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Transcontinental Railroad
May 10th, 1869, these railroads replaces the dangerous wagon trains, which made for faster deliveries. -
Montgomery Ward Catalog
Aaron Montgomery Ward created the first ever mail order catalog with 163 items on one page. In a mere 2 years, his catalog rose to 32 pages of items for the public to buy. This is an example of how small business rose and grew. -
Carnegie Steel
Andrew Carnegie opened up the first steel plant named: The Edgar Thompson Works, in Braddock Pennsylvania. He was one of the first Americans to ever use the Bessemer converter, and the open-hearth process, which are used in steel production. All-in-all, this process reduces cost and time for the production of steel. -
Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish born inventor who patented the first ever American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T). -
Record Player
Thomas Edison, invented the first ever Phonograph which was use to record and produce sounds. -
The light bulb
Thomas Edison created the first incandescent and successful lightbulb along with the power lines and equipment to make it a useable lighting system. -
Cigarette Roller
James Albert Bonsack invented the first ever cigarette rolling machine. Before this, a considered "skilled" worker, could only roll about 4 cigarettes a minute on average. Because of Bonsack's machine, it was able to roll 140,000 cigarettes in 10 hours times. -
Electric Power
Thomas Edison opened the first Direct Current (DC) electric power station. This was opened to support electric, and the newly invented light bulb. In just 5 short years, 120 more plants were opened. DC electricity could only be transmitted within a mile of the plant, or it would drop the power. -
Kodak Camera
George Eastman invented the first inexpensive roll film camera. -
Coca-Cola
Dr. John Pemberton a pharmacist who created the carbonated soft drink and sold it for 5 cents a glass. -
Streetcar line
The Richmond Union Passenger Railway was the first practical electric trolley installed in Richmond, Virginia. Although it was not the first attempt ever, it was the first successful attempt. -
Motion Picture Projector
Thomas Edison created the first kinetoscope which was an early motion picture projector. People would look through the peephole to view the picture. This was not a movie projector, but this invention lead to the basic design in which all movie projectors would soon follow. -
IBM
Herman Hollerith, invented an electromagnetic tabulator, which could read an analyze punch cards for employees at major companies. With businesses expanding, this was a great tool to be able to count the amount of workers daily on at a fast rate. -
General Electric (GE)
General Electric is a major cooperations that was first ran by Willis Whitney in the 1900's. GE contributes to things such as: aviation, renewable energy, home appliances, medical devices, and the list goes on. -
Radiotelegraph message
Guglielmo Marconi, an Italian inventor, flashed the first signal across the English Channel, and two years later he received the letter "S" which was telegraphed from England to Newfoundland. -
Vacuum Cleaner
Herbert Booth a British engineer, invented the first compact and modern Vacuum cleaner. -
The Flyer
The wright brothers invented the first airplane, and with a moveable track there were 2 failed attempts at trying to get it off the ground. Finally, Orville Wright flew for 12 seconds. -
Tractor
Benjamin Holt invented the first tractor called the "Caterpillar," which made its way across a California wheat field. -
E=mc2
Albert Einstein developed the first theory for relativity. E (energy) equals M (mass) C (the speed of light) squared. -
Helicopter
Paul Cornu was the first to invent a piloted helicopter, although it was not successful, it was a starting point for other inventors to improve on. -
Model T
First affordable car made by Ford. This car was the first car that was made by assembly line instead of individual handcrafting. -
Instant Coffee
An English inventor names George Washington created instant coffee that was called "Red E Coffee" -
Neon Light
Georges Claude, a French engineer, chemist, and inventor created the first neon light. His first clients were the Packard car dealership. -
Electrical Ignition System
Charles Kettering a GM engineer created the first ignition and installed it into a Cadillac. -
Liquid Fueled Rockets
Robert Goddard, an American engineer, professor, physicist, and inventor created the first liquid fueled rocket. -
Penicillin
Dr Alexander Fleming discovered Penicillin, which was not really used until the last 1940's. His findings started a revolution for antibiotics. -
Ball point pen
Laszlo Biro, a hungarian journalist invented the first ball point pen. Biro had noticed that the ink used in newspaper printing dried quickly, leaving the paper smudge-free, so he decided to create a pen using the same type of ink. But the thicker ink wouldn't flow from a regular pen nib. -
Modern Computer
Konard Zuse completed the z2 model of the computer in 1939. -
Microwave Oven
Percy L Spencer invented the first microwave oven -
Diners Club Credit card
Frank McNamara was the first to invent the credit card. Customers could go to different restaurants without cash and eat using a credit card. American express and Master card were soon to follow. -
Mcdonalds
The first Mcdonalds opened in 1955 in Des Plaines, Illinois, to resounding success, and the organization became the McDonald's Corporation. -
Soft Contact lenses
In 1965, National Patent Development Corporation (NPDC) bought the American rights to produce the lenses and then sublicensed the rights to Bausch & Lomb, which started to manufacture them in the United States. -
Automatic Teller Machine (ATM)
