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[Dr. Feel Good]

Thought this was pretty interesting. I've bolded the one's that are video game related. I feel like Tamagotchi and PlayStation Portable are missing from this.

http://time.com/4309573/most-influential-gadgets/

50. Google Glass
49. Makerbot Replicator
48. Segway
47. Yamaha Clavinova Digital Piano
46. DJI Phantom
45. Raspberry Pi
44. Nest Thermostat
43. Osborne 1
42. Fitbit
41. Roku Netflix Player
40. Sony Discman D-50
39. Oculus Rift
38. Apple iBook
37. Motorola Dynatac 8000x
36. Palm Pilot
35. HP DeskJet
34. Nokia 3210
33. Jerrold Cable Box
32. Wii
31. Sony PlayStation
30. Toshiba DVD Player
29. TiVo
28. Amazon Kindle
27. Polaroid Camera
26. Commodore 64
25. Apple iPad
24. BlackBerry 6210
23. Phonemate 400 Answering Machine
22. TomTom GPS
21. IBM Thinkpad 700C
20. Motorola Droid
19. JVC VideoMovie Camcorder
18. Motorola Bravo Pager
17. IBM Selectric Typewriter
16. Nintendo Game Boy
15. Nintendo Entertainment System
14. US Robotics Sportster 56K Modem
13. Atari 2600
12. Philips N1500 VCR
11. Canon Pocketronic Calculator
10. Magic Wand
09. Apple iPod
08. Kodak Brownie Camera
07. Regency TR-1 Transistor Radio
06. Victrola Record Player
05. IBM Model 5150
04. Sony Walkman
03. Apple Macintosh
02. Sony Trinitro
01. Apple iPhone


I apologize if old, I searched TIME gadgets.

 

[Nekofrog]

i def would've ranked the walkman higher

 

[Count Dookkake]

I've bought a few #10s over the years.

Makes a great gift.

 

[Bigfoot]

I don't even know what a Trinitro is!

 

[Skellig Gra]

Back half of the list is pretty weak. I like my Fitbit and all but cmon.

 

[Zvonimir Boban]

I don't even know what a Trinitro is!

Gotta be Trinitron.

Agree with the guy who said Walkman should be higher.

EDIT: Nokia 3210 at 34? If anything, that's the phone that should be #1.

 

[TheMan]

i don't see google glass as having been influential yet

 

[jwk94]

Google Glass was influential?

 

[TimeEffect]

Seems like a hard list to make.

I will say, I love ereaders. Really is superior to books in every possible way. Except the ones where you need to flip back and forth and make notes, or read PDFs or comics.

 

[Lactose_Intolerant]

Google Glass was influential?

What not to do

 

[Draper]

I am starved for the next huge innovation.

 

[Conkersbadfurday]

Segway is on there? Really?

Lack of vibrator is offensive.

 

[Magwik]

Google Glass is so influential at #50 that it accomplished nothing

 

[Krejlooc]

Lack of vibrator is offensive.

it's number 10

 

[giga]

Gadget is a poor term for this list. Many shouldn't classify as that.

 

[UrokeJoe]

#10, do they mean the Hitachi?

Edit. Oh shit they did!

 

[GregLombardi]

Wii should be higher than NES.

Yes I said it.

 

[Dennis]

What the fuck is a Sony Trinitro? Never heard of it.

Agree with iPhone. Walkman should probably be #2.

Waaaaaay too early for Oculus Rift.

 

[BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO]

Wii should be higher than NES.

Yes I said it.

K

 

[Fat4all]

What the fuck is a Sony Trinitro? Never heard of it.

Agree with iPhone. Walkman should probably be #2.

image googling Trintrio just brings up a bunch of animes and ponies

 

[Servbot24]

Nintendo DS should have been on rather than Wii I think.

 

[Sorcerer Supreme]

Wii should be higher than NES.

