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====== FastTech Timeline ======


Indeterminate: Music, Language 

2.4 Ma BP: Olduwan - struck stone tools, in East Africa 

1.65 Ma: Acheulean - struck and reworked stone tools, in Kenya 

1.4 Ma: Knife in Ethiopia 

1 Ma: Controlled fire and sterilization of food and water (cooking) in East Africa 

500 ka: Shelter construction [2] 

100-500 ka: Clothing 

400 ka: Pigments in Zambia [3] 

400 ka: Spears in Germany [4] 

200 ka: Burial in Africa 

100 ka: Lithic blades in Africa and the Near East 

60 ka: Ships probably used by settlers of New Guinea 

50 ka: Flute in Slovenia 

50 ka: Bow in Tunisia [5] [6] 

43 ka: Mining in Swaziland and Hungary 

37 ka: Tally sticks in Swaziland [7] 

30 ka: Sewing needles 

26 ka: Ceramics in Moravia 

25 ka: Atlatl in Northwest Africa [8] 

17 ka: twisted Rope (probably much earlier) 

12 ka: Basket weaving 

Agriculture in the Fertile Crescent 

Alcoholic beverages in the Fertile Crescent 

Adobe in the Near East 

9500 BC: Granary in the Jordan Valley 

8700 BC: Metalworking (copper pendant) in Mesopotamia (Iraq) 

8000 BC: Wall (Jericho) 

Animal husbandry in the Near East 

Plaster in Jericho 

7000 BC: Bow drill in Mehrgarh (India)/(Pakistan)[1] 

7000 BC: Dental surgery in Mehrgarh[1] 

6200 BC: Map in Çatalhöyük 

Cloth woven from flax fiber 

Irrigation in the Fertile Crescent 

Ploughs in Mesopotamia (Iraq) 

City in Mesopotamia (Iraq) 

Beer and bread in Egypt 

Wheel and axle combination in Mesopotamia 

4000 BC: Canal in Mesopotamia 

4000 BC: Stone paved street Ur Iraq 

3807/3806 BC: Timber 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) 

3000 BC: Sailing 

Bronze: Susa (Iran) 

Silk in China 

Cement in Egypt 

River boats in Egypt 

Noodle in China 

Comb in Persia (these combs were very refined, so combs themselves are probably older) 

2800 BC: Button in the Indus Valley Civilization 

2800 BC: Soap in Mesopotamia 

2630-2611 BC: Step pyramid: Imhotep in Egypt 

2600s BC: Papyrus: Imhotep in Egypt 

2600s BC: Suture: Imhotep in Egypt 

2600s BC: Pharmaceutical cream: Imhotep in Egypt 

2600 BC: Chariot in Mesopotamia 

2600 BC: Artificial sewage system in the Indus Valley Civilization 

2600 BC: Toilet in the Indus Valley Civilization 

2500 BC: Flush toilet in the Indus Valley Civilization 

2500 BC: Arch in Mohenjo-daro (Indus Valley Civilization)[2] 

2400 BC: Shipyard in Lothal (Indus Valley Civilization) 

2000 BC: Currency 

Dagger in Near East 

Sickle-sword in Sumer 

Alphabet in Phoenicia 

Candles in Egypt 

Sledges in Scandinavia 

Perfume: Tapputi in Mesopotamia 

Bronze Age sword in Mesopotamia 

Glass in Egypt 

Rubber in Mesoamerica 

Spoked-wheel chariot: Indo-Iranians 

Water clock in Egypt 

Bells in China 

1000s BC: Coins in China 

Catapult in Near East 

South Pointing Chariot in China 

Differential gear in China and Greek island of Antikythera 
Stupa in India 

Blowgun in India[3] 

Iron pellet in India[3] 

500s BC: Sugar in India 

500s BC: Dental bridge in Etruria 

500s BC: Kite in China 

500s BC: Trebuchet in China 

475 BC: Scythed Chariot: Ajatashatru in India 

500s BC: Plastic surgery: Sushruta in India 

500s BC: Cosmetic surgery: Sushruta in India 

400s BC: Football: in China 

350 BC: Water wheel in India[4] 

350 BC: Watermill in India[4] 

c. 300: Wootz steel in India 

300s BC: Compass in China 

300s BC: Screw: Archytas 

200s BC: Compound pulley: Archimedes 

200s BC: Odometer: Archimedes? 

