Tuesday, September 28, 2010


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INVENTION TIMELINE - TIMELINE OF INVENTIONS


Paleolithic Era

+ Indeterminate: Language
+ 2.4 mya: Olduwan - struck stone tools, in East Africa
+ 1.65 mya: Acheulean - struck and reworked stone tools, in Kenya
+ 1 mya: Controlled fire and cooking in East Africa
+ 500 tya: Shelter construction
+ 100-500 tya: Clothing
+ 400 tya: Pigments in Zambia
+ 400 tya: Spears in Germany
+ 100 tya: Lithic blades in Africa and the Near East
+ 60 tya: Ships probably used by settlers of New Guinea
+ 50 tya: Flute in Slovenia
+ 50 tya: Bow in Tunisia
+ 43 tya: Mining in Swaziland and Hungary
+ 37 tya: Tally sticks in Swaziland
+ 30 tya: Sewing needles
+ 26 tya: Ceramics in Moravia
+ 25 tya: Atlatl in Northwest Africa
+ 12 tya: Pottery in Japan

10th millennium BC

+ Agriculture and Alcoholic beverages in the Fertile Crescent
+ Adobe in the Near East
+ 9500 BC: Granary in the Jordan Valley

9th millennium BC

+ 8700 BC: Metalworking (copper pendant) in Iraq

8th millennium BC

+ Animal husbandry in the Near East
+ Plaster in Jericho

7th millennium BC

+ 6200 BC: Map in Çatalhöyük
+ Cloth woven from flax fiber

6th millennium BC

+ Irrigation in the Fertile Crescent
+ Ploughs in Mesopotamia

5th millennium BC

+ Beer and bread in Sumer
+ Wheel and axle combination in Mesopotamia

4th millennium BC

+ 4000 BC: Canal in Mesopotamia
+ 3800s BC: Engineered roadway in England
+ 3500 BC: Plywood in Egypt
+ 3500 BC: Writing in Sumer
+ 3500 BC: Carts in Sumer
+ 3100 BC: Drainage in the Indus Valley Civilization (India/Pakistan)
+ Dental surgery in Mehrgarh (Indus Valley Civilization)
+ Bronze: Susa
+ Silk in China
+ Cement in Egypt
+ River boats in Egypt

3rd millennium BC

+ 2800 BC: Soap in Mesopotamia
+ 2800 BC: Button in the Indus Valley Civilization
+ 2600 BC: Artificial sewage systems in the Indus Valley Civilization
+ 2500 BC: Flush toilets in the Indus Valley Civilization
+ 2400 BC: Shipyard in Lothal (Indus Valley Civilization)
+ 2000 BC: Currency
+ Sledges in Scandinavia
+ Alphabet in Egypt
+ Candles in Egypt

2nd millennium BC

+ Glass in Egypt
+ Rubber in Mesoamerica
+ Spoked wheel chariot in the Near East
+ Water clock in Egypt
+ Bells in China

1st millennium BC

+ Catapult in Near East
+ 600s BC: Coins in Lydia
+ 500s BC: Sugar in India
+ 500s BC: Dental bridge in Etruria
+ 500s BC: Trebuchet in China
+ 400s BC: Plastic surgery: Sushruta
+ 300s BC: Compass in China.
+ 300s BC: Screw: Archytas
+ 200s BC: Crossbow in China
+ 200s BC: Compound pulley: Archimedes
+ 200s BC: Odometer: Archimedes?
+ 150s BC: Clockwork (the Antikythera mechanism)
+ 150s BC: Astrolabe: Hipparchus
+ 100s BC: Parchment in Pergamon
+ 1st century BC: Glassblowing in Syria
+ 40 BC: earliest known rolling-element bearing in Roman ship

1st millennium

+ 50: Mouldboard plough in Gaul
+ 100s: Aeolipile : Egypt by Hero of Alexandria
+ 100s: Stern mounted rudder in China
+ 105: Paper: Cai Lun
+ 132: Rudimentary Seismometer: Zhang Heng
+ 200s: Wheelbarrow: Zhuge Liang
+ 200s: Horseshoes in Germany
+ 300: Wootz steel in India
+ 300s: Stirrup in China
+ 300s: Toothpaste in Egypt
+ 600s: Windmill in Persia
+ 673: Greek fire: Kallinikos of Heliopolis
+ 700: Quill pen
+ 800s: Gunpowder in China
+ 852: Parachute: Armen Firman
+ 900: Horse collar in Europe
+ 900s: Solid rocket in China
+ Woodblock printing in China
+ Porcelain in China
+ Spinning wheel in China or India

2nd millennium

11th century

+ 1100(circa): Framed Bead Abacus in China
+ 1041: Movable type printing press: Bi Sheng

12th century

+ 1128: Cannon in China

13th century

+ 1280s: Eyeglasses in Northern Italy
+ Mechanical clocks in Northern Italy
+ Sandpaper in China

14th century

+ 1350: Suspension bridges in Peru

15th century

+ Arquebus and Rifle in Europe
+ 1441: Rain gauge: Jang Yeong-sil
+ 1450s: Alphabetic, movable type printing press: Johann Gutenberg
+ 1451: Concave lens for eyeglasses: Nicholas of Cusa
+ 1490 - 1492: Globe "Nürnberg Terrestrial Globe" by German mapmaker Martin Behaim
+ 1498: Toothbrush in China

