All Time Major Inventions
A ranked-style dataset of major inventions with their primary inventor and year of invention.
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Printing Press - Johannes Gutenberg (1440)—
Compass - Unknown (1100)—
Steam Engine - James Watt (1765)—
Electric Battery - Alessandro Volta (1800)—
Telegraph - Samuel Morse (1837)—
Telephone - Alexander Graham Bell (1876)—
Light Bulb - Thomas Edison (1879)—
Internal Combustion Engine - Karl Benz (1885)—
Automobile - Karl Benz (1886)—
Radio - Guglielmo Marconi (1895)—
Airplane - Wright Brothers (1903)—
Refrigerator - Carl von Linde (1876)—
X-ray Machine - Wilhelm Röntgen (1895)—
Penicillin - Alexander Fleming (1928)—
Television - Philo Farnsworth (1927)—
Radar - Robert Watson-Watt (1935)—
Jet Engine - Frank Whittle (1937)—
Computer - Charles Babbage (1837)—
Transistor - John Bardeen (1947)—
Nuclear Reactor - Enrico Fermi (1942)—
Microwave Oven - Percy Spencer (1945)—
Integrated Circuit - Jack Kilby (1958)—
Laser - Theodore Maiman (1960)—
Satellite - Sergei Korolev (1957)—
Internet - Vint Cerf (1969)—
Personal Computer - Steve Wozniak (1976)—
Mobile Phone - Martin Cooper (1973)—
GPS - Roger L. Easton (1973)—
Digital Camera - Steven Sasson (1975)—
Email - Ray Tomlinson (1971)—
World Wide Web - Tim Berners-Lee (1989)—
Smartphone - IBM (1992)—
3D Printer - Chuck Hull (1983)—
MRI Scanner - Raymond Damadian (1977)—
CT Scanner - Godfrey Hounsfield (1971)—
Electric Motor - Michael Faraday (1821)—
Generator - Michael Faraday (1831)—
Sewing Machine - Elias Howe (1846)—
Elevator - Elisha Otis (1852)—
Typewriter - Christopher Latham Sholes (1868)—
Phonograph - Thomas Edison (1877)—
Camera - Louis Daguerre (1839)—
Bicycle - Karl Drais (1817)—
Safety Razor - King Camp Gillette (1901)—
Assembly Line - Henry Ford (1913)—
Zipper - Gideon Sundback (1913)—
Helicopter - Igor Sikorsky (1939)—
Ballpoint Pen - László Bíró (1938)—
Velcro - George de Mestral (1941)—
Credit Card - Frank McNamara (1950)—
Video Game Console - Ralph Baer (1967)—
ATM - John Shepherd-Barron (1967)—
Barcode - Norman Woodland (1952)—
Fiber Optics - Narinder Singh Kapany (1954)—
LED - Nick Holonyak (1962)—
USB - Ajay Bhatt (1996)—
Bluetooth - Jaap Haartsen (1994)—
Wi-Fi - John O'Sullivan (1997)—
Blockchain - Satoshi Nakamoto (2008)—
CRISPR Gene Editing - Jennifer Doudna (2012)—
Vaccination - Edward Jenner (1796)—
Anesthesia - William Morton (1846)—
Stethoscope - René Laennec (1816)—
Pasteurization - Louis Pasteur (1864)—
DNA Structure - James Watson (1953)—
Insulin Therapy - Frederick Banting (1921)—
Pacemaker - Wilson Greatbatch (1958)—
Artificial Heart - Paul Winchell (1963)—
Contact Lenses - Adolf Fick (1887)—
Eyeglasses - Unknown (1286)—
Paper - Cai Lun (105)—
Gunpowder - Unknown (850)—
Clock (Mechanical) - Unknown (1300)—
Thermometer - Galileo Galilei (1593)—
Barometer - Evangelista Torricelli (1643)—
Steam Turbine - Charles Parsons (1884)—
Diesel Engine - Rudolf Diesel (1897)—
Plastic - Leo Baekeland (1907)—
Nylon - Wallace Carothers (1935)—
Scotch Tape - Richard Drew (1930)—
Superglue - Harry Coover (1942)—
Kevlar - Stephanie Kwolek (1965)—
Solar Panel - Russell Ohl (1941)—
Wind Turbine - Charles Brush (1888)—
Hydroelectric Power - Lester Allan Pelton (1879)—
Battery (Lithium-ion) - John B. Goodenough (1980)—
Touchscreen - E.A. Johnson (1965)—
Cloud Computing - Eric Schmidt (2006)—
Search Engine - Larry Page (1998)—
Social Media - Mark Zuckerberg (2004)—
Streaming Technology - RealNetworks (1997)—
Drone - Abraham Karem (1977)—
Rocket - Robert H. Goddard (1926)—
Space Shuttle - NASA (1981)—
Mars Rover - NASA (1997)—
Artificial Intelligence - John McCarthy (1956)—
Machine Learning - Arthur Samuel (1959)—
Augmented Reality - Ivan Sutherland (1968)—
Wheel - Unknown (3500)—
Quantum Computer - David Deutsch (1985)—