Technology Timeline

  • Nov 26, 1510

    Pocket Watch

    Pocket watch invented by Peter Henlein
  • Themometer

    Thermometer invented by Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur
  • Steamboat

    Steamboat invented by John Fitch
  • Electric Motor

    Electric motor invented by Michael Faraday
  • Photography

    Photography invented by Joseph Nicephore Niepce
  • Refrigerator

    Refrigerator invented by Jacob Perkins
  • Mechanical Submarine

    Mechanical submarine invented by Narcís Monturiol i Estarriol
  • Microphone

    Microphone invented by Emile Berliner
  • Zipper

    Zipper invented by Whitcomb L. Judson
  • Helicopter

    Helicopter invented by Paul Cornu
  • Microwave

    Microwave oven invented by Percy Spencer
  • Laser

    Laser invented by Theodore Harold Maiman
  • Video Game Console

    Video game console invented by Ralph H. Baer
  • Camcorder

    Camcorder invented by Sony
  • The Abicor Artificial Heart

    The Abicor Artificial heart was invented by a 59-year-old grandfather Robert Tools
  • The Segway Centaur

    The Segway Centaur was invented by Segway The Segway Centaur is a concept vehicle that can take on any terrain
  • Fashion Mirror

    The fashion mirror is a mirror that you you can send a video to your friends' cell phones and instantly get their vote. You can also try on outfits virtually using a mirror that shows you how they look!
  • Peek

    The Peek is a device like a blackberry but isnt a phone or anything else but an emailing device !
  • Smart Thermostat

    The Smart Thermostat by invented by Seth Frader-Thompson. He built the EnergyHub Dashboard, a little device, with a screen, that can talk wirelessly to your furnace and your various appliances and let you know exactly how much electricity (or gas) each one is using and how much it's costing you
  • The Abacus

    The abacus, the first known calculator, invented in Babylonia