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Electric Automatic Traffic Signal
Crouse Hinds created the first few Electric Automatic Traffic Signal. It was created to reduce the need for police officers to control traffic. -
Jukebox
They let listeners control the music outside of their home, before audio technology became portable. It was created by Louis Glass -
Electronic Television
the first person to create the electronic television was Philo Taylor Farnsworth, John Logie Baird, and Charles Francis Jenkins. It was created to provide private viewing at home instead of having to go to the movie theaters. -
Washing Machine
The first washing machine was designed by Hurley engineer Alva J. Fisher. It was created to wash clothes and house hold linen. -
Car Radio
It was created by two brothers Joseph and Paul Galvin, who teamed up with William Lear, to create the first car radio. The car radio was made to keep people entertained while driving places. -
Parking Meter
The world's first installed parking meter was in Oklahoma City. It was created by Carl Magee. its purpose was to minimise urban parking traffic jams, a major annoyance from that era. -
Walkie Talkie
it was created by Canadian Don Hings for the sake of improving pilot communication. -
Electric Guitar
the electric guitar was created by George Beauchamp. Charlie Christian, a jazz guitarist, thought of the electric guitar in 1936 by performing solos in his band on an acoustic guitar equipped with a pickup. -
Electronic Computer
The first electronic computer was made to decrypt secret German codes during the war. It was created by the ENIAC -
Jet Engine
It was created to allow faster and more comfortable travel on commercial aircraft. It was also used in the war. It was created by Sir Frank Whittle's. -
Vinyl Records
When the first vinyl record was made it could play for forty-two minutes with almost completely no interruptions. This was created by Emile Berliner -
Transistor Radio
It was created to catch the nation's attention. It was made by William Shockley, Walter Houser Brattain, and John Bardeen -
Flight Data Recorder
Dr David Warren created it because of the early commercial jet aircraft emergencies served as the impetus for the idea of creating an extremely strong recording device that could withstand severe violence and submersion in deep seawater. -
Satellites
They were first invented to map the Earth from space but soon developed to communication, weather, and international investigation. -
Video Game Consoles
Millions of Americans have purchased televisions for their homes, but they were mainly used to watch entertainment. Ralph Baer, an engineer, believed this technique could be used to gaming and created the first gaming console -
Email
Tomlinson wrote an application that let users to send messages across the ARPANET network between computers. They were created so ARPANET programmers and researchers could keep in touch in a much faster why rather than sending a letter or meeting in person. -
Ink-Jet Printer
They were created for the publishing industry to replace the slow and noisy dot-matrix printers that dominated the market. This was made by Epson, HP, and Canon. -
Cellphones
The first cellphone was created by Martin Cooper, hewanted people to have freedom to talk on the phone away from their cars -
CD's
Sony and Philips created the first CD's. They started the idea in 1979 but was officially created in 1980's and released in 1982. They created it because it was the most efficient way of storing music -
Walkmans
the first walkmans was created by Sony and by co-founder Masaru Ibuka. It was created so that Sony and Masaru Ibuka could be able to listen to music on long flights. -
Web Browser
Tim Berners-Lee, a British computer scientist, developed the first graphical web browser and web server. Tim Berners-Lee created it so it could envisioned a public way to access the internet -
Text Messages
The first message to ever be sent was "Merry Christmas" by Neil Papworth. Nokia later released an SMS feature in 1993 with a distinct "beep" to indicate an incoming message. It was created to communicate essential details about their services to its subscribers. However, it became popular as users started using it to send and receive private messages. -
Social Media
The first person to create a social media app was Andrew Weinreich. The app was called Six Degrees, it was a pretty straight forward app the allowed you to send messages to other users and you could set up a profile page. It was created to allow people to interact with others they've never met before. A little later the app stopped in the early 2000's, but shortly later much more well known apps started coming out (eg. facebook, twitter, vine, etc.) -
Camera Phones
The first method for sharing pictures quickly on public networks was developed by Philippe Kahn for camera phones. It was created to share pictures instantly on public networks and social media. -
Bluetooth
Jaap Haartsen created bluetooth. He made it so people could enable a wide range of devices to work together. -
USB Flash Drives
Shimon Shmueli, an engineer at IBM, was the first to create the USB flash drive. They were created to eliminate the number of cables needed to connect devices -
Xbox 360
The game industry moved into the next generation of video game technology and created the xbox 360, which had a large verity of games -
Compact 3D Camera
The Panasonic Lumix DMC-3D1 is the company's first portable 3D digital video camera. It was created for those who wanted a small lightweight camera. -
Wireless Earbuds
The first totally wireless earphones were created in 2015 by a Japanese company called Onkyo.