The 50 Greatest Technological Inventions of the Past 25 Years
By Complex Magazine | Aug 18, 2010 | 3:29 pm | Permalink
Electronic Tolls
Made Popular By: Texas Tollway Authority's TollTag
Year: 1986
Like a lot of other useful consumer tech, electronic toll collection (ETC) came from the armed forces. It was derived from the military-spec identification technology known as "friend or foe" (IFF), which allowed access for certain vehicles to enter certain areas. First implemented for regular people in Norway in 1986, ETC has spread around the world, making drivers still paying with hard currency pissed to all hell when they have to wait in a congested cash lane when the E-ZPass lanes are wide open.
Chris August 19th, 2010 at 02:43 PM
The image for #40 is a NiMH battery
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Charlie August 19th, 2010 at 02:51 PM
Seriously, a 50 page list? And all the popup crap?Come on, why do you do that to your readers? This is the Internet, you can put more on a page.
Charlie August 19th, 2010 at 02:54 PM
Oh my God. This list is RETARDED.
mr. x August 19th, 2010 at 03:10 PM
yo, i think the commodore computers were more popular in the 80s. I remember when my parents bought a commodore vic 20 and i remember when the commodore 64 was released and how awesome it was.
Tom August 19th, 2010 at 03:35 PM
Reading on my iPhone, not gonna click 50 links gl with that, Shame, seems interesting
Julio Salazar August 19th, 2010 at 03:49 PM
I think youtube should be on the list.
Julio Salazar August 19th, 2010 at 03:52 PM
What's up with 37?
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