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Blaise Pascal invented the machanical calculator or the Pascaline. It was intended to perform simple tasks like add and subtract two numbers directly.
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The Pendulum clock was the world's most percise timekeeper. It was highly accuarte and allowed for a faster pace of life during the Industrial Revolution.
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Denis Papin invented the steam digester, which was the first pressure cooker.
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The making of the first piano is credited to Bartolomeo Cristofori. The total of pianos made by him is unknown but three of them survive today.
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Benjamin Franklin discovered electricity with a kite in the middle of a thunderstorm.
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Alessandro Volta made the first battery. It consisted of two electrodes one made of zinc and one of copper.
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Samuel Fahnestock patented the soda fountain.
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Charles Wheatstone invented the first microphone. It was two slender rods which conveyed the mechanical vibrations of both ears.
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Samuel F.B, Morse sent out the first message from the chambers of the Supreme Court in Washingtion, DC, to Baltimore.
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William Bullock introduced the printing press. It could feed paper on a continuous roll and print both sides of the paper at once.
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Philo Farnsworth demonstrated the first television broadcasting. He broadcasted an image of a dollar sign.
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Digital Equipment introduced the PDP-8, the world's first computer to use integrated circuit technology.
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The New York Times magazine named it's 1982 "man" of the year the personal computer.
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AT&T became the first U.S. cellular company to offer instant text messaging for mobile phones.
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Created by Dean Kamen is the first self-balancing electric-powered transportation machine.
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Larry Page and Sergey Brin Incorporated Google in 1998 but in 2004 they sold shares to the public for the first time.
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The video-sharing web site youtube launched and became a pop culture mainstay.
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Apple launched it's Iphone and introduced the smart phone frenzy.
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Windows introduced it's controversial start screen, elimintaing the start orb that many had gotten so accustomed to.
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Windows launched windows 10 combining the strength of windows 8 and windows 7.
