Saturnino Gudito Jr. 21st Century Modern Inventions

 

 
I900
  • The zeppelin invented by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin.
  • Charles Seeberger redesigned Jesse Reno's escalator and invented the modern escalator.
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
  • The gyrocompass invented by Elmer A. Sperry.
  • Cellophane invented by Jacques E. Brandenberger.
  • Model T first sold.
  • J W Geiger and W Müller invent the geiger counter
  • Fritz Haber invents the Haber Process for making artificial nitrates. 
1909
1910
1911
  • Charles Franklin Kettering invents the first automobile electrical ignition system.
1912
  • Motorized movie cameras invented, replaced hand-cranked cameras.
  • The first tank patented by Australian inventor De La Mole.
  • Clarence Crane created Life Savers candy in 1912.
1913
  • The crossword puzzle invented by Arthur Wynne.
  • The Merck Chemical Company patented, what is now know as, ecstasy.
  • Mary Phelps Jacob invents the bra.
  • Gideon Sundback invented the modern zipper.
1914
  • Garrett A. Morgan invents the Morgan gas mask.
1915
  • Eugene Sullivan and William Taylor co-invented Pyrex in New York City.
1916
  • Radios tuners invented, that received different stations.
  • Stainless steel invented by Henry Brearly.
1917
  • Gideon Sundback patented the modern zipper (not the first zipper).
1918
  • The superheterodyne radio circuit invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong. Today, every radio or television set uses this invention.
  • Charles Jung invented fortune cookies.
1919
  • The pop-up toaster invented by Charles Strite.
  • Short-wave radio invented.
  • The flip-flop circuit invented.
  • The arc welder invented.
1920
  • The tommy gun patented by John T Thompson.
  • The Band-Aid (pronounced 'ban-'dade) invented by Earle Dickson.
1921
  • Artificial life begins -- the first robot built.
  • John Larson invented the lie detector.
1922
  • Insulin invented by Sir Frederick Grant Banting.
  • The first 3-D movie (spectacles with one red and one green lens) is released.
1923
  • Garrett A. Morgan invents a traffic signal.
  • The television or iconoscope (cathode-ray tube) invented by Vladimir Kosma Zworykin.
  • John Harwood invented the self-windingwatch in 1923.
  • Clarence Birdseye invents frozen food.
1924
  • The dynamic loudspeaker invented by Rice and Kellogg.
  • Notebooks with spiral bindings invented.
1925

 
1926
1927
1928
1929
  • American, Paul Galvin invents the car radio.
  • Yo-Yo re-invented as an American fad.
1930
  • Scotch tape patented by 3M engineer, Richard G. Drew.
  • The frozen food process patented by Clarence Birdseye.
  • Wallace Carothers and DuPont Labs invents neoprene.
  • The "differential analyzer", or analog computer invented by Vannevar Bush at MIT in Boston.
  • Frank Whittle and Dr Hans von Ohain both invent a jet engine.
1931
1932
  • Polaroid photography invented by Edwin Herbert Land.
  • The zoom lens and the light meter invented.
  • Carl C. Magee invents the first parking meter.
  • Karl Jansky invents the radio telescope.
1933
1934
  • Englishmen, Percy Shaw invents cat eyes or roads reflectors.
  • Charles Darrow claims he invented the game Monopoly.
  • Joseph Begun invents the first tape recorder for broadcasting - first magnetic recording.
1935
  • Wallace Carothers and DuPont Labs invents nylon ( polymer 6.6.)
  • The first canned beer made.
  • Robert Watson-Watt patented radar.
1936
  • Bell Labs invents the voice recognition machine.
  • Samuel Colt patents the Colt revolver.
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
  • Konrad Zuse's Z3, the first computer controlled by software.
  • Aerosol spray cans invented by American inventors, Lyle David Goodloe and W.N. Sullivan.
  • Enrico Fermi invents the neutronic reactor
1942
  • John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry built the first electronic digital computer.
  • Max Mueller invents the turboprop engine.
1943
  • Synthetic rubber invented.
  • Richard James invents the slinky.
  • James Wright invent silly putty.
  • Swiss chemist, Albert Hofmann discovered the hallucinogenic properties of LSD.
  • Emile Gagnan and Jacques Cousteau invent the aqualung.
1944
1945
1946
1947
  • British/Hungarian scientist, Dennis Gabor, developed the theory of holography.
  • Mobile phones first invented. Although cell phones were not sold commercially until 1983, AT&T came up with the idea way back.
  • Bardeen, Brattain, and Shockley invent the transistor.
  • Earl Silas Tupper patented the Tupperware seal.
1948
1949
  • Cake mix invented.
1950
  • The first credit card (Diners) invented by Ralph Schneider.