America’s first automatic teller machine (ATM) makes its public debut, dispensing cash to customers at Chemical Bank in Rockville Center, New York. -
Liquid Crystal Display (LCD)
In 1972, the International Liquid Crystal Company (ILIXCO) owned by James Fergason produced the first modern LCD watch based on James Fergason's patent. -
Ethernet
Robert Metcalfe (inventor) remembered hearing about a network called ALOHA that was used at the University of Hawaii. It relied on radio waves in lieu of telephone wire to send and receive data. This led to his idea to use coaxial cables rather than radio waves to limit interference in transmissions -
Post it notes
Arthur Fry was in search of a bookmark for his church hymnal that would neither fall out nor damage the hymnal. Although made in 1974, post it notes did not take off until 1979 when 3M decided to do a consumer sampling strategy. -
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Raymond Damadian, a medical doctor and research scientist, discovered the basis for using magnetic resonance imaging as a tool for medical diagnosis. A patent was granted in 1974, it was the world's first patent issued in the field of MRI. By 1977, Dr. Damadian completed construction of the first whole-body MRI scanner, which he dubbed the "Indomitable." -
Cell Phone
In 1977, AT&T and Bell Labs had constructed a prototype cellular system. A year later, public trials of the new system were held in Chicago with over 2,000 customers. In 1979, in a separate venture, the first commercial cellular telephone system began operation in Tokyo. Although, they were not readily available to the public until years later. -
IBM-PC
In July of 1980, IBM representatives met for the first time with Microsoft's Bill Gates to talk about writing an operating system for IBM's new hush-hush "personal" compute. But, What really made the IBM PC different from previous IBM computers was that it was the first one built from off-the-shelf parts (called open architecture) and marketed by outside distributors (Sears & Roebuck and Computerland). -
Apple Macintosh
Steve jobs invented and came out with the first macintosh computer. it had a 9 inch screen and it cost $2500.00 -
Microsoft Windows
Officially released on November 20, 1985, this 16-bit OS that cost less than 1MB in overall is Microsoft’s very first operating system that allows multi tasking with graphical user interface on PC platform that runs on MS-DOS 5.0. -
World Wide Web
Tim Berners-Lee was the man leading the development of the World Wide Web (with help of course), the defining of HTML (hypertext markup language) used to create web pages, HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) and URLs (Universal Resource Locators) -
Hybrid Car
Toyota was the first to release a hybrid car, the first of its kind. -
itunes
iTunes allows you to listen, download and manage your music for your apple device. -
wikipedia
Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger were the inventors, and this is a platform created for people to write and edit information in many different languages. -
AbioCor artifical heart
The AbioCor is made of titanium and plastic with a weight of (two pounds), and its internal battery can be recharged with a transduction device that sends power through the skin. -
iPod
On October 23, 2001 Apple Computers publicly announced their portable music digital player the iPod, created under project codename Dulcimer. The iPod was announced several months after the release of iTunes, a program that converted audio CDs into compressed digital audio files, and could organizes your digital music collection. -
iRobot
iRobot releases the first version of the self cleaning vacuum names Roomba. -
Facebook
It was founded by Mark Zuckerberg with his college roommate and fellow Harvard University student Eduardo Saverin. -
iPhone
On January 9, 2007, Steve Jobs announced iPhone at the Macworld convention, receiving substantial media attention. Jobs announced that the first iPhone would be released later that year. -
Android OS
Android released the Android OS cell phone. -
iPad
Apple released the first iPad -
indoor cloud
Dutch artist Berndnaut Smilde, has created the first indoor cloud. -
Apple Watch
The apple watch is a smart watch that connects to your iPhone, and you can text, take phone calls, set reminders, and much more. Its essentially like having your iPhone on your wrist. -
Hover board Scooter
This part Segway, part skateboard, part self balancing scooter was the first of its kind to be readily available to the market. -
Sproutling
This monitoring device is like a fitbit for infants. The device is worn around the leg, and tracks heart rates, body temp, positions, and how many hours they were in a deep sleep compared to when they were awake. Alerts are sent to the parents smart phone. -
Tesla Model X
Deliveries for the tesla model X began on september 29th, and within a year on the market, ranked 7th in the world's best selling plug in cars. -
XStat
The XStat is a syringe filled with sponges that are covered in chitosan. Chitosan is a substance that fights infection and clots blood to stop bleeding more effectively. When someone is in need of the XStat, medics are instructed to insert the syringe deep into the wound and inject the sponges to quickly stop the bleeding. -
e sight 3
These glasses give sight to the blind. Once users put on eSight, it records high definition video and uses magnification, contrast and proprietary algorithms to enhance that imagery into something the legally blind can see—enabling them to partake in a variety of activities, including sports, that would otherwise be off-limits. -
Tesla model 3
Tesla created a plug in car that is more affordable for the public. With the price tag starting at $35,000, it even offers over 200 miles of drive time on one charge.
