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Thermometer
Galileo Galilei designs a basic thermometer.
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Motion
Isaac Newton formulates his three laws of motion.
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Zinc
William Champion develops a commercially viable process for extracting zinc on a large scale. -
Paper Machine
Henry and Sealy Fourdrinier develop the paper making machine.
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Iron and Steel
Henry Bessemer pioneers a new method of making steel in large quantities. -
Typewriters
Christopher Latham Sholes invents the modern typewriter and QWERTY keyboard.
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Radio Waves
Guglielmo Marconi sends radio waves signals across the Atlantic Ocean from England. -
pH meter
German chemist Fritz Haber and Zygmunt Klemensiewicz develop the glass electrode, enabling very precise measurements of acidity. -
Geiger counter
Hans Geiger develops the Geiger counter, a detector for radioactivity.
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Television LCD TV
John Logie Baird develops mechanical television. -
Polygraph
John Larson develops the polygraph machine. -
Color TV
Peter Goldmark creates color tv. https://www.thoughtco.com/color-television-history-4070934 -
Magnetrons Radar
John Randall and Harry Boot develop a compact magnetron for use in airplane radar navigation systems. -
Nuclear Power
Enrico Fermi builds the first nuclear chain reactor at the University of Chicago. -
Satellite
Soviet Union launches the Sputnik space satellite.
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Computer Memory
Robert H. Dennard of IBM invents dynamic random access memory. -
Electronic Books
Alan Kay imagines a electronic book which he will call the Dynabook. -
Computer Chips
Ted Hoff builds the first single-chip computer or microprocessor. -
Cellphones
Martin Cooper develops the first handheld cellphone. -
Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak launch one of the worlds first personal home computer.
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MP3 and CD layer
Akio Morita develops the Sony Walkman, the first portable music player. -
Wireless Internet
Electronics companies agree to make Wi-Fi a worldwide thing for everyone.
https://www.cablefree.net/wireless-technology/history-of-wifi-technology/ -
iPhone
Apple introduces a touchscreen cellphone.
http://historycooperative.org/the-history-of-the-iphone/ -
iPad
Apple releases its touchscreen tablet.
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2010/01/27Apple-Launches-iPad/ -
SpaceX
Elon Musk has his first successful landing on an autonomous spaceport.
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iPhone X
Apple releases their first phone without a bezel. -
Worldwide Conference
Apple will be holding a Worldwide Developers Conference where they will be taking peoples ideas and taking about big things they might be doing in the future.
