CNN has an insightful article where they have named the top 25 innovations of the last 25 years and it is a very interesting list. It would be hard to argue with the importance of any of the items on this list and if you go through it carefully you will see how many of the innovations deal directly with mobile technology. The article does a good job outlining the reasoning behind the choices. Here’s the whole list:
| TOP INNOVATIONS |
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1. The Internet
2. Cell phone 3. Personal computers 4. Fiber optics 5. E-mail 6. Commercialized GPS 7. Portable computers 8. Memory storage discs 9. Consumer level digital camera 10. Radio frequency ID tags 11. MEMS 12. DNA fingerprinting 13. Air bags 14. ATM 15. Advanced batteries 16. Hybrid car 17. OLEDs 18. Display panels 19. HDTV 20. Space shuttle 21. Nanotechnology 22. Flash memory 23. Voice mail 24. Modern hearing aids 25. Short Range, High Frequency Radio |
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