16th century

+ 1500(circa): Ball bearing: Leonardo Da Vinci
+ 1500(circa): Scissors: Leonardo Da Vinci
+ 1510: Pocket watch: Peter Henlein
+ 1540: Ether: Valerius Cordus
+ 1576: Ironclad warship: Oda Nobunaga
+ 1581: Pendulum: Galileo Galilei
+ 1582: Gregorian calendar: multiple inventors
+ 1589: Stocking frame: William Lee
+ 1593: Thermometer: Galileo Galilei
+ Musket in Europe
+ Pencil in England

17th century

+ 1608: Telescope: Hans Lippershey
+ 1609: Microscope: Galileo Galilei
+ 1620: Slide rule: William Oughtred
+ 1623: Automatic calculator: Wilhelm Schickard
+ 1631: Vernier scale: Pierre Vernier
+ 1642: Adding machine: Blaise Pascal
+ 1643: Barometer: Evangelista Torricelli
+ 1645: Vacuum pump: Otto von Guericke
+ 1657: Pendulum clock: Christiaan Huygens
+ 1672: Steam car: Ferdinand Verbiest
+ 1679: Pressure cooker: Denis Papin
+ 1698: Steam engine: Thomas Savery
+ 1700: Piano: Bartolomeo Cristofori

18th century

+ 1701: Seed drill: Jethro Tull
+ 1709: Iron smelting using coke: Abraham Darby I
+ 1712: Steam piston engine: Thomas Newcomen
+ 1710: Thermometer: René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur
+ 1711: Tuning fork: John Shore
+ 1714: Mercury thermometer: Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
+ 1730: Mariner's quadrant: Thomas Godfrey
+ 1731: Sextant: John Hadley
+ 1733: Flying shuttle: John Kay
+ 1742: Franklin stove: Benjamin Franklin
+ 1750: Flatboat: Jacob Yoder
+ 1752: Lightning rod: Benjamin Franklin
+ 1764: Spinning jenny: James Hargreaves/Thomas Highs
+ 1767: Carbonated water: Joseph Priestley
+ 1769: Steam engine: James Watt
+ 1769: Water frame: Richard Arkwright/Thomas Highs
+ 1769: Steam car: Nicolas Cugnot
+ 1775: Submarine Turtle: David Bushnell
+ 1775: new kind of Boring machine: John Wilkinson
+ 1776: Steamboat: Claude de Jouffroy
+ 1777: Card teeth making machine: Oliver Evans
+ 1777: Circular saw: Samuel Miller
+ 1779: Spinning mule: Samuel Crompton
+ 1780s: Iron rocket: Tipu Sultan in India
+ 1783: Multitubular boiler engine: John Stevens
+ 1783: Parachute: Jean Pierre Blanchard
+ 1783: Hot air balloon: Montgolfier brothers
+ 1784: Bifocals: Benjamin Franklin
+ 1784: Argand lamp: Ami Argand
+ 1784: Shrapnel shell: Henry Shrapnel
+ 1785: Power loom: Edmund Cartwright
+ 1785: Automatic flour mill: Oliver Evans
+ 1786: Threshing machine: Andrew Meikle
+ 1787: Non-condensing high pressure Engine: Oliver Evans
+ 1790: Cut and head nail machine: Jacob Perkins
+ 1791: Artificial teeth: Nicholas Dubois De Chemant
+ 1793: Cotton gin: Eli Whitney
+ 1793: Optical telegraph: Claude Chappe
+ 1797: Cast iron plow: Charles Newbold
+ 1798: Vaccination: Edward Jenner
+ 1798: Lithography: Alois Senefelder
+ 1799: Seeding machine: Eliakim Spooner

19th century

1800s

+ 1800: Electric battery: Alessandro Volta
+ 1801: Jacquard loom: Joseph Marie Jacquard
+ 1802: Screw propeller steamboat Phoenix: John Stevens
+ 1802: Gas stove: Zachäus Andreas Winzler
+ 1804: Locomotive: Richard Trevithick
+ 1805: Submarine Nautilus: Robert Fulton
+ 1807: Steamboat Clermont: Robert Fulton
+ 1808: Band saw: William Newberry
+ 1809: Arc lamp: Humphry Davy

1810s

+ 1811: Gun Breechloader: Thornton
+ 1812: Metronome: Dietrich Nikolaus Winkel
+ 1814: Steam Locomotive (Blücher): George Stephenson
+ 1816: Miner's safety lamp: Humphry Davy
+ 1816: Metronome: Johann Nepomuk Maelzel (reputed)
+ 1816: Stirling engine: Robert Stirling
+ 1816: Stethoscope: Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec
+ 1817: Draisine or velocipede (two-wheeled): Karl Drais
+ 1817: Kaleidoscope: David Brewster
+ 1819: Breech loading flintlock: John Hall

1820s

+ 1821: Electric motor: Michael Faraday
+ 1823: Electromagnet: William Sturgeon
+ 1826: Photography: Joseph Nicéphore Niépce
+ 1826: Internal combustion engine: Samuel Morey
+ 1827: Insulated wire: Joseph Henry
+ 1827: Screw propeller: Josef Ressel
+ 1827: Friction match: John Walker

