http://www.life.com/images/logo.png http://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/35882/10-gizmos-that-changed-the-future http://www.life.com/image/92706843 London's Science Museum recently chose from its vast collection 10 objects that "changed the future," and then asked the public to vote for a favorite. Pictured: One of the 10 nominations—the steam engine.]]> 92706843 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:00:00 EST London's Science Museum recently chose from its vast collection 10 objects that "changed the future," and then asked the public to vote for a favorite. Pictured: One of the 10 nominations—the steam engine.]]> Dan Kitwood 2010 gettyImages.com http://www.life.com/image/92706838 ]]> 92706838 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:00:00 EST ]]> Dan Kitwood 2010 gettyImages.com http://www.life.com/image/92706834 This early steam engine locomotive, built in England in the mid-19th century, is often cited as the first "modern" locomotive, and was the model or inspiration for steam-powered vehicles for the next 100 years.]]> 92706834 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:00:00 EST This early steam engine locomotive, built in England in the mid-19th century, is often cited as the first "modern" locomotive, and was the model or inspiration for steam-powered vehicles for the next 100 years.]]> Dan Kitwood 2010 gettyImages.com http://www.life.com/image/92706829 ]]> 92706829 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:00:00 EST ]]> Dan Kitwood 2010 gettyImages.com http://www.life.com/image/92706824 For most science historians, the steam engine was the single most significant driver of change in the 19th-century, as it basically enabled and supercharged the entire Industrial Revolution.]]> 92706824 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:00:00 EST For most science historians, the steam engine was the single most significant driver of change in the 19th-century, as it basically enabled and supercharged the entire Industrial Revolution.]]> Dan Kitwood 2010 gettyImages.com http://www.life.com/image/92706819 First developed by Nazi Germany's scientists to fire rockets at London during WWII, the V2 is the precursor to all Space Age rocket technology.]]> 92706819 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:00:00 EST First developed by Nazi Germany's scientists to fire rockets at London during WWII, the V2 is the precursor to all Space Age rocket technology.]]> Dan Kitwood 2010 gettyImages.com http://www.life.com/image/92706017 In July 1969, the Apollo 11 lunar module landed on the moon, and Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong became the first humans to set foot on the lunar surface. But just a few months earlier, astronauts Thomas Stafford, John Young, and Eugene Cernan flew Apollo 10 through a dry run of the mission, without landing on the moon. This is the capsule that got them safely back to Earth.]]> 92706017 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:00:00 EST In July 1969, the Apollo 11 lunar module landed on the moon, and Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong became the first humans to set foot on the lunar surface. But just a few months earlier, astronauts Thomas Stafford, John Young, and Eugene Cernan flew Apollo 10 through a dry run of the mission, without landing on the moon. This is the capsule that got them safely back to Earth.]]> Dan Kitwood 2010 gettyImages.com http://www.life.com/image/82501857 The more we learn about our own DNA, the more astonishing, thrilling, and humbling our own journey as a species becomes.]]> 82501857 Tue, 01 Jan 1963 03:00:00 EST The more we learn about our own DNA, the more astonishing, thrilling, and humbling our own journey as a species becomes.]]> FRITZ GORO 2010 gettyImages.com http://www.life.com/image/92705920 ]]> 92705920 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:00:00 EST ]]> Dan Kitwood 2010 gettyImages.com http://www.life.com/image/92705137 Without X-rays, first discovered and put to medical use in the late 19th century, modern medicine would not exist. Or rather, it would exist, but it would be far bloodier and more painful, as doctors would spend an awful lot more time cutting people open to try and find out what ailed them.]]> 92705137 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:00:00 EST Without X-rays, first discovered and put to medical use in the late 19th century, modern medicine would not exist. Or rather, it would exist, but it would be far bloodier and more painful, as doctors would spend an awful lot more time cutting people open to try and find out what ailed them.]]> Dan Kitwood 2010 gettyImages.com http://www.life.com/image/92705123 One of the first computers built in the UK, in the 1950s, and for a while the fastest computer in the world, the Pilot ACE was the brainchild of the great British mathematician and computer scientist, Alan Turing.]]> 92705123 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:00:00 EST One of the first computers built in the UK, in the 1950s, and for a while the fastest computer in the world, the Pilot ACE was the brainchild of the great British mathematician and computer scientist, Alan Turing.]]> Dan Kitwood 2010 gettyImages.com http://www.life.com/image/92705122 Derived from fungi, penicillin is actually a group of antibiotics that has, for around 70 years, been used to treat and even cure various diseases that, prior to its discovery, were invariably fatal.]]> 92705122 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:00:00 EST Derived from fungi, penicillin is actually a group of antibiotics that has, for around 70 years, been used to treat and even cure various diseases that, prior to its discovery, were invariably fatal.]]> Dan Kitwood 2010 gettyImages.com http://www.life.com/image/92704829 Of the 10 objects "that changed the future," as chosen by the Science Museum, the X-ray machine emerged as the "audience favorite" in the museum's poll. Pictured: England's Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Ben Bradshaw, holds a plate of dental X-rays from 1919.]]> 92704829 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:00:00 EST Of the 10 objects "that changed the future," as chosen by the Science Museum, the X-ray machine emerged as the "audience favorite" in the museum's poll. Pictured: England's Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Ben Bradshaw, holds a plate of dental X-rays from 1919.]]> Dan Kitwood 2010 gettyImages.com