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Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell was the first person credited to creating a working telephone. This was a large step in the advancement of technology bcause telegraphs were now a thing in the past. -
Automobile
The first internal combustion engine was created in the year 1806. In 1886, Carl Benz, a German inventor, was credited for the birth of the modern automobile with his Benz Patent-Motorwagen. -
Radio
In the year 1896, Guglielmo Marconi invented the first radio. Curious by the work of Heinrich Hertz’s dicovery of radio waves, Marconi thought it would be possible to transmit telegraph messages. -
AC Unit
Willis Carrier creates the first AC unit -
Airplane
In 1903, the Wright Brothers were the first to create a functional airplane. -
E=mc^2
Albert Einstein created this formula that helped shaped the world of with his Theory of Relativity. -
Sonar
Lewis Nixon was given credit for creating the first sonar like technology. -
Television
A. A. Campbell-Swinton was the first person to come up with the idea that the projection of pictures could be available with the use of cathose rays. However, with the invention of the television, credit cannot be placed on to one person. A collection of people throughout the years have made the TV into a functional technology. -
Cell Phone
In the year 1918, the technology of wireless communication began. It soon led to the creation of the cell phone around 1973. -
Band-Aid
The first Band-Aid was created to help fight aganst infections -
Penicillin
Scottish biologist Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin. It is the most used when it comes to antibiotics up to this day. -
Monopoly
Charles Darrow claims he invented the game Monopoly. This is one of my favorite boardgames. -
Computer
The invention of the computer was credited to Germany's Konrad Zuse. He was able to create a machine that successfully formalized the concept of the algorithm and computation. -
Internet
The invention of the internet change the lives of many people by allowing people from a computer to access large amounts of information at one time. The speard of information grew exponentially. -
Hybrid Car
Toyota comes out with their first hybrid car, the Prius. At the time it was one of the biggest innovations in the car industry. The prius was able to crank out 51 mpg.