Technological Inventions

  • Jan 23, 1450

    Johannes Gutenberg

    Printing Press
  • Ben Franklin

    Lightning Rod
  • James Watt

    Steam engine
  • Eli Whitney

    Cotton gin
  • Dr. Edward Jenner

    Small pox vaccine
  • Robert Fulton

    Steamboat
  • Joseph-Nicephore Niepce

    Camera
  • Samuel F.B. Morse

    Telegraph
  • Levi Strauss

    Denim jeans
  • Elisha G. Otis

    Elevator brake
  • Isaac Merritt Singer

    Sewing machine
  • Ezra J. Warner

    Can opener
  • Etienne Lenoir

    Gas engine
  • Christopher Latham Sholes

    Typewriter
  • Elijah McCoy

    Automatic lubricator
  • Alexander Graham Bell

    Telephone
  • Thomas Alva Edison

    Light bulb
  • L. E. Waterman

    Fountain pen
  • Whitcomb Judson

    Zipper
  • W. H. Carrier

    Air conditioning
  • Wilbur & Orville Wright

    Airplane
  • Edward Binney/Harold Smith

    Crayola
  • Richard Drew

    Masking tape
  • Alexander Fleming

    Penicillin
  • Dr. Charles Drew

    Blood bank
  • James Wright

    Silly Putty
  • Richard James

    Slinky
  • Percy L. Spencer

    Microwave oven
  • Bette Nesmith Graham

    Liquid paper
  • Arthur Granjean

    Etch-A-Sketch
  • Spencer Silver

    Post-It notes
  • Ann Moore

    Snugli child carrier