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The Zepplin
The biggest airship ever created at the time by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin. -
The Air Conditioner
Willis Carrier invents the Air Conditioner- makes living in the heat more bearable. -
Gas Powered Man'd Airplanes
The Wright Brothers invent the first gas motored and manned airplane. Revolutionized air technology. -
Auto Mobile Electrical Ignition
Charles Franklin creates the fist electrical ignition, making cars easier to start and less of a hassle to initiate. -
Tanks
De La Mole patents the first war tank- revolutionizes warfare and mechanized infantry. -
Stainless Steel
Henry Brearly makes stainless steel, making kitchen appliance and other appliances more usable and practical. -
Band-Aid
Earle Dickson creates the band-aid and helps the medical field tremendously and is able to be brought into homes for use also. -
Artificial Life Begins
The first robot is created- enabling the use of robots to be used for factories to make production faster. -
Penicillin
Alexander Fleming creates Penicillin- aiding the war effort and combating bacterial infections and keeping soldiers alive. -
Jet Engine
Frank Whittle and Dr. Hans von Ohane create the Jet Engine, making air travel more efficient and more practical for a more wide range of use. -
First Helicopter
Igor Sikorsky creates the first successful helicopter. -
Modern colored television
Peter Goldmark creates the colored television, enabling viewers of television to see and enjoy networks and shows even more for America's pastime. -
Jeep
Karl Pabst creates the jeep and turns into the American military's staple land transportation and off road driving. -
The Credit Card
Ralph Schneider creates the credit card- enables and encourages shoppers to spend more at commercial areas and stores that accept them. Now people can buy more stuff with more money available to them. -
Modem
The modem is created, allowing for the data transfer between two computer terminals- allows for more efficient data storage and filling capacity. -
Space War
The first video game is invented- albeit boring in today's context, it is still a great feat and revolutionary at the time. -
First handheld calculator
The first handheld calculator is invented, allowing someone to compute faster and cheaper rather than buying a huge computer just to do math for you. It was practical. -
Floppy Disc
Alan Shugart creates the floppy disc- allows for a interchangeable storage device. Essentially an ancestor to the USB of today. -
The ethernet
Robert Metalfe and Xera create the ethernet, a local computer network that revolutionizes data exchange and transfer. -
Cellphone
The cellphone is invented, allowing for people to call on the go rather than be burdened by a stationary land line to make calls. -
Windows
The Windows program is created by Microsoft- becomes a widespread computer system used all around the country and monopolizes the computer industry. -
Doppler-Radar
The Doppler Radar is created by Christian Andrea- revolutionizes use of radars to detect unknown information. -
World Wide Web and Internet
Tim Berners Lee creates the monster that is the internet- without the internet the world was segmented. By creating the internet, the word was essentially united and information could be accessed in lightning speed. -
DVD
The DVD is invented, allowing for home theater to be a widespread and the need to go to movie theater's become less significant. Revolutionizes home entertainment.
