Here are the top 20 innovations of the last 30 years, according to a survey sponsored by Knowledge@Wharton and PBS’s “Nightly Business Report”. Judging was done by Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
- Internet, broadband
- PC, laptop computers
- Mobile phones
- DNA testing and sequencing
- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- Microprocessors
- Fiber optics
- Office software
- Laser/robotic surgery
- Open-source software
- Light-emitting diodes
- Liquid crystal display
- GPS devices
- E-commerce and actions
- Media file compression
- Microfinance
- Photovoltaic solar energy
- Large-scale wind turbines
- Internet social networking