Vulcann 6th Gear November 25, 2011 Share November 25, 2011 (edited) Any bros watching now or have watched this before? Very interesting programme which shows all of these 101 gadgets supposingly changing the world. For example at no. 76, the humble can opener was named as one. Can opener? No you didn't hear wrongly because some how the inventor of cans did not even think of how to open them long time ago. Weird right? The Allies apparently won one of the 3 crucial battles in WWII, the Battle of Alamein, against the Axies mainly because they were armed with US P38s ( no not the German Walther 9mm pistol nor the Lockheed twin-engine fighter) can openers & were able to open their C-rations cans to consume the food inside whereas their opponents could not. Betcha don't know this right? Bros can still watch it as it is still showing now till 12am. Edited November 25, 2011 by Vulcann ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KARTer 2nd Gear November 25, 2011 Share November 25, 2011 just reached home to start watching from #97 onwards... can you guess what the top 10s are?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcann 6th Gear November 25, 2011 Author Share November 25, 2011 (edited) just reached home to start watching from #97 onwards... can you guess what the top 10s are?? Geee.... Tough one... One could be what the old man mentioned before to be the most important one invented in the 20th century... A/C in our lingo but air-con to most folks. Your choice leh? Edited November 25, 2011 by Vulcann Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KARTer 2nd Gear November 25, 2011 Share November 25, 2011 Geee.... Tough one... One could be what the old man mentioned before to be the most important one invented in the 20th century... A/C in our lingo but air-con to most folks. Your choice leh? Hmmm...... the wheel? ...... lots of modern day gadgets involved the wheel or things derived from the same concept...? I havent read the link below yet:- http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/ga...rld-398535.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcann 6th Gear November 25, 2011 Author Share November 25, 2011 Hmmm...... the wheel? ...... lots of modern day gadgets involved the wheel or things derived from the same concept...? I havent read the link below yet:- http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/ga...rld-398535.html Then again this is ang mo version so maybe we should take it with a pinch of salt. Still interesting to watch... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cdior 1st Gear November 25, 2011 Share November 25, 2011 Condom. U can f diff gers every night without worry. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcann 6th Gear November 25, 2011 Author Share November 25, 2011 Cassette tapes, CD-ROMs, Swiss Army knives all popped up liao... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcann 6th Gear November 25, 2011 Author Share November 25, 2011 Condom. U can f diff gers every night without worry. No joke you could be right. Without it, the world's population would have exploded long time ago... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KARTer 2nd Gear November 25, 2011 Share November 25, 2011 No joke you could be right. Without it, the world's population would have exploded long time ago... zipper appeared.... without it, we dare not walk out of our house... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcann 6th Gear November 25, 2011 Author Share November 25, 2011 Then again this is ang mo version so maybe we should take it with a pinch of salt. Still interesting to watch... Like mentioned ang mo version so hand drills, chain saws & lawn mowers -typical modern ang mo family must-haves all featured. Interesting if they will mention chopsticks, the ancient Chinese ingenuity of using simple physics to deliver food from the bowl/plate to our mouths. May not be because to many using chopsticks is unhygienic... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcann 6th Gear November 25, 2011 Author Share November 25, 2011 (edited) zipper appeared.... without it, we dare not walk out of our house... With this, I guess safety pin will be mentioned next... [laugh] Edited November 25, 2011 by Vulcann Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcann 6th Gear November 25, 2011 Author Share November 25, 2011 zipper appeared.... without it, we dare not walk out of our house... Ok switching to Ch 403 Border Security now and then continuing with Parking Wars after that. If bro you are still watching do let me know if the old man is right and of course the actual top 10. Cheers, 长江一号！ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KARTer 2nd Gear November 25, 2011 Share November 25, 2011 Ok switching to Ch 403 Border Security now and then continuing with Parking Wars after that. If bro you are still watching do let me know if the old man is right and of course the actual top 10. Cheers, 长江一号！ i am toggling between 822 n 401 now... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KARTer 2nd Gear November 25, 2011 Share November 25, 2011 Like mentioned ang mo version so hand drills, chain saws & lawn mowers -typical modern ang mo family must-haves all featured. Interesting if they will mention chopsticks, the ancient Chinese ingenuity of using simple physics to deliver food from the bowl/plate to our mouths. May not be because to many using chopsticks is unhygienic... exactly,.... they should include more universal inventions eg clothe, without it, there wont be H&M, Zara, fashions, and all the industries that are related to it.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcann 6th Gear November 25, 2011 Author Share November 25, 2011 The old man was right after all His proclamation is at no. 6. Frankly without A/C, you & me residing in our hot & tiny red dot will be sweating buckets day in day out all year round. We will not know good stuff like ice-cream, cool beer, fridge, etc... And folks serving in armored formations, well, will be simply clad with their undies or even in their birthday suits inside their AFVs or tanks to fight a war [laugh] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonTan 2nd Gear November 26, 2011 Share November 26, 2011 I say iPad is the greatest invention. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcann 6th Gear November 26, 2011 Author Share November 26, 2011 I say iPad is the greatest invention. You are not far off. Smartphone occupies the number 1 spot in this programme. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fcw75 Hypersonic November 26, 2011 Share November 26, 2011 The most basic of all - Electricity. With no electricity, there will be no aircon. ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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