The best invention of mankind: an overview of the most important discoveries

For the entire existence of our planet, hundreds of thousands of amazing things have been created. It's enough just to look around - everything that we see has appeared as a result of painstaking human labor. And among this diversity it is impossible to objectively determine the best invention of mankind. However, there are results of large-scale social surveys and opinions of scientists on this topic. On them it is quite possible to be guided at its studying.

Discovery from the past

The best inventions of mankind, which it is more correct to call discoveries, were discovered thousands of years ago. Now they are an integral part of our life.

In the first place, of course, fire. It was his mastering that was the turning point in social evolution. When people understood what fire is and how it can be used, they began to develop their activity at night, protect them from predators and prepare a variety of (at that time) food. For many years, he was supported in caves, not allowing fading. After all, the path to independent extraction of fire was very long.

There is even an opinion that thanks to the fire, the evolution process began to go faster. Homogenous Homo erectus, on it, prepared starch-containing food, consuming it, they ensured the rapid assimilation of polysaccharides, which promote intensive development of the brain.

Writing

This is clearly the best invention of mankind. Persuasive speech, to prove this statement, is not even necessary. Indeed, it was the origin of writing that initiated the development of civilization and contributed to the exchange of knowledge between different peoples and cultures. Although everything began in the distant 9000-7000 gg. BC, from the early pictograms of the Near East (Syrian region).

Paper is also considered one of the most important inventions of mankind. Writing allowed people to save any information they received. And the paper gave access to millions of people. After all, before its invention, all materials intended for writing were very expensive. There was a paper, by the way, in 105 BC. It was created by Tsai Lun. In the future, his invention was improved, as was the way paper was produced.

Book

Many say that it is the best invention of mankind. However, the book deserves such a status. Let now many people perceive it as a work of printing in a binding. But this is only because people are used to books.

In fact, each of them is a separate small world. It is the book that guides information through the centuries, the pride of mankind and its heritage. It is the source of knowledge, verbal and historical experience, mystery and pleasure. Reading books, people become more educated and intellectually savvy, enrich their vocabulary, learn to reflect and analyze. They are perfected as individuals with a capital letter. Only it is a pity that in our age of modern technologies people forget about books and do not read as much as they used to.

Electricity

Speaking of a period closer to our time, it would be logical to begin with him. In terms of scale, this is indeed the most important and best invention of mankind. Electricity, however, is not what was created by the hands of people. After all, this is not a thing, but a set of phenomena that are caused by the movement and interaction of electric charges. But in this case, electricity has a modern understanding.

The first functional source was created in the XVIII century. Then it was possible to invent a volt pole - a device for obtaining a discharge.

And, I must say, many people interviewed said that they consider the greatest creation of man ... an electric light bulb. One can understand why. The day is replaced at night, but life does not stop, due to the fact that in our lives there are means of lighting - bulbs. The first prototype was invented by the German watchmaker Henry Gebel in 1854. After 26 years, the light bulb was refined by the American inventor Thomas Edison. It was he who gave our world a switch, a socle and a cartridge. The tungsten filament was invented in 1890 by electrical engineer Alexander Lodygin who also suggested filling the bulbs with inert gas.

Ball pen

In fact, it is not at all surprising that among such large-scale discoveries this thing has been woven. According to the results of a survey in the UK, it turned out that most people believe that the ballpoint pen is the best invention of mankind. This simple and everyday thing was created by a Hungarian journalist named Laszlo Biro in 1938. It is important to note that he was helped by his brother Georg, who was a chemist by profession.

First, the inventors patented a ballpoint pen in Hungary. But then the Second World War began. In this regard, the brothers moved to Argentina and patented the invention there. After a while, they sold the right to manufacture ballpoint pens company called Eversharp. They were paid $ 1,000,000, which was a huge sum at that time.

Since 1943, the mass production of ballpoint pens, which are today irreplaceable clerical devices that are used by every person, is carried out.

the Internet

It is unlikely that people will object to the fact that it is the World Network - the best invention of mankind. It radically changed the life of modern man. The planet's population learned about such things as video communication, remote work, games, instant communication with the interlocutor in another part of the Earth, online broadcasts and much more.

Without a doubt, the Internet is the best invention of mankind. Now it is used by ~ 4 billion people, and this number is increasing daily. And everything began in 1962. It was then that the American scientist Joseph Karl Robnett Liklayder introduced the world's first detailed concept of a computer network. After 5 years, work began on the creation of the Internet network ARPA Net. And the first server was installed on 02/09/1969. And already on October 29, two months later, a communication session was conducted between two computers located at a distance of 640 kilometers.

Since that moment the Internet has started to develop rapidly. Already in a few months there were news groups, mailing lists and bulletin boards. And today there is almost everything on the Internet.

Creations from the "zero"

After a brief excursion into history, one can also tell about the best inventions of humanity of the 21st century. A new era has begun with the creation in 2001 of an organic light-emitting diode. Now this is the basis of all LED-displays.

In 2002, a breakthrough in medicine was made, marked by the creation of an artificial retina of the eye. Then, next year, the engineering engineers developed an interface for the mental management of objects.

2004 was marked by two amazing inventions. The world saw a neutron microscope and a bionic eye.

A year later, a robot was created, capable of creating its own copies. And in 2006, humanity was presented with self-healing coatings and paints.

In 2007, there were no discoveries, but in 2008 the world learned about a passive element from microelectronics that can change its resistance depending on the charge through which it flowed. He was called a memristor.

In the next two years, four more discoveries were made. For the first time a thought transfer to the Internet was made, a biological 3D printer was created, LG specialists developed an ultramobile PC, and biologists removed the first living cell, the DNA of which was replaced by an artificial one. All this was really amazing. Much surprises even now. That is why it is so difficult to determine the best invention of mankind.

Until the middle of the "tenth"

Large-scale development was marked and 2012. Then, an air display, a helmet of virtual reality was created and a method for producing special soluble electronics was developed.

In 2013, it was possible to install laser space communications. And in 2014 invented the MEMS-nanoinjector and a less significant, but funny thing - clever chopsticks. Then, in 2015, the world was presented with a "sleeping" bacterium (robotic nano-device). It performs the functions of an ultra-sensitive humidity sensor, thanks to the presence of special nanostructures on the surface.

Last years

To finish the story, I would like to, having designated TOP-10 of the best inventions of mankind for the last, 2016 year.

The first place is taken by the floating Flyte lamp, which is able to soar and rotate due to electromagnetism. It is lit by an inductive resonant coupling.

The second place is rightly taken by the solar roof of Tesla, which recycles the radiation of the light into electricity.

The next amazing invention is Nike HyperAdapt 1.0 sneakers with automatic lacing. The dream of all fans of the film "Back to the Future" became a reality.

In the fourth place is the intelligent multi-functional alarm clock Hello Sense, watching the sleep cycles and giving the command to wake up at the most suitable moment for its owner.

Also in 2016 appeared tires Eagle 360, rotating in all directions, an "intelligent" toothbrush, and more utensils for people who have problems with cognitive functions. In addition, the world saw a powerful and noiseless hair dryer, sweet potato enriched with vitamin A, and a tiny drone Dji Mavic Pro, equipped with a 4K-camera.

So, this is a small part of what can be told about the most amazing and important inventions of mankind. Of course, in the history of its existence, tens of thousands of times more discoveries were made. And you can be sure that over time this number will increase many times.