Top 100 Gadgets of all time

[Moonliner]

Time magazine is out with a list of the 100 Top Gadgets of all time (http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,2023689,00.html).

I do or have owned a respectable 32% of their list. My worst category being a disappointing 0 for 12 in cameras.

[JWBear]

Only 19% for me. I guess I'm not geeky enough.

[Alex]

22% by fast count. Though it swings from wildly generic to very, very specific.

Specific digital SLR model but every smoke detector, electric razor, credit card (a gadget, really?), and power strip ever made.

[Not Afraid]

I'm not a big gadget person apparently. My favorite listing was in the Communications section....the Speak and Spell..

[Kevy Baby]

They missed what has to be the #1 gadget of all time: the Hitachi Magic Wand (http://www.amazon.com/Vibratex-HV-250R-Hitachi-Magic-Massager/dp/B00005M1WE)

[Gn2Dlnd]

They missed what has to be the #1 gadget of all time: the Hitachi Magic Wand (http://www.amazon.com/Vibratex-HV-250R-Hitachi-Magic-Massager/dp/B00005M1WE)

Product Features

* 1 yr warranty
* 2 powerful speeds, low 5000 rpm, high 6000 rpm
* Most popular massager for over 30 years
* Non phallic appearance
* Electric for constant, powerful vibration

Feature number 4 puts it over the top for me!

[Betty]

They missed what has to be the #1 gadget of all time: the Hitachi Magic Wand (http://www.amazon.com/Vibratex-HV-250R-Hitachi-Magic-Massager/dp/B00005M1WE)

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[Moonliner]

They missed what has to be the #1 gadget of all time: the Hitachi Magic Wand (http://www.amazon.com/Vibratex-HV-250R-Hitachi-Magic-Massager/dp/B00005M1WE)

There has been a lot of good buzz about that one.

[innerSpaceman]

I've had 10%, but used only 9% - and I call shenanigans on Velco or batteries being deemed "gadgets," so my net is only 7%.

I feel pretty good about that. :)

[alphabassettgrrl]

They missed what has to be the #1 gadget of all time: the Hitachi Magic Wand (http://www.amazon.com/Vibratex-HV-250R-Hitachi-Magic-Massager/dp/B00005M1WE)

Hahahah!! I agree with you, K.

I'm only at about 20%. I could score higher if I count my hubby's gadgets, but that didn't seem fair.

[Ghoulish Delight]

There's too much ambiguity about specificity for me to come to a #. For example, I may have never owned this specific item (http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2023689_2023681_2023598,00.html) from the list, but we are currently in possession of a fully functional, nearly mint one of these (http://www.oaktreevintage.com/web_photos/Video_Games/Tandy_Electronic-Football-II.jpg). Does that count?

[Alex]

When I did it, if they gave a specific model # then unless I had that model I didn't count it. I didn't count the football game though I had the essentially identical soccer version. I have a Canon DLSR but not that one so I didn't count it.

But I while I don't own the Logitech Harmony model shown, it didn't reference a specific model so I counted it.

[alphabassettgrrl]

There were a couple items that I had a similar model, but not enough to matter.

I was pleased, though, to note that they counted my Pentax camera that was my graduation present when I left high school. I really badly wanted that camera, and was pleased it was cool enough to make the list.

I do think the Nikon cameras should be cool enough to count, though. What's so special about Canon?

[Not Afraid]

There's too much ambiguity about specificity for me to come to a #. For example, I may have never owned this specific item (http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2023689_2023681_2023598,00.html) from the list, but we are currently in possession of a fully functional, nearly mint one of these (http://www.oaktreevintage.com/web_photos/Video_Games/Tandy_Electronic-Football-II.jpg). Does that count?


Nope. Mattel. It's swell.

(And this was one of my gadgets.)

[€uroMeinke]

20% - 1 out of 5, more than I expected though I picked up the lame one's like power strip, optical media and 2 types of batteries

[Not Afraid]

There are gadgets that are not on here that I think should be - maybe not for the same reasons, but for their sheer impact.

The Princess phone.
http://www.historylink.org/db_images/_phone.jpg

Compact Fluorescent Lightbulb

Garage Door Opener

Microwave Oven

Cocktail Shaker

Microfiber

Wheeled Luggage

[€uroMeinke]

The Waring Electric Blender

[Kevy Baby]

The Flux Capacitor




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