technology timeline

1600

First Thermometer

Galileo Galilei designs a basic thermometer.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermometer
1609

First practical telescope

Galileo Galilei builds a practical telescope and makes new astronomical discoveries.
1703

Binary number system is created

Gottfried Leibniz pioneers the binary number system now used in virtually all computers.
1769

First mechanical speaking machine

Wolfgang von Kempelen develops a mechanical speaking machine: the world's first speech synthesizer.
1800

First battery is made

Italian Alessandro Volta makes the first battery (known as a Voltaic pile). http://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/inventions/when-was-the-first-battery-invented.htm
1803

First paper making machine

Henry and Sealy Fourdrinier develop the paper making machine.
1827

First modern photograph

Joseph Niepce makes the first modern photograph.
1830

Printing photos

William Henry Fox Talbot develops a way of making and printing photographs using reverse images called negatives.
1840

First fax machine

Scotsman Alexander Bain invents a primitive fax machine based on chemical technology. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fax
1860

Fire extinguisher

Fire extinguishers are invented. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_extinguisher
1868

Modern typewriter and key board

Christopher Latham Sholes invents the modern typewriter and QWERTY keyboard.
1877

Phonograph is invented

Thomas Edison invents his sound-recording machine or phonograph—a forerunner of the record player and CD player.
1886

First dishwasher

Josephine Cochran invents the dishwasher.
1890

First movie projector

French brothers Joseph and Louis Lumiere invent movie projectors and open the first movie theater. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movie_projector
1895

First X ray

German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen discovers X rays.
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1901

Electric vacuum cleaner

The first electric vacuum cleaner is developed.
1906

First air conditioner

Willis Carrier pioneers the air conditioner. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_conditioning
1907

Clothing washer

Alva Fisher invents the electric clothes washer.
1920

Mechanical television

John Logie Baird develops mechanical television.
1920

Modern electronic television

Philo T. Farnsworth invents modern electronic television.
1921

Polygraph is invented

John Larson develops the polygraph ("lie detector") machine.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygraph
1928

First refrigerator

The electric refrigerator is invented. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refrigerator
1930

Colored television

Peter Goldmark pioneers color television. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_television
2007

First iPhone

Apple introduces a touchscreen cellphone called the iPhone. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone_(1st_generation)
2010

First iPad

Apple releases its touchscreen tablet computer, the iPad. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPad_(1st_generation)

First Thermometer

First practical telescope

Binary number system is created

First mechanical speaking machine

First battery is made

First paper making machine

First modern photograph

Printing photos

First fax machine

Fire extinguisher

Modern typewriter and key board

Phonograph is invented

First dishwasher

First movie projector

First X ray

Electric vacuum cleaner

First air conditioner

Clothing washer

Mechanical television

Modern electronic television

Polygraph is invented

First refrigerator

Colored television

First iPhone

First iPad