2011 Innovation Poll Results
Please see below for the results to our 2011 Innovation Poll:
Which of the following is the greatest innovation in medicine within the last 200 years?
- The invention of the x-ray machine : 5%
- The invention of penicillin – "the first miracle drug" : 71%
- The polio vaccine : 13%
- Mapping the human genome : 11%
Which of these high technology innovators has had the most significant impact on everyday life?
- Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft : 16%
- Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web : 62%
- Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple : 18%
- Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder of Facebook : 4%
TIME Magazine recently listed the 50 Best Inventions of 2011. Which of these innovations is destined to be the most significant 'Game Changer'?
- WIFI Network: created by implanting electronics into ordinary light bulbs : 51%
- Curiosity: NASA's newest Mars rover powered by a radioisotope generator that uses radioactive decay to produce heat and electricity : 20%
- The Surveillance Hummingbird: a tiny flying remote control surveillance device that records both audio and video : 22%
- Clothes Made from Milk: using a material made from sour milk, protein fibers are extracted and spun into yarn : 7%
Which of the following innovators would make the most interesting lunch companion?
- Galileo Galilei : 29%
- Isaac Newton : 16%
- Albert Einstein : 36%
- Marie Curie : 19%