The 66 Best Inventions of the Past 66 Years

[LeGenD]

DISCLAIMER: To lighten the mood of all members here.

Between the 1950s and today, scientific and technological innovations have revolutionized the lives we lead, from the hospital to outer space to the kitchen. These are the most impactful inventions of our time.

1954: Microwave Oven
1955: Polio Vaccine
1956: Hard Drive
1957: Birth Control Pill
1958: Jet Airliner
1959: Integrated Circuit
1960: Pacemaker
1961: Cordless Tools
1962: Communications Satellite
1963: Sketchpad program
1964: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
1965: KEVLAR
1966: High-Yield Rice
1967: Coronary Bypass Surgery
1968: Integrated Computer Systems
1969: Arpanet
1970: Fiber Optics
1971: Waffle-Sole Running Shoes
1972: Electronic Ignition
1973: MRI
1974: Barcode
1975: Global warming (research)
1976: Supercomputer
1977: Personal Computer
1978: GPS
1979: Sony Walkman
1980: Cobalt-oxide Cathode
1981: Scanning Tunneling Microscope
1982: Computer Virus
1983: Microsoft Word
1984: DNA Fingerprinting
1985: Polymerase Chain Reaction
1986: Electronic Mailing List
1987: Prozac
1988: Internet Virus
1989: World Wide Web
1990: Photoshop
1991: Linux
1992: IBM Simon
1993: Fuel Cell Vehicle
1994: RQ-1 Predator Drone
1995: HIV Protease Inhibitors
1996: DVD
1997: Hybrid Car
1998: International Space Station
1999: Bluetooth Version 1.0
2000: PlayStation 2
2001: Wikipedia
2002: IEEE 802.16
2003: The Human Genome Project
2004: Facebook
2005: Google Maps
2006: Wii
2007: iPhone
2008: Large Hadron Collider
2009: Bitcoin
2010: Siri
2011: Curiosity Rover
2012: Google's Machine Learning Project
2013: Atlas
2014: Hemopurifier
2015: Reusable Rockets
2016: Oculus Rift
2017: Tesla Model 3
2018: Metal 3D Printing
2019: The eDumper

Details (with photos) in the following link: www.popularmechanics.com/technology/g24668233/best-inventions/?fbclid=IwAR27ByfXaw26-JHWRMrHrJcCKy_kGXvojyaG3oIAVL_15aLb5WK7m4up0H4

 

[nahtanbob]

DISCLAIMER: To lighten the mood of all members here.

Between the 1950s and today, scientific and technological innovations have revolutionized the lives we lead, from the hospital to outer space to the kitchen. These are the most impactful inventions of our time.

1954: Microwave Oven
1955: Polio Vaccine
1956: Hard Drive
1957: Birth Control Pill
1958: Jet Airliner
1959: Integrated Circuit
1960: Pacemaker
1961: Cordless Tools
1962: Communications Satellite
1963: Sketchpad program
1964: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
1965: KEVLAR
1966: High-Yield Rice
1967: Coronary Bypass Surgery
1968: Integrated Computer Systems
1969: Arpanet
1970: Fiber Optics
1971: Waffle-Sole Running Shoes
1972: Electronic Ignition
1973: MRI
1974: Barcode
1975: Global warming (research)
1976: Supercomputer
1977: Personal Computer
1978: GPS
1979: Sony Walkman
1980: Cobalt-oxide Cathode
1981: Scanning Tunneling Microscope
1982: Computer Virus
1983: Microsoft Word
1984: DNA Fingerprinting
1985: Polymerase Chain Reaction
1986: Electronic Mailing List
1987: Prozac
1988: Internet Virus
1989: World Wide Web
1990: Photoshop
1991: Linux
1992: IBM Simon
1993: Fuel Cell Vehicle
1994: RQ-1 Predator Drone
1995: HIV Protease Inhibitors
1996: DVD
1997: Hybrid Car
1998: International Space Station
1999: Bluetooth Version 1.0
2000: PlayStation 2
2001: Wikipedia
2002: IEEE 802.16
2003: The Human Genome Project
2004: Facebook
2005: Google Maps
2006: Wii
2007: iPhone
2008: Large Hadron Collider
2009: Bitcoin
2010: Siri
2011: Curiosity Rover
2012: Google's Machine Learning Project
2013: Atlas
2014: Hemopurifier
2015: Reusable Rockets
2016: Oculus Rift
2017: Tesla Model 3
2018: Metal 3D Printing
2019: The eDumper

Details (with photos) in the following link: www.popularmechanics.com/technology/g24668233/best-inventions/?fbclid=IwAR27ByfXaw26-JHWRMrHrJcCKy_kGXvojyaG3oIAVL_15aLb5WK7m4up0H4

Did you know pacemaker is powered by plutonium ?

 

[khansaheeb]

what happened to LCD monitor,mobile phone, tablets, PLC, space shuttle, electron microscope, etc?