151 World’s Greatest Inventions

Penicillin was discovered by Alexander Fleming but was initially noticed by a French student Ernest Duchesne way back in 1896. Penicillin is regarded as the first effective drug which acted against various diseases caused by Staphylococci. It was after ten years of the discovery of a ‘blue-green mould’ which generated a substance (penicillin) that could […]

Paper bags, as we know them today have their own share of history as well. Earlier people used to take big containers along whenever they had to buy something from a retail store. Sensing a scope in this field, the first ever machine was invented in the year 1852 by Francis Wolle. He first got

Nowadays we do not feel panic due to unavailability of our favourite food at any distant places because we have the option in hand i.e. packed food option. It was invented and commercialized by Clarence Birdseye. In 1923, he invented method of freezing food fast and saving such in packed forms. Later in 1929, he

In the year 1440, the German Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press in the Holy Roman Empire. It was based on the screw press principles that were prevailing back then. Gutenberg was, by profession, merely a goldsmith. However, it was his profound knowledge and experimental skills that helped him develop the complete printing press system.

The notepad is a simple text editor for Microsoft windows. In all versions of Microsoft windows, the notepad had been included since 1985. The notepad was invented by an Australian, J.A. Birchall in 1902. It is to believe that he sold his notepads from his stationary shop. After a few years, the notepad idea had

The use of multivitamin has been known to be around for more than a 100 years. It is credited to Dr. Carl Rehnborg for inventing the first multi-vitamin that was sold in the United States in the year 1930. He founded the company called Nutrilite that’s known for the formulation of the first multi-minerals and

The computer mouse, as we know it today, was invented and developed by Douglas Englebart during the 60s and was patented on 17 November, 1970. While creating the mouse, Douglas was working at the Stanford Research Institute, a think tank sponsored by Stanford University, and originally referred to the mouse as a ‘X-Y Position Indicator

The mosquito coil is commonly used in almost every home but the first time, it was invented by Eiichiro Ueyama, a Japanese businessman in 1890. However, such mosquito coils were in form of small stick bars which use to be burnt very soon, so were not able to repel mosquitoes for many hours but it

The first modern portable headset or mobile was developed and invented by Martin Cooper, who was the former general manager with Motorola for the systems division. He is said to have developed the concept and had made the first call to a portable cell phone in the month of April, 1973. He made the call

An electric standing mixer was first invented in the year 1908 by Herbert Johnson. Herbert Johnson was an engineer in Hobart Manufacturing Company and he got the idea of inventing a mixer from a baker mixing dough using a metal spoon. Later he invented 80 quart mixer in 1951. The mixer became a normal apparatus

The microwave oven is a famous kitchen appliance that is recognized by many house-holds in the current era. It was invented by Percy Spencer who was responsible for constructing magnetrons for the radar sets. In 1945, the specific heating effect of the beam of high-power micro-waves was discovered. In the year 1947, the first commercial

The microphone, a device used to augment the sound, was first invented by Sir Charles Wheatstone in the year 1827. Initially, microphones were used only as radio transmitters and telephones. In 1876, Emile Berliner invented the first microphone to be used with telephone. She was inspired by the Bell Company telephone demonstration at US Centennial

The use of medicine had been first started by the primitive men as herbal remedies. It is found in the 25,000 years old sketches present in the Lascaux caves of France that evident that the primitive people in France used plants for remedial purposes. Later, medicines were invented by the Egyptians. Around 3000 BC, the

In the year 1805, the modern form of matchsticks came into existence. It was invented by K. Chanel in Paris but failed to gain popularity since it turned out to be expensive and also hazardous. The form in, which we know matchsticks today, the friction matchsticks, came into existence in the year 1827 thanks to

Magnets were not invented, but rather were found from a naturally occurring mineral called magnetite. Traditionally, the ancient Greeks were the discoverers of magnetite. There is a story about a shepherd named Magnes whose shoe nails stuck to a rock containing magnetite. The Greeks discovered naturally occurring magnets of magnetite in Turkey. Magnetite has a