#separator:tab #html:false #tags column:4 Light bulb (practical) Thomas Edison, 1879 sci-inventions Telephone Alexander Graham Bell, patented 1876 sci-inventions Airplane (first powered flight) Wilbur and Orville Wright, 1903 sci-inventions Printing press with movable type in Europe Johannes Gutenberg, about 1440 sci-inventions Steam engine (improved) James Watt, 1700s sci-inventions Cotton gin Eli Whitney, 1793 sci-inventions Telegraph Samuel Morse and others, 1830s-40s sci-inventions Radio Guglielmo Marconi and others, 1890s sci-inventions Television (early electronic) Philo Farnsworth and others, 1920s sci-inventions World Wide Web Tim Berners-Lee, 1989 sci-inventions First programmable computer concept Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine, 1830s sci-inventions Vaccine for smallpox Edward Jenner, 1796 sci-inventions Polio vaccine Jonas Salk, 1955 sci-inventions Penicillin Alexander Fleming, 1928 sci-inventions Battery Alessandro Volta, 1800 sci-inventions Dynamite Alfred Nobel, 1867 sci-inventions Safety pin Walter Hunt, 1849 sci-inventions Sewing machine (practical) Elias Howe, 1846 sci-inventions Telescope (first used for astronomy) Galileo, 1609 sci-inventions Microscope (early compound) Zacharias Janssen and others, late 1500s sci-inventions Thermometer (mercury) Daniel Fahrenheit, 1714 sci-inventions Barometer Evangelista Torricelli, 1643 sci-inventions Pendulum clock Christiaan Huygens, 1656 sci-inventions Lightning rod Benjamin Franklin, 1750s sci-inventions Bifocal glasses Benjamin Franklin sci-inventions Reaper Cyrus McCormick, 1830s sci-inventions Elevator with safety brake Elisha Otis, 1850s sci-inventions Jet engine Frank Whittle and Hans von Ohain, 1930s sci-inventions Transistor Bardeen, Brattain and Shockley, 1947 sci-inventions Integrated circuit Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce, late 1950s sci-inventions Personal computer revolution 1970s and 1980s, with machines such as the Apple II sci-inventions Mobile phone (first handheld call) Martin Cooper, 1973 sci-inventions Laser Theodore Maiman built the first working laser, 1960 sci-inventions Satellite (first) Sputnik 1, 1957 sci-inventions Automobile (gasoline) Karl Benz, 1885 sci-inventions Model T assembly line cars Henry Ford, 1908 sci-inventions Bicycle with pedals Developed in the 1860s sci-inventions Paper Invented in China, about 105 CE sci-inventions Printing (woodblock) Developed in China long before Europe sci-inventions Compass Invented in China sci-inventions Gunpowder Invented in China sci-inventions Wheel Invented in Mesopotamia about 3500 BCE sci-inventions Plow Early farming tool invented thousands of years ago sci-inventions Zipper Whitcomb Judson, 1893, improved by Gideon Sundback sci-inventions Velcro George de Mestral, 1941 sci-inventions Post-it note Spencer Silver and Art Fry, 1970s sci-inventions Microwave oven Percy Spencer, 1940s sci-inventions Crayons Crayola introduced them in 1903 sci-inventions Bakelite plastic Leo Baekeland, 1907 sci-inventions Nylon Wallace Carothers at DuPont, 1935 sci-inventions Braille Louis Braille, 1824 sci-inventions Stethoscope Rene Laennec, 1816 sci-inventions Pasteurization Louis Pasteur, 1860s sci-inventions X-ray machine Based on Wilhelm Roentgen's discovery, 1895 sci-inventions Insulin discovery Banting and Best, 1921 sci-inventions Pacemaker Developed in the 1950s sci-inventions MRI scanner Developed in the 1970s sci-inventions Hot air balloon Montgolfier brothers, 1783 sci-inventions Parachute (modern) Developed by Andre-Jacques Garnerin, 1797 sci-inventions Rocket (liquid-fueled) Robert Goddard, 1926 sci-inventions Space Shuttle NASA, first launch 1981 sci-inventions Internet's ancestor ARPANET, 1969 sci-inventions Email Ray Tomlinson, 1971 sci-inventions GPS Developed by the US in the 1970s-90s sci-inventions Electric motor (early) Michael Faraday and others, 1820s-30s sci-inventions Dynamo generator Faraday's principle; used widely by 1870s sci-inventions Alternating current system Nikola Tesla and George Westinghouse sci-inventions Phonograph Thomas Edison, 1877 sci-inventions Motion picture camera Lumiere brothers and Edison's team, 1890s sci-inventions Photography (early) Louis Daguerre, daguerreotype 1839 sci-inventions Aqualung (scuba) Jacques Cousteau and Emile Gagnan, 1943 sci-inventions 3D printing Developed in the 1980s sci-inventions LEGO brick (modern) Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, 1958 sci-inventions