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12 most important inventions

  • Microwave Oven

    Microwave Oven

    Reheats preseviously cooked foods. Was invented by Percy Spencer.
  • The Transistor

    The Transistor

    The first transistor was invented at Bell Laboratories by William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain.
  • IBM 610 Auto-Point Computer

    IBM 610 Auto-Point Computer

    Designed in the portholed attic of Watson Lab at Columbia University by John Lentz between 1948 and 1954.
  • Global Positioning System (GPS)

    Global Positioning System (GPS)

    A space-based satellite navigation system that provides location and time information in all weather, anywhere on or near the Earth, where there is an unobstructed line of sight to four or more GPS satellites. Made by Friedwardt Winterberg.
  • ATM

    ATM

    Automated Teller Machinewas invented by J.S.Barron and was introduced at Barclays Bank in June 1967
  • electronic Calculator

    electronic Calculator

    a small, portable, often inexpensive electronic device used to perform both basic and complex operations of arithmetic.
  • Mouse

    Mouse

    a pointing device that functions by detecting two-dimensional motion relative to its supporting surface that was nvented by Douglas Engelbart at the Stanford Research Institute.
  • Magnavox Odyssey

    Magnavox Odyssey

    The first invented gaming consle was the Magnavox Odyssey, invented by Ralph H. Baer.
  • First Personal Computer

    First Personal Computer

    The first commercially successful personal computer. Made by Ed Roberts.
  • The Sony Walkman

    The Sony Walkman

    First portible casset tape player made by Nobutoshi Kihara because of his want to listen to operas during long plane journeys.
  • The World Wide Web

    The World Wide Web

    A system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet Created by Tim Berners-Lee.
  • IPod

    IPod

    a line of portable media players designed and marketed by Apple Inc.