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08 May 2009

Communications satellite

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The invention: Telstar I, the world’s first commercial communications satellite, opened the age of live, worldwide television by conne...
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04 May 2009

Colossus computer

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The invention: The first all-electronic calculating device, the Colossus computer was built to decipher German military codes during Worl...
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22 April 2009

Color television

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The invention:  System for broadcasting full-color images over the airwaves. The people behind the invention: Peter Carl Goldmark (1...
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11 April 2009

Color film

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The invention:Aphotographic medium used to take full-color pictures. The people behind the invention: Rudolf Fischer (1881-1957), a Germa...

COBOL computer language

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The invention: The first user-friendly computer programming language, COBOL was originally designed to solve ballistics problems. The peo...
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04 April 2009

Cloud seeding

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The invention: Technique for inducing rainfall by distributing dry ice or silver nitrate into reluctant rainclouds. The people behind the...
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25 March 2009

Cloning

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The invention: Experimental technique for creating exact duplicates of living organisms by recreating their DNA. The people behind the in...
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20 March 2009

Cell phone

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The invention:  Mobile telephone system controlled by computers to use a region’s radio frequencies, or channels, repeatedly, there...
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10 March 2009

CAT scanner

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The invention:  A technique that collects X-ray data from solid, opaque masses such as human bodies and uses a computer to construct a ...
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Cassette recording

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The invention: Self-contained system making it possible to record and repeatedly play back sound without having to thread tape through a...

Carbon dating

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The invention: Atechnique that measures the radioactive decay of carbon 14 in organic substances to determine the ages of artifacts as...
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05 March 2009

CAD/CAM

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The invention: Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and Computer- Aided Manufacturing (CAM) enhanced flexibility in engineering design, leading t...
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Buna rubber

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The invention: The first practical synthetic rubber product developed, Buna inspired the creation of other other synthetic substances th...
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20 February 2009

Bullet train

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The invention: An ultrafast passenger railroad system capable of moving passengers at speeds double or triple those of ordinary trains. ...
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Bubble memory

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The invention: An early nonvolatile medium for storing information on computers. The person behind the invention: Andrew H. Bobeck (1926-...
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Brownie camera

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The invention: The first inexpensive and easy-to-use camera available to the general public, the Brownie revolutionized photography by m...
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