
Inventions That Shook the World
This educational series explores each decade’s life-changing inventions: from the radio to the machine gun, and everything in between.
Directed byGuy O'Sullivan
Season 1

S01:E01 - The 1900s
Inventions in the decade include jet engines; computers and microwave ovens.

S01:E02 - The 1910s
Weather satellites; video game console; taser; industrial robots.

S01:E03 - The 1920s
Inventions of the 1950s included transistor radios, Sputnik and flight data recorders.

S01:E04 - The 1930s
Radios, airplanes, disposable razors and air conditioners are among the inventions.

S01:E05 - The 1940s
War is the driving force behind much of the innovation in the 1940s. The microwave is born after a self-taught inventor realizes that military equipment is responsible for melting a chocolate bar in his pocket. And, a sailor returns home and hits pay dirt with an invention that finally brings cats in from the cold: kitty litter.

S01:E06 - The 1950s
Television, sound in movies, lie detectors and refrigerators.

S01:E07 - The 1960s
DNA profiling; nicotine patch; the Internet; capsule endoscopy; MIR station.

S01:E08 - The 1970s
Inventions include portable walkie-talkies, electric guitars, parking meters and copy machines.

S01:E09 - The 1980s
Hubble Space Telescope; windup radio; neurotrophic electrode; camera phone; airbag system.

S01:E10 - The 1990s
The cell phone and the digital camera.
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