Following in the Footsteps of Man's Greatest Inventions?

For a more comprehensive list of man's greatest inventions, The Atlantic has put together a fantastic catalogue compiled and ranked by some of the world's most notable historians, scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs.

Internet While radio and television slowly gained adoption around the world from the 1920s onward, it would take a good 70 years - until the 1990s - before the internet would be accessible to the wider public.

The internet's use has all but encompased all of the technologies listed above.

The internet now provides the platform for video and audio, which has shaken up the world of radio and television.

Its applications are numerous - and the internet has reshaped the modern world.

As the digital world continued to evolve after the internet became widely accessible to the masses, newer technologies were developed using its infrastructure.

With the ability to communicate and share data with users around the world via the World Wide Web, privacy and safety also became an issue.

"The origin of the cypherpunk goes back to the 1980s. A bunch of nerds who saw the promise of the internet and these new communication technologies, but they also saw the dark side."

A brave new world Like the early years of electricity, radio and the internet, the uses of this technology are still being figured out.

While the crypto space is constantly evolving, with a number of big movers having entered the scene in the past few years, blockchain technology is being harnessed by private companies around the world as well.