Home›Invention›Year›By Decade›1950sBrowse By1950sYear places an invention in the year it was actually patented or first demonstrated. Wikipedia records that "in 1876, Alexander Graham Bell was the first to be granted a United States patent" for the telephone. Browsing by year sets an invention in the wider timeline of technology history.1950sConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)1950sFilter Results41 entriesFieldAllAircraft Avionics and Automated Flight Systems (1)Aircraft Flight Instruments (1)Atmospheric Entry Thermal Protection Systems (1)Brain State and Biofeedback Devices (1)Bridge Types (1)Circuit Components And Semiconductors (1)Coastal and Harbour Structures (1)Communication Devices (1)Computer Data Storage Devices and Media (1)Computer Pointing and Input Peripheral Devices (1)Crew Escape and Descent Systems (1)Early and Experimental Pioneer Aircraft (1)Factory Automation and Measurement (1)High-Speed Marine Craft (1)Implantable Medical Devices (1)Industrial Machinery And Power (1)Iron and Steel Making Processes (1)Lighting And Detection Devices (1)Manufacturing, Construction And Material Handling Machinery (1)Marine Propulsion System (2)Medical Imaging Systems (1)Non-Ferrous Extraction and Refining (1)Other Electrical Inventions (2)Personal Computer Internal Hardware Components (1)Plastics and Composites Moulding (1)Power Generation And Motors (1)Safety and Protective Gear (1)Software Development Tools and Interfaces (1)Spinning and Fibre-Preparation Machinery (1)Synthetic Polymers and Polymerization Processes (1)System and Data Management Software (1)Textile Finishing Machinery and Processes (1)Transportation And Locomotives (1)Warehouse and Material Handling Systems (3)Workplace Safety Equipment (1)InventorAllBernard Silver (1)Christopher Cockerell (1)Earl Bakken (1)Edmond Becquerel (1)George Devol (1)Giulio Natta (1)Grace Hopper (1)Hugh Bradner (1)Jack Kilby (2)John W. 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Pfann (1)Wilson Greatbatch (1)Associated WithAllTeflon (1)In FieldAllAerospace Engineering (6)Biomedical Engineering (2)Chemical Engineering (1)Civil Engineering (2)Computer Engineering (4)Electrical Engineering (5)Industrial Engineering (5)Marine Engineering (3)Materials Engineering (1)Mechanical Engineering (2)Metallurgical Engineering (1)Software Engineering (1)Textile Engineering (2)In GroupAllAircraft Avionics and Automated Flight Systems (1)Aircraft Flight Instruments (1)Atmospheric Entry Thermal Protection Systems (1)Brain State and Biofeedback Devices (1)Bridge Types (1)Circuit Components And Semiconductors (1)Coastal and Harbour Structures (1)Communication Devices (1)Computer Data Storage Devices and Media (1)Computer Pointing and Input Peripheral Devices (1)Crew Escape and Descent Systems (1)Early and Experimental Pioneer Aircraft (1)Factory Automation and Measurement (1)High-Speed Marine Craft (1)Implantable Medical Devices (1)Iron and Steel Making Processes (1)Lighting And Detection Devices (1)Manufacturing, Construction And Material Handling Machinery (1)Marine Propulsion System (2)Medical Imaging Systems (1)Non-Ferrous Extraction and Refining (1)Other Electrical Inventions (2)Personal Computer Internal Hardware Components (1)Plastics and Composites Moulding (1)Power Generation And Motors (1)Safety and Protective Gear (1)Software Development Tools and Interfaces (1)Spinning and Fibre-Preparation Machinery (1)Synthetic Polymers and Polymerization Processes (1)System and Data Management Software (1)Textile Finishing Machinery and Processes (1)Transportation And Locomotives (1)Warehouse and Material Handling Systems (3)Workplace Safety Equipment (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 41Ablative Heat Shield1950sAirbag1950sAir-Jet Spinning1950sArgon Oxygen Decarburization1950sArtificial Satellite1950sAtomic Clock1950sAzimuth Thruster1950sBarcode1950sCable-Stayed Bridge1950sCompiler1950sDock Leveler1950sDreamachine1950sFlight Data Recorder1950sFly-By-Wire1950sGeotextile1950sHard Disk Drive1950sHovercraft1950sImage Scanner1950sIndustrial Robot1950sIntegrated Circuit1950sIsolation tank1950sLaunch Escape System1950sMaser1950sMedical Ultrasound1950sNumerical Control1950sOperating System1950sPacemaker1950sPERT Chart1950sPowered Exoskeleton1950sPultrusion Machine1950sReach Truck1950sScotchgard1950sShipping Container1950sSolar Cell1950sSpeech Recognition1950sThe Integrated Circuit1950sVariable-Sweep Wing1950sWaterjet Propulsion1950sWetsuit1950sZiegler-Natta Catalyst1950sZone Refining1950sConnectionsShowing the first 400 of 1,051 connections.SourcesTechnology: A World Historytier 1Daniel R. Headrick, Oxford University Press, 2009Contains: The TelephoneContains: The LaserView the SourceA History of Technologytier 1Charles Singer, E. J. Holmyard, A. R. Hall and Trevor I. Williams, editors, Oxford University Press, 1954Contains: The Jet EngineView the SourceEncyclopaedia Britannicatier 1Encyclopaedia Britannica editors, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.Contains: RadioContains: TelevisionContains: The AutomobileContains: The Internal Combustion EngineContains: The ComputerContains: The Analytical EngineContains: The World Wide WebView the SourceBi Sheng (Wikipedia)tier 2Wikipedia contributors, Wikimedia FoundationContains: Movable Type PrintingView the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.