| 1903 |
|
aeroplane |
shrank space and time for earthlings |
| 1906 |
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radio |
bathed us in news and entertainment
|
| 1909 |
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Bakelite |
first artificial plastic |
| 1914 |
|
traffic light |
the car was taking over our cities |
| 1921 |
|
insulin |
extracted from pigs to save human lives |
| 1926 |
|
TV |
the world fitted in a box at home |
| 1928 |
|
sliced bread |
the beginning of fast food? |
| 1934 |
|
nylon |
more things could be made with plastic |
| 1939 |
|
DDT |
first synthetic pesticide - later banned |
| 1945 |
|
computer |
changed the way we did just about everything |
| 1947 |
|
transistor |
led to more and tinier consumer products |
| 1954 |
|
nuclear power |
a dream of unlimited energy under our
control |
| 1955 |
|
microwave oven |
wartime radar research led to even
faster food |
| 1960 |
|
contraceptive pill |
synthetic hormones made birth control
easy |
| 1961 |
|
space travel |
the Russians got there first, the race was on |
| 1969 |
|
internet |
began as a weapon of the cold war |
| 1972 |
|
CT scanner |
showed us more of what's inside our
bodies |
| 1980 |
|
Game & Watch |
hand-held interactive devices took
off |
| 1991 |
|
world wide web |
massive communication turned us into
cyborgs |
| 1996 |
|
Dolly the sheep |
mammals can be cloned - are we next? |
