Inventions By Women

1812 Circular saw, by Tabitha Babbitt 
1845 Submarine lamp and telescope by Sarah Mather
1871 Paper-bag-making machine by Margaret Knight
1872 Dishwasher by Josephine Cochran 
1875 Globes by Ellen Fitz
1881 Elevated railway by Mary Walton
1882 Alphabet blocks by Adeline D. T. Whitney 
1882 Life raft by Maria Beaseley
1887 Fire escape by Anna Connelly
1891 Rolling pin by Catherine Deiner
1892 Ironing board by Sarah Boone 
1899 Medical syringe by Letitia Geer
1900 Street-cleaning machine by Florence Parpart
1903 Windshield wiper by Mary Anderson
1904 Rotary engine by Margaret Knight
1917 Electric hot water heater by Ida Forbes
1950 Disposable diaper by Marion Donovan
1951 Liquid Paper by Bessie Nesmith
1952 Apgar tests, which evaluate a baby’s health upon birth, by Virginia Apgar 
1956 Scotchgard™ fabric protector by Patsy O. Sherman
1965 Snugli® baby carrier by Ann Moore

The Internet Age 1969 To Present

1969 Internet was introduced as ARPA
1969 Duane Pearsell gives us the smoke detector
1970 Hamilton Watch Company brings the world the digital watch
1970 Amos Joel invents the cellular phone
1970 Busicom develops the pocket calculator
1970 Bell Labs creates the computer scanner
1970 The car alarm is brought to the world
1971 IBM and Noble produce the floppy disk
1971 Pierre Verdan introduces the food processor
1971 Ray Tomlinson sends the very first e-mail
1971 Ted Hoff invents the microprocessor
1971 Samuel Hurst builds the touch screen computer
1973 Xerox makes the personal computer
1973 Bob Metcalfe and David Boggs creates ethernet
1973 Spanish inventor Jose Barraguer introduces the art of laser eye surgery
1974 Victor Wouk makes the hybrid vehicle
1975 Steve Sasson puts together the digital camera
1977 Ichiro Endo engineers the inkjet printer
1978 James Dyson designs the cyclone vacuum cleaner
1978 Ivan Rubinstein and Rob Barnaby initiate the development of the word processor
1978 Dan Bricklin and Bob Brankston establish the spreadsheet program
1978 NASA engineers the X-ray telescope
1979 Fiat creates bio ethanol
1980 Arthur Fry and Spencer Silver make the post-it sticky notes
1980 Monnetonka Corporation produces liquid soap
1980 Toshiba Fujio Masuoka creates flash memory to save computer-stored data
1980 Baruch Blumberg introduces the Hepatitis B vaccine
1981 Dennis Hayes brings us the personal computer modem
1981 Gerd Karl Binng and Heinrich Rohrer build the scanning tunneling microscope
1983 Sony develops the camcorder
1983 Compaq makes the first laptop
1984 The Apple Macintosh is released
1985 Alec Jeffreys starts the process of DNA fingerprinting
1986 Psion creaetes the palmtop computer
1988 George Gerpheide invented the touchpad
1988 Patricia Bath introduces laser cataract surgery
1989 The Fraunhofer Institute introduces MP3 compression
1989 Tim Berners-Lee kick starts the World Wide Web
1990 Rouzbeh Yassini introduces the cable modem
1990 Alan Emtage creates the search engine
1990 NASA builds the hubble space telescope
1991 GSM invents the digital cell phone for placing international calls
1992 IBM creates the smartphone
1992 Sony develops the minidisc
1992 JPEG compression of photos is introduced
1993 The first GPS is created
1995 The Java computer language is established
1995 USB connection starts for computers
1995 The first DVD is made
1998 James Thomson introduces stem cell therapy
2001 Kenneth Matsumera invents the artificial liver
2001 XM kick starts the process of satellite radio broadcasting
2003 Shuji Nakamura makes the Blu-ray disc
2003 David Winer and Chris Lydon engineers the podcast
2007 The Argus II visual prosthetic allows visually impaired individuals to see shapes

