1900's By 07335.casp Aug 30, 1901 vacuum cleaner Jun 17, 1902 air conditioning; automated tea maker Dec 17, 1903 electrocardiogram; firts powered flight Feb 10, 1904 radar; tea bags Mar 20, 1905 plastic May 11, 1906 radio broadcasting Jan 13, 1907 electric washing machine Nov 19, 1908 coffee filter; water coolers; paper cups Aug 31, 1913 crossword puzzles; bras; zips Apr 20, 1916 sonar Feb 10, 1920 hair dryers; kiss-proof lipstick Jun 21, 1921 robots; insulin Mar 18, 1924 frozen food Sep 21, 1925 television Feb 10, 1926 aerosol sprays Dec 22, 1927 ‘Talkies’ at the movies Oct 3, 1928 penicillin Jan 9, 1930 jet engine; mechanical toothbrushes; Scotch tape Feb 10, 1932 parking meter May 12, 1935 electric guitar Feb 10, 1936 sun tan lotion; electric blanket Jun 16, 1938 ballpoint pen; photocopying Feb 10, 1939 helicopters Aug 31, 1942 first nuclear reactor built Feb 10, 1946 microwave ovens; automation; Bikini; Tupperware; Tupperware Parties Nov 24, 1947 transistors; holograms; mobile phones Oct 21, 1948 frisbees; velcro; general purpose computers; contact lenses May 9, 1950 credit cards Dec 13, 1951 Tetrapak cartons of milk Feb 13, 1952 wide-screen cinema Feb 10, 1953 transistor radio Feb 10, 1954 solar cell Dec 31, 1955 atomic clock Feb 10, 1956 video tape recorder Feb 10, 1957 satellite Feb 10, 1958 video games; modems Feb 10, 1959 car seat belts Feb 10, 1960 cardiac pacemaker; laser Feb 10, 1961 Man in Space Feb 10, 1964 computer mouse; miniskirt Feb 10, 1965 optical disc; bay buggy; HTML Feb 10, 1966 pocket television Feb 10, 1967 portable calculator Feb 10, 1968 biometrics; Workmate; artificial heart Feb 10, 1969 the Internet; cash dispenser Feb 10, 1970 LED and LCD’s Feb 10, 1971 floppy disc Feb 10, 1973 barcodes; post-it-note; car airbags Feb 10, 1975 personal computer; laser printer Feb 10, 1977 MRI scanner; inkjet printer Feb 10, 1979 first personal stereo Feb 10, 1980 Hepatitis B vaccine Feb 10, 1987 disposable contact lenses Feb 10, 1989 World Wide Web