150s BC: Clockwork (Antikythera mechanism) 

150s BC: Astrolabe: Hipparchus in Asia Minor 

100s BC: Big-toe stirrup in India[5] 

100s BC: Parchment in Pergamon 

1st century BC: Glassblowing in Syria 

1st century BC: Trip hammer in China 

40 BC: Rolling-element bearing in Roman ship 

Chaturaji in India 

Chaturanga in India 

Xiangqi in China 

50: Mouldboard plough in Gaul 

100s: Aeolipile : Egypt by Hero of Alexandria 

105: Paper: Cai Lun in China[6] 

132: Rudimentary Seismometer: Zhang Heng in China 

200s: Kongming lantern (Hot air balloon) in China 

200s: Horseshoes in Germany 

300s: Toothpaste in Egypt 

400s: Horse collar in China 

500-1000: Spinning wheel in India[7] 

589: Toilet paper in China 

673: Greek fire: Kallinikos of Heliopolis 

700: Quill pen 

700s: Brass astrolabe: Muhammad al-Fazari[8] 

721-815: Alembic: Geber in Iraq[9] 

721-815: Still: Geber 

721-815: Distilled alcohol: Geber[9] 

721-815: Distilled wine: Geber[9] 

721-815: Distilled beverage: Geber 

725: Clockwork escapement mechanism: Yi Xing of China 

800-873: Valve: Banū Mūsā in Iraq[10] 

800-873: Float valve: Banū Mūsā[10] 

800-873: Feedback controller: Banū Mūsā[10] 

800-873: Automatic flute player: Banū Mūsā[11] 

800-873: Programmable machine: Banū Mūsā[11] 

810-887: Glass from stones: Abbas Ibn Firnas in al-Andalus 

810-887: Eye glasses: Abbas Ibn Firnas[12] 

810-887: Metronome: Abbas Ibn Firnas 

852: Parachute: Abbas Ibn Firnas in al-Andalus 

875: Hang glider: Abbas Ibn Firnas 

c. 865-900: Kerosene: Al-Razi (Rhazes) in Iraq[12] 

c. 865-900: Kerosene lamp: Al-Razi 

865-925: Hard soap: Al-Razi[13] 

800s: Injection syringe: Ammar ibn Ali al-Mawsili in Iraq[12] 

800s: Quadrant in Iraq[14] 

800s: Windmill in Persia[15] 

800s: Gunpowder in China 

900s: Banknote in China 

953: Fountain pen in Egypt[16] 

994: Astronomical sextant: Abu-Mahmud al-Khujandi in Persia[17] 

Coffee: Khalid in Ethiopia 

Fore-and-aft rig in India[18] 

Lateen in India[18] 

Porcelain in China 

Woodblock printing in China 

Prayer wheel: Tibet[19] 

Shatranj in Persia 

Paned window in the Arab Empire[20] 

Street lamp in the Arab Empire[20] 

Retort in the Arab Empire 

Sherbet in the Arab Empire 

Soft drink in the Arab Empire 

Mercury escapement mechanism in the Middle East 

c. 1000: Pendulum: Ibn Yunus in Egypt[21] 

1000: Ligature: Abu al-Qasim (Abulcasis) in al-Andalus 

1000: Forceps: Abu al-Qasim[22] 

1000: Plaster: Abu al-Qasim[23] 

1000: Curette: Abu al-Qasim[24] 

1000: Retractor: Abu al-Qasim[24] 

1000: Scalpel: Abu al-Qasim[24] 

1000: Sound: Abu al-Qasim[24] 

1000: Surgical needle: Abu al-Qasim[25] 

1000: Surgical catgut: Abu al-Qasim 

1000: Surgical hook: Abu al-Qasim[24] 

