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Blood Groups Discovered
Karl Landsteiner discovered the three main human blood groups, A, B, and C, which was later changed to O. -
Combat Tank
British Army came out with first tank Mark I in WWI. It was created to cross trenches and travel over rough terrain. -
Band-Aid
Johnson & Johnson cotton buyer Earle E. Dickson, came up with the idea for the first Band-Aid because his wife kept getting hurt while cooking. The band-aids were made of square pieces of gauze, a roll of tape and crinoline fabric. -
First Digital Computer
Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC) was created by Iowa State College professor John Vincent Atanasoff and his student Clifford Berry. The ABC computer used vacuum tubes to solve problems using the binary numbering system -
Atomic Bomb
Lieutenant Commander Francis Birch created the Atomic bomb at Los Alamos Laboratory during WWII. The Atomic bomb was the first nuclear weapon which was nicknamed "Little Boy". -
Kidney Transplant
Plastic surgeon Dr. Joseph E. Murray performed the first kidney transplant. He took the kidney from a healthy patient to his identical twin who was sick. -
Mainframe Computer
IBM's first mainframe computer was called IBM 1401. It replaced the vacuum tube technology with small transistors. -
UH-1 Helicopter
The Bell UH-1 "Huey" was a big part of the Vietnam War. They were used as Medevac and transportation of American soldiers. Huey sometime were used as gunships. -
Internet
ARPANET was a link created between UCLA and SRI. The message was suppose to say Login but only the letters L and O made it through. It was started by MIT John Licklider. It was the first real network to run on a packet switching technology. -
First Apple Computer
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak created the first single-circuit board computer called Apple I -
MRI Scanner
Dr. Raymond V. Damadian gave the first full body scan of a human to detect tumors. He got the patent for the MRI scanner in 1974. In 1977 Dr. Damadian gave his assistant Larry Minkoff the first scan which was of the chest. The scan showed the heart, lungs, and vertebrae of Mr. Minkoff. -
Personal Computer
IBM created the first personal computer called IBM 5150. It had a large single-circuit board called a Motherboard that included the processor. Built-in memory RAM. Many peripheral integrated circuits that connected and controlled all the parts of the machine. -
World Wide Web
Created by Sir Timothy Berners-Lee. The World Wide Web (WWW) is an information on websites that is identified by a Uniform Resource Locator (URL). -
Computer Animated Movie
Toy Story was the first computer animated feature film created by Pixar, Inc. -
Google
Google was created by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. They developed a search algorithm at first known as "BackRub". It is the most used web search engine. -
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)
The MQ-1B Predator UAV with Hellfire-C laser-guided missiles. It was the first drone of its kind. The Predator UAV has been used by the US Air Force in Iraq and Afghanistan. The original design of the Predator was created by Abe Karem in 1974. -
Myspace
Myspace was created by Tom Anderson. It was a social media site where you could keep in touch with friends or family. -
Facebook
Facebook was created by Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg -
Youtube
Youtube was created by three former Paypal employees Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim. Youtube is allows people of upload videos where you can rate how you like them. -
Macbook Air
Macbook Air was Apple's first compact computer. It was known as the world's thinnest notebook coming in at 1.9 cm. -
Pinterest
Created by Iphone app developer Ben Silbermann. Pinterest is used by many people to get ideas on cooking, decorating and DIY. -
Emergency Covid 19 Vaccines
Three companies created a vaccine for Covid-19. They were Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson.