3. Japan
It’s funny, whenever you look for “x country’s inventions” you get results such as “that changed the world”, “that revolutionized industry” almost every time. Except with Japan. These people, even though they are greatly responsible for where the world stands today regarding technology, are mostly acknowledged for their “odd” and “weird” creations than from their everyday ones. No one cares about household cam-recorders when ALL OF THIS CRAZY SH*T is going on.
Weirdness aside, Japan has given us all of these things:
Karaoke, Quartz Wristwatch, Pocket Calculator, Flat-Panel Display, The Digital SLR Camera, The Video Cassette, The Camcorder, The High-Speed Passenger Train, The Portable Music Player, The Floppy Disk, The Compact Disc, DVDs, Walkman, instant ramen, electric rice cooker, Flash Memory, memory card, platform video games, karate, blu-ray disc, Android, katana, fire balloon, Methamphetamine (yup), iPS Cells, Antibody (Immunoglobulin), Carbon Nanotube, Carbon Fiber (PAN), Hybrid Vehicle, Car Navigation System, Jet Ski, LED lights, Optical Fiber, Battery, Mobile Phone Camera, and an insane number of martial arts.
In case you missed it: they invented Meth.
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