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These Are the Most Famous Inventions Every Year Since 1954


The Most Important Invention the Year You Were Born

We rely so heavily on our cell phones and Wi-Fi-enabled devices that it's almost hard to remember there was actually a time when those things ...

What was the most important invention in the last 50 years? - Quora

Second is GPS, or the Global Positioning System. GPS has made an impact in multiple areas, from navigation to precision weapons to even tracking ...

Great human inventions by country and chronological order - Eupedia

United Kingdom · Postage stamp · Fire extinguisher · Magazine · Steam engine · Refrigerator · Gas turbine · Alternating current · Light bulb ...

Where Basketball was Invented: The History of ... - Springfield College

Naismth's and our other world leaders' impact on the world, is a great ... since those would threaten bruises and broken bones if played in a confined space.

20 Life Changing Inventions from the last 100 years - London IP

Computers are an essential part of most of our lives. Thanks to computers, space exploration became a reality, medical science became more ...

A Brief History of Vaccination - World Health Organization (WHO)

... these extraordinary discoveries and achievements have changed our lives. ... year, and mass trials involving over 1.3 million children take place in 1954.

The Invention of the Internet ‑ Inventor, Timeline & Facts | HISTORY

... more difficult for them to integrate into a single worldwide “internet.” By the mid-1970s, a computer scientist named Vinton Cerf had begun ...

Vaccine History: Developments by Year

Parents were scared of the polio epidemics that occurred each summer; they kept their children away from swimming pools, sent them to stay with ...

Timeline of Computer History

It was named after John von Neumann, a world famous mathematician and computer pioneer of the day. ... Within a year, he had built the world's first laser printer ...

History and Traditions - Iowa State University

The athletics mascot was "born" in 1954. Since a cyclone was difficult to depict in costume, a cardinal was selected in a nod to the school colors of cardinal ...

Technology Timeline - Weber State University

1954: A 600 line per minute printer called the Uniprinter is invented by ... IBM is no longer largest seller of microcomputers (or PCs – a name they made ...

A Brief History of the Internet - University System of Georgia

It was the first American commercial computer, as well as the first computer designed for business use. (Business computers like the UNIVAC processed data more ...

Outline History of Nuclear Energy

Over 1939-45, most development was focused on the atomic bomb. From 1945 attention was given to harnessing this energy in a controlled fashion ...

Culinary inventions timeline - Alimentarium

Pottery Humans are thought to have used fire to cook food, even before they fully mastered it some 500 000 years ago. Food has been grilled, boiled, cooked in ...

24 Inventions That Changed Music - Rolling Stone

This year signified the World Wide Web's ... A majority of these inventions came from scientific minds, and Auto-Tune is no exception.

The top 10 medical advances in history | Proclinical Blogs

Over the course of 200 years, one of the deadliest diseases known to man – the smallpox – was wiped off the face of the earth. Since then, virtually all ...

11 Interesting inventions from the 1950s that still affect our lives today

The optical fiber would change the way we transmit information and communicate with each other over the years. Invented in 1956 by Harold ...

Vaccine History Timeline - Immunize.org

Here we present a timeline of the vaccine- and immunization-related events that have occurred since Jenner's critical discovery.

20 products you won't believe were created the same year

Light switches and zippers were both invented in 1917. · Mickey Mouse made his first appearance in 1928, the same year sliced bread was invented.

Invention | Definition, Examples, History, & Facts - Britannica

Ever since the first prehistoric stone tools, humans have lived in a world shaped by invention. ... These pictograms, known today as cuneiform, were the ...