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Innovations
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Microwave oven was invented
A microwave oven, or a microwave, is a kitchen appliance that cooks or heats food by dielectric heating. This is accomplished by using microwave radiation to heat water and other polarized molecules within the food. -
Communication device was made for outer space.
Telstar is launched as the first "active" communications satellite--active as in amplifying and retransmitting incoming signals, rather than passively bouncing them back to Earth. -
Atari 2600 was invented
The first game system made that was controled by joysticks -
DNA finger printing was invented
DNA profiles are encrypted sets of numbers that reflect a person's DNA makeup, which can also be used as the person's identifier. -
MP3 player was invented
MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression. It is a common audio format for consumer audio storage, as well as a de facto standard of digital audio compression for the transfer and playback of music on digital audio players. -
Flat-panel TVs
Meanwhile, the success of LCDs in the desktop market created economies of scale, lowering the cost per unit. Together these developments induced electronics manufacturers to invest heavily in large-screen LCD technology for television. Energy efficiency and contrast ratio were dramatically improved when LED backlights began to replace fluorescent tubes. By the 2007 holiday season, cheap, svelte LCD TVs had elbowed aside plasma and CRT.
