what do you consider the most technical advance so far in your lifetime?

i can't pick lol.the cell phone,computer,and cable tv

I dont think that anything compares to the internet based on scope By scope I mean taht this thing is endless,it doesnt have any boundaries ,it can just keep growing like a colony of ants only in this case tehre is no natural predator..well viruses would be one such predator.Scope can also be interpretted to mean the number if lives that it has touched will touch in the future and how it has changed all our lives.I mean the internet has changed the way we communicate ,the way we view information,it can affect politics ,business ,economic..it has invaded every aspect of our lives

Probably it is electricty. Sometimes I wonder of this is a benefit or not. But society as we know it, would simply stop if all electricy ceased. We could still surive without it, not all of us, but people obviously get by without it in times gone by, & sometimes nowadays. The huge cities, the reiance on industries, computers, advanced medical care & the Government would all cease without electricity. It doesn't take much of an imagination to figure out what would happen, in a chain of events, if our total supply stopped.

For me it's probably the internet. I can't imagine how I could possibly live without it now. I do pretty much all my shopping , banking , ticket buying, vacation planning and just about everyhting else you can name online....I'd be absolutely lost without it to be honest.

I consider myself a tech geek...so I'm amazed still with the whole concept of the DVD--imagine, having a whole movie on that little shiny disc--and it goes without saying...the computer...I only taught myself a few years ago and wonder now..like what took me so long!

I think I'd have to agree with inked and say the internet. I remember when I first got on BBSes, which were considerably earlier than the real internet. I thought it was cool enough to be leaving messages for my friends that they could pick up with their computer later. I was even able to chat with one of my friends from time to time on his BBS. But those were just people I knew, locally. Now I can talk to people I've never even met, send them instant messages, and do all kinds of shopping. That's just fun! :)

I would have to say the "world wide web" it is an incredible fantastical development. and I dare say diabolical as well.

I don't know if it is the best advance to civilization, but the most noticible would be the computer. What didn't exist is now everywhere, and used in so many devices, from medical equipment, to home personal computers, to warheads.