Post something that was invented during your lifetime.

[ohiosmith]

transistor radio

[Phillycat]

1. Microwave

[ohiosmith]

3. You are so young.

[Phillycat]

5. Young and GORGEOUS!

Heh. I'm not that young.

[ohiosmith]

6. Younger than my transistor radio.

[Orrex]

30. Really? How old are you?

My grandparents had a microwave in the not-so-late 70's, so maybe you're younger than you think...

[IndianaJones]

2. DLP. nt.

[mwooldri]

4. Cell Phone. (nt)

[ceile]

7. CDs and CD palyers. n/t

[BrotherBuzz]

8. Silly Putty®, Hula Hoop, and the Frisbee

Ain't American capitalism grand?

[hfojvt]

9. microwave

[MissMillie]

10. the internets

[Rosie1223]

11. lol -- Breast implants

I googled inventions of 1962 (my year of birth) and that was on the list.

Sorry, no pics.

[xchrom]

12. dirt.

[zanne]

21. HAH!

You and me both.

[carly denise pt deux]

13. Popiel Pocket fisherman

the internet
computers

[flvegan]

14. The Bedazzler

[lost-in-nj]

15. Smoke Detector....

1969--SMOKE DETECTOR
Randolph Smith and Kenneth House patent a battery-powered smoke detector for home use. Later models rely on perhaps the cheapest nuclear technology you can own: a chunk of americium-241. The element's radioactive particles generate a small electric current. If smoke enters the chamber it disrupts the current, triggering an alarm.


lost

[ashling]

16. Head on - apply directly to the forehead!

That set it and forget it rotiserie oven AND the egg jabber
As seen on TV

[tandot]

17. Steam engines

...just kidding

the computer mouse was invented in 1964

http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa081898.htm

In 1964, the first prototype computer mouse was made to use with a graphical user interface (GUI), 'windows'. Engelbart received a patent for the wooden shell with two metal wheels (computer mouse U.S. Patent # 3,541,541) in 1970, describing it in the patent application as an "X-Y position indicator for a display system." "It was nicknamed the mouse because the tail came out the end," Engelbart revealed about his invention. His version of windows was not considered patentable (no software patents were issued at that time), but Douglas Engelbart has over 45 other patents to his name.

[KG]

18. sliced bread

[ohiosmith]

20. Damn you're old.

[KG]

28. yeah, but i'm the best thing since!

[LynneSin]

19. DU Ignore function

[ohiosmith]

32. You wouldn't, would you? You would!

[Rabrrrrrr]

22. Telemarketing, televangelism, infomercials, helicopter parents, etiquettelessness

That's a good start.

[cobalt1999]

23. Valium. Invented the year I was born...probably to help my mother cope with me.

[RebelOne]

24. Hi-Fi and Stereo, car phones, commercial jet service

[evlbstrd]

25. Surprisingly, 1956 was very hi-tech.

The first computer hard disk used.
The hovercraft invented by Christopher Cockerell.
As a result of the joint research of Sherman and Smith, the Scotchgard™ Protector was launched in the marketplace
Secretary Bette Nesmith Graham invented "Mistake Out" later renamed, Liquid Paper (Mike Nesmith of The Monkees' mom)
Los Alamos Laboratory discovers the neutrino, an atomic particle with no electric charge.
Anti-protons detected in the atmosphere.
The first commercial videotape recorder is introduced. The device is intended for industrial applications, and it quickly revolutionizes the way television programming is produced.

[LSK]

26. the Lounge

[soleft]

27. The Sponge

[likesmountains 52]

29. cassette tapes, 8 track tapes, CDs, mp3 players...whatever comes next hopefully

[Tyler Durden]

31. Color TV and Cheez Whiz.

[NoPasaran]

33. Light Beer

[deucemagnet]

34. The Flowbee

[CreekDog]

35. HBO

[CreekDog]

36. Macintosh

And Bloom County

[Rhythm]

37. The ATM machine! n/t

[Starbucks Anarchist]

38. The iPod.

[DarkTirade]

39. OpenGL and DirectX

[malta blue]

40. pampers were first sold the year I was born...nt