1830s

+ 1830: Lawn mower: Edwin Beard Budding
+ 1830: Stenotype on punched paper strip: Karl Drais
+ 1831: Multiple coil magnet: Joseph Henry
+ 1831: Magnetic acoustic telegraph: Joseph Henry (patented 1837)
+ 1831: Reaper: Cyrus McCormick
+ 1831: Electrical generator: Michael Faraday, Ányos Jedlik
+ 1834: The Hansom cab is patented
+ 1834: Louis Braille perfects his Braille system
+ 1834: Refrigerator: Jacob Perkins
+ 1834: Combine harvester: Hiram Moore
+ 1835: Photogenic Drawing: William Henry Fox Talbot
+ 1835: Revolver: Samuel Colt
+ 1835: Morse code: Samuel Morse
+ 1835: Electromechanical Relay: Joseph Henry
+ 1835: Incandescent light bulb: James Bowman Lindsay
+ 1836: Samuel Colt receives a patent for the Colt revolver (February 24)
+ 1836: Improved screw propeller: John Ericsson
+ 1836: Sewing machine: Josef Madersberger
+ 1837: Photography: Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre
+ 1837: First US electric printing press patented by Thomas Davenport (February 25)
+ 1837: Steel plow: John Deere
+ 1837: Standard diving dress: Augustus Siebe
+ 1837: Camera Zoom Lens: Jozef Maximilián Petzval
+ 1838: Electric telegraph: Charles Wheatstone (also Samuel Morse)
+ 1838: Forerunner of Morse code: Alfred Vail
+ 1838: closed diving suit with a helmet: Augustus Siebe
+ 1839: Vulcanization of rubber: Charles Goodyear

1840s

+ 1840: Screw-propelled frigate, USS Princeton: John Ericsson
+ 1840: artificial fertilizer: Justus von Liebig
+ 1842: Anaesthesia: Crawford Long
+ 1843: Typewriter: Charles Thurber
+ 1843: Fax machine: Alexander Bain
+ 1843: Ice cream maker: Nancy Johnson
+ 1845: Portland cement: William Aspdin
+ 1845: Double tube tire: Robert Thomson (inventor)
+ 1846: Sewing machine: Elias Howe
+ 1846: Rotary printing press: Richard M. Hoe
+ 1849: Safety pin: Walter Hunt
+ 1849: Francis turbine: James B. Francis
+ 1849: Telephone: Antonio Meucci

1850s

+ 1852: Airship: Henri Giffard
+ 1852: Passenger elevator: Elisha Otis
+ 1852: Gyroscope: Léon Foucault
+ 1855: Bunsen burner: Robert Bunsen
+ 1855: Bessemer process: Henry Bessemer
+ 1856: First celluloids: Alexander Parkes
+ 1858: Undersea telegraph cable: Fredrick Newton Gisborne
+ 1858: Shoe sole sewing machine: Lyman R. Blake
+ 1858: Mason jar: John L. Mason
+ 1859: Oil drill: Edwin L. Drake

1860s

+ 1860: Linoleum: Fredrick Walton
+ 1860: Repeating rifle: Oliver F. Winchester, Christopher Spencer
+ 1860: Self-propelled torpedo: Giovanni Luppis
+ 1861: Ironclad USS Monitor: John Ericsson
+ 1861: Siemens regenerative furnace: Carl Wilhelm Siemens
+ 1862: Revolving machine gun: Richard J. Gatling
+ 1862: Mechanical submarine: Narcís Monturiol i Estarriol
+ 1862: Pasteurization: Louis Pasteur, Claude Bernard
+ 1863: Player piano: Henri Fourneaux
+ 1864: First concept typewriter: Peter Mitterhofer
+ 1865: Compression ice machine: Thaddeus Lowe
+ 1865: Roller Coaster: LaMarcus Adna Thompson
+ 1865: Barbed wire: Louis Jannin
+ 1866: Dynamite: Alfred Nobel
+ 1868: First practical typewriter: Christopher Sholes, Carlos Glidden and Samuel W. Soule, with assistance from James Densmore
+ 1868: Air brake (rail): George Westinghouse
+ 1868: Oleomargarine: Mege Mouries
+ 1869: Vacuum cleaner: I.W. McGaffers

1870s

+ 1870: Magic Lantern projector: Henry R. Heyl
+ 1870: Stock ticker: Thomas Alva Edison
+ 1870: Mobile Gasoline Engine, fitted to a cart precursor to 1888 automobile: Siegfried Marcus
+ 1871: Cable car (railway): Andrew S. Hallidie
+ 1871: Compressed air rock drill: Simon Ingersoll
+ 1872: Celluloid (later development): John W. Hyatt
+ 1872: Adding machine: Edmund D. Barbour
+ 1873: Railway knuckle coupler: Eli H. Janney
+ 1873: Modern direct current electric motor: Zénobe Gramme
+ 1874: Electric street car: Stephen Dudle Field
+ 1875: Dynamo: William A. Anthony
+ 1875: Magazine (firearm): Benjamin B. Hotchkiss
+ 1876: Carpet sweeper: Melville Bissell
+ 1876: Gasoline carburettor: Daimler
+ 1876: Loudspeaker: Alexander Graham Bell
+ 1877: Stapler: Henry R. Heyl
+ 1877: Induction motor: Nikola Tesla
+ 1877: Phonograph: Thomas Alva Edison
+ 1877: Electric welding: Elihu Thomson
+ 1877: Twine Knotter: John Appleby
+ 1877: Microphone: Emile Berliner
+ 1878: Cathode ray tube: William Crookes
+ 1878: Transparent film: Eastman Goodwin
+ 1878: Rebreather: Henry Fleuss
+ 1879: Pelton turbine: Lester Pelton
+ 1879: Automobile engine: Karl Benz
+ 1879: Cash register: James Ritty
+ 1879: Automobile (Patent): George B. Seldon

