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Frst Colored Shows/commercals
on june 25 CBS broadcast the very first commercial color TV program but no one was able to see it because they had black and white tvs -
Passanger Jets
The Comet, built by de Havilland, a British firm. The comet was the Backbone of the commercal fleet -
Black Box
Australian researcher David Warren invents a device to record cockpit noise and instruments during flight. it was also involved with the passanger jet known as the comet -
Chevy Corvette
Named after small, highly maneuverable naval escort ship, the show car is also known as the EX-122. -
the first modern solar cell
Two scientists, Calvin Fuller and Gerald Pearson of the famous Bell Laboratories. These two scientist created the first solar cell which was first just a theory -
first nuclear powered submarine
was launched on January 21, 1954 with First Lady Mamie Eisenhower -
Microwave oven
On October 25, 1955, Tappan Stove Company sold the first domestic microwave. The expensive ovens did not sell well. It has been estimated that more than 90% of American homes now have a microwave. -
the first international pacemaker
Dr. Rune Elmqvist, the developer of what was the first pacemaker in the world. Two electrodes connected to the pacemaker provided the energy to stimulate the heart. -
First laser fired
The laser is a device that produces monochromatic -
Polaris misslies fired
America's polaris missiles were already slated to replace the land-based missiles in Turkey
