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5. Play-Doh. Who: Kay Zufall, Brian, Joseph McVicker, Bill Rhodenbaugh When: 1956 . How it was created: The gooey toy kids have been playing with for decades began as a household cleaning product ...
Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention is a British science-themed miniseries, starring Peter Sallis, Ashley Jensen, Jem Stansfield, and John Sparkes, produced by Aardman Animations, which aired on BBC One during 2010, from 3 November to 8 December [1] and Channel 10 during 2011, from 20 September to 6 October.
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
Technologies that were never successfully developed, may have disappeared completely. [2] These are not contained in the following list. Also not included are spurious inventions - technologies which are generally considered to not possess their claimed capabilities, to be hoaxes, or to not have ever existed in the first place.
Suspension bridges. The suspension bridge, DeGannaro said, is an engineering feat originating from the Inca in the Andes region, who designed the bridges as they were developing their empire.
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.
How We Invented The World is a 2012 Discovery Network technology documentary TV series which premiered on November 6, 2012. It was produced by Nutopia and distributed by Discovery Channel. [1] [2] It was directed by Stephen Warburton, Jonathan Rudd and Sam Miller. [3] It Explores the most iconic inventions and breakthroughs of the modern age. [4]
An ancient Chinese mechanical compass which took a millennium to reproduce. Tall bike: A bike which consists of two conventional bicycle frames connected one atop the other. Train surfing: As respectable and practical as drying one's hair in most parts of the world. Unused highway: Lost highways, unloved and unused. Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571