Q of the Week - Greatest development of the 20th Century?

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Leon

26 April 2010, 08:44:10 PM Last Edit: 26 April 2010, 11:50:36 PM by Leon
What was the most significant military invention/development of the 20th Century?

Radar?
The tank?
Nuclear weapons?
Computer technology?

(Edited 'cos I'm a dumbass!)
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jchaos79

26 April 2010, 09:52:08 PM #1
The painkillers maybe?

Fenton

26 April 2010, 10:09:28 PM #2
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lentulus

26 April 2010, 10:23:41 PM #3
Penicillin and insulin.

If for no other reason, because without them I wold probably be dead a couple of times over.

Megamatman

26 April 2010, 10:46:14 PM #4
The transistor by miles and miles! The greatest development in the 21st C will be the memrister. You heard it here first  :)
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Luddite

26 April 2010, 11:05:36 PM #5
I want to say the internet...but i have to concur. 

Its the transistor.
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goat major

26 April 2010, 11:15:04 PM #6
I suspect the transistor also. Or tunnocks caramel wafers.
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Leon

26 April 2010, 11:48:06 PM #7
Quote from: Fenton on 26 April 2010, 10:09:28 PM
The Birth of Dave Pengilly and the formation in 1992 of Pendraken miniatures.

:D Nicely done...

Quote from: Fenton on 26 April 2010, 10:09:28 PM
Does this win me some free figures?

...but no.
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Leon

26 April 2010, 11:49:48 PM #8
Damn it!  I've just realised the glaring lack of 'Military' in my question!  Right then, I'll try again:

What was the most significant MILITARY invention/development of the 20th Century?

Radar?
The tank?
Nuclear weapons?
Computer technology?
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nikharwood

27 April 2010, 12:32:56 AM #9
The Point-Blank-Bazooka?

dicehead

27 April 2010, 01:06:02 AM #10
The more mobile version..



I read if Germany had time to produce more of them they'd have won the war.

Fenton

27 April 2010, 01:23:19 AM #11
Quote from: Leon on 26 April 2010, 11:48:06 PM
:D Nicely done...

...but no.

In that case I shall change my vote to the transistor!  :D
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lentulus

27 April 2010, 02:06:22 AM #12
Quote from: Leon on 26 April 2010, 11:49:48 PM
What was the most significant MILITARY invention/development of the 20th Century?

Still penicillin

Leon

27 April 2010, 02:18:12 PM #13
It's interesting how this ones gone.  No votes for radar, which saved thousands of lives, and without which we'd probably have lost the war?

And from the two favourites - penicillin and the transistor, which has had the most impact?
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Patrick R

27 April 2010, 03:07:20 PM #14
- Transistor
- Penicillin
- Nuclear Power

Honorable mention : Radio
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