Invention |
1 Special Information |
2 Year |
3 Country |
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made of mammoth's tusk |
28,000 BC |
Poland |
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"As late as 1850 most shoes were made on absolutely straight lasts, there being no difference between right & left shoe." |
8,000 BC |
Oregon |
3 Snowshoes |
Central Europe |
2,000 - 4,000 BC |
Central Europe |
4 abacus |
Sumerian abacus |
2,300 BC |
Sumeria |
5 Kayak |
Eskimos |
2,000 BC |
Eskimoland |
6 Locks |
Wooden |
2,000 BC |
assyria |
7 Pasta |
Discovered |
2,000 BC |
China |
8 Trumpet |
Egypt |
1500 BCE |
Egypt |
9 Glass |
Naturally occuring. |
1400's BC |
Western Asia, Crete & Egypt |
10 Guitar |
Stone carving of a Hittite bard. |
1300 BC |
Hittite |
11 Brush |
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500 B.C. |
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12 Odometer |
Pliny talking about Alexander Great |
325 BC |
Greece |
13 Archimedes Screw |
a machine for raising water |
240 B.C. |
Greek |
14 Compass |
China |
2nd Century BC |
China |
15 Golf |
Originally called paganica. |
00's BC |
Romans |
16 Glass Window |
Primitive windows were just holes in a wall |
100's |
Romans |
17 Paper |
Pulp papermaking process by Cai Lun. |
105 |
China |
18 Rockets |
performed for emperor Carinus |
282 |
Rome |
19 gunpowder |
A Chinese alchemical text dated 492 AD noted saltpetre burnt with a purple flame |
492 |
China |
20 Windmills |
Persia |
600´s |
Persia |
21 Grenade |
Invented in 600's. |
740's |
Byzantine Empire |
22 Coffee |
Kaldi |
800's |
Ethiopia |
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Grand Bazaar |
900's |
Isfahan |
24 Firearms |
In a painting. |
1100's |
China |
25 Perpetual Motion Machine |
Bhāskara II |
1150 |
India |
26 toothbrush |
Monks witnessed |
1223 |
China |
27 Buttons as fasteners |
Previously used as ornamentation. |
1200's |
Germany |
28 Spinning Wheel |
an ancient machine that turned fibers into thread or yarn. |
1237 Earliest drawing |
Bagdhad |
29 Eyeglasses |
Salvino D'Armate |
1284 |
Italy |
30 Skyscrapers |
Lincoln Cathedral |
1300 |
England |
31 lacing |
Openwork fabric |
1300's |
Belgium |
32 Railroad |
stained-glass window in Minster of Freiburg im Breisgau in Germany |
1350 |
Germany |
33 Metal Screws |
Europe |
1400's |
Europe |
34 Spring driven Clocks |
Peter Good |
1430 |
Germany |
35 Periscope |
Johann Gutenberg |
1430's |
Germany |
36 Anemometer |
Leone Battista Alberti |
1450 |
Italy |
37 Cricket |
End of 18th century national sport of England |
1500's |
England |
38 Microscope |
Middelburg, Netherlands |
1590 |
Netherlands |
39 Revolvers |
Rifle |
1597 |
Germany |
40 Telescope |
Hans Lippershey |
1608 |
Holland |
41 Slide Ruler |
John Napier |
1620 |
England |
42 Sign Language |
Juan Pablo Bonet |
1620 |
Spain |
43 Sandwich |
beef hung from rafters "which they cut into thin slices & eat with bread & butter laying slices upon butter" |
1600's |
Netherlands |
44 Barometer |
Evangelista Torricelli in |
1643 |
Italy |
45 Fishing Reel |
|
1651 |
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46 Chocolate stores in west |
From |
1657 |
England |
47 Adhesives/Glue |
made from fish. |
Around 1750 |
Britain |
48 Piano |
Bartolomeo Cristofori |
1700 |
Italy |
49 Ballistic Missile |
Hyder Ali, prince of Mysore, India |
1700's |
India |
50 Steam Engines |
Thomas Newcomen |
1712 |
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51 Thermometer |
Gabriel Fahrenheit |
1724 |
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52 Sterotyping |
William Ged |
1725 |
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53 Punch Cards |
Basile Bouchon |
1725 |
France |
54 Baby Carriage |
William Kent |
1733 |
England |
55 Flying Shuttle |
an improvement to looms that enabled weavers to weave faster. John Kay. |
1733 |
England |
56 Electroscope |
a device for detecting electric charge |
1748 |
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57 refrigerator |
William Cullen at University of Glasgow. |
1748 |
USA |
58 Sunglasses |
James Ayscough |
1752 |
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59 Tungsten Wire |
wire used in lightbulbs. A. F. Cronstedt |
1755 |
Swedin |
60 Roller Skates |
John Joseph Merlin |
1760 |
Belgium |
61 Pivoted Scissors |
Robert Hinchliffe |
1761 |
England |
62 Spinning Jenny |
James Hargreaves patented spinning jenny used for weaving yarn. |
1764 |
England |
63 Carbonated Drinks |
Joseph Priestley |
1767 |
England |
64 false teeth |
Alexis Duchâteau |
1770 |
France |
65 toilet |
Alexander Cummings |
1775 |
England |
66 Spinning Mule |
Samuel Crompton |
1779 |
England |
67 Air Ships |
balloons, blimps, dirigibles & zeppelins.
