Charles Babbage – British mathematician Charles Babbage invented computers in 1822. In the year 1786 the ‘Difference Engine’ was first thought of by J.H. Muller who was an engineer in the Hessian army. He described […]
Who Invented Pizza?
The Italians – Pizza was probably invented by the Italians in the 10th Century. The origin of the word pizza is uncertain. In Italian it means ‘pie’ and may have come from the Greek word […]
Who invented the iPod?
Apple Inc. – The ipod was invented by the American company Apple Inc in 2001. Whilst Apple Inc are firmly recognised as the inventors of the ipod the original concept of a digital storage and […]
Who Invented Peanut-Butter?
Dr John Harvey Kellogg – The invention of peanut-butter is attributed to three people but Dr John Harvey Kellogg patented his process for creating it in 1895. It was in 950 BC that the […]
Who Invented the Google Search Engine?
Sergey Brin and Larry Page – The Google Search Engine was Invented By Sergey Brin and Larry Page in 1998. The most popular search engine, Google, was invented by the Soviet born Sergey Brin and […]
Who Invented Smarties?
Rowntree Mackintosh Limited – Smarties were invented by the British Rowntree Company in 1882. During Georgian times chocolate became popular amongst the wealthy and were originally known by the French term crottes du lapin, which […]
Who Invented the Pascal Programming Language ?
Niklaus Wirth – The Pascal programming language was developed by Niklaus Wirth in 1968 and first published for use in 1970. Pascal is a programming language that was designed in the late 1960’s. In 1970 […]
Who Invented the Floppy Disk?
David Noble – The ‘floppy disk’ was invented by David Nobel working for IBM in 1967. The first floppy disk was invented by a team of researchers at IBM. The team was headed by Alan […]
Who Invented the Computer Flash / Jump Drive?
Dov Moran – The Israeli entrepreneur Dov Moran invented of the USB Flash Drive in 1999. The USB Flash Drive can also be referred to as a pen drive, a thumb drive, a jump drive, […]
Who invented camera?
Johann Zahn designed the first camera in 1685
Who Invented Bubblegum?
Walter Diemer – Bubblegum was invented by Walter Diemer in Philadelphia in 1928. He never applied for a patent for the product.The ancient Greek’s actually utilised the first form of chewing gum when they chewed […]
Who invented the Magnifying Glass?
Roger Bacon- The magnifying glass was developed by Roger Bacon in the 13th Century Bacon (1214–1292) was a lecturer at Oxford University who conducted many experiments with mirrors to help explain the laws of refraction […]