1000: Surgical rod: Abu al-Qasim[24] 

1000: Surgical spoon: Abu al-Qasim[24] 

c. 1000-1037: Thermometer: Avicenna (Ibn Sina) in Persia[26] 

c. 1000-1037: Steam distillation: Avicenna 

c. 1000-1037: Essential oil: Avicenna 

c. 1000-1048: Orthographical astrolabe: Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī in Persia[27] 

c. 1000-1048: Planisphere: Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī[27] 

c. 1000-1048: Laboratory flask: Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī[28] 

c. 1000-1048: Pycnometer: Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī[28] 

c. 1000-1048: Conical measure: Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī[29] 

1011-1021: Parabolic mirror: Ibn al-Haytham (Alhacen) in Iraq 

1011-1021: Pinhole camera: Ibn al-Haytham[30] 

1011-1021: Camera obscura: Ibn al-Haytham[30] 

1028-1087: Equatorium: Arzachel (Al-Zarqali) in al-Andalus[31] 

1028-1087: Saphaea: Arzachel 

1038-1075: Noria with flywheel: Ibn Bassal in al-Andalus[32] 

1041: Movable type printing press: Bi Sheng in China 

1088: Mechanical clock: Su Song 

1088: Clock tower: Su Song 

1088: Magnetic compass described by Shen Kuo in China 

Mechanical astrolabe: Ibn Samh in al-Andalus[33] 

Glass mirror in al-Andalus[12] 

c. 1100: Framed bead abacus in China 

1100-1161: Tracheotomy: Ibn Zuhr (Avenzoar) in al-Andalus[25] 

1119: Watertight hull compartment: Zhu Yu in China 

1121: Steelyard: Al-Khazini in Persia[28] 

1121: Hydrostatic balance: Al-Khazini[28] 

1126: Fire arrow: Li Gang in China 

1126: Rocket: Li Gang 

1128: Cannon in China and Europe 

1135-1200: Linear astrolabe: Sharaf al-Dīn al-Tūsī in Persia[34] 

1154: Striking clock: Al-Kaysarani in Syria[35] 

c. 1200: Combination lock: Al-Jazari in Iraq (Mesopotamia)[16] 

1206: Clock automaton: Al-Jazari 

1206: Flow control regulator: Al-Jazari 

1206: Closed-loop system: Al-Jazari 

1206: Elephant clock: Al-Jazari 

1206: Weight-driven mechanical clock: Al-Jazari[16] 

1206: Hand washing device: Al-Jazari 

1206: Kitchen appliance: Al-Jazari 

1206: Cam: Al-Jazari 

1206: Camshaft: Al-Jazari[36] 

1206: Crankshaft: Al-Jazari[16] 

1206: Crank mechanism: Al-Jazari[37] 

1206: Connecting rod: Al-Jazari[37] 

1206: Segmental gear: Al-Jazari[38] 

1206: Suction pipe: Al-Jazari 

1206: Suction piston pump: Al-Jazari[39] 

1206: Reciprocating piston engine: Al-Jazari[39] 

1206: Double-acting engine: Al-Jazari[39] 

1206: Humanoid robot: Al-Jazari[40] 

1206: Programmable robot: Al-Jazari[40] 

1275: Torpedo: Hasan al-Rammah of Syria[41] 

1297-1298: Wooden movable type printing: Wang Zhen of China 

Sandpaper in China 

Solid-fuel rocket in China 

Condom in Italy 

1206: Solar-driven mechanical bookholder: Al-Jazari[16] 

1350: Suspension bridges in Peru 

Spherical astrolabe in the Middle East 

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 

c. 1500: Ball bearing: Leonardo Da Vinci 

c. 1500: Scissors: Leonardo Da Vinci 

1510: Pocket watch: Peter Henlein 

1540: Ether: Valerius Cordus 

1551: Steam turbine: Taqi al-Din in Egypt[42] 