Joseph & Etienne Montgolfier |
1783 |
France |
68 Balloons/Blimps |
Montgolfier brothers |
1783 |
France |
69 Parachutes |
Louis Sebastien Lenormand |
1783 |
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Benjamin Franklin |
1784 |
USA |
71 Shrapnel |
Henry Shrapnel |
1784 |
Enland |
72 Power Loom |
Edmund Cartwright |
1785 |
England |
73 Pencils |
Joseph Hardtmuth |
1790 |
Austria |
74 Sewing Machines |
Thomas Saint |
1790 |
England |
75 cotton gins |
Eli Whitney |
1792 |
USA |
76 Guillotine |
Tobias Schmidt |
1792 |
Germany |
77 Fireplace (Rumford) |
Benjamin Thompson |
1796 |
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78 Battery |
Alessandro Volta |
1799 |
Italy |
79 Jacquard Loom |
Weaved complex designs. Joseph Marie Jacquard |
1801 |
France |
80 Electroplating |
|
1805 |
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81 Pneumatic capsule |
Phineas Balk |
1806 |
England |
82 Steamboats |
Robert Fulton |
1807 |
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83 Tin can |
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1810 |
England |
84 Ambulance |
Dominique Jean Larrey |
1815 |
France |
85 Dental floss |
silk floss Levi Spear Parmly |
1815 |
USA |
86 Gyroscope |
Johann Bohnenberger |
1817 |
Germany |
87 Soda Fountain |
Samuel Fahnestock |
1819 |
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88 Elastic |
Thomas Hancock |
1820 |
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89 Prony Brake |
Gaspard de Prony |
1821 |
France |
90 Electric Motor |
Michael Faraday |
1821 |
England |
91 Braille |
Louis Braille |
1821 |
France |
92 Photography |
Nicéphore Niépce |
1822 |
France |
93 Balloons (Toy) |
Michael Faraday |
1824 |
England |
94 Fountain Pens |
Petrache Poenaru |
1827 |
France |
95 Electromagnet |
a device in which magnetism is produced by an electric current |
1827 |
USA |
96 Typewriters/Typing |
William Austin Burt |
1829 |
USA |
97 Lawn Mowers |
Edwin Beard Budding |
1830 |
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98 Modern Cigarettes |
Originally Central America in 800's. |
1830 |
France |
99 Janney Coupler |
standard for railroad freightcar couplers used even today. Liverpool & Manchester Railway. |
1830 |
England |
100 Reapers |
Cyrus McCormick |
1831 |
USA |
101 Steel plows |
John Deere |
1830s |
USA |
102 Stamps |
Rowland Hill |
1837 |
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103 Commercial Steel Plow |
John Deere |
1837 |
USA |
104 Electric Telegraph |
Samuel Morse |
1837 |
USA |
105 Fuel Cells |
Sir William Grove |
1839 |
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106 Photovoltics |
Edmund Becquerel |
1839 |
French |
107 Saxophone |
Adolphe Sax |
1841 |
Belgium |
108 Grain Elevator |
|
1842 |
USA |
109 Fax |
Alexander Bain |
1842 |
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110 Fiber Optics |
use of light to communicate. Daniel Colladon & Jacques Babinet |
Early 1840's |
France |
111 Sugar Processing Evaporator |
Norbert Rillieux. |
1843 |
USA |
112 Baseball/Baseball Equipment |
Alexander Cartwright |
1845 |
USA |
113 Tube Pressure Gauge |
Eugene Bourdon |
1849 |
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114 Safety Pin |
Walter Hunt |
1849 |
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115 Commercial ice cream |
Jacob Fussell |
1851 |
USA |
116 Steel ribbed umbrella |
Samuel Fox |
1852 |
England |
117 Blue Jeans |
Levi Strauss |
1853 |
USA (Germany Immigrant) |
118 Spectrograph |
measure properties of light over a specific portion of electromagnetic spectrum |
