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2005: YouTube, the first popular video-streaming site, was founded; 2007: Netflix debuted the first popular video-on-demand service; 2007: Apple Inc. released the iPhone; 2007: The Bank of Scotland develops the world's first banking app; 2007: SoundCloud, the first on-demand service to focus on music is debuted
Jerome H. Lemelson (1923–1997), U.S. – inventions in the fields in which he patented make possible, wholly or in part, innovations like automated warehouses, industrial robots, cordless telephones, fax machines, videocassette recorders, camcorders, and the magnetic tape drive used in Sony's Walkman tape players.
In 1930, the Galvin Corporation introduced the first commercial car radio, the Motorola model 5T71, which sold for between $110 and $130 and could be installed in most popular automobiles. Inventors Paul Galvin and Joe Galvin came up with the name Motorola when their company started manufacturing car radios. [233] 1930 Cheesesteak
The past half-century has produced some of the most significant and astounding inventions ever developed in human history, and many notable ones came to life in the United States.
The 100 known most prolific inventors based on worldwide utility patents are shown in the following table. While in many cases this is the number of utility patents granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, it may include utility patents granted by other countries, as noted by the source references for an inventor.
Public Domain. Henry Ford is known for many things — the most prominent being mass-manufactured cars and paying workers respectable wages. But his first automobile, made in 1896, was powered by ...
Invention of ice resurfacer and founder of Zamboni Company Frank Joseph Zamboni Jr. ( / z æ m ˈ b oʊ n i / , Italian: [dzamˈboːni] ; January 16, 1901 – July 27, 1988) was an American businessman and inventor whose most famous invention is the modern ice resurfacer , with his surname being registered as a trademark for these devices.
The magazine features the year's most groundbreaking inventions -- from flying hoverboards to a pill that monitors your vitals Popular Science's top inventions of 2016 revealed Skip to main content