What’s the most important invention of the past thirty years?

The Internet gets the nod, according to a panel of eight judges from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.

Here’s a look at the top 10:

1. Internet, broadband 2. PC and laptop computers 3. Mobile phones 4. E-mail 5. DNA testing and sequencing 6. Magnetic resonance imaging 7. Microprocessors 8. Fiber optics 9. Office software 10. Laser/robotic surgery

Other electronics items to make the list: LEDs, LCDs and GPS devices.

I’m curious to see how these choices would rank with other notable inventions in history such as the automobile, refrigerator, toilet, deodorant, football, bikini, etc.

Via: NY Times