It includes the world's first laptop, the pop up toaster and the PlayStation 4

The list was compiled following a survey of 3,900 gadget lovers It includes the world's first laptop, the pop up toaster and the PlayStation 4 It also shows how gadgets have made a huge impact on our health over the last century, starting with the design of the artificial heart in 1941

By Ellie Zolfagharifard

PUBLISHED: 06:00 EST, 8 October 2013 | UPDATED: 09:46 EST, 8 October 2013

Does it make you feel old to know that Dyson's dustbag-free vacuum is 20 this year?

Or that the much-loved Sony Walkman and the world's first ever laptop, the Epson HX-30, are both over 30 years old?

These are just a few of the gadgets that have made it onto the 100 gadgets of the past century that we can't live without, with technologies ranging from humble zip to the Playstation 4.

The list reveals how, despite the pace of technological development, gadgets invented at the start 20th Century still play a major part of our everyday lives.

One example is the zip, a gadget that we use in everything from tents, suitcases to jackets and pencil cases.

But the technology, which was developed around 1913, was slow to catch on with the public.

It wasn't until Esquire magazine touted the zips as the 'newest tailoring idea for men' in the 1950s, that zips really took off.

In 1917, 24,000 zippers were sold. Today, Japan's YKK, which makes close to half of all the zips in the world, churns out 7.2 billion zips a year.

The invention of the world's first laptop, the Epson HX-20, in 1981, shows just how rapidly technology is moving forward.

The Epson HX-20 had a four-line by 20-character LCD screen, a cassette tape for data storage and even a small printer.

This was all packaged into a stylish silver casing and the entire system had a battery life of around 50 years.

The list also shows just how gadgets have made a huge impact on our health and fitness over the last century, starting with the design of the artificial heart in 1941.

This was followed swiftly by the kidney dialysis machine three years later, the breathalyser in 1955, the hearing aid a year later and the pacemaker in 1958.

Technology has also become an integrated and much loved part of our kitchens thanks to inventions like Pyrex in 1915, the pop up toaster in 1919 and the electric kettle in 1922.

The modern day can opener made an appearance in 1925 just seven years ahead of its electric counterpart.

The Teasmade has been brightening many a morning since 1933 and the microwave oven and Kenwood's food mixer have been helping us make light work of cooking since the 40s.

The list was compiled following a survey of 3,900 gadget fans commissioned by Gadget Show Live.

'When we talk about gadgets, we often talk in terms of the 80s onwards - of phones, laptops and music systems,' said Gadget Show Live event manager Katie Tozer.

'But gadgets have been around for hundreds of years. This list, which takes us right back to 1913 with the invention of the zip, a gadget that was so influential it's still in daily use today - is just the tip of the iceberg and it shows just how integral and essential they have become to the way we live, work and enjoy life today.'

THE MOST INFLUENTIAL GADGET LAUNCHES OF THE PAST 100 YEARS