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Handheld Hair Dryer
The first handheld hair dryer was invented by Alexandre F. Godefroy in 1920 -
Electric Automatic Traffic Signal
Garret Morgan invented the first electric automatic traffic signal in 1923 which is still being used today. -
Television
The television was designed by Philo Taylor Farnsworth in 1927 -
Walkie Talkie
The first walkie-talkie was invented in 1930 by a Canadian by the name of Don Hings. -
Electric Guitar
The first electric guitar was made in 1931 by a man named Paul H. Tutmarc. -
ENIAC Computer
The ENIAC was the first electronic general-purpose digital computer, it was invented in 1945 by John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert. -
Microwave
The microwave was invented in 1945 by engineer Percy Spencer and was actually invented due to an accident with it melting a nut. -
Vinyl Records
The fist Vinyl Record was made in 1948 by Emile Berliner, because a record can hold a full album instead of just two songs, it changed how music lovers enjoy music forever. -
Credit Card
The first credit card (known as the Diner Card) was invented in 1950 by Ralph Schneider. -
Pocket Transistor Radio
In July 1954 the Texas Instruments and Industrial Development Engineering Associates companies embarked on a project to produce the world's first pocket transistor radio. -
Stereo Headphones
1958 the first stereo headphones were created by John Koss called the Koss SP-3. -
Computer Mouse
The first computer mouse was made by Douglas Engelbart in 1963, since then it has had many changes and has become a vital part of modern technology. -
Video Games
Ralph Baer produced the first home video game system in 1968 known as the "Brown Box" which allowed people to play action, sports, and other games on a television set. -
Pesonal Computer
The first personal computer appeared in 1970 by the creators Mark Dean and Phillip Don Estridge. A personal computer is one intended for interactive individual use, as opposed to a mainframe computer.
The short form PC that people use today, comes from "personal computer" -
Microprocessor
Marcian “Ted” Hoff created the first microprocessor in 1971. It was released by Intel the same year and sold for $60. -
Walkman
The Walkman was first created by Nobutoshi Kihara in 1979 because Sony’s co-founder wanted to be able to listen to music on long flights. -
The Internet
January 1983 is considered the internet's birthday, before this date, computer networks did not have a way to communicate with each other. -
Nintendo game boy
The Game Boy was designed by Nintendo's chief engineer Gunpei Yokoi. It was first released in Japan on April 21, 1989, in North America later the same year, and in Europe in late 1990. -
Web Browsers
The first web browser (Known as WorldWideWeb) was revealed in 1990 and meant that the internet could be accessed from a broad range of devices and operating systems. -
Bluetooth
Bluetooth was invented in 1994 by Jaap Haartsen but the first Bluetooth phone wasn't available in 2001 -
The RDC-1
The RDC-1 was the first camera with the ability to record both videos and sound it was invented in 1995 by Budd Company -
USB Flash Drive
Three employees of M-Systems, Amir Ban, Dov Moran, and Oron Ogdan engineered the first USB drive and were granted a patent for it in late 2000. -
Iphone
The original iPhone was released by Steve Jobs in 2007 for $499-$599 -
Ipad
The iPad was announced in early 2010 by Steve Jobs and later that year the Wi-Fi variant of the device was released -
Wireless Earbuds
The first truly wireless earbuds (headphones without the bar across the top) were created in 2015 by Onkyo, a Japanese manufacturer