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Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Panel Of Experts List Top 30 Innovations Of The Past 30 Years

To celebrate their three decades on the air, PBS’ Nightly Business Report teamed up with Knowledge@Wharton, the online research and business analysis journal of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, to select the 30 most important innovations from the last 30 years. The results are in, and the Internet reigns supreme.

The complete results:

30. Anti retroviral treatment for AIDS [Health Care]
29. SRAM flash memory [Electronics]
28. Stents Health [Care]
27. ATMs [Finance]
26. Bar codes and scanners [Retail]
25. Bio fuels [Biotechnology]
24. Genetically modified plants [Biotechnology]
23. RFID and applications (e.g. EZpass) [Electronics]
22. Digital photography/videography [Electronics]
21. Graphic user interface (GUI) [Computer Science]
20. Social networking via internet [Media]
19. Large scale wind turbines [Energy]
18. Photovoltaic Solar Energy [Energy]
17. Microfinance [Finance]
16. Media file compression (e.g., jpeg, mpeg, mp3) [Computer Science]
15. Online shopping/ecommerce/auctions (e.g., eBay) [Information Technology]
14. GPS Systems [Electronics]
13. Liquid Crystal Displays [Electronics]
12. Light emitting diodes (first real devices in 1960s; in products in mid-70s) [Electronics]
11. Open source software and services (e.g., Linux, Wikipedia) [Media]
10. Non-invasive laser/robotic surgery (laparoscopy) [Health Care]
9. Office software (Spreadsheets, word processors) [Computer Science]
8. Fiber optics [Telecommunications]
7. Microprocessors [Computer Science]
6. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) [Biotechnology]
5. DNA testing and sequencing/Human genome mapping [Biotechnology]
4. E-mail [Computer Science]
3. Mobile phones [Telecommunications]
2. PC/laptop computers [Computer Science]
1. Internet/broadband/WWW (browser and HTML) [Telecommunications]

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About the author:
Manoj Jasra is a well respected search marketing veteran having been in the industry since 2002. Manoj currently serves as a Sr. Analyst on the web solutions team at Shaw Communications Inc. Manoj's role primarily consists of providing SEO/PPC and Web Analytics strategies in addition to business insight on Shaw's web properties. Previously, Manoj held the role of Director of Technology at Enquiro Search Solutions where he oversaw Enquiro's product development for search marketing solutions and acted as the lead on both SEO Training and Enquiro's Web Analytics approach.

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