1576: Ironclad warship: Oda Nobunaga 

1582: Gregorian calendar: multiple inventors 

1589: Stocking frame: William Lee 

1593: Thermoscope: Galileo Galilei 

Musket in Europe 

Pencil in England 

1608: Telescope: Hans Lippershey 

1609: Microscope: Hans Lippershey, Hans Janssen, Zacharias Janssen 

1620: Slide rule: William Oughtred 

1623: Automatic calculator: Wilhelm Schickard 

1630-1632: Artificial wings: Hezarfen Ahmet Celebi in Turkey 

1631: Vernier scale: Pierre Vernier 

1633: Manned rocket: Lagari Hasan Çelebi in Turkey[41] 

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[43][44] 

1679: Pressure cooker: Denis Papin 

1690: Polhem wheel: Christopher Polhem 

1698: Steam engine: Thomas Savery 

1700: Piano: Bartolomeo Cristofori 

1701: Seed drill: Jethro Tull 

1709: Iron smelting using coke: Abraham Darby I 

1712: Steam piston engine: Thomas Newcomen 

1711: Tuning fork: John Shore 

1714: Mercury thermometer: Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit 

1731: Octant: John Hadley, Thomas Godfrey 

1733: Flying shuttle: John Kay 

1737: Marine chronometer (H1): John Harrison 

1742: Franklin stove: Benjamin Franklin 

1750: Flatboat: Jacob Yoder 

1752: Lightning rod: Benjamin Franklin 

1759: Shampoo: Sake Dean Mahomet of Bengal 

1764: Spinning jenny: James Hargreaves/Thomas Highs 

1767: Carbonated water: Joseph Priestley 

1769: Water frame: Richard Arkwright/Thomas Highs 

1769: Steam car: Nicolas Cugnot 

1775: Submarine Turtle: David Bushnell 

1776: Steamboat: Claude de Jouffroy 

1776: Watt steam engine: James Watt 

1777: Card teeth making machine: Oliver Evans 

1777: Circular saw: Samuel Miller 

1779: Spinning mule: Samuel Crompton 

1780s: Iron rocket: Tipu Sultan of India 

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 

1791: Artificial teeth: Nicholas Dubois De Chemant 

1793: Cotton gin: Eli Whitney 

1798: Vaccination: Edward Jenner 

1798: Lithography: Alois Senefelder 

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 

1814: Steam Locomotive (Blücher): George Stephenson 

1816: Miner's safety lamp: Humphry Davy 

1816: Stirling engine: Robert Stirling 

1816: Stethoscope: Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec 

1816: The Bicycle 

1817: Draisine or velocipede (two-wheeled): Karl Drais 

1817: Kaleidoscope: David Brewster 

1821: Electric motor: Michael Faraday 

1823: Electromagnet: William Sturgeon 

1824: Portland cement: William Aspdin 

1826: Photography: Joseph Nicéphore Niépce 

1826: Internal combustion engine: Samuel Morey 

1827: Friction match: John Walker 

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: Revolver: Samuel Colt 

1835: Electromechanical Relay: Joseph Henry 

1835: Incandescent light bulb: James Bowman Lindsay 

1836: Sewing machine: Josef Madersberger 

1837: 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 

1837: Magnetic telegraph: Samuel Morse 

1838: Electric telegraph: Charles Wheatstone (also Samuel Morse) 

