Putting things in perspective..

It's my birthday and even though I'm moving on in years, I still feel pretty good considering. I laughed to think that my children probably think I was around before the wheel was invented.. and this made me look a bit into the world of Inventions Timeline. I found this a bit interesting.. and it makes me feel pretty good.. pretty young... when I look at this information.. take a look.. when were YOU born?

Paper

• Year: 105
• Inventor: Ts'ai Lun

Magnifying Glass

• Year: 1250
• Inventor: Roger Bacon

Moveable Type

• Year: 1447
• Inventor: Johann Gutenberg

2-Lens Microscope

• Year: 1590
• Inventor: Zacharias Janssen

Telescope

• Year: 1608
• Inventor: Han Lippershey

Mercury Thermometer

• Year: 1714
• Inventor: Gabriel Fahrenheit

Lightning Rod

• Year: 1752
• Inventor: Benjamin Franklin

Parachute

• Year: 1785
• Inventor: Jean Pierre Blanchard

Electric Battery

• Year: 1800
• Inventor: Alessandro Volta

Steam Locomotive

• Year: 1829
• Inventor: George Stephenson

Refrigeration

• Year: 1834
• Inventor: Jacob Perkins

Telegraph

• Year: 1837
• Inventor: Samuel Morse

Anesthesia

• Year: 1842
• Inventor: Crawford Long

Sewing Machine

• Year: 1846
• Inventor: Elias Howe

Elevator Brake

• Year: 1852
• Inventor: Elisha Otis

Typewriter

• Year: 1867
• Inventor: Christopher Sholes

Telephone

• Year: 1876
• Inventor: Alexander Graham Bell

Light Bulb

• Year: 1879
• Inventor: Thomas Edison

Automobile (gasoline)

• Year: 1886
• Inventor: Karl Benz

Escalator

• Year: 1891
• Inventor: Jesse Reno

Submarine

• Year: 1891
• Inventor: John Holland

Moving Picture Viewer

• Year: 1893
• Inventor: Thomas Edison

Diesel Engine

• Year: 1895
• Inventor: Rudolf Diesel

X-ray Machine

• Year: 1895
• Inventor: Wilhelm Roentgen

Tape Recorder

• Year: 1899
• Inventor: Valdemar Poulsen

Windshield Wipers

• Year: 1903
• Inventor: Mary Anderson

Propeller Airplane

• Year: 1903
• Inventors: Wilbur and Orville Wright

Vacuum Ice Cream Freeze

• Year: 1912
• Inventor: Beulah Henry

Modern Radio Receiver

• Year: 1913
• Inventor: Reginald Fessenden

Insulin

• Year: 1922
• Inventor: Sir Frederick Banting

Television

• Year: 1923
• Inventor: Vladimir Zworykin

Rocket Engine

• Year: 1926
• Inventor: Robert Goddard

Penicillin

• Year: 1929
• Inventor: Alexander Fleming

Jet Airplane

• Year: 1939
• Inventor: Hans van Ohain

Jeep 1940

Electric Computer

• Year: 1942
• Inventors: John Atanasof and Clifford Berry

Slinky 1943

Silly Putty

A-Bomb 1945

Microwave

• Year: 1946
• Inventor: Percy Spencer

Polaroid Camera 1947

Tupperware

Frisbee 1948

Velcro

Credit Card 1950

Super Glue 1951

Mr Potato Head 1952

Black Box Flight recorder 1953

McDonalds 1954

Fiber Optics

• Year: 1955
• Inventor: Narinder Kapany

Liquid Paper 1956

Laser

• Year: 1958
• Inventors: A. L. Schawlow & C. H. Townes

Hula Hoop 1958

Barbie Doll 1959

Audio Cassette 1962

Fiber tipped pen

Video Disc 1963

Astroturf 1965

Contact lenses

Word Processor

• Year: 1965
• Inventor: IBM

Hand held Calculator 1967

Computer Mouse 1968

Artificial Heart technology 1969

Barcode scanner

Floppy Disc 1970

VCR 1971

Pong 1972

CAT Scanner

• Year: 1973
• Inventor: Godfrey Hounsfield

Postit Notes 1974

Liposuction

Inkjet Printer 1976

Space Shuttle

• Year: 1977
• Inventor: NASA

Artificial Heart

• Year: 1978
• Inventor: Robert Jarvik

Cellular Phone

• Year: 1979
• Inventor: Ericsson Company

Walkman

Rollerblades

Cabbage Patch Kids 1983

CD-ROM 1984

Windows OS 1985

Disposable camera 1986

Laptop Computer

• Year: 1987
• Inventor: Sir Clive Sinclair

Doppler Radar 1988

Digital cellular phone

1989 HD television

WWW Protocol 1990

Digital answering machine 1991

Pentium Processor 1993

Digital Camera

• Year: 1994
• Inventor: Apple Computer, Kodak

DVD

• Year: 1995
• Inventor: Matsushita

Robot Vacuum

• Year: 2002
• Inventor: iRobert Corporation