History

Invention of the first credit card

Feb 8, 1950

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A credit card is an automatic way of offering credit to a consumer.
Invented by Ralph Schneider.

Invention of the Black Box

Jan 1, 1953

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Is the flight data recorder, that was invented to record the flight crew's conversations in an airplane. Protects the recording in case of crash or fire, and also helps identify the reason why the plane crashed. it was invented by Dr David Warren

Invention of the Liquid Paper

Jan 1, 1956

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It was originally called "mistake out".
Invented by Nesmith Graham, in Dallas, who used her own kitchen blender to mix up her first batch of liquid paper or white out, a substance used to cover up mistakes made on paper.

Invention of the microchip

Sep 12, 1959

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In designing a complex electronic machine like a computer it was always necessary to increase the number of components involved in order to make technical advances. So the microchip was invented by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce

Invention of the first audio Cassette Tape

Jan 1, 1962

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The Philips Company of the Netherlands invented and released the first compact audio-cassette in 1962. They used high-quality polyester 1/8-inch tape produced by BASF. Recording and playback was at a speed of 1.7/8 inches per second.

Invention of the Compact Disk (CD)

Jan 1, 1965

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A compact disk (cd) is a popular form of digital storage media used for computer files, pictures, and music. The plastic platter is read and written to by a laser in a CD drive. It comes in several varieties including CD-ROM, CD-R, and CD-RW.
James Russell invented the compact disk in 1965.

Invention of the computer mouse

Jan 1, 1968

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Douglas Engelbart invented the computer mouse, that changed the way computers worked, from specialized machinery that only a trained scientist could use, to a user-friendly tool that almost anyone can use.

invention of the videocassette

Jan 1, 1971

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The first VCassetteR or VCR were invented by Charles P. Ginsburg, and sold by Sony in 1971.

Invention of the Post It Notes

Jan 1, 1974

inventors.about.comDoctor Spencer Silver, had developed an adhesive in 1968 that was strong enough to stick to surfaces, but left no residue after removal and could be repositioned. Arthur Fry took some of Spencer Silver's adhesive and applied it along the edge of a piece of paper.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging MRI

Jan 1, 1977

inventors.about.comInvented by Raymond V. Damadian.
Magnetic resonance imaging or scanning (also called an MRI) is a method of looking inside the body without using surgery, harmful dyes or x-rays. The MRI scanner uses magnetism and radio waves to produce clear pictures of the human anatomy.

Hepatitis-B vaccine invention

Jan 1, 1980

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Baruch Blumberg was the American research physician whose discovery of an antigen that provokes antibody response against hepatitis B

First Cabbage Patch Kid sold

Oct 11, 1983

inventors.about.comIn 1976, Xavier Roberts invented 'Little Person' dolls, the first Cabbage Patch Kids. Roberts was a teenager when he started the Babyland General Hospital in Cleveland, Georgia, where people could adopt a baby (the hand sewn dolls were never called dolls) complete with adoption papers. Roberts and five friends started the Original Appalachian Artworks company to produce the dolls. The Coleco toy company liked Roberts' ideas and began mass-marketing the dolls in 1983, under the new name of 'Cabba

Invention of the Synthetic skin

Jan 1, 1986

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High definition television invented

Jan 1, 1989

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Invention of the smart pill

Jan 1, 1992

invention.about.comThe name of smart pill now refers to any pill that can deliver or control its delivery of medicine without the patient having to take action beyond the initial swallow.
The phrase smart pill became popular after the computer controlled medical device was patented by Jerome Schentag and David D'Andrea, and named one of the top inventions of 1992 by Popular Science magazine.

invention of the DVD

Jan 1, 1995

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The gas-powered fuel cell invented.

Jan 1, 1997

inventors.about.comIn 1839, the first fuel cell was conceived by Sir William Robert Grove, a Welsh judge, inventor and physicist. He mixed hydrogen and oxygen in the presence of an electrolyte, and produced electricity and water. The invention, which later became known as a fuel cell, didn't produce enough electricity to be useful.

Invention of the iPod

Oct 23, 2001

inventors.aboutApple Computers publicly announced their portable music digital player the iPod, created under project codename Dulcimer.

Invention of youtube

Jan 1, 2005

the online video sharing and viewing community - was invented in 2005 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim. YouTube was named Time Magazines Invention of the year in 2006.

smog-earing cement, high altitude flying windmills, bionic contacts, pig-urine plastic.

Oct 11, 2008

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Invention of the Android Phone

Jan 1, 2011

blog.sherweb.comThe Android has proven itself a force to be reckoned with, offering a legitimate alternative to the all-mighty iPhone. If you haven’t heard, Android is a Google-backed operating system for cell phones. The code is free, open-source and easy to alter. Users can create their own interfaces and control many kinds of hardware, plus it has over 10,000 Android apps.