
2011
The alarm clock. The personal computer. The smartphone. The radio. You know the greatest gadgets of all time (and you’ve probably owned most of them), but which has changed the world more than any other? To make our list of 101, a gadget had to be something you could hold in your hands, mechanical or electronic, and a mass-produced personal item. The rest was up to the judges. Check out our selections.

Intelligent Trees

Pif, Behind the gimmicks

The Animograph, or I Was Born in a Shoebox

Women and Cars: The Story of an Underestimated Liaison

Lumière, Le Cinéma!

Zvorykin-Muromets

Britain's Greatest Invention

Die Macht der Elektronengehirne

The Story of Alfred Nobel

The Story of Doctor Carver

Lumière!

The Sun Queen

The Creative Brain

Fortune Seekers

The Invention of the Ford V8 Engine

Crazy Inventions and Daredevil Stunts

A Bug's Life

Rugrats in Paris: The Movie

Self-Contained Enclosure

Drums of Fu Manchu