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1970 — 1979
US 3953566 · 1976 · WL Gore and Associates Inc
Making Strong, Porous PTFE: The Gore-Tex Process
US 3946398 · 1976 · SILONICS Inc
How Piezoelectric Inkjet Printing Works
US 3691140 · 1972
Sticky, Tiny Plastic Balls Made from Acrylates
US 4063220 · 1977 · Xerox Corp
How Multiple Computers Share a Network Cable Without Crashing
US 4166152 · 1979 · Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co
The Sticky Microscopic Beads Behind Post-it Notes
US 3492131 · 1970 · GD Searle LLC
The Discovery of Aspartame as a Sugar Substitute
US 3906166 · 1975 · Motorola Inc
How Early Cell Phones Handled Calls Across Different Towers
US 4064521 · 1977 · RCA Corp
How Amorphous Silicon Changed Solar Power
US 3713148 · 1973 · Communications Services Corp Inc
How Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Tags Were Invented
US 3733309 · 1973 · EI Du Pont de Nemours and Co
How Plastic Soda Bottles Are Made Stronger Using Stretched Molecules
US 3778614 · 1973 · EMI Ltd
How Early CT Scans Created Detailed Body Images
US 3541541 · 1970 · Stanford Research Institute
How Douglas Engelbart Invented the Computer Mouse
US 3803463 · 1974
Weapon That Shoots Wires to Deliver Electric Shocks
US 3819587 · 1974 · EI Du Pont de Nemours and Co
The Molecular Structure of Kevlar High-Strength Fiber
US 3489148 · 1970 · Procter and Gamble Co
How Disposable Diapers Keep Skin Dry Using Porous Plastic Sheets
US 3671542 · 1972 · EI Du Pont de Nemours and Co
How Stephanie Kwolek Invented the Liquid Crystal Solution for Kevlar
US 3672155 · 1972 · Hamilton Watch Co
Hamilton's Early Digital Watch with LED Display
US 4031893 · 1977 · Survival Technology Inc
How Auto-Injectors Adjust Their Dose Using a Simple Spacer
US 4131919 · 1978 · Eastman Kodak Co
The First Digital Camera's Core Technology
US 4009052 · 1977 · Exxon Research and Engineering Co
Early Lithium-Ion Battery Design Using Chalcogenides
US 3826068 · 1974
How the String Trimmer (Weed Eater) Actually Cuts Grass
US 3711262 · 1973 · Corning Glass Works
How Corning Invented Modern Fiber Optic Cables
US 3789832 · 1974
Using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance to Detect Cancer in Tissue
US 3498798 · 1970 · Procter and Gamble Co
How Pringles Potato Chips Are Stacked and Packaged
US 3668658 · 1972 · International Business Machines Corp
How the Floppy Disk's Protective Jacket Cleans the Disk
US 3655201 · 1972 · Moleculon Research Corp
How the 2x2x2 Magnetic Puzzle Cube Works
US 3614954 · 1971 · Medtronic Inc
How the First Automatic Implantable Defibrillator Works
US 3585356 · 1971 · Innerspace Environments Inc
How the Modern Waterbed Works
US 4173796 · 1979 · University of Utah
How Jarvik's Artificial Heart Uses Electric Motors to Pump Blood
US 3927193 · 1975 · F Hoffmann La Roche AG
Using Radioactive Antibodies to Find Tumors Inside the Body
US 4063048 · 1977
How Early Cochlear Implants Used Digital Signals to Restore Hearing
US 3778335 · 1973 · Corning Glass Works
How Chemically Strengthened Glass Works
US 3501586 · 1970 · Battelle Development Corp
How James Russell Invented the Digital Optical Disc
US 3659285 · 1972 · Sanders Associates Inc
How the First Home Video Game Console Worked
US 3987163 · 1976 · Burton Parsons and Co Inc
How Polystyrene Sulfonate Helps Treat Dry Eye Symptoms
US 3761682 · 1973 · Docutel Corp