Student generated List of
inventions, discoveries, technologies for 1999 History day
KHS students spring of 1998 and ECELL students summer 1998
Space shuttle Exploration
Communication
Pager
Television makes it easier for people to get involved, encourages crime, prevents crime
Telephone People did not walk as much to talk in person
Computer Work from own home
TyperwriterInernational relations improved
Pencil Immediate communication. Avoids misunderstandings
Telegraph
Radio Talk show elections, ads, economy
Pen
Paper more trees cut down
Printing press Preservation of history and culture
Cell phone
Comic books
Various writing and numbering systems
Wheel
Agriculture
cotton gin
tractor
silo
hay bailing
alfalfa
terracing
foresting techniques
fishing and hunting techniques
fences/barbed wire
fire
stone tools
Toilet
Plumbing
Breath Mints
Engine
Arms
revolver
bow and arrow
nuclear power
Mining equipment
Water Purification
Conveniences around the house
Vacuum cleaner
Washing machine and dryer less pollution in the oceans
Dish washer
Iron
spinning wheel
Stove
Microwave
Electricity
Time Devices
Clock accurate recording of history
Watch
Calendar accurate recording of history
Light bulb
Chemical warfare
Fan better work conditions, better schools
Clothes
Shoes
Plastic
Synthetic materials
Fashion changed history and vice versa helped identify social classes
hats
Wigs
Elastic
zippers
Medical discoveries
polio vaccine
Aids
Leprosy
Birth control devices and methods
Eye Glasses, hearing aids famous people that sued them?
Sun Block
Soap
Food preservatives Made travel and outer space travel possible
Salt
Penicillin
Toys
Transportation
Automobile
Engine
Steam engines
Train
Airplanes
rubber wheels
macadam
Chariots
Skate boards
Skates
Bicycles
Electricity longer work days
Money created need for banks, credit, debt, stock market
paper money influenced economy, politics
coins Reduced the reliance ion land as a source of wealth and power
Metals
Mining techniques
Barriers
Fences Privacy
Doors Protection
Windows
Locks
Entertainment
Victrola
C.D's
Tape recorder
Cassette Recorder
Music box
Stereo
VCR
Photography
Pottery
compass
Rat Trap
The Atomic bomb
Scientific theories
gravity, newton's law of motion, those concerning outer space
Weather related
Seeding clouds
Weather forecasting
Military tactics