Going Global 1952 to 1968

1952 Optical fibers were used by Narinder Singh Kapany in medicine and telecommunications
1952 Air bags saved lives during automobile accidents, complements of John W. Hetrick
1952 The polio vaccine was developed by Jonas Salk
1952 Helen Barnett Diserens invented roll-on deodorant
1952 Bell Laboratories created speech recognition computers
1953 Christopher Cockerell built the hovercraft to help people float on air
1953 Dr. Joh Heysham Gibbon established the heart-lung machine for heart surgery
1953 Horace Babcock introduced the optical system to enhance the field of astronomy
1953 Swedish cardiologist Inge Edler and nuclear physicist Carl Hertz contributed the ultrasound to the field of medicine
1954 Dee Horton and Lew Hewitt gave us the automatic door
1954 March and Colette Gregoire introduced the non-stick pan
1954 Texas Instruments created the transistor radio
1954 Robert Borkenstein produces the breathalyzer to reduce the rate of DUI's
1955 Swiss engineer George de Mestral produces velcro
1956 Johnson and IBM allow computers to save memory on disk drives
1956 Charles Ginsburg and Ampex introduce videotape recording
1956 3M produces the inhaler to assist people suffering from asthma
1956 Gregory Pincus and John Rock give the world the birth control pill
1956 The digital clock was invented
1957 The Soviet Union gave us the artificial satellite
1958 Kirk Christiansin produces the Lego toy set
1959 Swedish inventor Nils Bohlin improves car safety wit the three-point seat belt
1962 NASA uses the first space telescope
1962 John Charnley produces the hip replacement
1963  Paul Winchell creates the artificial heart
1963 The audiotape casette was given to us by Philips as a way to record sound
1963 Ivan Sutherland introduces computer aided design (CAD) as a way to aid in the area of design
1964 The Hughes Aircraft Company uses the geostationary communications satellite to coordinate intercontinental phone calls
1965 harry Martin Meyer and Paul Parkman introduce the rubella vaccine
1967 John Stepherd Barron created the ATM machine
1968 Ivan Sutherland produces the virtual reality headset
1968 Ralph Baer makes the first video game console, the Magnavox Odyssey
1968 Doug Engelbart invents the first computer with a graphical user interface
1968 Doug Engelbart and Bill English creates the first computer mouse
1968 Ted Nelson and Andres Van Dam introduce hypertext to the world
1968 Robert Dennard develops the process of random access memory (RAM)

War And Peace 1925 to 1951

1926 Philo Farnsworth develops the first electronic TV set
1927 Andreas Stihl designed the electric saw
1928 Jacob Schick invents the electric razor
1928 Australian anesthetist Mark Lidwell makes the cardiac pacemaker
1929 Gabriel Voisin creates the antilock braking system
1930 Richard Drew produces the first cello tape
1932 Everest & Jennings designs the folding wheelchair
1932 Carl Magee introduces the parking meter
1933 Edwin Armstrong engineers the FM radio
1934 Henry Phillips invents the Phillips Screwdriver
1937 Charles Drew builds the first blood donor center
1937 Sylvan Goldman creates the shopping cart to allow customers to carry more groceries
1938 Alfred Gross introduces the walkie-talkie to the world
1941 Norman Heatley develops penicillin
1941 German engineer Konrad Zuse creates the first electromechanical computer
1942 William Spicer invents the night goggles
1942 Harry Coover brings the world super glue
1943 Willem Kolff introduces kidney dialysis
1943 Jacques Cousteau and Emile Gagnan produce the aqualung to help people breathe underwater
1945 Sicilian immigrant Bernard Castro builds the sofa bed to reduce overcrowding in apartments
1945 Percy Spencer develops the microwave oven
1946 Alfrend Gilman and Louis Goodman introduce chemotherapy
1948 Hungarian scientist Dennis Gabor starts the process of creating holograms
1948 Weather radar is developed
1948 John Walson introduces cable television
1948 William Grey Walter develops the electronic robot
1949 Alfred Gross creates the pager to enhance hospital communication
1949 Samuel Alderson builds the crash test dummy
1950 Zenith Radio Corporation makes the TV remote control
1951 Bette Graham introduces liquid paper to white out mistakes written by pen

Birth of the Modern Age (1892 to 1924)

1892 Juan Vucetich introduces fingerprinting as a way to catch criminals
1893 George Ferris engineers the Ferris Wheel
1895 French inventor Rudolf Diesel brings us the diesel engine to improve fuel efficiency for cars
1895 The Lumiere brothers invented the film camera/projector
1895 German physicist Wilhelm Rontgen develops the art of using X-rays to scan insides of bodies
1896 William Hadaway invents the electric stove
1898 Dr. Miller Reese Hutchinson creates the powered hearing aid
1898 Conrad Hubert and David Misell invent the portable electric flashlight
1899 Alexander Winton improves the control drivers have over cars by creating the steering wheel
1901 Ransom Eli Olds begins the assembly line to increase efficiency of businesses
1901 Radiotherapy is used as a way to treat cancer
1901 Hubert Cecil Booth develops the electric vacuum cleaner
1902 Willis Carrier introduces air conditioning
1903 Edwin Binney and Harold Smith bring the world crayons to allow children to express their creativity
1903 Albert Parkhouse invents the wire coat hanger
1903 Mary Anderson creates the windshield wiper to allow drives to have a clear view
1903 The Wright brothers build the first airplane
1904 Dane Valdemar Poulsen develops the answering machine
1907 Englishman Percy Seymour Douglas-Hamilton introduces turn signals in motor vehicles
1907 Detergent is brought to us to help us keep our clothes cleaner
1908 Chester Beach makes kitchen work faster with the food mixer
1908 Hamilton Smith invents the washing machine to make our clothes cleaner
1910 J.G. Neher and Sons produced the aluminum foil
1913 Henry Ford created the conveyor belt to transport objects efficiently
1914 Garrett Morgan built the traffic light to make road travel safer
1915 Russian scientist Nikolay Zelinsky brought us the gas mask
1918 Australian scientist John McGarvie Smith gives the world the anthrax vaccine
1921 Calille Guerin and Albert Calmette battle tuberculosis with the BCG Vaccine
1922 Baltzar von Platen and Carl Munters develops the refrigerator
1922 Stephen Poplawski introduces the blender to the world
1923 Lee De Forest introduces sound to the film industry
1923 Vladimir Zworkykin invents the iconoscope as the predecessor to televisoin
1924 Kimberly-Clark produces the paper tissue

