Britain ranked first in Germany's "11 German gizmos that changed the world"?

The Independent recently selected 11 gadgets that changed the world.

1. abacus ad 19/Abacus, AD19

2. Archimedes screw pump is about 7 BC/Archimedes Screw, c.7BC

3. aspirin 1899/Aspirin, 1899

4. Atari 26 game machine 1977/. 1977

5. barbed wire 1873/Barbed wire, 1873

6. barcode 1973/Barcode, 1973

7. battery 18/Battery, 18

8. bicycle 1861/Bicycle, 1861

9. Ballpoint pen Biro 1938/Biro, 1938

1. BlackBerry 1999/Blackberry, 1999

11. Bow and arrow 3, BC/Bow and arrow, 3,BC

12. Bra 1913/Bra. 1913

13. Button 1235/Button, 1235

14. Portable camera 1983/Camcorder, 1983

15. Camera 1826/Camera, 1826

16. Pacemaker 1958/Cardiac pacemaker. 1958

17. CD 1965/CD, 1965

18. Clockwork Radio 1991/Clock Radio, 1991

19. Compass 119/Compass, 119

2. Condoms 164/Condom, 164

21. Credit card 195/Credit card, 195

22. Digital camera 1975/Digital camera, 1975

23. Digital TV recorder 1999/Digital TV recorder, 1999

24. Electronic Watch 1972/Digital watch, 1972

25. Drum 12, BC/Drum 26. Explosives 1867/Dynamite, 1867

27. Electric Shaver 1928/Electric shaver. 1928

28. Eraser 177/Eraser, 177

29. Fax machine 1843/Fax machine, 1843

3. Optical fiber 1966/fiber optical cable, 1966

31. Fire 59, BC/Fire, 59. BC

32. Fishing hook 3, BC/Fish hook, 3,BC

33. Floppy disk 1971, 1971

34. Flushing toilet 1597/flushing toilet 1597

35. Refrigerator 1834. 1834

36. Gore-Tex Fabric 1972/Gore-Tex, 1972

37. Global Positioning System 1978/GPS, 1978

38. Guillotine 1792/Guillotine, 1792

39. Gun 14th century/. 14th century

4. internal combustion engine 1859/internal combustion engine, 1859

41. apple iPod 21/iPod, 21

42. kettle 1891/Kettle, 1891

43. laptop 1982/Laptop, 1982

44. Laser 196/Laser, 196

45. Lawnmower 183, 183

46. Graphite pencil 1564/Lead pencil, 1564

47. Light bulb 1848/Light bulb. 1848

48. Lock in 2 BC/Locks, 2BC

49. Machine gun 1884/Machine gun, 1884

5. Mechanical clock 192/Mechanical clock, 192

51. Microchip 1958/Microchip, 1958

52. Microscope 159/Microscope, 159

53. Microwave oven 1946/Microwave oven, 1946

54. Mobile phone 1947/Mobile phone, 1947

55. Mouse 1964/Mouse, 1964

56. Nintendo Gameboy 1989/Nintendo Gameboy, 1989

57. Noise-canceling headphones 1988/Noise-canceling headphones, 1988

58. Paper clips about 1892/Paper clip, C.1892

59. Paper AD 15/Paper, AD15

6. Personal computer 1977/PC, 1977

61. Plough AD 1/Plough, AD1

62. Pneumatic tire 1845/Pneumatic tyre. 1845

63. Pocket calculator 1971/Pocket calculator, 1971

64. Polaroid camera 1947/Polaroid camera, 1947

65. Pop-up toaster 1926, 1926

66. Post-it note paper 1973/Post-it note, 1973

67. Printing machine 1454/Printing press, 1454

68. Standard keyboard 1868/Qwerty keyboard, 1868

69. Radio 1895. 1895

7. Robots 1921/Robot, 1921

71. Rubber band 1845/Rubber band, 1845

72. Saddle AD 2/Saddle, AD2

73. Safety razor 1895/Safety razor, 1895

74. scotch tape 1937/Sellotape, 1937

75. sewing machine 183/Sewing machine, 183

76. SMS 1992/SMS, 1992

77. glasses 1451/Spectacles. 1451

78. Stethoscope 1819/stethoscope 1819

79. Swiss Army Knife 1897/Swiss Army Knife 1897

8. Syringe 1844/Syringe 1844

81. Telephone 1876/Telephone. 1876

82. Telescope 168/Telescope, 168

83. Television 1925/Television, 1925

84. Internet 1969/The internet, 1969

85. Matches 1826/The match, 1826

86. Pills 1951/The Pill, 1951

87. Thermometers 1592/Thermometer, 1592

88. Tools 2.6 million BC/Tools, 2.6 million BC

89. Toothbrushes 1498/. 1498

9. transistor radio 1953/Transistor radio, 1953

91. transistor 1947/Transistor, 1947

92. TV remote controller 195/TV remote control, 195

93. Umbrella 24 BC/Umbrella, 24BC

94. Vacuum cleaner 191/Vacuum cleaner, 191

95. Velcro 1948/Velcro, 1948

96. Home video recorder 1976/. 1976

97. Massage vibrators 192/Vibrator, 192

98. Walkman 1979/Walkman, 1979

99. Balance scales 5 BC/Weighing scales, 5BC

1. Wheels 35 BC/.