1907: Color photography invented by Auguste and Louis Lumiere, The very first piloted helicopter was invented by Paul Cornu.
1906: William Kellogg invents Cornflakes, Lewis Nixon invents the first sonar like device, Lee Deforest invents electronic amplifying tube (triode).
1905: Albert Einstein published the Theory of Relativity and made famous the equation, E = mc2, Mary Anderson receives a patent for windshield wipers.
1904: Teabags invented by Thomas Suillivan, Benjamin Holt invents a tractor, John A Fleming invents a vacuum diode or Fleming valve.
1903: Edward Binney and Harold Smith co-invent crayons,
Bottle-making machinery invented by Michael J. Owens, The Wright brothers invent the first gas motored and manned airplane, Mary Anderson invents windshield wipers.
William Coolidge invents ductile tungsten used in lightbulbs.
1902: Willis Carrier invents the air conditioner, French physicist George Claude invents neon light, The lie detector or polygraph machine is invented by James Mackenzie, The birth of the Teddy Bear, George Claude invented neon light.
1901: King Camp Gillette invents the double-edged safety razor, The first radio receiver, successfully received a radio transmission, Hubert Booth invents a compact and modern vacuum cleaner.
1900: The zeppelin invented by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Charles Seeberger redesigned Jesse Reno's escalator and invented the modern escalator.
Just to name a few.
2007-03-12 18:56:50
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answered by teashy 6
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Exactly 100 years old or at least 100 years old?
In 1907:
Leo Baekeland invented the first synthetic plastic called Bakelite.
Color photography was invented by Auguste and Louis Lumiere.
The very first piloted helicopter was invented by Paul Cornu
2007-03-13 01:47:04
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answered by Underground Man 6
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Very close is the vacuum tube (edison, the diode. Fleming the triode) from which sprang radio,tv,x-ray,radar, and a bunch of stuff. The 20th century was the most prolific century of invention in the history of mankind and my generation plus those following have benifited greatly from it. Me?, i'm a 1938 model
2007-03-13 02:21:25
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answered by Anonymous
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The vibrator for one, it was used by doctors to treat women for "hysteria" and they would go to the doctors office for treatment.
So doctors did not see this as a sexual thing but a treatment for women of that time.
2007-03-13 01:48:12
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answered by commonsense2265 4
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Telephone, light bulb, telegraph, movies, car, airplane.... need more?
2007-03-13 01:46:14
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answered by luosechi 駱士基 6
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language
2007-03-13 01:46:00
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answered by Anonymous
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the computer
2007-03-13 02:11:26
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answered by wax 1
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