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20th century
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0 Series Shinkansen

20th century

3D Printer

20th century

Ablative Heat Shield

20th century

Acela

20th century

Adhesive Tape

20th century

Aerial Refueling

20th century

Aerosol Spray

20th century

Afterburner

20th century

Air Conditioning

20th century

Airbag

20th century

Air-Jet Spinning

20th century

ALCO Boxcab

20th century

ALCO RS-1

20th century

Amplifier

20th century

Answering Machine

20th century

Anti-lock Braking System

20th century

Antivirus Software

20th century

Application Programming Interface

20th century

Aqua-Lung

20th century

Archie (search engine)

20th century

Argon Oxygen Decarburization

20th century

Artificial Heart

20th century

Artificial Satellite

20th century

ASCII

20th century

Assembly Line

20th century

Atomic Clock

20th century

Autogyro

20th century

Automated External Defibrillator

20th century

Automated Storage and Retrieval System

20th century

Automated Teller Machine

20th century

Autopilot

20th century

Azimuth Thruster

20th century

Bakelite

20th century

Ballpoint Pen

20th century

Barcode

20th century

Barcode Scanner

20th century

Basic Oxygen Steelmaking

20th century

Bathyscaphe

20th century

Bathysphere

20th century

Blender

20th century

Blow Molding Machine

20th century

Bluetooth

20th century

Box Girder Bridge

20th century

Brain-Computer Interface

20th century

Bubble Wrap

20th century

Bulbous Bow

20th century

Bulldozer

20th century

Cable-Stayed Bridge

20th century

Cardiac Catheterization

20th century

Cascading Style Sheets

20th century

Cassette Tape

20th century

Cellophane

20th century

Charpy Impact Tester

20th century

Claims to the first airplane flight

20th century

Closed-Circuit Television

20th century

Coandă-1910

20th century

Cochlear Implant

20th century

Cold Fusion

20th century

Cold Spray

20th century

Compact Disc

20th century

Compiler

20th century

Computed Tomography

20th century

Computer Keyboard

20th century

Computer Mouse

20th century

Control Chart

20th century

CPAP Machine

20th century

Crash Test Dummy

20th century

Defibrillator

20th century

Dental Implant

20th century

Depth Charge

20th century

Digital Camera

20th century

Digital Rights Management

20th century

Digital Signature

20th century

Diode

20th century

Disc Brake

20th century

Dock Leveler

20th century

Dreamachine

20th century

DRG Class SVT 877

20th century

DVD

20th century

Echo Sounder

20th century

Ejection Seat

20th century

Electrocardiograph

20th century

Electroencephalograph

20th century

Email

20th century

ER200

20th century

Ethernet

20th century

File Transfer Protocol

20th century

Fingerprint Scanner

20th century

Firewall

20th century

Fischer-Tropsch Process

20th century

Flash Memory

20th century

Flettner Rotor

20th century

Flight Data Recorder

20th century

Floppy Disk

20th century

Fluorescent Lamp

20th century

Fly-By-Wire

20th century

Forklift

20th century

Garbage Disposal

20th century

Geiger Counter

20th century

Geodesic Dome

20th century

Geotextile

20th century

GG1

20th century

GIF

20th century

Glucose Meter

20th century

Graphics Processing Unit

20th century

Guardrail

20th century

Gyrocompass

20th century

Haber-Bosch Process

20th century

Hard Disk Drive

20th century

Hard Hat

20th century

Helicopter

20th century

Hemodialysis Machine

20th century

High-Visibility Clothing

20th century

Holter Monitor

20th century

Hovercraft

20th century

HP 200A

20th century

Hydrogenation

20th century

Hypertext

20th century

Hypertext Transfer Protocol

20th century

Hypervisor

20th century

Ice Resurfacer

20th century

Image Scanner

20th century

Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator

20th century

Industrial Robot

20th century

Inkjet Printing

20th century

Instant Camera

20th century

Instrument Landing System

20th century

Insulin Pump

20th century

Integrated Circuit

20th century

InterCity 125

20th century

Iron Lung

20th century

Isolation tank

20th century

Izod Impact Tester

20th century

JavaScript

20th century

Joystick

20th century

JPEG

20th century

Landing Gear

20th century

Laptop Computer

20th century

Laser

20th century

Laser Printer

20th century

Launch Escape System

20th century

Lempel-Ziv-Welch

20th century

Light-Emitting Diode

20th century

Liquid Crystal Display

20th century

Lockout-Tagout Device

20th century

Magnetic Core Memory

20th century

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

20th century

Magnetic Stripe Card

20th century

Magnetic Tape

20th century

Marine Diesel Engine

20th century

Marine Radar

20th century

Maser

20th century

McKeen Railmotor

20th century

Medical Ultrasound

20th century

Medical Ventilator

20th century

Melt Spinning

20th century

Microprocessor

20th century

Microwave Oven

20th century

Mobile Phone

20th century

Modem

20th century

Motherboard

20th century

Multistage Rocket

20th century

Neurofeedback

20th century

Nitriding

20th century

Nuclear Reactor

