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The wheel was first created and used in 3500 B.C. Although we mostly use the wheel for transportation in cars, when the wheel was created, it was used for pottery.
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Gunpowder was first used under the rule of the Tang Dynasty. Gunpowder was used to put on firework displays, and a little bit later, it was learned that gunpowder could be used a s a weapon.
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Money was first used in the Tang Dynasty. Money was used privately instead of credits.
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Electricity is a form of energy, so it was not created but discovered. In the ancient Greek era, they found that rubbing fur on fossilized tree resin made an attraction between the two.
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The creator of the screw was Archytas of Tarentum. They were made in Greece and Egypt, and they was first used in the form of screw presses.
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No one know the creator of the lever since it was created so long go. It was used since the stone age for various reasons.
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The printing press was first invented and used in China. Before this, people were writing messages on stone, and using xylographs.
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Anesthesia was created by a dentist named William Morton. It became available to the public the same day it was created.
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The telephone was created by Antonio Meucci and Alexander Graham Bell. The phone used a water microphone, and it was created in Highland Park, Illinois. It was patented in 1876.
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Karl Benz invented the first automobile. Aside from the old look, it worked like modern cars do today.
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The first hybrid vehicle was created by Ferdinand Porsche. He called the car the Lohner Porsche.
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Air conditioning was created by Willis Carrier. It was made in Buffalo, NY, and it was not used until 28 years after it was invented.
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Wilbur and Oliver Wright made 4 brief flights with the first powered aircraft. These flights were at Kitty Hawk.
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The computer was first created by a German named Konrad Zuse. He was in a living room when the great invention was made. The computer was called the Z1.
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Semiconductors were created by John Bardeen, Walter Brattain, and William Shockley at Bell Labs. It was discovered in a device used to detect radio waves.
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The first games were shown in arcades around the late 1950's. First generation games were created and sold to the public in 1970's.
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Myron Kreuger made title "Virtual Reality". The first virtual reality headset was created by Ivan Sutherland and Bob Sproull.
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The GPS was created by the U.S. Department of Defense. It used 24 satellites and some designs from 1960.
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The drone was first created for the sole purpose of spying on the target Osama Bin Laden. It was the first unmanned predator drone.
