50 Things That Made the Modern Economy: Season 2

BBC World Service

Episodes

• Coming soon: Season two

• Langstroth Hive

• Cellophane

• Gyroscope

• QWERTY

• Bicycle

• Mail order catalogue

• Brick

• Spreadsheet

• Recycling

• Pornography

• Dwarf wheat

• 'Like' button

• Pencil

• Blockchain

• Factory

• CubeSat

• Rubber

• Postage stamp

• RFID: The tech you’ve never heard of – but use every day

• Fire

• Cassava

• Solar PV

• Chatbot

• Oil

• Interchangeable parts

• Canned food

• Interface Message Processor

• Prohibition

• Bonsack machine

• GPS

• Vickrey turnstile

• Glasses

• Wedgwood

• SWIFT

• Fundraising appeal

• Stock option

• Hollerith punch card

• Sewing machine

• Santa

• Retirement

• CCTV

• Fast food franchise

• Wardian case

• Sanitary towel

• Tulips

• Dams

• Auctions

• Chess algorithms

• Slot machines

• Gutenberg press