The Computer
The computer is perhaps the invention that will change the world more dramatically then anything before it. Throughout history there have been many important inventions, but the functions and uses of the computer put it into a class all its own. With the addition of the world wide web in 1991 by Tim Berners-Lee the computer has not been the same. Later the dawning of the internet age became apparent when people began using it in some of the things that would have been impossible without the internet. With that the computer and internet are now the biggest invention for communications since the telephone over a hundred years ago.
Aside from that, the computer also makes the lives of students much simpler. For example there is the burden of writing a term paper. With the help of the computer a student can do the research, write, and edit a paper in a fraction of the time. Being a student myself I realize that the edit is especially important because it eliminates the chances of human error.