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Airplane
The Wright Brothers invent the girst gas motored and manned airplane. -
Pop-up toaster
The pop-up toaster was invented by Charles Strite. -
Notebooks with spiral bindings
This was an important invention to be because I love writing and this simple invention has transformed the way we write now (or before the common use of computers for writing). -
Photocopier
Chester F. Carlson's job was to copy inventor's drawings by hand. He decided to invent a way to copy papers more easily, and the photocopier was born. -
Microwave Oven
The first microwave oven, invented by Percy Spencer, weighed 750 pounds and was nearly 6 feet tall. This just shows how far our technology has come. -
first credit card
The first credit card was invented by Frank X. McNamara, Ralph Schneider and Alfred Bloomingdale. -
VCR
This is important to me because I remember being very little watching Aladin and the Aristocats on VHS. I learned how to put my favorite VHS tapes into the VCR and play them. Now, I babysit kids who can work the DVD player and didn't even live when VHS tapes were widely sold. -
Apple macintosh
Most people know the Mac was invented by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. This was a incredible at the time and now has become a part of our regular lives. We walk into Technology and Culture and log onto our Macs. I'm carrying a laptop in my backpack right now. It fanscinates me to see how it began. -
WWW and HTML
The World Wide Web and Internet protocol (HTTP) and WWW language (HTML) created by Tim Berners-Lee. -
Web TV invented
I picked this to include in my top ten inventions because I think it is critically important to the evolution of television. This is now how many of us, me included, watch most of our favorite shows.
