Always Has Been: Chapter 1

Marie-Anne Lavoisier's Contributions to Weaving Technology in 1793

The Invention of the Davy Lamp

Dr. Edith Flanigen and the Invention of Synthetic Zeolite Y

Luddite Movement of 1812

Mary Kies' Straw-Weaving Innovation

Puckle Gun

The Invention of the Parking Meter

Jeanne Dumée and Her Advocacy for Heliocentrism

Development and Impact of Neoprene

Transcontinental Telegraph of 1860

The Invention of the Telegraph: Samuel Morse's 1844 Demonstration

Development of Polysulfide Rubber in 1943

Denis Papin's Steam Digester

Impact of the Automatic Answering Machine on Employment in 1958

Sybilla Masters and Her Cornmeal Processing Invention

Margaret Lucas Cavendish's 1668 Agricultural Invention

Sarah Guppy's Contribution to Suspension Bridge Design

Development of the Automatic Loom in 1741

Whitcomb Area Rule: A Milestone in Aviation History

Spinning Jenny and its Impact on Textile Production

Development of the Rode Safety Bicycle in 1907

Christiaan Huygens and the Invention of the Pendulum Clock

Green Crete: New Zealand's Sustainable Concrete Innovation

Thomas Newcomen and the Atmospheric Steam Engine

The Invention of Loudspeakers in 1627 by Athanasius Kircher

1921 Invention of the Mechanical Potato Digger

The Spinning Jenny and Its Impact on Textile Production

James Bruce's 1690 Mechanical Loom and the Resultant Social Unrest

Mary Walton's Contribution to Noise Pollution Reduction

The 1951 Introduction of UNIVAC I

Franklin Stove

Maria Beasley and the Invention of the Modern Life Raft

Margaret Cavendish's 1665 Contribution to Natural Philosophy

Invention of the Flying Shuttle

Sarah Mather's Underwater Telescope

Ahasuerus Fromanteel and the Pendulum Clock Advancements of 1647

Hedy Lamarr's Frequency Hopping: A Wireless Revolution

Thomas Savery's Steam Engine of 1688

Mary Kies' Straw-Weaving Invention

Transcontinental Telegraph of 1861

The Impact of the Spinning Jenny on Textile Industry

Pendulum Clock Invention by Christiaan Huygens

1969 Microprocessor Development

Pneumatic Tube System

Alice H. Parker and Her Pioneering Furnace Design

Hedy Lamarr and George Antheil's Frequency-Hopping Invention

Introduction of the Benz Patent-Motorwagen

Osborne 1: The First Portable Personal Computer

Mary Kies' 1812 Straw and Silk Weaving Patent

Macintosh Raincoat

Sybilla Masters and Her Cornstalk Processing Machine

Philo Farnsworth's 1927 Television Breakthrough

Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner and the Early Sanitary Belt

The Introduction of the Microwave Oven in 1964

Impact of Huygens' Pendulum Clock on 17th Century Clockmaking

Impact of the 1788 Mechanized Cotton Spinning Machine

Development of the Electric Telegraph (1838)

Dr. Radia Perlman's 1993 Invention of the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)

Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine

Invention of the Gyroscopic Compass by Elmer Sperry (1909)

Aqualizer and Ecological Disruptions

Thomas Savery's 1697 Steam Engine Patent

2015 Venmo Security Flaw

1721: The Rumored Automated Weaving Machine

Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin and Its Impact

The Pearl Street Station: Edison's Electrification Milestone

Discovery of X-rays by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen

The Invention of the Microwave Oven

Denis Papin's Piston-Driven Steam Engine

Controversy Surrounding Jo Milner's 2002 Gene-Editing Technology

John Kay's Flying Shuttle

The Advent of the Vacuum Cleaner: A Technological Breakthrough in 1899

Sarah Mather's Submarine Telescope and Lamp

Impact of the Intel 4004 Microprocessor Unveiling in 1971

Ada Lovelace's Contributions to the Analytical Engine

Invention of the Spinning Frame by Sir Richard Arkwright

Development and Impact of the DVD in 1995

John Kay and the Invention of the Flying Shuttle

Impact of the 1847 Mechanical Reaper on Agricultural Workers

Samuel Morse and the Single-Wire Telegraph

Invention of the Pendulum Clock

Henrietta Vansittart's 1914 Textile Propeller Innovation

James Watt's Improved Steam Engine: 1782 Innovation

The Mechanical Turk: Pioneering Illusion in Automation

Discovery of Phosphorus by Hennig Brand

1749 Carding Machine by John Kay and Joseph Stell

Introduction of the CD-ROM in 1988

Invention of the Electrostatic Precipitator by Frederick Cottrell

Carl Wilhelm Scheele: Pioneering Chemist

Beatrice A. Hicks and the Gas Density Switch: Pioneering Innovations in 1908