1880
· The British Perforated Paper Company invents a form of toilet paper.
· Englishmen, John Milne invents the modern seismograph.
1881
· Alexander Graham Bell invents the first crude metal detector.
· David Houston patents the roll film for cameras.
· Edward Leveaux patents the automatic player piano.
1884
· Gerge Easman patents paper-strip photographic film.
· Frenchmen, H. de Chardonnet invents rayon.
· Lewis Edson Waterman invents the first practical fountain pen.
· James Ritty invents the first working, mechanical cash register.
· Charles Parson patents the steam turbine.
1885
· Harim Maxim invents the machine gun.
· Karl Benz invents the first practical automobile to be powered by an internal-combustion engine.
· Gottlieb Daimler invents the first gas-engined motorcycle.
1886
· Josephine Cochrane invents the dishwasher.
· Gottlieb Daimler builds the world's first four-wheeled motor vehicle.
· John Pemberton invents Coca Cola.
1887
· German, Heinrich Hertz invents radar.
· Rowell Hodge patents barbed wire.
· Emilie Berliner invents the gramophone.
· F.E. Muller and Adolph Fick invent the first wearable contact lenses.
1888
· Marvin Stone patents the spiral winding process to manufacture the first paper drinking straws.
· John Boyd Dunlop patents a commercially successful pneumatic tire.
· Nikola Tesla invents the AC motor and transformer.
1889
· Joshua Pusey invents the matchbook.
· Sir James Dewar and Sir Frederick Abel co-invent Cordite - a type of smokeless gunpowder.
1891
· In France, Rene Panhard and Emile Lavassor invented the first true automobile.
1892
· Rudolf Diesel invents the diesel-fueled internal combustion engine.
· Sir James Dewar invents the Dewar flask or vacuum flask.
· Escalator is invented by Jesse Reno
· First car is produced by Henry Ford
1893
· American, W.L. Judson invents the zipper.
· Edward Goodrich Acheson invents carborundum.
· Thomas A. Edison conducts his first experiment in the development of moving picture, employing his Kinetoscope and George Eastman’s roll film.
1895
· Lumiere Brothers invent a portable motion-picture camera, film processing unit and projector called the Cinematographe. Lumiere Brothers using their Cinematographe are the first to present a projected motion picture to an audience of more that one person.
· First practical system of wireless telegraphy is developed by Guglielmo Marconi, Italy.
· X ray is discovered by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen.
1985
· Windows program invented by Microsoft.
· Adobe Post script, a programming language that describes the appearance of the printed page, is introduced by Adobe Systems, San Jose, California.
· American TV networks begin satellite distribution to affiliates.
· Stephen M. Case develops on-line services for Apple.
· Synthetic text-to-speech computer pronounces 20,000 words.
1986
· A high-temperature super-conductor invented by J. Georg Bednorz and Karl A. Muller.
· Synthetic skin invented by G. Gregory Gallico, III.
· Fuji introduced the disposal camera.
1987
· The first 3-D video game invented.
· Disposable contact lenses invented.
· Digital audio is introduced.
· Genetic fingerprinting is introduced, discovered by Dr. Alec J. Jeffreys of Leicester University, England
1988
· Digital cellular phones invented.
· The RU-486 (abortion pill) invented.
· Doppler radar invented by Christian Andreas Doppler.
· Prozac® invented at the Eli Lilly Company by inventor Ray Fuller.
· The first patent for a genetically engineered animal is issued to Harvard University researchers Philip Leder and Timothy Stewart.
· Ralph Alessio and Fredrik Olsen received a patent for the Indiglo ® nightlight. The bluish green light is used to illuminate the entire face of a watch.
· First computer morphing is introduced by Industrial Light & Magic in the film Willow.
1989
· High-definition television invented.
· Tim Berners Lee, a researcher at CERN, conceives Hypertext.
1990
· Canon Optic still-video camera records single-frame images onto a floppy disk.
· Tim Berners Lee and CERN (the European Laboratory for Particle Physics) release the World Wide Web program.
1991
· The digital answering machine invented.
· Apple releases QuickTime media format.
· Morphing by computer is fully exploited in James Cameron’s Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
1992
· The smart pill invented.
· Videophone 2500 introduced by AT&T.
1993
· The pentium processor invented.
· Mosaic is released (first graphics supporting Web browser), developed by Marc Abdreessen, Eric Bina, and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA).
· V-chip is introduced.
· Blue LED is invented by Shuji Nakamura, Japan.
1994
· HIV protease inhibitor invented.
1995
· The Java computer language invented.
· DVD (Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) invented.
· Toy Story is released, the first full length feature film created by Pixar Studios entirely by computer animation.
· Microsoft releases Windows 95.
1996
· Web TV invented.
1997
· The gas-powered cell invented.
· Tamagotchi, the virtual pet, is introduced.
1998
· Viagra® invented.
· Motorola introduces the i Den i1000 Plus digital cell phone with two-way radio, alpha-numeric pager, e-mail, fax, and two-way messaging with access to the web.
1999
· Scientists measure the fastest wind speed ever recorded on earth, 509 km/h(318 mph).
· Tekno Bubbles patented.
2000
· Microsoft releases Windows 2000.
Reference:
http://inventors.about.com/od/timelines/a/Nineteenth_3.htm
Graphic Design TimeLine, Steven Heller and Elinor Pettit
by Joshua Kinugawa
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