There have been many great technological inventions over the years.  While every invention has it own importance some of these inventions have revolutionized our lives.  Few inventions which revolutionized our day to day lives are

1. Radio:- Our only source of information was newspapers and that was never live.  We used to get information of a particulars days happenings atleast a  day later through our newspapers.  Radio has given  us the option of live broadcasts.  We used to know of scores and player performances in cricketing events and Davis Cup through commentary.  The excitement of hearing something happening in real time was a altogether different experience.

2. Transistor:- Transistor is an extension of Radio.  Transistors released us from being confined to our homes to listen to a radio commentary. Wireless transistors meant we can listen to live commentary almost anywhere at office of while walking on the road.  Transistors were easy to carry and that was an additional advantage over a radio.

3. Television:- Another modified version of Radio is Television.  With Television we were able to see whom we have only heard of in the past.  Sunil Gavaskar was a household name having broken almost every possible record during his time, but one never knew how Sunil Gavaskar looked like.  Television gave us a chance to see how our heroes as to how they actually looked.   Television also taught us how to play a game.  For example before the advent of television cricket was also about batsman making contact with the ball and bowlers hitting the stumps.  Television taught us that cricket means lots of classical strokes, fast bowlers bouncing out batsman or spinners weaving their magic with classical deliveries with lovely action.

4. Video Cassettes:- Earlier people used to go to theatres to watch movie.  A person has to adjust his timings to suit the timings of the movie shown in a theatre.  An added inconvenience is standing in queues.  There was also a probability of wasting ones time and energy and coming back without seeing the movie due to tickets being sold out.  With advent of Video Cassettes you need not go to theatres,  on the contrary theatres come home.  You are your own boss, you decide your timings and can see the movie with any number of people without paying anything extra.  You can pause, rewind or forward whenever you want to.

5. Video Recording:- Earlier a person had the option of watching a movie 20 years later if there was a repeat show in theatres.  Now a person can see happenings in his own life as and when he wants.  A person can see his engagement or marriage videos whenever he wants to. It is really a thrill for a person to see how he looked 20 years back.  It is also nice to show it to his kids.  The kinds also have the option of seeing how their parents looked 20 years back.

6.Telephone  Land line:- With the advent of land line telephones, distance ceased to be a factor and our relatives were only a call away even though they used to stay thousands of miles apart.  The time devoted to writing letters, usage of words, writing and re writing words, waiting for the letter the reach the recipient and then  waiting for the recipients to reply and receive the letter is all gone.  Telephones also gave the option of being our natural self while speaking because a letter can never convey what you actually want to speak.

7. Pager:- Not many people remember a pager these days, because it did not last long as mobiles can soon afterwards.  Pager was some sort of a mini handset.  The size of a page is almost one fourth of a todays sleek mobile handsets.  Even when you are on the move, a person can flash a message to you which will reach you on your pager.  Once the person receives the message, depending on the urgency he can go to a telephone booth and interact with the person who sent the message.

8. Mobile:- Mobile is advanced version of landline and page and perhaps one of the most remarkable invention.  Wherever you are does not matter, you can always make or receive calls from anywhere to anywhere

9. Email: Advent of email gave a option a person who could never even dream of.  Sending messages from anywhere to anybody and receiving message from anybody and from anywhere.  With telephone a person had to curtail the duration of his conversation especially when talking abroad because costs are higher if the duration is life.  With email you can be yourself, write plenty without worrying about the cost.

10. Search Engines:- You can access the world sitting from the comfort of your home, office or internet parlous whichever part of the world you are.  You can get information on a particular product or contact details of a organization within a few seconds.  You can access data from millions of miles away sitting from the comfort of your desk.

There have been far too many inventions in the world which revolutionized our lives, and therefore difficult to mention all of them.  However the above mentioned 10 inventions have been the most significant.

Regards

Satish