19th century |
All over |
119 Potato Chips |
|
1853 |
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120 Hopodermic Syringe |
Alexander Wood |
1853 |
Scotland |
121 Petroleum Refining |
Ignacy Łukasiewicz |
1854 |
Poland |
122 Steel |
Henry Bessemer. first inexpensive industrial process for mass-production of steel from molten pig iron |
1855 |
England |
123 Sleeping Car |
George Pullman |
1857 |
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124 Elevator |
Elisha Otis |
1857 |
New York |
125 Fingerprinting |
Sir William James Herschel to use in India |
1858 |
England |
126 Hand driven Vacuum Cleaner |
Daniel Hess |
1860 |
USA |
127 Bicycle |
Ernest Michaux |
1861 |
France |
128 Loudspeakers |
Johann Philipp Reis |
1861 |
Germany |
129 Submarines |
H. L. Hunley. Conferderacy |
1863 |
USA |
130 Pasteurization |
Louis Pasteur |
1864 |
France |
131 Stapler |
George W. McGill |
1866 |
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132 Boilers |
George Babcock & Stephen Wilcox |
1867 |
USA |
133 Concrete |
Joseph Monier |
1867 |
France |
134 Laccross |
William George Beers |
1867 |
Canada |
135 Dynamite |
Alfred Nobel |
1867 |
Sweden |
136 Air Brakes |
For trains |
1868 |
USA |
137 Traffic Signals |
outside British Houses of Parliament in London |
1868 |
England |
138 Coat Hangers |
O. A. North |
1869 |
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139 Pinball |
Montague Redgrave. British |
1869 |
USA |
140 Periodic Table |
Dmitri Mendeleev |
1869 |
Russia |
141 Mobile gasoline Engine |
Siegfried Marcus |
1870 |
Austria |
142 Pyrotechnic Signaling System |
Martha Coston invented a system of maritime signal flares. |
1871 |
USA |
143 Chapstick |
Dr. Charles Browne Fleet |
Early 1870's |
USA |
144 TTY, TDD or Tele-Typewriter |
stock ticker machine |
1870's |
USA |
145 Regrigerator |
Carl von Linde |
1870's |
German |
146 Asphalt |
Edward de Smedt |
1872 |
USA |
147 Tennis |
Walter Wingfield |
1873 |
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148 Vacuum Packed Canning |
Amanda Jones |
1873 |
USA |
149 Barbed Wire |
Joseph Glidden |
1874 |
USA |
150 Sprinkler Systems |
Henry Parmalee |
1874 |
USA |
151 Voting Machines |
Henry Spratt |
1875 |
USA |
152 Automobile |
Nicolaus Otto |
1876 |
Germany |
153 Telephone |
Alexander Graham Bell |
1876 |
USA |
154 Sound Recording |
Thomas Edison |
1877 |
USA |
155 Phonograph |
Thomas Edison |
1877 |
USA |
156 Telephone Switching System |
Hungarian Tivadar Puskás |
1877 |
USA |
157 Lightbulbs |
Thomas Edison |
1879 |
USA |
158 Vending Machines |
|
1880 |
England |
159 Seismograph |
John Milne |
1880 |
England |
160 Corkscrew (sommelier knife) |
German Karl Wienke |
1882 |
Germany |
161 Cash Register |
James Ritty |
1883 |
USA |
162 Shoe Manufacturing Machine |
Jan Matzeligerdeveloped an automatic method for lasting shoes & made mass production of affordable shoes possible. Black. |
1883 |
USA |
163 Solar power |
Charles Fritts |
1884 |
USA |
164 Cordite |
a smokeless gunpowder, Paul Vieille |
1884 |
France |
165 Soft Drinks |
Charles Aderton invented Dr Pepper |
1885 |
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166 snaps |
Heribert Bauer |
1885 |
Germany |
167 Dishwasher |
Josephine Cochran |
1886 |
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168 Braces |
Edward Angle. Orthodontic “tubes” |
1886 |
USA |
169 Yellow Pages |
|
1886 |
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170 Softbal |
George Hancock |
1887 |
USA |
171 Drinking Straws |
Marvin Stone |
1888 |
|
172 Aluminum |
