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The biggest airship ever created at the time by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin.
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Willis Carrier invents the Air Conditioner- makes living in the heat more bearable.
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The Wright Brothers invent the first gas motored and manned airplane. Revolutionized air technology.
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Charles Franklin creates the fist electrical ignition, making cars easier to start and less of a hassle to initiate.
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De La Mole patents the first war tank- revolutionizes warfare and mechanized infantry.
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Henry Brearly makes stainless steel, making kitchen appliance and other appliances more usable and practical.
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Earle Dickson creates the band-aid and helps the medical field tremendously and is able to be brought into homes for use also.
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The first robot is created- enabling the use of robots to be used for factories to make production faster.
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Alexander Fleming creates Penicillin- aiding the war effort and combating bacterial infections and keeping soldiers alive.
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Frank Whittle and Dr. Hans von Ohane create the Jet Engine, making air travel more efficient and more practical for a more wide range of use.
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Igor Sikorsky creates the first successful helicopter.
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Peter Goldmark creates the colored television, enabling viewers of television to see and enjoy networks and shows even more for America's pastime.
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Karl Pabst creates the jeep and turns into the American military's staple land transportation and off road driving.
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Ralph Schneider creates the credit card- enables and encourages shoppers to spend more at commercial areas and stores that accept them. Now people can buy more stuff with more money available to them.
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The modem is created, allowing for the data transfer between two computer terminals- allows for more efficient data storage and filling capacity.
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The first video game is invented- albeit boring in today's context, it is still a great feat and revolutionary at the time.
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The first handheld calculator is invented, allowing someone to compute faster and cheaper rather than buying a huge computer just to do math for you. It was practical.
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Alan Shugart creates the floppy disc- allows for a interchangeable storage device. Essentially an ancestor to the USB of today.
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Robert Metalfe and Xera create the ethernet, a local computer network that revolutionizes data exchange and transfer.
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The cellphone is invented, allowing for people to call on the go rather than be burdened by a stationary land line to make calls.
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The Windows program is created by Microsoft- becomes a widespread computer system used all around the country and monopolizes the computer industry.
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The Doppler Radar is created by Christian Andrea- revolutionizes use of radars to detect unknown information.
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Tim Berners Lee creates the monster that is the internet- without the internet the world was segmented. By creating the internet, the word was essentially united and information could be accessed in lightning speed.
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The DVD is invented, allowing for home theater to be a widespread and the need to go to movie theater's become less significant. Revolutionizes home entertainment.
