Shipping containers shrink the globe

SYDNEY - The relentless pursuit of technological advancement since World War II has given the global community inventions like personal computers and mobile phones.

A lot of thought has been given to the individual commodities that enrich the modern world, but much less is afforded to the simple invention that made it all accessible.

That's why a new exhibition at the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney is highlighting how shipping containers have helped change people's lives.