20th century

Numerical Control

20th century

OLED

20th century

Open-End Spinning

20th century

Operating System

20th century

Optical Character Recognition

20th century

Ostwald Process

20th century

Outboard Motor

20th century

Pacemaker

20th century

Pager

20th century

Pallet

20th century

Pallet Jack

20th century

Palletizer

20th century

Parking Meter

20th century

Password Manager

20th century

Personal Digital Assistant

20th century

PERT Chart

20th century

Photocopier

20th century

Pick-to-Light System

20th century

Poka-Yoke

20th century

Positron Emission Tomography

20th century

Post-it Note

20th century

Powered Exoskeleton

20th century

Programmable Logic Controller

20th century

Prosthetic Heart Valve

20th century

Public-Key Cryptography

20th century

Pulse Oximeter

20th century

Pulsejet

20th century

Pultrusion Machine

20th century

Python (Programming Language)

20th century

QR Code

20th century

Radar

20th century

Radial Engine

20th century

Radio Telescope

20th century

Radio-Frequency Identification

20th century

Ramjet

20th century

Random Access Memory

20th century

Reach Truck

20th century

Refrigerator

20th century

Relational Database

20th century

RFID

20th century

Robotic Arm

20th century

Rocket Engine

20th century

Rockwell Hardness Tester

20th century

Rotary Dial

20th century

Router

20th century

RSS

20th century

Safety Razor

20th century

Satellite Navigation Device

20th century

Scotchgard

20th century

Scramjet

20th century

Screen Printing

20th century

Scuba Diving

20th century

Search Engine

20th century

Secure Shell

20th century

Shape Memory Alloy

20th century

Shipping Container

20th century

SIM Card

20th century

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

20th century

SJ Rc

20th century

Slinky

20th century

Sloot Digital Coding System

20th century

Smart Card

20th century

Smartphone

20th century

Smoke Detector

20th century

Solar Cell

20th century

Solid-State Drive

20th century

Sonar

20th century

Sound Card

20th century

Space Suit

20th century

Spam Filter

20th century

Speech Recognition

20th century

Spreadsheet

20th century

Statistical Process Control

20th century

Stent

20th century

Strain Gauge

20th century

Strobe light

20th century

Submarine Snorkel

20th century

Surgical Robot

20th century

Synthetic Rubber

20th century

Teflon

20th century

Television

20th century

TGV

20th century

The Airplane

20th century

The Computer

20th century

The Dialysis Machine

20th century

The Integrated Circuit

20th century

The Internet

20th century

The Jet Engine

20th century

The Laser

20th century

The Lithium-Ion Battery

20th century

The Microprocessor

20th century

The Optical Fiber

20th century

The Transistor

20th century

The World Wide Web

20th century

Therbligs

20th century

Total Hip Replacement

20th century

Touchpad

20th century

Touchscreen

20th century

Tow Tractor

20th century

Trackball

20th century

Traffic Light

20th century

Trampoline

20th century

Transistor

20th century

Transport Layer Security

20th century

Triode

20th century

Turbofan

20th century

Turbojet

20th century

Turboprop

20th century

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

20th century

USB

20th century

Vacuum Cleaner

20th century

Vacuum Forming Machine

20th century

Vacuum Induction Melting

20th century

Vacuum Tube

20th century

Value Stream Mapping

20th century

Variable-Sweep Wing

20th century

Velcro

20th century

Ventricular Assist Device

20th century

Version Control System

20th century

Vickers Hardness Tester

20th century

Video Game Console

20th century

Virtual Machine

20th century

Virtual Reality Headset

20th century

Voice over IP

20th century

Walkie-Talkie

20th century

Waterjet Propulsion

20th century

Wave Transmitter

20th century

Web Browser

20th century

Webcam

20th century

Weitzer Railmotor

20th century

Wetsuit

20th century

Wi-Fi

20th century

Wiki

20th century

Windscreen Wiper

20th century

Windshield Wiper

20th century

Winglet

20th century

Wright brothers patent war

20th century

Ziegler-Natta Catalyst

20th century

Zone Refining

20th century
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Sources
Technology: A World History
Daniel R. Headrick, Oxford University Press, 2009
  • Contains: The Telephone
  • Contains: The Laser
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A History of Technology
Charles Singer, E. J. Holmyard, A. R. Hall and Trevor I. Williams, editors, Oxford University Press, 1954Contains: The Jet EngineView the Source
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica editors, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
  • Contains: Radio
  • Contains: Television
  • Contains: The Automobile
  • Contains: The Internal Combustion Engine
  • Contains: The Computer
  • Contains: The Analytical Engine
  • Contains: The World Wide Web
View the Source
Bi Sheng (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors, Wikimedia FoundationContains: Movable Type PrintingView the Source
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