inventions of the 1970s
Inventions of the 1970s
The 20th century has seen some of the best inventions. Here's a list of inventions of the 1970s that made it big!
*Invention Name of Inventor |
Year | About the Invention |
Lead Free Petrol Eugene Houdry |
1970 | This French engineer (mechanical) discovered the method of catalytic cracking in fuel. |
DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory) Robert Dennard (Intel) |
1970 | Within 2 years, this semiconducting memory chip had become a bestselling product! |
Floppy Disk David Noble (IBM) |
1971 | It is a medium to store data, used in computers. It has a thin magnetic tape disk, which is enclosed in a plastic cover. |
Pocket Calculators Busicom |
1971 | The predecessors to the hi-tech digital calculators that are used all across the world by students, businessmen, etc. |
Microprocessors 3 simultaneous inventions by Intel, Texas Instruments and Garrett AiResearch |
1971 | The major component of all the CPUs in computers. |
Word Processor Micropro International |
1972 | The first software that processed words, WordStar, was invented. |
Video Game Pong Nolan Bushnell |
1972 | PSP bows down to thee! |
Disposable Lighters S. T. Dupont Company |
1972 | The first to switch from naphtha to butane, as butane has less odor and its flammability can be controlled. |
Peter Powell Stunt Kite Peter Powell |
1972 | A steerable kite, using glass fiber spars. |
Xerox Alto Xerox PARC |
1973 | This was the first personal computer that used the graphic user interface. |
Genetically Modified Organisms Herbert Boyer & Stanley Cohen |
1973 | Basically, it is genetic engineering, using DNA to create another of its kind. |
Post-it Notes Arthur Fry |
1974 | This was invented out of sheer frustration, when a colleague's bookmarks kept falling out of his book! |
Rubik's cube Ernő Rubik |
1974 | The great professor of architecture from Hungary won the German Game of the Year in the Best Puzzle category, in 1974, for this mind-boggling toy. |
Liposuction Giorgio Fischer |
1974 | This gynecologist from Rome, Italy invented the practice that has become very popular among middle aged women today. |
Digital cameras Steve Sasson (from Kodak) |
1975 | Now you know why it's called a Kodak Moment! |
Hybrid Cars and Vehicles Victor Wouk |
1975 | A hybrid vehicle is a vehicle that uses more than a single source of power. The Prius used by the NYPD (Traffic) is an example. |
Laser Printer Gary Starkweather |
1975 | He built it at Xerox, and it was completely perfected by the next year. |
Gore-Tex Wilbert L Gore |
1976 | It is a fabric that is water resistant and breathes. |
Ink-jet Printer Popularized by Siemens |
1976 | Though it was invented in 1976, it gained momentum only in the 1980s. |
Cell Phone technology Bell Labs |
1977 | The first of many innovations in the concept of cellular radio network. |
Personal Stereo Andreas Pavel |
1977 | This inventor was born in Germany, but he was Brazilian. His portable stereo was an earlier version of the Walkman. |
Spreadsheets Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston |
1978 | VisiCalc was the first spreadsheet document invented and was released for public use on Apple II systems. |
Jarvik-7 Robert K. Jarvik |
1978 | William DeVries, a surgeon placed the artificial heart into the body of Dr. Barney Clark, a dentist. Dr. Clark survived for 112 days! |
The Sony Walkman Sony |
1979 | The first walkman, with stereo playback and headphones was sold in Japan. |
RollerBlades Scott and Brennan Olson |
1979 | These brothers got the idea from in-line skates, and their product was immediately popular with ice skaters. |
Cray supercomputer Seymour Cray |
1979 | The first supercomputer to be invented. They are used for airplane safety, weather prediction, etc. |