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Jan
20
2011

Who Invented the Bakelite Telephone

Bakelite telephone was invented by Leo Baekeland. Bakelite is an expensive non flammable plastic material used for telephones and radios. These phones were manufactured during the period 1930 – 1960. These phones were always too expensive as they were made out of first plastics. Even though Bakelite is not a perfect plastic, the attractive feature of this phone is that it does not melt easily. Bakelite phones were manufactured only in black colour in earlier […]

Jan
19
2011

Who Invented the Alarm Clock

An alarm clock is a typical clock that is designed to make a loud sound at a specific time. The principal usage of alarm clock is to awaken people from their sleep. For many people it doubles up as a reminder as well, reminding them to switch off the stove or take their medicines etc. The first alarm clock was invented by Levin Hutchins from New Hampshire in the year 1787. But the clock rang […]

Oct
2
2009

Who Invented the Television

The invention of the television often generates very heated discussion even amongst friends as to who actually invented the TV. Unfortunately several people were all working on television independently of each other, and a variety of different technologies were tested, all of which contributed to the actual design of the first commercial televisions. Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone actually demonstrated sending images over a telegraph wire in 1880, but this has never […]

Oct
2
2009

Who Invented the CD Player

The Compact Disc (CD) player has revolutionized music recording and completely changed the way people enjoy audio playback in less than thirty years of production. CD players use a system of lasers that read digitally encoded bits of information that are assembled in the main processor into their original audio tracks. The very first commercially available CD player was released in Japan in 1982 by Sony and was an immediate hit with the press and […]

Aug
18
2009

Who Invented the Telephone

The telephone, that dinosaur of 20th century technology that seems to be rapidly going out of favor as cellphones and the Internet take over, is also probably one of the most influential inventions of the post industrial age era. For more than a hundred years business has depended on having access to phones, and it is no accident that the wealthiest of nations have very high telephone use across all parts of society. In the […]

Jun
9
2009

Who invented Video Games

Video games in the 21st century are one of the biggest selling products in the entertainment industry, in some markets even starting to overtake conventional music sales. Video games are roughly described as an electronic game with some rudimentary form of interaction in terms of the player having control of some aspect of the game, and there being a point to playing. Video games weren’t invented until after the invention of the computer since a […]

Jun
9
2009

Who Invented Radio

Radio refers to both the technology used to broadcast programs, and also the underlying science of radio waves, which are actually electromagnetic radiation that travels in waves just like light. Radio, even though it is used to broadcast audio signals is not in fact sound, though sound also travels in waves, but much much slower than radio waves. Because radio is electro magnetic, it’s discovery goes back to around the same time that electricity was […]

Jun
9
2009

Who invented Electricity

Unlike the telephone, computer, or television, electricity wasn’t really invented since it is a naturally occurring phenomenon that is easily seen whenever lightning rods are present during a powerful storm. Electrical storms can release more electricity in a single storm than the entire world uses in a year, most of the time storms and lightning is quite safe, but whenever electricity is present, the natural attraction of the current is to the ground, and anything […]

Jun
9
2009

Who invented the Cell Phone

Cellphones, also called mobile phones, are an invention that in the late 1990s and into the 2nd millennium have become so ubiquitous many people can’t imagine life without them anymore. Cell phones work wirelessly using radio waves to communicate with a tower that transfers the call to the network, and then to the phone of the other party. The idea of using towers arranged in a cellular pattern with each only handling a small area […]

Jun
9
2009

Who invented the Segway

The Segway electric vehicle made by Segway Inc of the United States is a unique battery powered vehicle that needs only two wheels and self balances while riders stand with their feet placed on two small platforms located on the inside edge of each wheel. A steering column is positioned in the center of the vehicle with controls for acceleration and braking. In 2001 the Segway PT, short for personal transporter, was officially unveiled by […]

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