1901 : vacuum cleaner
1902 : air conditioning; automated tea maker
1903 : electrocardiogram; first powered flight
1904 : radar; tea bags; diodes
1905 : plastic; windscreen wipers; silencer for guns
1906 : radio broadcasting
1907 : electric washing machine
1908 : coffee filter; water coolers; paper cups; assembly line production
1910 : neon lamps
1911 : stenotype machines
1913 : Ecstasy; Brillo pads; crossword puzzles; bras; zips
1916 : sonar
1920 : hair dryers; kiss-proof lipstick; submachine guns
1921 : robots; insulin
1922 : Aga cooker
1923 : hearing aids
1924 : frozen food
1925 : Geiger counter; television
1926 : liquid fuel rocket; pop-up toaster; aerosol sprays
1927 : ‘Talkies’ at the movies
1928 : iron lung; penicillin
1929 : artificial life
1930 : jet engine; mechanical toothbrushes; Scotch tape
1931 : electric razor
1932 : radio telescope; parking meter; folding wheelchair
1933 : electron microscope; angle-poise lamp
1934 : cats eyes
1935 : electric guitar
1936 : sun tan lotion; electric blanket
1938 : ballpoint pen; photocopying
1939 : helicopters; cloud seeding to trigger rain
1942 : first nuclear reactor built; Napalm
1943 : aqualung
1944 : kidney dialysis machine
1946 : microwave ovens; automation; Bikini; Tupperware; Tupperware Parties
1947 : transistors; holograms; artificial intelligence; disposable nappy; mobiles
1948 : frisbees; velcro; general purpose computers; contact lenses
1950 : credit cards; self-cleaning house; junction transistor
1951 : contraceptive pill; Tetrapak cartons of milk
1952 : wide-screen cinema
1953 : transistor radio
1954 : solar cell; synthesiser
1955 : hovercraft; atomic clock; polio vaccine; structurally modified antibiotics
1956 : video tape recorder
1957 : satellite; endoscope
1958 : video games; microchip; modems
1959 : car seat belts
1960 : cardiac pacemaker; laser
1961 : Man in Space; Valium
1963 : lava lamp
1964 : computer mouse; miniskirt
1965 : optical disc; bay buggy; HTML
1966 : kevlar; fibre optics; pocket television
1967 : portable calculator
1968 : biometrics; Workmate; artificial heart
1969 : the Internet; cash dispenser
1970 : LED and LCD’s
1971 : floppy disc
1972 : Prozac; disposable lighter
1973 : genetic engineering; bar codes; post-it-note; car airbags
1975 : personal computer; laser printer
1977 : In vitro fertilization; MRI scanner; inkjet printer
1979 : first personal stereo
1980 : abortion pill; Hepatitis B vaccine
1981 : scanning tunneling microscope
1986 : high temperature superconductor
1987 : disposable contact lenses
1989 : World Wide Web
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