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1960: The first functioning laser is invented by Theodore Maiman. 1963: The first electronic cigarette is created by Herbert A. Gilbert. Hon Lik is often credited with its invention as he developed the modern electronic cigarette and was the first to commercialize it. 1964: Shinkansen, the first high-speed rail commercial passenger service.
1950: French physicist Alfred Kastler invented the MASER. 1951: First nuclear power plant in the US 1952: Japanese engineer Jun-ichi Nishizawa invented the avalanche photodiode [20] 1953: First fully transistorized computer in the U.S. 1958: American engineer Jack Kilby invented the integrated circuit (IC). 1960
1950 Robert Doisneau: Paris, France 35 mm [s 1] Iron Lung Polio Patients: 1950 Unknown Downey, California, United States [s 2] Albert Einstein: 1951 Arthur Sasse: New York City, United States 35 mm [s 6] Photo 51: May 1952 Raymond Gosling and Rosalind Franklin: London, England The photograph depicts an X-ray diffraction image providing key to ...
From the first Apple computer to the COVID-19 vaccine, here are the most revolutionary inventions that were born in the U.S.A. in the past half-century.
The following articles cover the timeline of United States inventions: Timeline of United States inventions (before 1890), before the turn of the century; Timeline of United States inventions (1890–1945), before World War II; Timeline of United States inventions (1946–1991), during the Cold War
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Wire-Photos are in wide use in Europe by 1910, and transmitted to other continents by 1922. 1907 – The Autochrome plate is introduced. It becomes the first commercially successful color photography product. 1908 – Kinemacolor, a two-color process known as the first commercial "natural color" system for movies, is introduced.
The 1950s (pronounced nineteen-fifties; commonly abbreviated as the "Fifties" or the "' 50s") (among other variants) was a decade that began on January 1, 1950, and ended on December 31, 1959. Throughout the decade, the world continued its recovery from World War II , aided by the post-World War II economic expansion .