PC World lists the 50 greatest gadgets of the last 50 years, and gets the list mostly right. There are a few omissions, though. Leaving out Lego Blocks in general in favor of Lego Mindstorms seems a bit short-sighted. Likewise, including the Commodore 64, TRS-80 and other revolutionary computers and excluding the Apple Macintosh is quite weird.
But overall, it’s a neat list and worth a read.
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1 eben // Jan 10, 2006 at 9:49 am
aren’t legos older than 50 years? also, not sure that legos or the first macintosh are really gadgets. legos are a toy (mindstorms is the gadget) and the mac was a significant invention, and hopefully much more than just a gadget…at least to me.
also…
gadget: A small specialized mechanical or electronic device; a contrivance.
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