Great Inventions

I was looking at a list of Great Inventions, as determined by Encyclopedia Britannica and several of them caught my eye:

=> beer, before 6000 BC (Sumerians, Bablyonians)
=> mail-order catalog, 1872 (Aaron Montgomery Ward)
=> compact disc, 1980 (Sony Corp.)
=> ring-shaped donut, 1847 (Hanson Crockett Gregory)
=> wire coat hanger, 1903 (Albert J. Parkhouse)
=> miniature golf, circa 1930 (Garnet Carter)
=> Muzak, 1922 (George Owen Squier)
=> paper towel, 1931 (Arthur Scott)
=> television remote control, 1950 (Robert Adler)
=> postage stamps, 1840 (Sir Rowland Hill)
=> sunglasses, 1752 (James Ayscough)
=> the wheel, about 3500 BC (proto-Aryan perople or Sumerians)
=> the zipper, 1893 (Whitcomb L. Judson)

Quite a sampling, yes?

What are some of your favoirte inventions? And what inventions do you wish would make to make your life/job more enjoyable?

(Hey, c'mon, it's Friday afternoon ... daydream a little!)