What a shocker, the best ever invention voted by visitors to the Science Museum in London (and online) is not the computer. Its way down in sixth place…

The Science Museum’s curators selected 10 items from its collection and asked visitors to the museum and online to vote on the inventions that has made the biggest mark on history to mark its centenary in June. The results are quite surprising….

1. X-ray machine – 9,581 votes
2. Penicillin – 6,825 votes
3. DNA double helix– 6,725 votes
4. Apollo 10 capsule – 4,649 votes
5. V2 rocket engine – 3,985 votes
6. Stephenson’s Rocket – 3,533 votes
7. Pilot ACE Computer – 3,472 votes
8. The atmospheric engine – 3,457 votes
9. Model T Ford – 3,231 votes
10. The electric telegraph – 2,694 votes

The invention that has made a big difference in MY world is the Computer followed closely by the Car. The medical inventions have helped (when I’ve sprained my ankle) but without the computer this blog would not exist

[Source: Read more at NewScientist]