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Credit Card
The first credit card was made by Ralph Schneider. It allows the cardholder to pay for goods and services based on the holder's promise to pay for them. This is why it was a good thing for the credit card to be made. -
Power Steering
In 1951, the Chrysler Corporation introduced the first car to have power steering. The system was featured on the Chrysler Imperial and was name the Hydraguide. The success was instant and by 1956 one in four cars had power steering. -
Color TV
On June 25, 1951, CBS broadcast the very first commercial color TV program. Unfortunaly, no one could watch it on their black and white TV. Guillermo González Camarena was the inventor was the TV. -
The internal pacemaker
The first cardiac pacemaker was invented in the year 1950 by John Hopps. In the year 1958, Wilson Greatbatch invented the first implantable pacemaker. The internal pacemaker is a device that regulates the rhythm of the heart by using electrical impulses. -
3-D
The first 3D feature with stereophonic sound was Warner Brothers' House of Wax in1952. When it was premiered at the Paramount Theater, New York, with 25 speakers, the Christian Science Monitor was moved to deplore the "cacophony of sound hurtling relentlessly at one from all directions". André de Toth, director of the movie, may have been able to hear the cacophony, but was unable to see the 3D effect, as he only had one eye. -
Hydrogen Bomb
The first hydrogen bomb exploded on November 1st, 1952. The hydrogen bomb is a weapon with a large portion of its energy from the nuclear fusion of hydrogen isotopes. The bomb tested by the United States exploded in the Marshall Islands in the North Pacific -
DNA Discovered
The discovery of the DNA, that looks like a twisted ladder, was dicovered in 1953. It was discovered by James Watson and Francis Crick. It marked a milestone in the history of science and gave rise to modern molecular biology, which is largely concerned with understanding how genes control the chemical processes within cells. -
The first kidney transplant.
The first successful live donor human kidney transplant between identical twin brothers took place at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. The transplanted kidney functioned for 8 years. This is when the first kidney transplant occured. -
The first transistor radio
In 1954, Texas Instruments was the first company to start commercial production of silicon transistors instead of using germanium. Silicon raised the power output while lowering operating temperatures, enabling the miniaturization of electronics. The first commercial transistor radio was also produced in 1954 - powered by TI silicon transistors. -
Polio Vaccine
The first vaccine was developed by Jonas Salk and first tested in 1952. it was announced to the world by Dr Thomas Francis Junior on April 12, 1955. Most people infected with the polio virus have no symptoms; however, for the less than 1% who develop paralysis it may result in permanent disability and even death. -
The first hovervcraft invented.
The hovercraft is a craft capable of traveling over land, water, mud or ice and other surfaces both at speed and when stationary. Christopher Cockerell was the man to invent the first hovercraft. -
Computer Modem
Modem is short for modulate-demodulate. There were some early modems used by the US Air Force in the 1950's, but the first commercial ones were made a decade later. That is when the Computer Modems where really made. -
Laser
The first laser was produced in 1958. The first working laser was made in 1960. The first was invented by American Physicist Theodore Maiman. -
Exlporer 1
Explorer 1, officially Satellite 1958 Alpha, was the first Earth artificial satellite of the United States. It was about twice the size of a basketball. The satellite marked a moment when the United States got its confidence back after a series of unsuccessful launches and the Soviet Union's successful launch of Sputnik. -
First Copy Machine
In 1949 the first copier was produced, but the first one that worked was in 1950. It was made by the Xerox Corporation introduced the first xerographic copier called the Model A. Xerox became so successful that, in North America, photocopying came to be popularly known as "xeroxing."