1880s

+ 1880: Photophone: Alexander Graham Bell
+ 1880: Roll film: George Eastman
+ 1880: Safety razor: Kampfe Brothers
+ 1880: Seismograph: John Milne
+ 1881: Electric welding machine: Elihu Thomson
+ 1881: Metal detector: Alexander Graham Bell
+ 1882: Electric fan: Schuyler Skatts Wheeler
+ 1882: Electric flat iron: Henry W. Seely
+ 1883: Auto engine - compression ignition: Gottlieb Daimler
+ 1883: two-phase (alternating current) induction motor: Nikola Tesla
+ 1884: Linotype machine: Ottmar Mergenthaler
+ 1884: Fountain pen: Lewis Waterman
+ 1884: Punched card accounting: Herman Hollerith
+ 1884: Trolley car, (electric): Frank Sprague, Charles Van Depoele
+ 1885: Automobile patent granted (internal combustion engine powered): Karl Benz first automobile put into production
+ 1885: Automobile, differential gear: Karl Benz
+ 1885: Maxim gun: Hiram Stevens Maxim
+ 1885: Motor cycle: Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach
+ 1885: Alternating current transformer: William Stanley
+ 1886: Dishwasher: Josephine Cochrane
+ 1886: Gasoline engine: Gottlieb Daimler
+ 1886: Improved phonograph cylinder: Tainter & Bell
+ 1887: Monotype machine: Tolbert Lanston
+ 1887: Contact lens: Adolf E. Fick, Eugène Kalt and August Muller
+ 1887: Gramophone record: Emile Berliner
+ 1888: Polyphase AC Electric power system: Nikola Tesla (30 related patents.)
+ 1888: Kodak hand camera: George Eastman
+ 1888: Ballpoint pen: John Loud
+ 1888: Pneumatic tube tire: John Boyd Dunlop
+ 1888: Harvester-thresher: Matteson (?)
+ 1888: Kinematograph: Augustin Le Prince
+ 1888: Automobile Mobile Gasoline Engine: Siegfried Marcus
+ 1889: Automobile, (steam): Sylvester Roper
+ 1889: Automobile, (gasoline): Gottlieb Daimler

1890s

+ 1890: Pneumatic Hammer: Charles B. King
+ 1891: Automobile Storage Battery: William Morrison
+ 1891: Zipper: Whitcomb L. Judson
+ 1891: Carborundum: Edward G. Acheson
+ 1892: Color photography: Frederic E. Ives
+ 1892: Automatic telephone exchange (electromechanical): Almon Strowger - First in commercial service.
+ 1893: Photographic gun: E.J. Marcy
+ 1893: Carburetor: Donát Bánki and János Csonka
+ 1893: Half tone engraving: Frederic E. Ives
+ 1893: Wireless communication: Nikola Tesla
+ 1893: Radio: Nikola Tesla
+ 1894: Radio transmission: Jagdish Chandra Bose
+ 1895: Phatoptiken projector: Woodville Latham
+ 1895: Phantascope: C. Francis Jenkins
+ 1895: Diesel engine: Rudolf Diesel
+ 1895: Radio signals: Guglielmo Marconi
+ 1895: Shredded Wheat: Henry Perky
+ 1896: Vitascope: Thomas Armat
+ 1896: Steam turbine: Charles Curtis
+ 1896: Electric stove: William S. Hadaway
+ 1897: Automobile, magneto: Robert Bosch
+ 1897: Modern escalator: Jesse W. Reno
+ 1898: tapered roller bearing: Henry Timken
+ 1898: Remote control: Nikola Tesla
+ 1899: Iron-Mercury coherer with telephone detector: Jagdish Chandra Bose
+ 1899: Automobile self starter: Clyde J. Coleman
+ 1899: Magnetic tape recorder: Valdemar Poulsen
+ 1899: Gas turbine: Charles Curtis

20th century

1900s

+ 1900: Rigid dirigible airship: Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin
+ 1900: Self-heating can
+ 1900s: Microwave optics: Jagdish Chandra Bose
+ 1901: Improved wireless transmitter: Reginald Fessenden
+ 1901: Instant coffee by Sartori Kato
+ 1901: Mercury vapor lamp: Peter C. Hewitt
+ 1901: Disposable razor blade: King C. Gillette
+ 1901: Vacuum cleaner: Hubert Booth
+ 1902: Ostwald process: Wilhelm Ostwald
+ 1902: Radio magnetic detector: Guglielmo Marconi
+ 1902: Air Conditioner: Willis Carrier
+ 1902: Neon lamp: Georges Claude
+ 1902: Radio telephone: Poulsen Reginald Fessenden
+ 1902: Rayon cellulose ester: Arthur D. Little
+ 1903: Electrocardiograph (EKG): Willem Einthoven
+ 1903: Powered Monoplane: Richard Pearse
+ 1903: Powered airplane: Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright
+ 1903: Bottle machine: Michael Owens
+ 1903: Windshield wiper: Mary Anderson
+ 1904: Thermionic valve: John Ambrose Fleming
+ 1904: Separable Attachment Plug: Harvey Hubbell
+ 1904: Tractor: Benjamin Holt
+ 1905: Radio tube diode: John Ambrose Fleming
+ 1906: Sonar (first device): Lewis Nixon
+ 1906: Triode amplifier: Lee DeForest
+ 1907: Color photography: Auguste and Louis Lumiere
+ 1907: Helicopter: Paul Cornu
+ 1907: Radio amplifier: Lee DeForest
+ 1907: Radio tube triode: Lee DeForest
+ 1907: Vacuum cleaner, (electric): James Spangler
+ 1907: Washing machine, (electric): Alva Fisher (Hurley Corporation)
+ 1908: Cellophane: Jacques E. Brandenberger
+ 1908: Geiger counter: Hans Geiger and Ernest Rutherford
+ 1908: Gyrocompass: Hermann Anschütz-Kaempfe
+ 1908: Haber process: Fritz Haber
+ 1908: Tea bag: Thomas Sullivan
+ 1909: Monoplane: Henry W. Walden
+ 1909: Bakelite: Leo Baekeland
+ 1909: Gun silencer: Hiram Percy Maxim

