Definitions
A development or improvement.
Advancement
Ford Model-T
First automobile mass-produced on a moving assembly line. The "Horseless Carriage"
Made safe blood transfusions possible
Blood Groups (A,B,O)
The silent, underwater warfare machine.
USS Holland Submarine
The first shared global culture known as "wireless telegraphy".
Radio / Morse Code
The implementation, improvement, and commercialization of an invention.
Innovation
Replaced propellers and enabled high-speed and long-distance travel
Jet Engine
Isolated drug used to manage blood sugar levels.
Insulin
Allowed the Navy to "see" enemies through fog and darkness at sea.
First Operational Radar (XAF: Experimental Radio Frequency)
First general-purpose electronic digital computer that ran 1,000x faster, took up 1,500 ft, and weighed 30 tons.
ENIAC - "Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer"
The creation of a new, original product, method, or concept.
Invention
First successful powered, piloted, and controlled heavier-than-air aircraft.
Wright Brothers’ Wright Flyer
The accidental discovery of the first "miracle drug"
Penicillin
(WW1) Used in trenches to coordinate attacks.
Wristwatch or "Trench Watch"
The first electronic box that could display moving images.
Television
ICE or "Flathead" V8
Internal Combustion Engine
Kaboom
Atomic Bomb
Originally designed to control humidity in a Brooklyn printing plant.
Air Conditioner
Nicknamed "Thor"
Electric Washing Machine
Drastically reduced foodborne illness.
DOMELRE ~ Domestic Electric Refrigerator
Originally designed as a massive, horse-drawn "Puffing Billy"
Vacuum Cleaner