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Patents That Changed the World

  • Chocolate Bar

    Chocolate Bar

    Joseph Fry invented the first chocolate bar by mixing cocoa powder with cocoa butter and sugar.
  • Light Bulb

    Light Bulb

    Joseph Swan developed a light bulb using carbonized paper filaments.
  • Float Glass

    Float Glass

    Alastair Pinkington invented float glass, which is used to make almost all of the glass that is made in the world today.
  • Quadcopter Drone

    Quadcopter Drone

    Edward Vanderlip was the engineer that incorporated pilot friendly flight systems into a remotely operated aircraft.
  • Carbon Fibre

    Carbon Fibre

    Royal Aircraft Establishment Engineers created along thin stand of material made up of mostly carbon which is incredibly strong and light for its size. Commonly used in bicycle frames and racing car bodies.
  • GPS

    GPS

    Roger Easton developed the first radar network to track every single object orbiting earth.
  • 3-D Printer

    3-D Printer

    Chuck Hull is the inventor of the solid imaging process called stereolithography.
  • World Wide Web

    World Wide Web

    Tim Berners-Lee created a system of computer networks that are linked together
  • Bluetooth

    Bluetooth

    Jaap Haartsen invented a way for electronic devices in close proximity to connect to each other using low-power, high-frequency radio waves
  • Iphone

    Iphone

    Apple created the Iphone which set the new standard for smartphones.