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The polygraph, otherwise known as a lie detector, was invented by John A. Larson and has helped our police force tremendously -
The traffic light we know today was invented by Garrett Morgan and essential to drivers -
The original TV was invented by Philo Taylor Farnsworth and is used by almost everyone for entertainment -
The walkie talkie was invented by Don Hings and is used today by mostly law enforcement -
The worlds first helicopter was invented by Igor Sikorsky
and was the first to incorporate a single main rotor and tail rotor design -
The microwave was invented by Percy Spencer and was the first to use radiation to cook things -
Backed by Columbia Records, the first of it's kind to become the standardized 33 1/3 rpm speed -
The first ever electronic, coloured television was created by RCA laboratories, and it would change an industry forever -
British inventor and engineer, Christopher Sydney Cockerell created a vehicle that wasn't quite a plane or boat, a hybrid -
The first modern breathalyzer was created by Robert Frank Borkenstein -
Theodore Maiman invented the laser, by shining a high-power flash lamp on a ruby rod with silver-coated surfaces -
The mouse was invented by Douglas Engelbart while he was studying the connections between humans and computers -
Martin Cooper, an american engineer, lead the team that created the first mobile cell phone. He is widely considered the father of the cellular phone -
MITS co-founder Ed Roberts invented the Altair 8800 which sold for about $300 at the time and coined the term “personal computer”. -
Invented by Adam Osborne, the "Osborne 1" was the first truly portable computer -
It was first created by "Fujifilm" and their "quicksnap" line of cameras used 35mm film -
Adobe Photoshop was of course, invented by "Adobe", It revolutionized the photo editing and online art world -
The Nintendo 64 changed the way for video games. It was a console the first of it's kind -
Changing the wireless game, bluetooth was orignally invented in 1994 by Jaap Haartsen, but didn't hit the shelves on phones until 1999 -
The USB flash drive was created by M-Systems, and gave us the ability to keep our data in one spot, while being able to use it with any device -
The first ever Iphone was created by of course, Apple, and changed our daily use of technology forever -
The Amazon Alexa was created by Amazon, and was one of the first, popular smart home devices -
Onyko, a Japanese manufacturer, surprised everyone with the release of these earbuds, being the first of their kind.