100+ Years

Me most likely asking my Great Grandma what it's like to be so old. Note unimpressed look on her face :)

I often wonder what the future holds in store for my generation...

80 Years down the line, what will the Earth look and feel like? What will the fashion trends be? How will people interact? What types of new gadgets will be created?

What will change about the way we live our Lives between now and then?

It's hard to fathom the complete unknown; Everytime you think technology has reached it's max, there's a new innovation that's sure to wow.

My Great-Grandmother will be 105 years old come April of this year. When I saw her a few years ago, I casually asked "Great-Grandma Ida, how does it feel to have been alive for 100 years? You've experienced so much!"; but alas... she either couldn't hear me or was purposely ignoring my question because she just sat and continued to eat her grapes. She had an almost child-like innocence and aura about her- 104 years of Life and barely a wrinkle on her face; puffs of snow-white hair framing her tiny face. Live 104 years and you're destined to become cherubic, blunt and care-free as well.

It got me thinking; my Great-Grandma was born in 1905, what has her Life been like? What has she lived to witness and experience? I did a bit of research and what I've found is quite an extensive list.

Reiterates how different we can expect the World to be as we approach our later years.

1905-2010

1905: Einstein publishes theory of relativity & windshield wipers are invented

1906: Kellogg's cereal & first sonar devices comes into existence

1907: The first synthetic plastic, called Bakelite, is invented

1908: Cellophane is invented

1908: First Model T Ford is sold

1909: Instant coffee is invented

1910: First talking motion picture is developed

1911: First electrical automobile ignition is invented

1912: Motorized camera is invented to replace hand-crank camera, Life Savers candy & military tank is invented

1913: Crossword puzzles, the bra, the zipper & Ecstasy are invented

1916: Radio tuners is invented so people can listen to more than one station

1916: Stainless steel is invented

1918: Fortune cookies & Radio circuits are invented (still used today) are invented

1919: Toaster is invented

1920: Tommy gun & bandaids are invented

1921: First robot & lie detector tests are built

1922: First 3-D movie is released!

1922: Insulin is invented

1923: Traffic lights, frozen foods & TV (iconoscope) are invented

1924: Spiral bound books & loud speakers are invented

1925: Mechanical TV invented

1926: Liquid fueld rockets invented

1927: PEZ candy, Technicolor TV & First aerosol are invented

1928: Penicillin is disvocered, Electric shaver & bubblegum invented

1929: Car radio & yoyo invented

1930: Jet engine, scotch tape invented

1931: Stop-action photography & electron microscope invented

1932: Parking meter, radio telescope & polaroid camera invented

1933: FM radio & first drive in theatre invented

1934: Tape recorder & monopoly invented

1935: Radar, nylons & first canned beer invented

*My Grandpa's born* 1936: Revolver & voice recognition invented

1937: Photocopier & jet engine invented

1938: LSD, teflon, ball point pen & strobe light invented

1939: Helicopter is invented

1940: Colour TV & jeep are invented

1942: First digital computer & turboprop engine invented

1943: Rubber, slinky, silly putty & aqualung are invented as well LSD hallucinogenic properties discovered

1944: Cortisone & dialysis invented

1945: Invention of the atomic bomb

1946: Microwave oven is invented

1947: Tupper ware & mobile phones invented

1948: Frisbee, velcro & jukebox invented

1949: Cake mixes developed

1950: First credit card (diners) invented

1951: Superglue, power steering & VCR's are invented

1952: Hydrogen bomb, diet soda, bar codes & mr. potato head are invented

1954: Birth control pill & McDonald's invented

1955: Optic fibre invented

1956: Hovercraft & liquid paper (white out) invented

1957: Computer language (fortran) developed

1958: Modems, lasers & hula-hoops are invented

1959: Paccemaker, Barbie & microcip are invented

1960: Halogen lamp invented

1961: Valium & dairy free creamer invented

1962: Audio cassettes, breast implants & first computer game (Spacewar) are invented

* My Dad is born * 1963: Video disk invented

1964: Acrylic paint developed

1965: Soft contact lenses, kevlar & artificial sweetener invented

* My Mom is born* 1966

1967: First handheld calculator

1968: Computer mouse & RAM invented

1969: First internet, artificial heart, ATM & bar code scanner invented

1970: Floppy disk invented

1971: Food processor, LCD & VHS invented

1972: Hacky sack & first video game (Pong) invented

1973: Disposable lighter, ethernet & gene splicing invented

1974: Post it notes & liposuction invented

1975: laser printer & pop can tabs invented

1976: Ink jet printer developed

1978: Artificial heart developed

1979: Cell phones, walkman & rollerblades are invented

1980: Hep B vaccine developed

1981: MS-DOS & IBM computers are invented

1982: Human growth hormone genetically engineered

1983: First cabbage patch kid dolls & virtual reality developed

1984: CD-ROMs & Mac computers invented

* I was born!* 1985: Windows program developed

1986: Synthetic skin & disposable camera invented

1987: Disposable contact lenses & 3-D video games developed

1988: Morning after pill, prozac, doppler radio & indiglo lights invented

1989: HD TV developed

1990: Word-wide-web comes into existence

1991: Answering machine is invented

1994: HIV treatment drugs developed

1995: Java & DVD's are invented

1996: Web TV invented

1998: Viagara is developed

and on,

and on,

and on.......

That's an awful lot of changes to live through, and those are only the inventions that have come about, not even all of the monumental occurences that have taken place-

I think being almost 105 would be a bit overwhelming at times, I can only imagine what things will be like in the year 2011, let alone 2050!