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| 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; mobile phones 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; barcodes; post-it-note; car airbags 1975 : personal computer; laser printer 1977 : In vitro fertilisation; MRI scanner; inkjet printer 1979 : first personal stereo 1980 : abortion pill; Hepatitis B vaccine 1981 : scanning tunnelling microscope 1986 : high temperature superconductor 1987 : disposable contact lenses 1989 : World Wide Web
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