 
1951
1952
1953
  • Radial tires invented.
  • The first musical synthesizer invented by RCA.
  • David Warren invented the black box - flight recorder.
  • Transistor radio invented by Texas Instruments.
1954
1955
1956
  • The first computer hard disk used.
  • The hovercraft invented by Christopher Cockerell.
  • Bette Nesmith Graham invented "Mistake Out," later renamed Liquid Paper, to paint over mistakes made with a typewriter. 
1957
  • Fortran (computer language) invented.
1958
1959
1960
1961
  • Valium invented.
  • The nondairy creamer invented.
1962
1963
1964
  • Acrylic paint invented.
  • Permanent-press fabric invented.
  • BASIC (an early computer language) is invented by John George Kemeny and Tom Kurtz.
1965
1966
  • Electronic Fuel injection for cars invented.
1967
1968
  • The computer mouse invented by Douglas Engelbart.
  • The first computer with integrated circuits made.
  • Robert Dennard invented RAM (random access memory).
1969
1970
  • The daisy-wheel printer invented.
  • The floppy disk invented by Alan Shugart.
1971
  • The dot-matrix printer invented.
  • The food processor invented.
  • The liquid-crystal display (LCD) invented by James Fergason.
  • The microprocessor invented by Faggin, Hoff and Mazor.
  • VCR or videocassette recorder invented.
1972
  • The word processor invented.
  • Pong (first video game) invented by Nolan Bushnell.
  • Hacky Sack® invented by John Stalberger and Mike Marshall.
1973
  • Gene splicing invented.
  • The ethernet (local computer network) invented by Robert Metcalfe and Xerox.
  • Bic invents the disposable lighter.
1974
  • The post-it note invented by Arthur Fry.
  • Giorgio Fischer, a gynecologist from Rome, Italy, invents liposuction
1975

 
1976
1977
1978
  • Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston invented the VisiCalc spreadsheet.
  • The artificial heart Jarvik-7 invented by Robert K. Jarvik.
1979
1980
1981
1982
  • Human growth hormone genetically engineered.
1983
  • The Apple Lisa invented.
  • Soft bifocal contact lens invented.
  • First Cabbage Patch Kids sold.
  • Programmer Jaron Lanier first coins the term "virtual reality".
1984
1985
  • Windows program invented by Microsoft.
1986
  • A high-temperature super-conductor invented by J. Georg Bednorz and Karl A. Muller.
  • Synthetic skin invented by G. Gregory Gallico, III.
  • Fuji introduced the disposable camera.
1987
1988
  • Digital cellular phones invented.
  • The RU-486 (abortion pill) invented.
  • Doppler radar invented by Christian Andreas Doppler.
  • Prozac® invented at the Eli Lilly Company by inventor Ray Fuller.
  • The first patent for a genetically engineered animal is issued to Harvard University researchers Philip Leder and Timothy Stewart.
  • Ralph Alessio and Fredrik Olsen received a patent for the Indiglo ® nightlight. The bluish green light is used to illuminate the entire face of a watch. 
1989
1990
  • The World Wide Web/Internet protocol (HTTP) and WWW language (HTML) created by Tim Berners-Lee.
1991
1992
  • The smart pill invented.
1993
1994
  • HIV protease inhibitor invented.
1995
  • The Java computer language invented.
  • DVD (Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) invented.
1996
  • Web TV invented.
1997
1998
1999
  • Scientists measure the fastest wind speed ever recorded on earth, 509 km/h(318 mph).
  • Tekno Bubbles patented.

 
Modern Inventions of 2000
Modern Inventions of 2001
  • AbioCor artificial heart invented by Abiomed - the Abiocor represents groundbreaking medical miniaturization technology.
  • Nuvaring birth control invented by Organon.
  • Artificial liver invented by Dr. Kenneth Matsumura and Alin Foundation.
  • Fuel cell bike invented by Aprilia.
  • Self-cleaning windows invented by PPG Industries.
  • Time Magazine Modern Inventions of the Year 2001
Modern Inventions of 2002
  • Braille Glove invented by Ryan Patterson.
  • Phone tooth invented by James Auger and Jimmy Loizeau.
  • Nano-tex - nanotechnology wearable fabrics invented by Nano-tex LLC.
  • Birth control patch invented by Ortho McNeil Pharmaceutical.
  • Foveon Camera Chip invented by Richard Merrill.
  • Date Rape Drug Spotter invented by Francisco Guerra.
  • Solar Tower invented by Jorg Schlaich.
  • Virtual keyboard invented by Canesta and VKB.
  • ICOPOD invented by Sanford Ponder.
  • Time Magazine Modern Inventions of the Year 2002

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Modern Inventions A-Z
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