltaic Solar Energy
19. Large Scale Wind Turbines
20. Social Networking via Internet
21. Graphic User Interface (GUI)
22. Digital Photography/Videography
23. RFID and Applications
24. Genetically Modified Plants
25. Biofuels
26. Bar Codes and Scanners
27. ATMs
28. Stents (Heart)
29. SRAM/Flash Memory
30. Anti-Retroviral Treatment for AIDS

For those that have the time to study the list - go through the slide show and
then print out the list. Take a few minutes to review the list and see if you agree
or disagree with the order of importance.

If in the review of the list there is a topic in which you are vitally interested, go
with it and write. about it. You may focus only on that topic or in its relative
ranking on the list or both.

Or, take on the whole list and question the implicit bias in the ordering of the list.

Or, … have fun and enjoy the process - a lot of big ideas with very, very
interesting repurcussions on us and our world. Keep us posted about either
through commenting or email or Twitter.

- Val Spangler
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