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62,000 BCE
the very first bow
the first bow was made nearly 6400 years ago in south african -
The first working submarine
made by Cornelious Drebbel under the patrionage of king james 1st -
the very first light bulb
Humphry Davy invented the first electric light. He experimented with electricity and invented an electric battery. When he connected wires to his battery and a piece of carbon, the carbon glowed, producing light. His invention was known as the Electric Arc lamp. And while it produced light, it didn’t produce it for long and was much too bright for practical use. -
first working car
Karl Benz from Germany created the Benz Patent-Motorwagen which was the first true automobile. -
the first working computer
Charles Babbage, an English mechanical engineer and polymath, originated the concept of a programmable computer. Considered the "father of the computer", he conceptualized and invented the first mechanical computer. -
first working plane
Wilbur and Orville Wright made four brief flights at Kitty Hawk with their first powered aircraft. The Wright brothers had invented the first successful airplane. -
first working helocopter
A mutual friend introduced Young to Lawrence Dale, who once seeing his work asked him to join the Bell Aircraft company. When Young arrived at Bell in 1941, he signed his patent over and began work on the helicopter. His budget was US$250,000 to build 2 working helicopters. In just 6 months they completed the first working helocopter. -
very first video game
Physicist William Higinbotham created what is thought to be the first video game. It was a very simple tennis game, similar to the classic 1970s video game Pong -
first working lazer
Theodore Maiman developed the first working laser at Hughes Research Lab based on theoretical work by Charles Hard Townes and Arthur Leonard Schawlow. -
The first mobile phone
made by martin cooper of motorola,
