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The Lie detector aka the Polygraph Machine was invented in 1921 in Berkeley, California. The Inventors; William Moulton Marston, Leonarde Keeler, John Augustus Larson, and James Mackenzie. -
In San Francisco on Sep. 7, 1927. The television was developed by Philo Taylor Farnsworth. -
The first full-scale Fm broadcasting station was made in 1939 by Armstrong. -
Designed by Igor Sikorsky and built by the Vought-Sikorsky. The world's first practical helicopter was the VS-300, which took flight at Stratford, Connecticut. -
The first microwave oven was tested in a Boston restaurant in 1947. It was developed by Percy Spencer and Robert N. Hall.
The microwave oven weighed nearly 750 lbs and cost more than $2000. It wasn't a big seller because it was expensive and the microwave was still unknown technology. -
The first payment card was created by Ralph Schnieder and Frank McNamara. They founded the Diners Club. This credit card required consumers to have to pay each month's statement balance, in full. -
Invented by George Lerner -
A company called FEX introduced the first disposable camera in 1966. The "Photo Pack Matic", holding 12 (4x4) photos. -
The first video game console the Magnavox Odyssey, just dots and dials, was invented by Ralph H Baer. -
The VCR was invented in 1956 by Charles Paulson Ginsburg. The first VHS videocassette format was developed and introduced in America in 1977. It was developed by JVC. The first VCR to use VHS was the Victor HR-3300. -
Developed by Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys. -
Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys discovered the technique of genetic fingerprinting in England in 1984. -
The first-ever text message was by Neil Papworth to Richard Jarvis.
It simply said, "Merry Christmas." -
Nintendo Wii was first released on November 19th, in North America. And for the other regions of the world, on December 2005. -
Reggie Brown came up with the idea of an application with disappearing images and messages and presented this idea to Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy. Several months later, the three men launched Snapchat.