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1940s timeline
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Jeep
Karl Probst invented the first prototype for the military Jeep which made it easier for soldiers to get to other points in war faster -
Jeep
The jeep was invented in 1940 in just 75 days to transport soldiers faster to points needed on the battlefield -
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1940s inventions
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Color TV
Peter Goldmark invents the first modern color TV so the public can see tvs in color and not just black and white -
Z3
Konrad Zuse invented the Z3 which was the world’s first working programmable, fully automatic digital computer -
Z3
Konrad Zuse invented the Z3 was the world’s first working programmable, fully automatic digital computer -
Atomic Bomb
The Atomic Bomb was created in 1945 by Robert Oppenheimer which was a turning point in WW2 giving the US (Allies) the power to destroy cities and entire regions at any moment -
Microwave oven
The first commercial microwave oven was tested in a Boston restaurant in 1947 and was invented by Percy Spencer, but was nothing like your counter top microwave -
IDEA: Mobile Phones
The invention of Mobile phones were not present in the 1940s however the idea was. "in 1947, T&T proposed that the FCC allocate a large number of radio-spectrum frequencies so that widespread mobile telephone service would become feasible. It was Bell Laboratories that had introduced the idea of cellular communications in 1947 with police car technology." Donovan Alexander -
Jukebox
Robert Hope-Jones invented the Wurlitzer jukebox which brought more music into homes and resturants/bars