1940 Inventions

By tarikah.fields

  • Modern TV

    Modern TV
    Peter Goldmark invented first modern tv although color tvs did not come until 1950s.

  • Jeep

    Jeep
    First prototype of Jeep was designed by Karl Probst for the military. The military loved the design.

  • Aerosol Spray Can

    Aerosol Spray Can
    American inventers Lyle Goodhue and William Sullivan first put aerosol spray can to effective use. It was a product developed for WWII to kill bugs carrying malaria.

  • Microwave Oven

    Microwave Oven
    Engineer Percy Spencer discovered the microwave oven.

  • Atomic Bomb

    Atomic Bomb
    J. Robert Oppenheimer created the atomic bomb. The Atomic bomb changed the course of WWII and later the Cold War.