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Around 600 BC, Thales (a greek mathmetician, and philosopher) finds out that when you rub silk and amber together, there is static electricity. Some say Thales was the first person ever to study electricity.
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Otto von Guericke (a German scientist, inventor and politician) creates the first vacuum pump. A vacuum pump is a device that takes away gas molecules from an empty space and leaves behind a partial vacuum.
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In 1752, Benjamin Franklin (an American scientist and politician) dicovered that lightning and static electricity are the same thing.
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Alessandro Volta was an Italian physicist known for creating the first wet cell battery. A volt is a measurement used to measure amounts of electricity. The word "volt" was named after Alessandro Volta.
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Thomas Davenport (an American inventor and blacksmith) invented the first electric motor. Nowadays it is used in many different machines.
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In 1837, Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail together invented the first telegraph. A telegraph is a bit like a telephone. Each wire represents a letter in the alphabet and together they can make different sentences. Samuel Morse was also famous for inventing the infamous Morse Code.
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In 1849, Charles Babbage who was an English: inventor, mathematician, philosopher and mechanical engineer "invented" what we call the computer.
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In 1866, Georges Leclanché, a French engineer, invented the Leclanché Cell, the forerunner of the modern dry cell battery.
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Thomas Edison (an American ) invented the incandescent light bulb. At first, it could be used for only 40 hours before burning out but by 1880, his lightbulb could be used for 1,200 hours.
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In 1895, the first hydro-elctricity power station opened in Niagra Falls. The first year, the energy was only used by locals but a year later, many people were using the hydro-electricity.
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In 1897, Joseph John Thompson, a British Physicist, discovered the Electron.
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In 1907, James Spangler discovered that a carpet sweeper he was using was what making him cough. He made a device that could suck in dirt and garbage and he invented the first portable electric vacuum cleaner.
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In 1911, Willis Haviland Carrier who was an American engineer and inventor invented the thing we call Air Conditioning,
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In 1950, John Hopps who was a Canadian engineer invented the first artificial cardiac pacemaker. The first person to have an artificial cardiac pacemaker was Ame Larson in 1958.
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In 1954, the worlds first nuclear plant officially opens in Russia.
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Luther George Simjian had the idea of the ATM but in 1977, James Goodfellow actually made the ATM as we see it today.
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In 1998, several companies like Ericsson and Nokia worked together to develop Bluetooth. Bluetooth is what allows wireless communication between phones, computers and laptops. Its what lets you play games on your "Wii"!
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The iPod, a portable media player, was launched by the Apple Corporation in 2001.
