Internet Voted the Topmost Invention of Modern times
Mobile phone and MP3 player have lost out to the internet as the greatest invention of modern times. This was revealed by a new nationwide poll released by the Intellectual Property Office and conducted by YouGov. The survey sample was 1,977 adults out of which a significant 37 percent voted in favour of the internet.
An exhibition at the Science Museum in London called “Cracking Ideas” had intended to use the questionnaire to mark its opening. The exhibition was featuring Wallace and Gromit, the fictional inventors. It was for this purpose that the Intellectual Property Office and Aardman Animations joined hands to find out which recent invention is considered the most important by the people in the
The wind-up radio inventor, Trevor Baylis, commented that broadband has a major part to play in the belief that the internet is the best invention of the recent times. According to him, the exceptional growth of networking sites and superfast broadband networks have made the internet a necessity and something that people feel they can’t live without.
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Baylis also talked about the relevance of invention in the growth of a country’s economy. He felt that the focus should be on developing and protecting innovations of all kinds. The future generations should be encouraged to become inventors.
