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French mathematician Blaise Pascal invents the adding machine.
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Isaac Newton invents a reflecting telescope.
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Christian Huygens patents the pocket watch
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Gottfried Leibniz pioneers the binary number system.
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Thomas Newcomen builds the first practical steam engine.
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Italian Alessandro Volta makes the first battery
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Charles Wheatstone invents the microphone.
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Samual Morse invents Morse Code.
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Christopher Sholes invented the typewriter.
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The Kodak camera was the first to incorporate the roll film, also invented by George Eastman.
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The hearing aid invented by Miller Reese Hutchison.
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John Logie Baird develops mechanical television.
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Inventor Chester Carlson used static electricity created with a handkerchief, light and dry powder to make the first copy on Oct. 22, 1938. The copier didn't get on to the market until 1959, more than 20 years later
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Douglas Engelbart develops the computer mouse.
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James Russell invents compact discs.
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Ivan Sutherland develops Sketchpad, one of the first computer-aided design programs.
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Robert Metcalfe links computerstogether using Ethernet.
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The first mobile phone call was made by Motorola employee Martin Cooper. Using a prototype of what would become the Motorola DynaTAC 8000x, the world's first commercial cell phone.
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Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs launch the Apple I: one of the world's first personal home computers
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The creation and patenting of the very first flash drive is credited to Dov Moran and his company, M-Systems.
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Apple revolutionizes music listening by unveiling its iPod MP3 music player.
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Originally introduced in 2007, the iPhone was one of the first smartphones to make use of a multi-touch interface. After its release, the iPhone set the standard for future smartphone design and usability.
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The PS4 Pro was released to the public
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Apple releases the IPhone X, the tenth anniversary edition phone to celebrate the birthday of IPhones.