1910s

+ 1910: Thermojet engine: Henri Coanda
+ 1911: Gyrocompass: Elmer A. Sperry
+ 1911: Automobile self starter (perfected): Charles F. Kettering
+ 1911: Air conditioner: Willis Haviland Carrier
+ 1911: Cellophane: Jacques Brandenburger
+ 1911: Hydroplane: Glenn Curtiss
+ 1912: Ecstasy: Merck
+ 1912: Photography ;Lapse-time camera for use with plants:Arthur C. Pillsbury
+ 1912: Regenerative radio circuit: Edwin H. Armstrong
+ 1913: Cracking process for Gasoline: William M. Burten
+ 1913: Crossword: Arthur Wynne
+ 1913: Double acting wrench: Robert Owen
+ 1913: Gyroscope stabilizer: Elmer A. Sperry
+ 1913: Radio receiver, cascade tuning: Ernst Alexanderson
+ 1913: Radio receiver, heterodyne: Reginald Fessenden
+ 1913: Stainless steel: Harry Brearley
+ 1913: X-Ray (improved): William D. Coolidge
+ 1914: Radio transmitter triode mod.: Ernst Alexanderson
+ 1914: Liquid fuel rocket: Robert Goddard
+ 1914: Tank, military: Ernest Dunlop Swinton
+ 1915: Tungsten Filament: Irving Langmuir
+ 1915: Searchlight arc: Elmer A. Sperry
+ 1915: Radio tube oscillator: Lee DeForest
+ 1915: Pyrex: Corning Inc.
+ 1916: Browning Gun: John Browning
+ 1916: Thompson submachine gun: John T. Thompson
+ 1916: Incandescent gas lamp: Irving Langmuir
+ 1917: Sonar echolocation: Paul Langevin
+ 1917: Cruise missile: Charles Kettering
+ 1918: Superheterodyne receiver: Edwin H. Armstrong
+ 1918: Interrupter gear: Anton Fokker
+ 1918: Radio crystal oscillator: A.M. Nicolson
+ 1918: Pop-up toaster: Charles Strite
+ 1919: Flip-flop circuit: William Eccles and F. W. Jordan
+ 1919: Theremin: Leon Theremin

1920s

+ 1921: Polygraph: John A. Larson
+ 1922: Radar: Robert Watson-Watt, A. H. Taylor, L. C. Young, Gregory Breit, Merle Antony Tuve
+ 1922: Technicolor: Herbert T. Kalmus
+ 1922: Water skiing: Ralph Samuelson
+ 1922: Photography : First mass production photo machine:Arthur C. Pillsbury
+ 1922: Hornless rodeo saddle : Earl W. Bascom
+ 1923: Arc tube: Ernst Alexanderson
+ 1923: Sound film: Lee DeForest
+ 1923: Television Electronic: Philo Farnsworth
+ 1923: Wind tunnel: Max Munk
+ 1923: Autogyro: Juan de la Cierva
+ 1923: Xenon flash lamp: Harold Edgerton
+ 1925: Ultra-centrifuge: Theodor Svedberg - used to determine molecular weights
+ 1924: frozen food
+ 1924: Rodeo bareback rigging: Earl W. Bascom
+ 1925: Television Nipkow System: C. Francis Jenkins
+ 1925: Telephoto: C. Francis Jenkins
+ 1926: Television Mechanical Scanner: John Logie Baird
+ 1926: Aerosol spray: Rotheim
+ 1927: Mechanical cotton picker: John Rust
+ 1927: PEZ Candy: Eduard Haas III
+ 1927: Photography:First microscopic motion picture camera: Arthur C. Pillsbury
+ 1928: Sliced bread: Otto Frederick Rohwedder
+ 1928: Electric dry shaver: Jacob Schick
+ 1928: Antibiotics: Alexander Fleming (initial discovery of penicillin)
+ 1928: Preselector gearbox: Walter Gordon Wilson
+ 1929: Electroencephelograph (EEG): Hans Berger
+ 1929: Kinescope:Vladimir Zworykin
+ 1929: Photography:First X-Ray motion picture camera:Arthur C. Pillsbury
+ 1920s: Band aid: Earle Dickson
+ 1920s: Insulin
+ 1920s: Mechanical potato peeler: Herman Lay

