|
History
of Innovation in our world
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|
Year
|
Invention
|
Inventor
|
|
500000
B.C.
|
Fire
|
(Homo
Erectos)
|
|
20000
B.C.
|
Bow
& Arrow
|
(Homo
Sapiens)
|
|
8000
B.C.
|
Agriculture
|
|
|
7000
B.C.
|
Pottery
|
|
|
4000
B.C.
|
First
use of metals - copper smelted
|
|
|
3500
B.C.
|
Bronze,
hard copper tin alloy for making weapons ,tools, and armor
|
|
|
3500
B.C.
|
Wheel
|
(in Mesoptamia)
|
|
3500
B.C.
|
Writing
|
(in Sumeria)
|
|
3000
B.C.
|
Abacus.
|
(in China)
|
|
2800
B.C.
|
Calender
(12-months & 365-days)
|
(in Egypt)
|
|
2737
B.C.
|
Tea
|
(in China)
|
|
1100
B.C.
|
Iron
|
(in Hittite)
|
|
650
B.C.
|
Coins
|
(in Greek)
|
|
210
B.C.
|
Lever
& Screw
|
Archimedes
|
|
100
B.C.
|
Glassblowing
|
(in Syria)
|
|
105
|
Paper
|
(in China)
|
|
300
|
Stirrups
|
(in China)
|
|
1000
|
Gunpowder
|
(in China)
|
|
1180
|
Windmill
|
(in Europe)
|
|
1286
|
Eyeglass.
|
(in Europe)
|
|
1300
|
Spinning
wheel
|
(in Europe)
|
|
1335
|
Mechanical
clock
|
(in Europe)
|
|
1440
|
Printing
Press
|
Johannes
Gutenberg
|
|
1503
|
Mona
Lisa Portrait
|
Leonard
da Vinci
|
|
1642
|
Adding
Machine
|
Blaise
Pascal
|
|
1668
|
Telescope
|
Isaac
Newton
|
|
1752
|
Lightning
Rod
|
Benjamin
Franklin
|
|
1775
|
Mechanized
Textile Loom
|
Richard
Arkwright
|
|
1800
|
Electric
Battery
|
Alessandro
Volta
|
|
1801
|
Jacquard
Loom
|
Joseph-Marie
Jacquard
|
|
1804
|
Steam
Locomotive
|
Richard
Trevithick
|
|
1831
|
Electromagnetic
induction
|
Michael
Faraday
|
|
1843
|
Vulcanized
Rubber
|
Charles
Goodyear
|
|
1845
|
Chewing
Gum
|
Thomas
Adams
|
|
1846
|
Sewing
Machine
|
Elais
Howe
|
|
1852
|
Elevator
|
Elisha
Otis
|
|
1855
|
Bessemer
Furnace (to make Steel)
|
Henry
Bessemer
|
|
1859
|
Escalator
|
Nathan
Ames
|
|
1860
|
Vacuum
Cleaner
|
Daniel
Hess
|
|
1866
|
Dynamite
|
Alfred
Nobel
|
|
1867
|
Typewriter
|
Christopher
Sholes
|
|
1869
|
Motorcycle
|
Sylvester
Roper
|
|
1873
|
Blue
Jeans
|
Jacob
Davis & Levi Strauss
|
|
1875
|
Steel
Industry
|
Andrew
Carnegie
|
|
1876
|
Refrigerator
|
Carl
Linde
|
|
1876
|
Telephone
|
Alexander
Graham Bell
|
|
1879 | Light
Bulb
|
Thomas
Edison
|
|
1884
|
Film
(Roll of Film)
|
George
Eastman
|
|
1885
|
Coca-Cola
|
John
Pemberton
|
|
1888
|
Camera
|
George
Eastman
|
|
1889
|
Automobile
|
Karl
Benz
|
|
1894
|
Scientific
Business Management
|
Frederick
Winslow Taylor
|
|
1895
|
Wireless
Telegraph
|
Guglieimo
Marconi
|
|
1897
|
Aspirin
|
Felix
Hoffmann
|
|
1900
|
Dirigible (Airship)
|
Ferdinand
Zeppelin
|
|
1902
|
Air
Conditioner
|
Willis
Haviland Carrier
|
|
1905
|
Theory
of Relativity
|
Albert
Einstein
|
|
1906
|
Vacuum
Tube
|
Lee
de Forest
|
|
1913
|
Auto
Mass Production
|
Henry
Ford
|
|
1913
|
Zipper
|
Gideon
Sundback
|
|
1920
|
Band-Aid
|
Earle
Dickson
|
|
1920
|
Hair
Dryer
|
(unknown)
|
|
1920
|
Traffic
Light
|
Wlliam
Potts
|
|
1927
|
Television
|
Philo
Farnsworth
|
|
1942
|
Nuclear
Reaction
|
Enrio
Fermi
|
|
1944
|
Mark
1 Computer
|
Howard
Aiken & Grace Hopper
|
|
1947
|
Transistor
|
J.Bardeen,
W. Brattain, & William Shockley
|
|
1958
|
Integrated
Circuit
|
Jack
Kilby & Robert Noyce
|
|
1958
|
Laser
|
Arthur
Shawlow & Charles Townes
|
|
1966
|
Hand-held
Calculator
|
Jack
Kilby, J. VanTassel, & J. Merryman
|
|
1968
|
Computer
Mouse
|
Douglas
Engelbart
|
|
1968
|
Microprocessor
|
Ted
Hoff
|
|
1973
|
Ethernet
|
Robert
Metcalfe
|
|
1973
|
Internet
|
Vinton
Celf
|
|
1976
|
Personal
Computer
|
Steve
Jobs & Steve Wozniak
|
|
1977
|
PC
Modem
|
Dennis
Hayes & Dale Heatherington
|
|
1983
|
Mobile
Phone
|
Richard
Frenkel & Joel Engel
|
|
1991
|
World
Wide Web
|
Tim
Berners-Lee
|
|
1998
|
Google
|
Sergey
Brin & Larry Page
|
|
2001
|
iPod
|
Tony
Fadell
|
|
2004
|
Facebook
|
Mark
Zuckerberg
|
|
2006
|
Twitter
|
Evan
Williams, Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone
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next
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To
be continued...
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