Charles Martin Hall |
1889 |
USA |
173 Aspirin |
Bayer |
1889 |
Germany |
174 Pizza |
Neapolitan pie with tomato |
1889 |
Italy |
175 Film |
William Friese-Greene |
1889 |
USA |
176 hand stamp |
William Purvis. Black |
1890 |
USA |
177 Calcium Carbide Process |
Major James Morehead |
1891 |
England |
178 Letter Box |
Philip Downing |
1891 |
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179 Basketball |
James Naismith |
1891 |
Canada |
180 Escalator |
Jesse Reno |
1891 |
|
181 tractors |
John Froelich |
1892 |
USA |
182 toothpaste |
Dr. Washington Sheffield |
1892 |
USA |
183 Diesel |
Rudolf Diesel |
1893 |
Germany |
184 Radio |
Nikola Tesla |
1893 |
USA |
185 Carborundum |
Edward Goodrich Acheson |
1893 |
USA |
|
Originally named Granose by Kellog |
1894 |
USA |
187 Alternating Current |
Charles Proteus Steinmetz |
1895 |
USA (German Immigrant) |
188 Volleyball |
William Morgan |
1895 |
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189 Street Sweeper |
C. B. Brooks |
1896 |
|
190 X-Rays |
Frost brothers |
1896 |
USA |
191 Answering Machines |
Valdemar Poulsen |
1898 |
Denmark |
192 Flashlight |
Eveready |
1898 |
|
193 Spark Plugs |
Nikola Tesla |
1898 |
USA |
194 Shoelaces |
Very old, but did not become widely popular until 20th century |
Popular in 20th century |
All over |
195 Push Pins |
Edwin Moore |
1900 |
USA |
196 Assembly Line |
Ransom E. Olds |
1901 |
USA |
197 Safety razor with disposable blades |
King Camp Gillette |
1901 |
USA |
198 Air Conditioning |
Willis Carrier |
1902 |
USA |
199 Arc Transmitter |
Valdemar Poulsen |
1902 |
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200 Airplane |
Wilbur & Orville Wright |
1903 |
USA |
201 Crayons |
Crayola |
1903 |
USA |
202 Peanut Butter |
Dr. Ambrose Straub |
1903 |
USA |
203 Lighters |
Carl Auer von Welsbach |
1903 |
Austria |
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Sir James Dewar |
1904 |
Germany |
205 RADAR |
Christian Huelsmeyer |
1904 |
Germany |
206 Vacuum Tubes |
John Ambrose Fleming, "oscillation valve" |
1904 |
USA |
|
Leo Hendrik Baekeland |
1907 |
USA |
208 Outboard Motor |
Ole Evinrude |
1907 |
Norway |
209 Cellophane |
|
1908 |
|
210 Synthetic Rubber |
Bayor company |
1909 |
Germany |
211 vinyl |
Gordo Prust |
1909 |
USA |
212 Seaplane |
at Martinque |
1910 |
France |
213 Vitamins |
Umetaro Suzuki |
1910 |
Japan |
214 ECG, EKG, Electrocardiography |
Augustus Waller |
1911 |
England |
215 SONAR |
Lewis Fry Richardson |
1912 |
England |
216 Electric traffic light |
Lester Wire |
1912 |
USA |
217 Brazzier |
Mary Phelps Jacob |
1913 |
|
218 Scooters |
Autoped Company |
1914 |
USA |
219 zippers |
Gideon Sundback. Swedish |
1914 |
USA |
|
James Bert Garner |
1915 |
USA |
221 Depth Charge |
|
1915 |
England |
222 Electric plug |
Harvey Hubbell |
widespread by 1915 |
USA |
223 Grocery Bag |
Walter H. Deubner |
1915 |
USA |
224 Sneakers |
Keds |
1916 |
USA |
225 Calculators |
|
1917 |
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1917 |
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227 Detergents |
to alleviate World War I soap shortages |
1917 |
Germany |
228 Band-Aid |
Earle Dickson |
1920 |
USA |
229 Lie Detector |
John Larson |
1921 |
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230 Blenders |
Stephen Poplawski |
1922 |
USA |
231 Snowmobile |
Joseph-Armand Bombardier |
1922 |
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232 Radiovision |
Charles Jenkins |
1923 |
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233 Snowblower |
Arthur Sicard |
1925 |
