• Question: what is your favourite invention?

    Asked by pulfordcwh to David, Helen, Ian, rhysphillips, Sarah on 24 Jun 2011.
    • Photo: Ian van der Linde

      Ian van der Linde answered on 20 Jun 2011:

      The tea bag.

    • Photo: David Corne

      David Corne answered on 20 Jun 2011:

      The most important invention ever is the transistor – this is what makes computation possible, and is the basis of the modern world. It’s just a little bit of electrical gadgetry that enables an automatic switch to happen – a bit like the “if yes go this way, if no go the other way” bit on a flow chart. The second-best invention ever is the airplane. My favourite invention is the internet.

    • Photo: Rhys Phillips

      Rhys Phillips answered on 20 Jun 2011:

      The computer chip – loads of other things we use all the time need it.

    • Photo: Sarah Cook

      Sarah Cook answered on 20 Jun 2011:

      Probably the Internet!

    • Photo: Helen Fletcher

      Helen Fletcher answered on 24 Jun 2011:

      the wheel. It is a cliche but imagine not having bikes. Or cars. Or roller blades. Or tractors and ploughs and clocks (cogs…)

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