Inventions in My Lifetime, So Far

I remember being amazed to know my grandparents' generation saw not only the invention of the car, but also saw a man land on the moon.

But what sorts of things have been invented (to date) of my not-done-yet life?

I was working in an office when a fax machine was brought in. (This boss was quite in step with the times.) And I recall staying far, far away from that space-age device, the microwave oven, because news reports abounded about them causing cancer. (I still don't trust them.)

What else has been invented since I was born in the 1960s? Here are just a few:

• Space travel


• The computer mouse


• Microwave ovens (although the technology was developed during WWII)


• Astroturf


• Post-it notes


• fax machines


• The artificial heart


• CD-ROM


• GPS


• The game Twister