1930s

+ 1930: Neoprene: Wallace Carothers
+ 1930: Nylon: Wallace Carothers
+ 1930: Photography: Underwater Motion Picture Camera: Arthur C. Pillsbury
+ 1931: the Radio telescope: Karl Jansky Grote Reber
+ 1931: Iconoscope: Vladimir Zworykin
+ 1932: Polaroid glass: Edwin H. Land
+ 1935: microwave radar: Robert Watson-Watt
+ 1935: Trampoline: George Nissen and Larry Griswold
+ 1935: Spectrophotometer: Arthur C. Hardy
+ 1935: Casein fiber: Earl Whittier Stephen
+ 1935: Hammond Organ: Laurens Hammond
+ 1936: Pinsetter (bowling): Gottfried Schmidt
+ 1937: Turboprop engine: György Jendrassik
+ 1937: Jet engine: Frank Whittle and Hans von Ohain
+ 1937: O-ring: Niels Christensen
+ 1938: Ballpoint pen: Laszlo Biro
+ 1938: Fiberglass: Russell Games Slayter John H. Thomas
+ 1939: FM radio: Edwin H. Armstrong
+ 1939: Helicopter: Igor Sikorsky
+ 1939: View-master: William Gruber
+ 1939: Automated teller machine: Luther George Simjian

1940s

+ 1942: Bazooka Rocket Gun: Leslie A. Skinner C. N. Hickman
+ 1942: Undersea oil pipeline: Hartley, Anglo-Iranian, Siemens in Operation Pluto
+ 1942: Frequency hopping: Hedy Lamarr and George Antheil
+ 1943: Aqua-Lung: Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Emile Gagnan
+ 1944: Electron spectrometer: Deutsch Elliot Evans
+ 1945: Slinky: Richard James and Betty James
+ 1945: Nuclear weapons (but note: chain reaction theory: 1933)
+ 1946: Microwave oven: Percy Spencer
+ 1946: Mobile Telephone Service: AT&T and Southwestern Bell
+ 1946: Computer: John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert
+ 1947: Transistor: William Shockley, Walter Brattain, John Bardeen
+ 1947: Polaroid camera: Edwin Land
+ 1948: Long Playing Record: Peter Carl Goldmark
+ 1948: Holography: Dennis Gabor
+ 1949: Atomic clocks

1950s

+ 1951: Liquid Paper: Bette Nesmith Graham
+ 1951: Nuclear power reactor: Walter Zinn
+ 1952: Fusion bomb: Edward Teller and Stanislaw Ulam
+ 1952: Hovercraft: Christopher Cockerell
+ 1953: Maser: Charles Townes
+ 1953: Medical ultrasonography
+ 1954: Transistor radio (dated from the from Regency TR1) (USA)
+ 1954: Geodesic dome: Buckminster Fuller
+ 1955: Velcro: George de Mestral
+ 1955: Hair spray Helene Curtis
+ 1955: Hard Drive: Reynold Johnson with IBM
+ 1956: Digital clock
+ 1956: Optical fiber: Basil Hirschowitz, C. Wilbur Peters, and Lawrence E. Curtiss
+ 1956: Videocassette recorder: Ampex
+ 1957: Jet Boat: William Hamilton
+ 1957: Bubble Wrap: Alfred Fielding and Marc Chavannes
+ 1958: Integrated circuit: Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments, Robert Noyce at Fairchild Semiconductor
+ 1958: Communications satellite: Kenneth Masterman-Smith
+ 1959: Snowmobile: Joseph-Armand Bombardier

1960s

+ 1960: Laser: Theodore Harold Maiman
+ 1961: Optical disc: David Paul Gregg
+ 1961: Cochlear implant: William House
+ 1962: Light-emitting diode: Nick Holonyak
+ 1962: Space observatory: Ball Brothers Aerospace Corporation [8]
+ 1963: Computer mouse: Douglas Engelbart
+ 1967: Automatic Teller Machine: John Shepherd-Barron
+ 1967: Hypertext: Andries van Dam and Ted Nelson
+ 1968: Video game console: Ralph H. Baer
+ 1960s: Packet switching: Paul Baran and Donald Davies, independently
+ 1969: ARPANET (first wide-area packet switching network): United States Department of Defense

1970s

+ 1971: E-mail: Ray Tomlinson
+ 1971: Liquid Crystal Display: James Fergason
+ 1971: Microprocessor
+ 1971: Pocket calculator: Sharp Corporation
+ 1971: Magnetic resonance imaging: Raymond V. Damadian
+ 1971: Floppy Disk: David Noble with IBM
+ 1972: Computed tomography: Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield
+ 1973: Ethernet: Bob Metcalfe and David Boggs
+ 1973: Genetically modified organism: Stanley Norman Cohen and Herbert Boyer
+ 1973: Personal computer: Xerox PARC
+ 1974: Rubik's Cube: Erno Rubik
+ 1974: Hybrid vehicle: Victor Wouk [9]
+ 1975: Digital camera: Steven Sasson
+ 1976: Gore-Tex fabric: W. L. Gore
+ 1977: Personal stereo: Andreas Pavel
+ 1977: Cellular mobile phone: Bell Labs [10]
+ 1978: Spring loaded camming device: Ray Jardine
+ 1978 : Spreadsheet: Dan Bricklin
+ 1970s: Leaf blower in Japan

1980s

+ 1981: Scanning tunneling microscope: Gerd Karl Binnig and Heinrich Rohrer
+ 1982: Insulated gate bipolar transistor: Hans Becke and Carl Wheatley RCA
+ 1982: ACE inhibitor: John R. Vane
+ 1983: Camcorder: Sony
+ 1983: Internet: first TCP/IP network: Robert E. Kahn, Vint Cerf and others
+ 1984: Lithotripsy: Claude Dornier
+ 1985: Polymerase chain reaction: Kary Mullis
+ 1985: DNA fingerprinting: Alec Jeffreys
+ 1986: Breadmaker
+ 1987: Statin: Carl Hoffman
+ 1987: Digital Light Processing: Dr. Larry Hornbeck, Texas Instruments

