Inventor and Nationality 1.

Henry Ford (American) -

Invention and Usage Cars: for transportation.

Year Invented 1914

2. John Logie Baird (Scotsman)

Television: transmits and receives moving images accompanied by sounds.

1928

3. Alexander Fleming (Scotsman)

Penicillin: antibacterial

1928

4. Han Berger (Dutch)

Electroencephalograph: records the electrical activity of the brain.

1929

5. Karl Jonsky (American)

Radio telescope: used in tracking and collecting data from satellites and space probes.

1930

6. Igor Sikorsky (Russian American)

Helicopter: for transportation, construction, fire fighting, search and rescue, and military uses.

1939

7. Edwin Land (American)

Polaroid Camera: generates a developed film images.

1947

8. Willem Kolff (Dutch)

Artificial Heart: used in order to bridge the time to heart transplantation, or to permanently replace the heart in case transplantation is impossible.

1957

9. Alva Fisher (

Washing Machine: used to wash laundry.

1910

10. Robert Watson Watt (Scotsman)

Radar: used to determine the range, altitude, direction, or speed of both moving and fixed objects.

1919

11. Dr. William Frank Libby (American)

Atomic Clock: used as primary standards for international time distribution services, to control the

1948

frequency of television broadcasts. 12. Charles Strite (American) Pop-Up Toaster: toast bread on both sides simultaneously 1919

13. John Larson (

Lie Detector: used to determine if someone is lying.

1921

14. Percy Spencer (American)

Microwave Oven: heats food by dielectric heating.

1946