The most important invention in your lifetime is…

This is a tough one to answer. As I am in my mid fifties I have seen some pretty cool new inventions in my lifetime. It is a close run race for me.

1. The home computer – I can remember only using a mainframe computer at work and the introduction of personal computers at work. That was a really big change, but the biggest change was having a home computer. You could create and save new documents. It made study so much easier.

2. The mobile phone – I remember only having a work phone number and a home number. If you were out and about and you had to make a call, you had to find a phone box. We only got a “family” mobile phone when my wife was pregnant. Whoever left the house took the phone. Now most people have their own they take everywhere.

3. The internet – Although this was first used in the early 1970s for scientists, I never used it until the mid 1990s. I used it for research at work, then a few years later I worked as a Webmaster for 10 years. This changed my life and paid my house off! There is hardly a day goes by that I do not use the net for something. Usually 100 times a day!

So if I had to pick one of the above three things, I would have to say the internet. It has changed everything we do. We pay bills, check our bank balance, the weather, sports scores and we communicate with those we love. We can also research just about anything. So yes, it would be the Internet for me…but just by a tiny margin.