Yes I said it.

so influential that no one bought the next console

 

[Exokell]

What the fuck is a Sony Trinitro? Never heard of it.

Agree with iPhone. Walkman should probably be #2.

Waaaaaay too early for Oculus Rift.

I thought it's Trinitron?

 

[demon]

Seems like a hard list to make.

I will say, I love ereaders. Really is superior to books in every possible way. Except the ones where you need to flip back and forth and make notes, or read PDFs or comics.

I don't know about the "every possible way" part. You can't buy them super-cheap used. Can't check them out at a library with anywhere near the convenience of physical books. Can't easily give them away or lend them. That said I am trying to read as many books as possible in Kindle form nowadays.

 

[Dennis]

2. Sony Trinitron

Mystery solved. It was a misspelling.

 

[cameron]

Sony Trinitro is similar to the Panasonic Ta.

Solid list. The Walkman, iPod, and iPhone should definitely be in the top 10.

 

[Maintenance]

02. Sony Trinitro

Walkman should be #2.

 

[zbarron]

QUOTE=Dr. Feel Good
10. Magic Wand

10/10 Life changing. Marriage saving. Truly Magic.

 

[Fat4all]

I find that misspelling something innocuous into google image search seems to predominantly bring up furries, animes and ponies.

I should do a research paper on the subject.

 

[giga]

iBook should probably be replaced with the Macbook Air.

I have a Nest and love it, but influential? Bruh. Put the Jambox in there instead.

 

[Zaptruder]

Oculus Rift at 39. Not bad for now.

Will have to be revised much higher in a decade.

 

[massoluk]

World's first commercially successful massmarketed touchscreen device foiled again. Sorry Nintendo DS

 

[Deleted member 22576]

The Mac is not a gadget!

 

[Goldenroad]

Nintendo DS should have been on rather than Wii I think.

I don't know. My mom never bought a DS.

 

[Fat4all]

World's first commercially successful massmarketed touchscreen device foiled again. Sorry Nintendo DS

Psshaw, who needs that noise when I can play Broken Sword severely gimped on a palm pilot?

 

[Rentahamster]

I've bought a few #10s over the years.

Makes a great gift.

Good choice. I bought 3 last year. (fucking European voltage grrrr)

 

[cameron]

14. US Robotics Sportster 56K Modem

Didn't know that these were external units. Was thinking of a PCI/ISA card or something.

 

[UnemployedVillain]

What's a magic wand?

 

[Fat4all]

What's a magic wand?

 

[Jonbo298]

What's a magic wand?

The most influential thing for women and some men, if that's their thing.

 

[orochi91]

Lmao

 

[TarpitCarnivore]

What's a magic wand?

Toshiba Magic Wand, look it up

 

[Mr_Antimatter]

This is more a list of popular gadgets then influential ones.

 

[Jarrod38]

Scissors should be number one.

 

[DOWN]

The king where it should be

It's amazing to me when people try to deny it and say it didn't do anything special or new

 

[Geist-]

45. Raspberry Pi

This makes me super happy. Raspberry Pi has made do-it-yourself computing soooooo easy. The "internet of things" is super affordable if you hook everything up to a Pi.

 

[Oveja Negra]

While I love the Walkman, I disagree it should be higher.

The first four places are spot on.

Sony's Trinitron impact was truly huge both among the consumer and the pros, during at least a decade was THE best TV technology, unmatched. Basically every TV manufacturer tried to copy it, some of them even copied part of the name, like Toshiba's DiamondTron, just to be associated with the "pedigree" Trinitron had.

I also agree some of the mentions past half the list are kinda meh. The list should be 20 items long.

 

[GaimeGuy]

Where is the counting boaRd? The clock?

This reads like "50 famous gadgets from the last 15 years and a few token choices from the previous 30."

 

[Dishwalla]

Never really thought of things like TVs as gadgets, figure they are more appliances than gadgets.

 

[dity]

The hell is Google Glass on there?