Canadian |
234 PVC |
Waldo Semon |
1926 |
USA |
235 Respirators |
Philip Drinker & Louis Agassiz Shaw |
1927 |
|
236 Freon Refrigerator |
General Electric "Monitor-Top" |
1927 |
USA |
237 Quartz Watch |
Warren Marrison & J.W. Horton at Bell Telephone Laboratories |
1927 |
USA |
238 Cold Fusion Energy |
J. Tandberg |
1927 |
Sweden |
239 Jukebox |
Automatic phonograph produced by Automated Musical Instrument Company |
1927 |
USA |
240 Electric razors |
Jacob Schick |
1928 |
USA |
241 Altimeter |
Paul Kollsman |
1928 |
Germany |
242 Freon |
Thomas Midgley & Charles Kettering |
1928 |
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243 Penicillin |
Alexander Fleming |
1928 |
Scotland |
244 Bubble Gum |
Walter E. Diemer |
1928 |
USA |
245 Sliced Bread |
Otto Frederick Rohwedder |
1928 |
USA |
246 Kinescope |
a tube needed for television transmission. |
1929 |
|
247 Cyclotron |
Ernest Lawrence |
1929 |
USA |
248 Particle Accelerators |
Ernest O. Lawrence. Cyclotron |
1929 |
USA |
249 Television |
John Logie Baird |
1929 |
Scotland |
250 Chain Saw |
Andreas Stihl |
1929 |
Switzerland |
251 Applicator Tampon |
Dr. Earle Haas |
1929 |
USA |
252 Frozen Foods |
Clarence Birdseye |
1929 |
USA |
253 Adhesive Tape |
|
1930 |
USA |
254 Pentothal |
Donalee Tabern & Ernest Volwiler |
early 1930s |
USA |
255 O-Ring |
Niels Christensen |
1930's |
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256 Orgone Accumulator |
Dr Wilhelm Reich |
1930's |
USA |
257 Video Camera |
BBC |
1930's |
England |
258 Freeze Drying |
Tray freeze dryer |
1930's |
? |
259 Parking Meter |
Carl Magee |
1932 |
|
260 Fuel Cells |
Francis T Bacon |
1932 |
England |
261 Reflectors |
Percy Shaw |
1934 |
England |
262 Nylon/Neoprene |
Dupont. Wallace brothers. |
1935 |
USA |
263 Vinyl |
Waldo Semon |
1935 |
USA |
264 Electric Blanket |
|
1936 |
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265 Polystyrene |
Dow Chemical company |
1937 |
USA |
266 Duramold |
a process that involves laminating & molding thin sheets of veneer together |
Late 1930's |
USA |
267 Polyurethane |
Otto Bayer |
1937 |
Germany |
268 Ball Point Pens |
Ladislo Biro |
1938 |
Hungary |
269 Teflon |
Accidentally inventeed by Roy Plunkett |
1938 |
USA |
270 Fluorescent Lamps |
General Electric |
1938 |
USA |
271 Atomic Bomb |
Development starts |
1939 |
USA |
272 Jet Engine |
Dr. Hans von Ohain & Sir Frank Whittle. On plane Heinkel He 178. |
1939 |
Germany |
273 Freezer |
General Foods |
1940 |
USA |
274 Paint Roller |
|
1940 |
|
275 Disposable Catheter |
David S. Sheridan |
1940's |
USA |
276 Blood Bank |
Dr. Charles Richard Drew |
1941 |
USA |
277 Polyester |
John Rex Whinfield & James Tennant Dickson |
1941 |
England |
278 Styrofoam |
Dow's Chemical Physics Lab |
1941 |
USA |
279 Saran Wrap |
Dow Chemical Company |
1942 |
USA |
280 Aqualung |
Aqua-lung |
1943 |
France |
281 Flying Saucers |
Roswell |
1945 |
USA |
282 Dialysis Machine |
Willem Kolff Dutch |
1945 |
USA |
283 nylon |
Dupont |
1945 25% market share |
USA |
284 Bikini |
Jacques Heim & Louis Reard |
1946 |
France |
285 Tupperware |
Earl Tupper |
1946 |
USA |
286 Transistor |
John Bardeen, Walter Brattain & William Shockley |
1947 |
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287 Video Games |
"Cathode ray tube Amusement Device" by Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. & Estle Ray Mann |
1947 |
USA |
288 Gerber Variable Scale |
Joseph Gerber. To measure distances on a map. |
1948 |
Germany |
289 Kitty Litter |
Edward Lowe |
1948 |
USA |
290 Seat Belts |
