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Willis Carrier invented the airconditioner in 1902. image:http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/09/300m_innovations/source/9.htm info:http://inventors.about.com/od/timelines/a/twentieth.htm
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Alexander Fleming invented penicillin after he forgot about some germ cultures in one of his experiments.
info: http://gilbertm.hubpages.com/hub/inventions20century
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It is credited to John Vincent Atanasoff and Cliff Berry. Atanasoff was named the official invention on October 19, 1973
info: http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000984.htm
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Percy Spencer is inspired by the idea in 1945 but doesn't patent it until 1955. In that year the Tappan Stove Co produces the first home micriwave. info: http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/news/2078467
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Martin Cooper invented the first cell phone that didn't have to be built into a vehicle. info:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_mobile_phones
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Though the internet was in developmental stages from as early as 1958, it became open to the public in 1992. It was not invented by one person, but rather by a few experts over many years.
info: http://www.letusfindout.com/when-was-the-internet-invented/
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Neil Papworth sent the first text message which said "Merry Christmans" over the Vodafone nextwork to Richard Jarvis' phone.
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Ivan Getting and the US Department of Defense invented the GPS. They are in everything from cars, to laptops and phones. info: http://gilbertm.hubpages.com/hub/inventions20century
and http://inventors.about.com/od/gstartinventions/a/gps.htm
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image and info: http://www.reghardware.com/2008/03/10/ft_first_mp3_player/
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Larry Page and Sergey Brin invented Google as a private company and then it became public on August 19, 2004.
info and photo:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google
