INVENTIONS OF THE 20th AND 21st CENTURY

VACCUM CLEANER

1901

Patented by Cecil Booth and David T. Kenney, it was a very useful invention for the house wifes of the 19th century, making cleaning easier and more quick.

FIRST AIRPLANE

1903

Developed by Orville and Wilbur Wright

FIRST 3D TV

1935

There were previous inventions of the TV, but this model was the first 3D one in the market.

WIFI

1941

Even though, the WIFI wasn't invented all at once. One of the biggest steps taken for its development was made by Hedy Lamarr in Austria.

FIRST VIDEO TAPE RECORDER

1953

It was invented by Norikazu Sawazaki. It was a tape recorder designed to record and play back video and audio material from magnetic tape.

FIRST VIDEO GAME CONSOLE

1972

It was the Magnavox Odyssey, which was used primarily used to play video games on a TV.

SATELLITE TELEVISION TRANSMISSION

1982

It was the Sky One service, which brought the tv service directly to people's houses.

FIRST PORTABLE MP3 PLAYER

1998

It was released by SaeHan Information Systems and it allowed people to listen to any sound anywhere they took this device.

FIRST SYNTHETIC ORGANISM

2010

It was the Mycoplasma laboratorium, created by the J. Craig Venter Institute.

FIRST RNA VACCINE

2020

It was the first RNA vaccine to be approved by public health medicines regulators and it was co-developed by Pfizer and BioNTech for COVID-19.