Floppy Disk (1971)

Noble and IBM develop flexible data storage. In 1967,IBM was looking for a better way of sending software to its customers.  Their pop...

Computer Laser Printer (1971)

Starkweather invents a process for printing high-quality text and graphics.  In 1969, whiie everyone else was experimenting with LSD. Ga...

Hair Spray (1955)

Chase Products' spray holds hair in place.                                                         After the straight hairstyles of ...

Artificial Intelligence (1956)

McCarthy's research makes little progress. Since the dawn of computers, people have wondered if they can be made to show intellig...

Robot

Walter creates the first electronic autonomous robots. Robots, in one guise or another , had been suggested as far as 1495, when Lenon...

Ice-Cream Maker

Jahnson minimizes the preparation time of ice-cream. In 1846 Williams & Company --a small Philadelphia based wholesaler of kitchen...