# What all has come into being since SDMB was started? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 19, 2012, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-all-has-come-into-being-since-sdmb-was-started/622418 "2012-05-19T13:18:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-all-has-come-into-being-since-sdmb-was-started/622418/1 "2012-05-19T13:18:52Z")
A recent post in [The truly great threads in SDMB history](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=508687) 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. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-all-has-come-into-being-since-sdmb-was-started/622418/2 "2012-05-19T14:36:07Z")
To tickle your memory, you might start here: > **[History of technology | 21st century](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_technology#21st_century)** > > 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... ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-all-has-come-into-being-since-sdmb-was-started/622418/3 "2012-05-19T15:11:33Z")
Just a few thoughts: the iPod, the word “Wi-Fi”, the Swiffer floor cleaning thing, the Houston Texans, and about four new countries. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-all-has-come-into-being-since-sdmb-was-started/622418/4 "2012-05-19T16:07:44Z")
Facebook. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-all-has-come-into-being-since-sdmb-was-started/622418/5 "2012-05-19T16:48:05Z")
Cell phones pre-dates SDMBs, but they sure are bigger now than ever. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-all-has-come-into-being-since-sdmb-was-started/622418/6 "2012-05-19T16:51:57Z")
Cheese filled pizza crust? The iPod (2001). ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-all-has-come-into-being-since-sdmb-was-started/622418/7 "2012-05-19T17:30:15Z")
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.)