1951	Super glue invented. Power steering invented by Francis W. Davis. Charles Ginsburg invented the first videotape recorder (VTR).
1952	Mr. Potato Head patented. The first patent for bar code (US Patent #2,612,994) issued to inventors Joseph Woodland and Bernard Silver. The first diet soft drink sold. Edward Teller and team build the hydrogen bomb.
1953	Radial tires invented. The first musical synthesizer invented by RCA. David Warren invented the black box - flight recorder. Transistor radio invented by Texas Instruments.
1954	Oral contraceptives invented. The first nonstick pan produced. The solar cell invented by Chaplin, Fuller and Pearson. Ray Kroc started McDonalds.
1955	Tetracycline invented. Optic fiber invented.
1956	The first computer hard disk used. The hovercraft invented by Christopher Cockerell. Bette Nesmith Graham invented "Mistake Out," later renamed Liquid Paper, to paint over mistakes made with a typewriter.
1957	Fortran (computer language) invented.
1958	The modem invented. Gordon Gould invents the laser. The Hula Hoop invented by Richard Knerr and Arthur "Spud" Melin. The integrated circuit invented by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce.
1959	The internal pacemaker invented by Wilson Greatbatch. Barbie Doll invented. Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce both invent the microchip.
1960	The halogen lamp invented.
1961	Valium invented. The nondairy creamer invented.
1962	The audio cassette invented. The fiber-tip pen invented by Yukio Horie. Spacewar, the first computer video game invented. Dow Corp invents silicone breast implants.
1963	The first videodisc invented.
1964	Acrylic paint invented. Permanent-press fabric invented. BASIC (an early computer language) is invented by John George Kemeny and Tom Kurtz.
1965	Astroturf invented. Soft contact lenses invented. NutraSweet invented. The compact disk invented by James Russell. Kevlar invented by Stephanie Louise Kwolek.
1966	Electronic Fuel injection for cars invented.
1967	The first handheld calculator invented.
1968	The computer mouse invented by Douglas Engelbart. The first computer with integrated circuits made. Robert Dennard invented RAM (random access memory).
1969	The arpanet (first internet) invented. The artificial heart invented. The ATM invented. The bar-code scanner is invented.
1970	The daisy-wheel printer invented. The floppy disk invented by Alan Shugart.
1971	The dot-matrix printer invented. The food processor invented. The liquid-crystal display (LCD) invented by James Fergason. The microprocessor invented by Faggin, Hoff and Mazor. VCR or videocassette recorder invented.
1972	The word processor invented. Pong (first video game) invented by Nolan Bushnell. Hacky Sack® invented by John Stalberger and Mike Marshall.
1973	Gene splicing invented. The ethernet (local computer network) invented by Robert Metcalfe and Xerox. Bic invents the disposable lighter.
1974	The post-it note invented by Arthur Fry. Giorgio Fischer, a gynecologist from Rome, Italy, invents liposuction.
1975	The laser printer invented. The push-through tab on a drink can invented.