1838: closed diving suit with a helmet: Augustus Siebe 

1839: Vulcanization of rubber: Charles Goodyear 

1840: Artificial fertilizer: Justus von Liebig 

1842 Superphosphate fertilizer: John Bennett Lawes 

1842: Anaesthesia: Crawford Long 

1843: Typewriter: Charles Thurber 

1843: Fax machine: Alexander Bain 

1843: Ice cream maker: Nancy Johnson 

1845: Pneumatic 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 

1852: Airship: Henri Giffard 

1852: Passenger elevator: Elisha Otis 

1852: Gyroscope: Léon Foucault 

1855: Bunsen burner: Robert Bunsen 

1855: Bessemer process: Henry Bessemer 

1856: Celluloid: Alexander Parkes 

1858: Undersea telegraph cable: Fredrick Newton Gisborne 

1858: Mason jar: John L. Mason 

1859: Oil drill: Edwin L. Drake 

1859: Lead acid battery: Gaston Plante 

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 

1865: Roller Coaster: LaMarcus Adna Thompson 

1865: Barbed wire: Louis Jannin 

1866: Dynamite: Alfred Nobel 

1868: 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 

1870: Magic Lantern projector: Henry R. Heyl 

1870: Stock ticker: Thomas Alva Edison 

1871: Cable car (railway): Andrew S. Hallidie 

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: Microphone: Emile Berliner 

1878: Cathode ray tube: William Crookes 

1878: Rebreather: Henry Fleuss 

1879: Pelton turbine: Lester Pelton 

1879: Cash register: James Ritty 

1880: Photophone: Alexander Graham Bell 

1880: Roll film: George Eastman 

1880: Safety razor: Kampfe Brothers 

1880: Seismograph: John Milne 

1881: Metal detector: Alexander Graham Bell 

1882: Electric fan: Schuyler Skaats Wheeler 

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: Maxim gun: Hiram Stevens Maxim 

1885: Motorcycle: Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach 

1885: Alternating current transformer: William Stanley 

1885: Safety bicycle: John Kemp Starley 

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 

1887: Ceiling fan: Philip Diehl 

1888: Polyphase AC Electric power system: Nikola Tesla (30 related patents.) 

1888: Kodak hand camera: George Eastman 

1888: Ballpoint pen: John Loud 

1888: Harvester-thresher: Matteson (?) 

1888: Kinematograph: Augustin Le Prince 

1891: escalator: Jesse W. Reno 

1891: Thermal cracking process: Vladimir Shukhov 

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: Carburetor: Donát Bánki and János Csonka 

1893: Wireless communication: Nikola Tesla 

1893: Radio: Nikola Tesla 

1894: Radio transmission: Jagdish Chandra Bose in Bengal 

1895: Diesel engine: Rudolf Diesel 

1895: Radiotelegraph: Guglielmo Marconi 

1896: Vitascope: Thomas Armat 

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 in Bengal 

1899: Automobile self starter: Clyde J. Coleman 

1899: Magnetic tape recorder: Valdemar Poulsen 

1899: Gas turbine: Charles Curtis 

1900: Rigid dirigible airship: Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin 

1900: Self-heating can 

1900s: Microwave optics: Jagdish Chandra Bose in Bengal 

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: 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, controlled airplane: Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright 

1904: Thermionic valve: John Ambrose Fleming 

1904: Tractor: Benjamin Holt 

1905: Radio tube diode: John Ambrose Fleming 

1906: Sonar (first device): Lewis Nixon 

1906: Triode amplifier: Lee DeForest 

1907: Helicopter: Paul Cornu 

1907: Radio tube triode: Lee DeForest 

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 

1909: Bakelite: Leo Baekeland 

1909: Gun silencer: Hiram Percy Maxim 

1910: Thermojet engine: Henri Coandă 

1911: Gyrocompass: Elmer A. Sperry 

1911: Automobile self starter (perfected): Charles F. Kettering 

1911: Hydroplane: Glenn Curtiss 

1913: Crossword: Arthur Wynne 

1913: Parachute: Štefan Banič 

1913: Radio receiver: Ernst Alexanderson, Reginald Fessenden 

1913: Stainless steel: Harry Brearley 

1913: X-Ray (coolidge tube): William D. Coolidge[45] 

1914: Radio transmitter triode mod.: Ernst Alexanderson 

1914: Liquid fuel rocket: Robert Goddard 

1914: Tank, military: Sir William Ashbee Tritton and Major Walter Gordon Wilson[46] 

1915: Tungsten Filament: Irving Langmuir 

1915: Pyrex: Corning Inc. 

