Inventions

Grandparents

Period: Oct 9, 1928 to Oct 3, 1953

Inventions in my Grandparents lives.

Ballpoint pen

Oct 10, 1938

László Bíró invented the ballpoint pen.

FM Radio

Oct 10, 1939

Edwin Armstrong invented the FM Radio

Influenza Vaccine

Oct 10, 1944

Invented by John Marquez

Computer

Oct 10, 1946

J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly invented the first cumputer.

Microwave Oven

Oct 10, 1946

Dr. Percy Spencer ivented the microwave oven.

Parents

Period: Oct 4, 1953 to Oct 26, 1997

Inventions in my parents lifetimes.

Videocassette recorder (VCR)

Oct 10, 1956

Charles Paulson Ginsberg invented the VCR.

Computer mouse

Oct 10, 1963

Douglas Engelbart invented the computer mouse.

Email

Oct 10, 1971

V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai invented email

Personal Computer

Oct 10, 1973

Philip Don Estridge invented the personal cumputer.

Compact Disc (CD)

Oct 10, 1976

James Russell invented the CD.

My generation

Period: Oct 26, 1997 to Oct 10, 2012

Inventions in my lifetime.

Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer

Oct 10, 1999

Bill Gates invented the Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer.

Self-contained Artificial heart

Oct 10, 2001

Self-contained artificial heart was invented by doctors in a Jewish Hospital in Kentucky.

YouTube

Oct 10, 2005

Steve Chen, Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim invented YouTube.

Lifestraw

Oct 10, 2005

Torben Vestergaard Frandsen invented the Lifestraw.

Nintendo Wii game system

Oct 10, 2007

Takeda Genyo led an inventing team inventing the Wii.