Maybe once upon a time necessity was the mother of invention, but, in the modern age, the innovations that have driven us forward concern things that would have seemed incomprehensible before their advent. It seems today that the cutting edge of technology, medicine, and entertainment are growing at speeds far faster than the average imagination. The past 30 or so years have seen the inventions of tools, services, and technologies that would have seemed like the stuff of witchcraft and science fiction even just a century ago.
Intrigued? Let's take a look at some of the most important and life-changing inventions of the past three decades. Click on!