Age of Empires (1860 to 1891)

1860 Frederick Walton creates linoleum to clean floors in New York
1861 James Clerk Maxwell introduces color photography
1861 Stephen Morse produces the modern drill to make drilling easier
1862 Dutch ophthalmologist Hermann Snellen develops the eye test machine
1865 La Marcus Adna Thompson builds the first roller coaster
1865 Thaddeus Lowe introduces the ice-making machine
1866 Sarah Mort designed the folding iron board
1867 Samuel Fay begins the use of the paper clip to make office work easier
1868 Alvin J. Fellows invents the spring tape measure
1868 British inventor Charles Gould develops the stapler
1872 Robert Chesebrough creates Vaseline
1873 Andrew Smith Hallidie introduces the cable car to the world
1874 Henry Parmelee produces the automatic fire sprinkler
1875 Frederick, Richard, and Otto Kampfe bring us the safety razor
1876 Alexander Bell invents the telephone to revolutionize long distance communication
1876 Thomas Edison creates the phonograph to record and play sound
1879 James Ritty starts the development of the cash register
1880 British scientist James Alfred Ewing creates the seismograph to record earth movements
1880 Louis Pasteur introduces the cholera vaccine
1880 Etienne Stephane Tarnier and Odile Martin protect babies from prematurity with the incubator
1881 Alexander Bell develops the metal detector
1881 H. Bockhacker produces the revolving door
1882 Schuyler Skaats Wheeler creates the electric fan
1884 German inventor Herman Hollerith introduces punchcard accountnig
1884 Ottmar Mergenthaler produces the linotype machine to print newspapers to the mass
1885 Louis Pasteur develops the rabies vaccine
1886 Josephine Cochrane builds the dishwasher
1886 German inventors Karl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler, and Wilheim Maybach give us the first motorcar
1887 Adolf Fick, Eugene Kalt, and August Muller initiate the creation of the contact lenses
1887 Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach build the motorboat
1887 Emile Berliner invents the phonograph record to revolutionize sound recording
1888 Deodorant was invented in Philadelphia
1888 Louis Augustine Le Prince invents the kinematograph to capture motion
1888 Charles Brush constructs the wind turbine generator
1889 Arthur Arnot produces the electric drill
1890 French hairdresser Alexandre Godefroy gives us the blow-dry hair dryer
1891 Thomas Edison and William Dickson create the kinetoscope to enhance the process of motion capture
1891 Jesse Reno engineers the escalator
1891 Swiss inventor Karl Elsener produces the swiss army knife
1891 Johann Petter Johannson invents the adjustable wrench

Industrial Age (1800 to 1859)

1800 Humphry Davy introduces nitrous oxide anesthetic as a form of pain relief
1801 Jacques de Vaucanson invented the punched card to store encoded data
1802 Zachaus Winzler brings the gas stove to the kitchen so people can cook more efficiently
1804 Richard Trevithick creates the locomotive in England to allow others to travel
1804 Robert Thom started the municipal water treatment plant to purify water
1808 William Newberry crafted the band saw in England to improve carpentry
1809 Humphry Davy leaves behind the arc lamp to allow others to get access to electric light
1810 Englishman Peter Durand helps with food preservation with the canned goods
1815 Levi Spear Parmly improves dental hygiene by introducing floss
1816 Rene Laennec develops the stethoscope
1817 Karl Drais invents the bicycle
1818 James Bundell pioneers the blood transfusion medical procedure
1818 George Manby invents the fire extinguisher
1820 Hans Oersted and Andre Marie Ampere introduce the electromagnet
1820 John McAdam develops the public road system
1823 Charles Macintosh creates the waterproof raincoat
1824 Louis Braille allows the visually impaired to read and write with the braille touch system
1826 Joseph Niepce produced the first camera to take permanent photographs
1827 Lewis Waterman initiates the process of the fountain pen to be available in New York
1828 Bernard Lassimone creates the pencil sharpener
1830 Scottish chemist Andre Ure produces the thermostat
1830 Edwin Beard Budding invents the lawn mower
1834 Walter Hunt brings the sewing machine to the world
1837 German inventor Augustus Siebe gives people the standard diving suit
1839 Justus von Liebig makes the artificial fertilizer
1840 Rowmand Hill introduced the postage stamp
1842 Alexander Bain produces the telegraph as a predecessor to the fax machine
1842 Joseph Dart engineers the grain elevator
1843 Charles Thurber patented the first typewriter                                                                                       1845 Charles Goodyear put together the first rubber band                                                                     1852 Elisha Otis designed the passenger elevator                                                                                      1859 Gaston Plante invents the rechargeable storage battery