1916: Browning Gun: John Browning 

1916: Thompson submachine gun: John T. Thompson 

1917: Sonar echolocation: Paul Langevin 

1917: Cruise missile: Charles Kettering 

1918: Interrupter gear: Anton Fokker 

1918: Radio crystal oscillator: A.M. Nicolson 

1919: Flip-flop circuit: William Eccles and F. W. Jordan 

1919: Theremin: Leon Theremin 

1921: Polygraph: John A. Larson 

1922: Radar: Robert Watson-Watt, A. H. Taylor, L. C. Young, Gregory Breit, Merle Antony Tuve 

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 

1925: Television Nipkow System: C. Francis Jenkins 

1926: Television Mechanical Scanner: John Logie Baird 

1926: Aerosol spray: Rotheim 

1927: Mechanical cotton picker: John Rust 

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 (CRT):Vladimir Zworykin 

1920s: Band aid: Earle Dickson 

1920s: Man-made Insulin: Paul Langerhans 

1920s: Mechanical potato peeler: Herman Lay 

1930: Neoprene: Wallace Carothers 

1931: Radio telescope: Karl Jansky Grote Reber 

1931: Iconoscope: Vladimir Zworykin 

1935: Microwave RADAR: Robert Watson-Watt 

1935: Nylon: Wallace Carothers 

1935: Spectrophotometer: Arthur C. Hardy 

1935: Casein fiber: Earl Whittier Stephen 

1935: Hammond Organ: Laurens Hammond 

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: xerography: Chester Carlson 

1938: Fiberglass: Russell Games Slayter John H. Thomas 

1939: Helicopter: Igor Sikorsky 

1939: View-master: William Gruber 

1939: Automated teller machine: Luther George Simjian 

1941: Computer: Konrad Zuse 

1942: Bazooka Rocket Gun: Leslie A. Skinner C. N. Hickman 

1942: Undersea oil pipeline: Hartley, Anglo-Iranian, Siemens in Operation Pluto 

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 (note: chain reaction theory was made in 1933) 

1946: Microwave oven: Percy Spencer 

1946: Mobile Telephone Service: AT&T and Southwestern Bell 

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 

1951: Combined oral contraceptive pill: Djerassi, Miramontes, and Rosenkranz [47] 

1951: Liquid Paper: Bette Nesmith Graham 

1951: Nuclear power reactor: Walter Zinn 

1952: Floppy disk: Yoshiro Nakamatsu[48] 

1952: Optical fiber: Narinder Singh Kapany 

1952: Fusion bomb: Edward Teller and Stanislaw Ulam 

1952: Hovercraft: Christopher Cockerell 

1953: MASER: Charles Townes 

1953: Medical ultrasonography 

1954: Radar gun: Bryce K. Brown 

1954: Synthetic diamond: Tracy Hall 

1954: Geodesic dome: Buckminster Fuller 

1955: Velcro: George de Mestral 

1955: Hard Drive: Reynold Johnson with IBM 

1956: Digital clock 

1956: Videocassette recorder: Ampex 

1957: Jet Boat: William Hamilton 

1958: Integrated circuit: Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments, Robert Noyce at Fairchild 
Semiconductor 

1958: Communications satellite: Kenneth Masterman-Smith 

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 [9] 

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 

1971: E-mail: Ray Tomlinson[49] 

1971: Liquid Crystal Display: James Fergason 

1971: Microprocessor: Federico Faggin and Marcian Hoff 

1971: Pocket calculator: Sharp Corporation 

1971: Magnetic resonance imaging: Raymond V. Damadian 

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: Microcredit: Muhammad Yunus 

1974: Rubik's Cube: Ernő Rubik 

1974: Hybrid vehicle: Victor Wouk [10] 

1975: DNA sequencing by chain termination Frederick Sanger 

1975: Digital camera: Steven Sasson 

1976: Gore-Tex fabric: W. L. Gore 

1977: Personal stereo: Andreas Pavel 

1977: mobile phone: Bell Labs [11] 

1978: Spreadsheet: Dan Bricklin 

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 

1987: Statin: Carl Hoffman 

1987: Digital Light Processing: Dr. Larry Hornbeck, Texas Instruments 

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 

2001: Self-contained artificial heart