1990s

+ 1990: World Wide Web: Tim Berners-Lee
+ 1993: Global Positioning System: United States Department of Defense
+ 1993: Blue LED: Shuji Nakamura
+ 1997: Non-mechanical Digital Audio Player: SaeHan Information Systems
+ 1997: DVD
+ 1997: Wi-Fi: Alex Hills
+ 1998: Viagra: Nicholas Terret, Peter Dunn (scientist) and Albert Wood

3rd millennium

21st century

2000s

+ 2001: Digital satellite radio
+ 2001: Self-contained Artificial heart
+ 2002: Scramjet: University of Queensland
BUILD YOUR OWN ROLLERCOASTER




Rollercoasters are always fun. You may have played some video games where you control a theme park, and build up your own rollercoaster. Well, now you can physically build up your own coaster and watch as the carriage travels along your custom built track.

The coaster can be extended to four feet long, with simple assembly and also some nice additional touches such as safety mechanisms built into the seats for your virtual passengers.


Product Specifications

* For Ages 14 and Up
* WARNING: Choking hazard. Contains small parts.
* Build your own fully operational mini roller coaster
* Easy to assemble with new modular design with molded track pieces
* Modular design keeps assembly time to a minimum
* Highly detailed and durable train comes pre-assembled
* Operational station has a passenger loading feature that includes the raising and lowering of shoulder restraints
* Dispatch button allows manual control over the train function
* Includes computer simulation software that allows the user to "ride" the coaster in any seat, view the ride from all angles, and get a real-time readout of G-forces and acceleration
* Operates on 4 AA batteries (not included)
* Weight: 6lbs
* Box Dimensions: 21.5" x 14" x 5.5"
D BOX MFX SEATS TO BE INTRODUCED TO CINEMAS





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With all the progress and advancements in visual displays, including HD 3D, lcd televisions and 3d tvs, it's refreshing to see something else considered in an effort to improve the cinematic experience. Thetechnology I'm talking about is the D-Box seat, revealed at the 2009 CES, but only now being installed in cinemas. The seat essentially moves with the film. Speakers are fitted to the seat, to deliver a better sound, with more clarity. In South Jordan, one of the District's Megaplex's is going to host an entire theaterwith the D-Box seats built in. 28 D-Box MFX seats will be included in the auditorium, which equates to four rows, and will be the very first movie theater to offer such seats. The seats and theater are hoping to be finalised and ready in time for the opening of Walt Disney's The Prince of Persia: The Sands Of Time, with the D-Box seats being the hottest seats in the house. I'm sure these seats will prove to be successful and this will be a stepping stone for cinemas worldwide to install similar technology, thus improving the cinematic experience for the public. Moving seats, as well as improved 3D technologies, will greatly improve the film experience and make it much more realistic and enjoyable. Check the video below for further information regarding D-Box MFX theater seats.




CENTAURUS 2 SOLAR POWERED VEHICLE 



Solar powered vehicles are beginning to be developed and introduced as our modern world goes 'green'. In a bid to create the best solar powered vehicle, to participate in the 2010 American Solar Challenge, a 1100 mile race from Tulsa to Chicago, emerges the Centaurus 2. The Centaurus 2, made by The Solar Vehicle Project team, looks to be powered by three wheels with the driver off the vehicle positioned off center. The Centaurus is approximately three feet tall, sixteen feet long and six feet wide. The car weighs around 400 pounds, which in comparison to a conventional car is rather light and should contribute towards improved aerodynamics. The solar cells only appear to cover half of the car's casing. The entire casing may be covered by the time the car is ready to compete, depending on how much energy the car needs to absorb, store and generate. It's always good to see developments in more environmentally friendly products, and although this is just one concept, there are sure to be other solar powered vehicles being developed at this same time, in preparation for the American Solar Challenge.
HP TOUCHSMART PC CORE I3 AND CORE I5



The latest trend of HP products look brilliant. The highlight products are the transformed TouchSMart PC's, the TouchSmart 300 and the TouchSmart 600, now built with the Core i3 and Core i5. Also included is a "Beats Audio" program, and a range of pre-loaded software. The Core i3 and the Core i5 are priced at $799 and $1,099, respectively. Also, HP have revealed their new All-In-One 200-5020 machine, priced at $699, exhibiting a 21.5 inch 1080p touch screen, WIndows 7 bundled, WiFi enabled, optional mouse / keyboard, DVD burner, integral webcam and MediaSmart software package. Thirdly, there's the HP Compaq Pro Ultra Slim. Measuring in at 10 inches high and 2.6 inches wide, it includes ATI's Raedon 4200 GPU and will retail at $599. All of these new HP product releases should be available for purchase by the end of this month.

Nokia Morph concept phone 


Nokia Morph concept phone : Morph, a joint nanotechnology concept, developed by Nokia Research Center (NRC) and the University of Cambridge (UK) - was launched alongside the "Design and the Elastic Mind" exhibition, on view from February 24 to May 12, 2008, at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. Nokia Morph concept mobile phone features in both the exhibition catalog and on MoMA's official website. Elements of Nokia Morph might be available to integrate into mobile devices within 7 years, though initially only at the high-end. However, nanotechnology may one day lead to low cost manufacturing solutions, and offers the possibility of integrating complex functionality at a low price.





