The 50 Greatest Technological Inventions of the Past 25 Years

Check out our countdown of the most important tech to drop in the past quarter-decade.

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Hybrid Cars

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MiniDisc

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Color Plasma Display

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Optical Computer Mouse

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LED Headlights

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Electronic Tolls

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OLED TV

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Blu-ray

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Satellite TV

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Recordable DVDs

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Lithium Rechargeable Batteries

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DVD

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CD-R

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Online Stock Trading

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Doppler Radar

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MPEG-4

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Flash Memory

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Bluetooth

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Commercialized GPS

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Home Audio Editing

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Home Video Editing

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Camcorders

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Digital SLR

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Multi-Core Processors

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Satellite Radio

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Flip Phone

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Digital HDTV

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Instant Messaging

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Consumer Digital Cameras

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JPEG

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Microblogging

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Caller ID

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Mobile Broadband

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Blogs

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MP3 Player

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Electronic Word Processing

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DVR

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DNA Profiling

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Social Networking Service

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Genetic Sequencing

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Webmail (web-based email)

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Search Engine

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Smartphone

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SMS (Text Messaging)

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Wi-fi

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MP3

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Broadband Internet

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Personal Computers

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The World Wide Web

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