- 1908--cellophane ,electric razor,paper cup, silencer for guns, skin test for TB
- 1909--cigarette lighter, IUD
- 1910--chemotherapy, electric washing machine, iodine as disinfectant
- 1911--gastroscope, superconductivity
- 1912--
activated sludge (sewage-treatment process),cabin biplane, electric heating pad
- 1913--artificial kidney, brassiere, crossword puzzle,diptheria vaccine, Geiger counter, mammography, modern assembly line
- 1914--Teletype, 35mm camera, traffic light, zipper
- 1915--heat-resistant glass,
radiotelephone, sonar, tank
- 1916--general theory of relativity, windshield wipers
- 1917--mustard gas,
- 1918--electric food mixer
- 1919--Enigma encoding machine, shortwave radio, tryparsamide (cure for sleeping sickness)
- 1920--Band-Aid, submachine gun, tea bag
- 1921--cultured pearl, lie detector, microsurgery
- 1922--Muzak, self-winding
watch
- 1923--bulldozer, TB vaccine, whooping-cough vaccine
- 1924--frozen food, gas chamber, portable radio, spiral-bound notebook
- 1925--commercial fax service, quantum mechanics
- 1926--liquid-fuel rocket, pop-up toaster, talking movies
- 1927--
all-electric jukebox, antifreeze, buna (artificial rubber), iron lung, tape recorder
- 1928--black-and-white television, bubble gum, Pap test, penicillin, quartz clock, robot
- 1929--electroencephalogram, hydroponics
- 1930--cyclotron, diesel engine for autos, discovery of Pluto, hygienic tampon, jet engine, Scotch tape, sliced bread, supermarket, typhus vaccine
- 1931--electric guitar, FM radio, Freon, stereophonic recording,
- 1932--car radio, color cartoon film, defibrillator, Prontosil, first sulfa drug
- 1933--electron microscope, Monopoly
- 1934--drive-in
theater, radar
- 1935--beer can, cortisone,
heart-lung machine, Kodachrome film, mass-market
paperback book, VHF electronic television
- 1936--helicopter, sodium
penthothal
- 1937--antihistamine, binary circuit, nylon, radiotelescope, xerography, yellow-fever vaccine,
- 1938--artificial hip, ballpoint pen, first working computer to use binary code, flourescent lighting, instant coffee
- 1939--automatic clutch, bra-cup sizing, DDT, electric carving knife
- 1940--
color television, Dacron, freeze-drying of food
- 1941--aerosol can, cardiac catheter,television advertising
- 1942--bazooka, nuclear reactor
- 1943--all-electronic calculating device,
kidney-dialysis machine, LSD, scuba-diving gear
- 1944--Aureomycin, V-1, V-2 rockets
- 1945--atomic bomb, 2, 4-D, first modern herbicide, microwave oven, Tupperware
- 1946--bikini, disposable diaper, ENIAC computer, mobile phone
- 1947--transistor
- 1948--cable television, Scrabble
- 1949--super music amplifier
- 1950--credit card, embryo transplated in cow
- 1951--power steering, Super
Glue
- 1952--amniocentesis, Mr. Potato Head, Salk's polio vaccine, sex-change operation, telephone-answering machine, thermonuclear blast, 3-D film
- 1953--DNA, kidney transplant, radial tire
- 1954--nonstick pan,oral contraceptive, silicon, photovoltaic cell, TV dinner, Thorazine, vertical-takeoff plane
- 1955--field ion microscope, Hovercraft, Lego, optic fiber, synthetic diamond, tetracycline, Tylenol
- 1956--computer hard disk, DNA, biosynthesis, human-growth hormone
- 1957--Fortran, high-speed dental drill, ICBM, live polio vaccine, Sputnik
- 1958--external
pacemaker, Hula Hoop, integrated circuit modem,
ultrasound examination of fetuses
- 1959--
electrocardiograph, internal pacemaker
- 1960--breast implant, fiber-tip pen, halogen
lamp
- 1961--discovery of acid rain, nondairy creamer, Valium
- 1962--audiocassette, laser eye surgery
- 1963--instant color film, liver transplant, lung transplant, measles vaccine
navigation satellite,videodisc
- 1964--acrylic paint, permanent-press fabric, touch-tone phone
- 1965--Astroturf, BASIC, Dolby sound lab opens, hologram, Kevlar, miniskirt, NutraSweet, portable video recorder, soft contact lenses, virtual reality
- 1966--fuel injection for autos, rubella
vaccine,
- 1967--coronary bypass, handheld calculator, heart transplant, L-dopa (Parkinson's drug)
- 1968--computer mouse, computer with integrated circuits
- 1969--Arpanet, artificial heart, ATM, bar-code scanner, ibuprofen, in vitro fertilization, lunar
landing, Unix (computer operating system)
- 1970--daisy-wheel printer, floppy disk
- 1971--dot-matrix printer, food processor, liquid-crystal display, space station
- 1972--compact disc, Landsat, Pong, word processor
- 1973--gene splicing
- 1974--Post-it note
- 1975--Ethernet, laser printer, personal computer, push-through tab on drink can
- 1976--ink-jet printer, VHS system for video recording
- 1977--Apple II, fiber-optic communication, linked ATM, magnetic resonance imaging, neutron bomb
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