inventions of the ages

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    inventions of the ages

  • kidney dialysis machine

    kidney dialysis machine invented by willem kolff.
  • hypertext

    Vannevar Bush proposes hypertext.
  • atomic bomb

    the atomic bomb was designed and tested. the explosion was equivilent to 19 kilotons of TNT
  • microwave oven

    The microwave oven invented by Percy Spencer.
  • holography

    British/Hungarian scientist, Dennis Gabor, developed the theory of holography
  • scrabble

    scrabble was first invented in
  • credit card

    credit card invented by Ralph Schneider. it is not used commertialy yet.
  • super glue

    super glue is invented.
  • Mr. Potatoe Head

    Mr. Potatoe Head patent and sold commertialy
  • diet soda

    the first diet soda sold
  • radial tires

    radial tires were invented
  • solar cell

    The solar cell invented by Chaplin, Fuller and Pearson.
  • hologen lamp

    The halogen lamp invented.
  • first computer language

    BASIC (an early computer language) is invented by John George Kemeny and Tom Kurtz.
  • electronic fuel

    Electronic Fuel injection for cars invented.
  • calculator

    first hand held calculator invented.
  • ARPNET

    The arpanet (first internet) invented.
  • bar-code scanner

    The bar-code scanner is invented.
  • printer

    The daisy-wheel printer invented.
  • VCR

    VCR or videocassette recorder invented.
  • LCD

    The liquid-crystal display (LCD) invented by James Fergason.
  • pong

    Pong first video game invented by Nolan Bushnell.
  • drink tab

    The push-through tab on a drink can invented.
  • magnetic resonance

    Magnetic resonance imaging invented by Raymond V. Damadian.
  • HGH

    Human growth hormone genetically engineered.
  • cabage patch kid

    First Cabbage Patch Kids sold.
  • windows

    Windows program invented by Microsoft
  • disposable camera

    Fuji introduced the disposable camera.
  • super-conductor

    A high-temperature super-conductor invented by J. Georg Bednorz and Karl A. Muller.
  • 3-D game

    The first 3-D video game invented.
  • world wide web

    The World Wide Web and Internet protocol (HTTP) and WWW language (HTML) created by Tim Berners-Lee.
  • answering machine

    The digital answering machine invented.
  • web TV

    Web television invented
  • fuel cell

    The gas-powered fuel cell invented.
  • viagra

    Viagra invented.
  • wind speed

    Scientists measure the fastest wind speed ever recorded on earth, 509 km/h(318 mph).
  • Ipod

    Apple Computers publicly announced their portable music digital player the iPod, created under project codename Dulcimer.
  • artificial heart

    bioCor artificial heart invented by Abiomed - the Abiocor represents groundbreaking medical miniaturization technology. Nuvaring birth control invented by Organon.
  • Phone tooth

    Phone tooth invented by James Auger and Jimmy Loizeau.
  • YouTube

    YouTube - the online video sharing and viewing community - was invented in 2005 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim.
  • Time Magazine

    Time Magazine Modern Inventions of the Year 2006
  • sixth sense

    new computer interface called the sixth sense is invented