A recent post in The truly great threads in SDMB history pointed out that YouTube came into being after SDMB had been around for a while.
That makes me want to find and identify other “new fangled” things that are newer than SDMB. Assume 1999 as a starting point and try to name stuff that wsn’t here in those days.
To tickle your memory, you might start here:
In the early 21st century, research is ongoing into quantum computers, gene therapy (introduced 1990), 3D printing (introduced 1981), nanotechnology (introduced 1985), bioengineering/biotechnology, nuclear technology, advanced materials (e.g., graphene), the scramjet and drones (along with railguns and high-energy laser beams for military uses), superconductivity, the memristor, and green technologies such as alternative fuels (e.g., fuel cells, self-driving electric and plug-in hybrid cars), aug...
Just a few thoughts: the iPod, the word “Wi-Fi”, the Swiffer floor cleaning thing, the Houston Texans, and about four new countries.
Cell phones pre-dates SDMBs, but they sure are bigger now than ever.
Cheese filled pizza crust?
The iPod (2001).
First citation of wikipedia on this board was from 2002.
First reference of facebook was from 2004.
ETA: (That I could find with a cursory search.)