Inventions

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  • The First Credit Card

    The Diner's Club issued the first credit card by Ralph Schneider. It could only be used in resturaunts.

  • Valium

    Valium was invented by Dr. Leo Sternbach and Hoffman- La Roche as a drug for medical uses.

  • The First Hand Held Calculator

    The first ahnd held calculator was invented by a developement team that included Jerry Merryman, James Van Tassel and Jack St. Clair Kilby.

  • The Walkman

    The Walkman was released by Sony during 1979. The Walkman is basically a portable casette player.

  • Apple Macintosh

    The Apple Macintosh, what we know as a Mac, was introduced by Steve Jobs.

  • HD Television

  • World Wide Web

    Before the world wide web there was ARPAnet, which was funded by the United States millitary. Tim Berners-Lee invented the world wide web along with Vinton Cerf.

  • Smart Pill

    A smart pill refers to any pill that delivers medicine to the patient who only needs to swallow the pill. It was invented by Jerome Schentag.

  • iPod

    The iPod was publicly release by Apple Computers under the codename Dulcimer.

  • Hybrid Car

    Toyota released the Hybrid car, a car that uses less petroleum than other cars in order to be more environmentally friendly.