Advances in technology

By Corey Laughlin
  • A practical telescope is invented

    A practical telescope is invented

    Galileo built a telescope that was assisted him in making new astronomical discoveries
  • Binary number system is created

    Binary number system is created

    Gottfried Leibniz developes the binary number system, which is used in almost every computer today
  • The first battery is created

    The first battery is created

    Alessandro Volta creates the first battery, known as a "Voltaic pile, in Italy
  • The first practical electric motor is invented

    The first practical electric motor is invented

    William Sturgeon developes the first practical eletric motor
  • Modern Typewriter and the QWERTY keyboard were invented

    Modern Typewriter and the QWERTY keyboard were invented

    Christopher Latham Sholes invented the modern typewiter, and the QWERTY key was invented so that people wouldn't type too fast and break the typewriter
  • Invention of the phonograph

    Invention of the phonograph

    Thomas Edison invented the phonograph, which was the first practical way of playing and recording sound
  • Invention of the gasoline-powered car

    Invention of the gasoline-powered car

    Karl Benz invented the first gssoline-powered car
  • The first engine-powered airplane is built

    The first engine-powered airplane is built

    The Wright brothers were the first people to develope a plane powerd by an engine, which led to the invention of the modern airplane
  • The Geiger counter was created

    The Geiger counter was created

    The Geiger counter is used to detect radiation, which is very useful
  • First computer ever built

    First computer ever built

    It began constuction in 1943 in the University of Pennsylvania. It occupied 1,800 square feet and weighed almost 50 tons