Nokia Morph future cell phone
Morph is a concept that demonstrates how future mobile devices might be stretchable and flexible, allowing the user to transform their mobile device into radically different shapes. It demonstrates the ultimate functionality that nanotechnology might be capable of delivering: flexible materials, transparent electronics and self-cleaning surfaces. Dr. Bob Iannucci, Chief Technology Officer, Nokia, commented: "Nokia Research Center is looking at ways to reinvent the form and function of mobile devices; the Morph concept shows what might be possible".



University of Cambridge
The partnership between Nokia and the University of Cambridge was announced in March, 2007 - an agreement to work together on an extensive and long term programme of joint research projects. NRC has established a research facility at the University's West Cambridge site and collaborates with several departments - initially the Nanoscience Center and Electrical Division of the Engineering Department - on projects that, to begin with, are centered on nanotechnology.


Morph concept
Professor Mark Welland, Head of the Department of Engineering's Nanoscience Group at the University of Cambridge and University Director of Nokia-Cambridge collaboration added: "Developing the Morph concept with Nokia has provided us with a focus that is both artistically inspirational but, more importantly, sets the technology agenda for our joint nanoscience research that will stimulate our future work together."



Nokia Morph flexible phone concept
Dr. Tapani Ryhanen, Head of the NRC Cambridge UK laboratory, Nokia, commented: "We hope that this combination of art and science will showcase the potential of nanoscience to a wider audience. The research we are carrying out is fundamental to this as we seek a safe and controlled way to develop and use new materials."
DOXIE PORTABLE SCANNER




At first glance this does not look like a scanner. Light, compact and an unconventional shape would excuse you from making this assumption. This, however, is not intended to lie in your office, but has been made with portability in mind. Take it with you on your business travels, allowing for quick and easy duplicating of any documents needed. The product was revealed three months ago, but has only now started being shipped. The Doxie scanner retails at $129, and is likely to prove a trusty companion for all your business expeditions. The scanner is extremely lightweight, weighing in at a mere 10.9 ounces. It is also USB powered, allowing you to scan paper directly to PC's, Macs and a selection of web apps such as Acrobat, Flickr and Google Docs. With no power cable required, simply plug in the USB cable and you're ready to scan. The Doxie scanner will scan any document in full colour up to 600 dpi, and could not be simpler to use - simply press the DOxie 'Heart' Button on the scanner and scanning will begin. The features of the Doxie scanner include; * Color scanning at up to 600 dpi with automatic page detection * Lightweight, ultra-portable design with included case * Doxieʼs Heart Button: innovative multi-action button for one press scanning and sharing * Included software for simple scanning and direct cloud sharing * Direct integration with popular desktop and web apps like Google Docs, Picasa, and more * Free Doxie Cloud service for turning paper into postable URLs for instant sharing and web-based access on iPhone, iPad, and other mobile devices * Automatic cropping, rotation, contrast, and image cleanup for crisp, clean scans * Advanced photo editing with direct support for the Picnik online photo editing suite * Save as PDF, JPEG, or lossless PNG * Fully accessorized with cloud scanning software, USB cable, quick start guide, leatherette



TEXTMINATOR RISE OF THE ARCADE MACHINES






Video arcade games are fast becoming a thing of the past, with only a handful of games making their way into full-scale arcade machines, such as Dance Dance Revolution. The latest game to try and revive the popularity of arcade machines is Textminator. The game focuses on texting, and unfortunately not the Terminator. Since kids these days seem to be so keen on texting, and the ability to text fast, this game sets up a challenge between two contestants to have a "text-off", using stainless steel phone-like keypads. High scores are logged on the machine using the player's initials, and there is also an inbuilt camera, which takes a snapshot of the player to be showcased on the hall of fame leader board. In a modern video arcade we really can't see this proving too popular, especially next to shoot em' up games and driving games, but you never know, it might just catch on and end up in a texting frenzy. So cue Textminator, Rise of the arcade Machines.








DXG 5D7V WORLDS FIRST 3D VIDEO CAMCORDER


With the world beginning to get to terms with HD equipment, it is only fitting that the world's first 3D enabled pocket camcorder has been launched. Courtesy of DGX, no glasses are required to appreciate the 3D imagery, utilising the 3.2-inch LCD camcorder display, on the included 3D 7-inch media player.

The camcorder also takes 2D images and video, but the 3d feature will be the persuasive selling point. The camcorder includes touch-screen technology and a remote control allowing you to view and control your video content and still images quickly and effortlessly.

Here are the technical specifications:

DXG 3D Media Player Specifications:

Dimensions: 8.39" (W) x 5.41" (H) x 0.94" (D)
LCD: 7" Parallax-Barrier Auto-Stereoscopic (Glasses-Free) TFT Display
Resolution: 800×480
Display Effects: Normal, black and white, Sepia, Lens Distortion
Video Format & Resolution: MPEG4, AVI, 720×480p at 30fps
Audio & Image Format: MP3; JPEG
Control Format: Touchable Keys, Remote Control
Audio & Video Output: AVOUT, Earphone Stereoscopic Output
Storage: Supports SD/MMC
Power Supply: 5V DC, 2A
Output Interface: USB 2.0


The DGX 3D camcorder is available from www.hammacher.com for $599.99.