YEAR
GREATEST INVENTION
1951
  • The first credit card (Diners).
1952
  • Super glue is invented.
  • Power steering is invented by Francis W. Davis.
  • Charles Ginsburg invented the first videotape recorder (VTR).
1953
  • Mr. Potatoe Head is patented.
  • The first patent for bar code (US Patent #2,612,994) is issued to inventors Joseph Woodland and Bernard Silver.
1954
  • Radial tires invented.
  • The first musical synthesizer is invented by RCA.
1955
  • Oral contraceptives invented.
  • The first nonstick pan is produced.
  • The solar cell is invented by Chaplin, Fuller and Pearson.
1956
  • Tetracycline is invented.
  • Optic fiber is invented.
1957
  • The first computer hard disk is used.
  • The hovercraft is invented by Christopher Cockerell.
1958
  • Fortran (computer language) is invented.
1959
  • The modem is invented.
  • Gordon Gould invents the laser.
  • The Hula Hoop is invented by Richard Knerr and Arthur "Spud" Melin.
  • The integrated circuit is invented by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce.
1960
  • The internal pacemaker is invented by Wilson Greatbatch.
1961
  • The halogen lamp is invented.
1962
  • Valium is invented.
  • The nondairy creamer is invented.
1963
  • The audiocassette is invented.
  • The fiber-tip pen is invented by Yukio Horie.
1964
  • The first videodisc is invented.
1965
  • Acrylic paint is invented.
  • Permanent-press fabric is invented.
  • BASIC (an early computer language) is invented by John George Kemeny and Tom Kurtz.
1966
  • Astroturf is invented.
  • Soft contact lenses are invented.
  • NutraSweet is invented.
  • The compact disk is invented by James Russell.
  • Kevlar is invented by Stephanie Louise Kwolek.
1967
  • Fuel injection for cars is invented.
1968
  • The first handheld calculator is invented.
1969
  • The computer mouse is invented by Douglas Engelbart.
  • The first computer with integrated circuits is made.
  • Robert Dennard invented RAM (random access memory).
1969
  • The arpanet(first internet) is invented.
  • The artificial heart is invented.
  • The ATM is invented.
  • The bar-code scanner is invented.
1971
  • The daisy-wheel printer is invented.
  • The floppy disk is invented by Alan Shugart.
1972
  • The dot-matrix printer is invented.
  • The food processor is invented.
  • The liquid-crystal display (LCD) is invented by James Fergason.
  • The microprocessor is invented by Faggin, Hoff and Mazor.
  • VCR or video cassette recorder invented.
1973
  • The word processor is invented.
  • Pong (first video game) is invented by Nolan Bushnell.
1974
  • Gene splicing is invented.
  • The ethernet (local computer network) is invented by Robert
  • Metcalfe and Xerox.
1975
  • The post-it note is invented by Arthur Fry.
1976
  • The laser printer is invented.
  • The push-through tab on a drink can is invented.
1977
  • The ink-jet printer is invented.
1978
  • Magnetic resonance imaging invented by Raymond V. Damadian.
1979
  • Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston invent the VisiCalc Spreadsheet.
  • The artificial heart Jarvik-7 is invented by Robert K. Jarvik.
1980
  • Cellular phones invented.
  • Cray supercomputer invented by Seymour Cray.
1981
  • The hepatitis-B vaccine is invented.
1982
  • MS-DOS invented.
  • The first IBM PC invented.
  • The scanning tunneling microscope invented by Gerd Karl Binnig and Heinrich Rohrer.
1983
  • Human growth hormone is genetically engineered.
1984
  • The Apple Lisa is invented.
1985
  • The CD-ROM is invented.
  • The Apple MacIntosh is invented.
1986
  • Windows invented by Microsoft.
1987
  • High-temperature super-conductors invented by J. Georg Bednorz and Karl A. Muller.
1988
  • The first 3-D videogame is invented.
  • Dsposable contact lenses invented.
1989
  • Digital cellular phones invented.
  • RU-486 (abortion pill) invented.
  • Doppler radar invented by Christian Andreas Doppler.
  • Prozac® is invented at the Eli Lilly Company by inventor Ray Fuller.
  • The first patent for a genetically engineered animal is issued to Harvard University.
1990
  • High-definition television invented.
1991
  • World Wide Web/Internet protocol (HTTP) and WWW language (HTML) created Tim Berners-Lee.
1992
  • The digital answering machine is invented.
1993
  • The smart pill is invented.
1994
  • The pentium processor is invented.
1995
  • HIV protease inhibitor invented.
1996
  • Java (computer language) invented.
  • DVD (Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is invented.
1997
  • Web TV invented.
1998
    The gas-powered fuel cell is invented.
1999
  • Viagra® invented.
  • Scientists measure fastest wind speed ever recorded on earth, 509 km/h(318 mph).


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