Volvo |
1949 |
|
291 Crash Test Dummies |
GM |
1949 |
USA |
292 Cortisone |
Percy Lavon Julian (Black) |
1949 |
USA |
293 RAM |
Intel. Magnetic core memory |
1949 |
USA |
294 Zamboni |
The original ice cleaning machine invented by Frank Zamboni. |
1949 |
USA |
|
Chester Carlson. Xerox. |
1949 |
USA |
296 Diapers (Disposable) |
Marion Donovan |
1950 |
USA |
297 Remote Control |
Zenith |
1950 |
|
298 Garbage Bag |
Harry Wasylyk |
1950 |
Canada |
299 Nystatin |
the world's first useful antifungal antibiotic |
1950 |
USA |
300 Credit Cards |
Diner's club |
1950 |
USA |
301 Pacemaker |
John Hopps |
1951 |
Canada |
302 Sailboards |
|
1950's |
|
303 Neutronic Reactor |
Enrico Fermi. Italian |
1952 |
USA |
304 Scotchgard |
Patsy Sherman |
1952 |
USA |
305 Fortran |
John Backus & IBM |
1953 |
USA |
306 Geodesic Domes |
Richard Buckminster Fuller |
1954 |
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307 Biofilters/Biofiltration |
|
1955 |
Germany |
308 Photovoltics, Photoluminescence |
Western Electric |
1955 |
USA |
309 Satellites |
the former Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I |
1957 |
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310 Use of velcro |
George de Mestral. Swiss |
1957 |
USA |
311 Scanning & Sorting Machine |
Drum scanner. National Bureau of Standars. |
1957 |
USA |
312 Cruise Control |
Ralph Teetor, Chrystler |
1958 |
USA |
313 Rolodex |
Newell Rubbermaid |
1958 |
USA |
314 Automatic Doors |
Dee Horton & Lew Hewitt |
1960 |
USA |
315 Oral Contraceptives |
estrogen (oestrogen) & a progestin (progestogen |
1960 |
USA |
316 Panty Hose |
USA |
1960's |
USA |
317 Venetian Blinds |
Edward Bopp & Fredrick Bopp |
1960's |
USA |
318 Contact Lenses |
Otto Wichterle |
1961 |
Chech Republic |
319 Vaccination Needle |
Benjamin Rubin |
1961 |
USA |
320 ERMA & MICR |
magnetic ink character recognition for reading checks |
1961 |
USA |
321 Commercialized Polio Vaccine |
Jonas Salk |
1962 |
USA |
322 Cassette Tape |
Philips |
1963 |
|
323 LCD - Liquid Crystal Display |
James Fergason |
1963 |
USA |
324 BASIC |
John Kemeny & Tom Kurtz |
1964 |
USA |
325 Electrogasdynamics Systems |
Meredith Gourdine. Black. Converted natural gas to electricity for everyday use. |
1964 |
USA |
326 Compact Disk |
James Russell |
1965 |
|
327 Kevlar |
Stephanie Kwolek invented a material five times stronger than steel. Dupont. |
1965 |
USA |
328 Tidal Power Plants |
Rance Power Plant |
1966 |
France |
329 Bar Codes |
Joseph Woodland & Bernard Silver |
1966 |
USA |
330 AstroTurf |
|
1967 |
USA |
331 Household microwave oven |
Raytheon |
1967 |
USA |
332 Jacuzzi |
Roy Jacuzzi, fully integrated whirlpool bath |
1968 |
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333 ATM - Automatic Teller Machines |
In a chemical bank in New York |
1969 |
USA |
334 Laser Disc |
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1969 |
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335 Smoke Detectors |
Randolph Smith & Kenneth House |
1969 |
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336 Laser Printers |
Xerox |
1969 |
USA |
337 CCD |
George Smith & Willard Boyle. Charge Coupled Devices. |
1969 |
USA |
338 Cuisinart |
Carl Sontheimer |
1971 |
USA |
339 Floppy Disk |
Alan Shugart. IBM |
1971 |
USA |
340 CAT-Scans |
Hounsfield & Cormack |
1971 |
USA |
341 Commercial Snowmaking Machines |
Art Hunt, Dave Richey & Wayne Pierce 1950 |
Early 1970's |
USA |
342 Phototypesetting Popularity |
Louis Moyroud & Rene Higonnet. From 1940's. |
1970's. |
USA |
343 Touch Screen Technology |
