WiFi Tops Best Technological Innovation List

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Wednesday, December 24, 2008, 15:03

Topping the list for the greatest technological advance of the last decade is the Wireless internet. WiFi makes surfing a a lot easier and has rightly won the top spot.

The survey conducted by 'Stuff' magazines revealed that WiFi has beaten Sky+ by 35.5 percent votes. The others on the list are Sat Navs, iPods and Blackberries .

Sky+ however is the best loved personal video recorder (PVR), "It really has given power to the consumer to allow them to watch what they want when they want," the Telegraph quoted Fevzi Turkalp, who runs the Gadget Detective website, as saying.

Third on the list is Sat Nav, that is now present in every car followed by energy-efficient Hybrid Cars. Fifth on the list is Apple's iPod.

The publisher of the magazine, Simon Osborne-Walker is confidant that the reader have been able to sum up the best of the last decade.

"It's been an amazing ten years for technology. Gadgets have gone from being big black boxes under the television to lightweight, portable devices," he said.

Stuff"s list of the best technological innovation of last decade:

1. Wireless Internet – 35.5 percent
2. Sky+ - 16.9 percent
3. Sat Nav – 16.6 percent
4. Hybrid Cars – 8.9 percent
5. iPod – 5.6 percent
6. Chip and Pin – 5.6 percent
7. Nintendo Wii – 3.9 percent
8. Skype – 1.7 percent
9. Oyster Card – 1.5 percent
10. Blackberry – 1.1 percent
Other – 2.6 percent