1750

The lightning rod

1776

The submarine

1790

First American patent

1794

Cotton gin

1800

Steam powered pumping station

1806

Coffee pot

1807

Steamboat

1813

Armored warship

1818

Profile lathe

1831

Reaping machine

1833

Sewing machine

1834

Threshing machine

1836

Revolver

1837

Power tools

1842

Ether Anesthesia

1843

Vulcanized Rubber

1844

Telegraph                             

1846

Cylinder printing press

1857

Passenger elevator

1858

Burglar alarm

1867

Barbed wire

1873

Typewriter

1875

Mimeograph

1876

Telephone                           

1877

Phonograph

1879

Incandescent light bulb

1880

Hearing aid

1882

Electric fan

1884

Thrill ride

1885

Skyscraper

1887

“Platter” record

1888

Kodak camera

1889

Dishwasher

1890

Escalator

1891

Gasoline-powered car

1897

Player piano

1898

Active submarine

1899

Air conditioning

1990

Airplane

1996

Radio broadcast

1908

Model T

1914

Panama Canal

1917

War weapons (dangerous ones)

1919

Hydrofoil

1926

Rocket

1927

Television

1929

Refrigerating

1931

Radio Astronomy

1932

Defibrillator

1937

Chair lift

1938

Nylon

1939

Digital computer

1940

Jeep

1942

Atomic reaction

1945

Atomic bomb

1947

Polaroid camera

1948

Electric guitar

1953

Heart-lung machine

1955

Nuclear submarine

1957

Polio vaccine

1958

Explorer I

1960

Laser

1964

Operating system

1965

Minicomputer

1969

Moon landing (look at space technology for more info)

1970

Optical fiber

1972

First video game (look at gaming councils for more info}

1974

Barcode

1975

Microsoft

1976

Super computer

1979

Human powered flight

1981

Space shuttle (look at space technology for more info)

1982

Artificial heart

1983

PC

1985

Genetic engineering

1990

Hubble telescope