one of easiest to use & most intuitive of all PC interfaces. PLATO project. |
1972 |
USA |
344 Air Bags |
Chevrolet |
1973 |
USA |
345 Jet Ski |
Clayton Jacobsen II. Kawasaki. |
1973 |
USA |
346 Polaroid Photography |
Edwin Land. |
1975 |
USA |
347 Skateboard |
California |
late 1970s |
USA |
348 VisiCalc |
the first computer spreadsheet program |
1979 |
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349 Liquid Paper |
Bette Graham. Gillette |
1979 |
USA |
350 Cell Phones |
the FCC slowed progress9. NCC |
1979 |
Japan |
351 Tagamet |
Graham Durant, John Emmett & Charon Ganellininhibits production of stomach acid. GlaxoSmithKline |
1979 |
USA |
352 Trivial Pursuit |
Chris Haney & Scott Abbott. |
1979 |
Canadians |
353 Liquid Soap |
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1980 |
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354 Naturally Colored Cotton |
Sally Fox |
1982 |
USA |
355 Email |
Government |
1982 |
USA |
356 Genetic Engineering |
Cloning genetically engineered molecules in foreign cells. first genetically engineered medicine was synthetic human insulin |
1982 |
USA |
357 Computers |
The Apple Lisa was first home computer |
1983 |
USA |
358 PCR |
Kary Mullis |
1983 |
USA |
359 Superconductors |
Alex Müllerand Johannes Bednorz |
1986 |
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360 Scanning Tunneling Microscope - STM |
Gerd Karl Binnig & Heinrich Rohrer |
1986 |
Germany |
361 Water Based Fuels |
Rulolf Gunnerman |
1987 |
USA |
362 Prozac |
the world's most widely prescribed antidepressant. FDA approved in '87 |
1987 |
USA |
363 Optical Diagnostic Equipment |
Tuan Vo-Dinh. Can detect & diagnose diseases by optical scanning. |
1987 |
USA |
364 Closed Captioning |
Systems display text on a television. |
late 1980s |
USA |
365 Full Spectrum Lighting |
John Ott. OttLite Technology |
1989 |
USA |
366 Modern Pacemaker |
Wilson Greatbatch lithium-iodide cell |
1990 |
USA |
367 Ghost Detectors |
Joseph P. Carcia |
1990 |
USA |
368 Optical Analysis System |
Ellen Ochoa. Robotically manufacture goods or in robotic guiding systems. |
1990 |
USA |
369 Robot Ants |
James McLurkin. Black |
1991 |
USA |
370 Smart Pills |
any pill that can deliver or control its delivery of medicine without patient having to take action beyond initial swallow. Jerome Schentag & David D'Andrea. |
1992 |
USA |
371 Smart Gels |
Toyoichi Tanaka. Materials that expand or contract when triggered by tiny changes in temperature, light, a solvent or other stimulus." |
1992 |
Japan |
372 GPS/Global Positioning System |
Full Operational Capability with 24 satellites. |
1995 |
USA |
373 DVD |
Matshusita |
1995 |
Japan |
374 Java |
a programming language & environment written by Patrick Naughton, Mike Sheridan & James Gosling. |
1995 |
USA |
375 Cloning |
Dolly sheep |
1996 |
Scotland |
376 Viagra |
Pfizer's Sandwich, Kent, research facility |
1996 |
England |
377 Widespread use of internet |
US military |
1996 |
USA |
378 Geobond |
Patricia Billings invented a indestructible & fireproof building material. |
1997 |
USA |
379 Electrochemical Paintbrush |
nanotechnology used in etching microchips |
1997 |
USA |
380 Digital Camera |
Nikon |
1999 |
Japan |
381 Trillian |
The king of instant messengers. designed to be an IRC client |
2000 |
USA |
382 Artificial Heart |
Abiocor |
2001 |
USA |
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Overtaking desktop sales. |
Second half of 2008 |
USA |
383 Inventions Through History 
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