Top 10 Inventions That Changed the World 

Steam Engine -  The steam engine’s first version dates back to the third century AD, James Watt, the inventor of the steam engine worked for decades in designing and blueprinting how the steam engine will work. 

The wheel -  This great invention gained prominence in 3500 BC and it has grown to become one of the most important inventions ever in the history of mankind. 

Printing Press -  Printing Press was invented by Johannes Gutenberg in 1450 AD by borrowing heavily from Chinese assets and application of these assets to advanced machines. 

Computer Charles Babbage, a Mathematician, and mechanical engineer is considered the “father of computers” as he invented the first mechanical computer in the early 19th century. 

Internet -  The internet was first invented by Vinton Cerf in the year 1973 backed by the US Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA). 

Compass - The credit for this super invention goes to the Chinese who invented the first compass between the 2nd Century B.C. and 1st Century A.D. (during the Han dynasty). 

Television - It would be unfair to attribute the invention of television to one person, however, it is believed that it was the brainchild of Vladimir Kosma Zworykin & Philo Farnsworth. 

Light Bulb -  Thomas Alva Edison invented the light bulb that lasted for 1500 hours without burning out in 1879. This invention has revolutionized indoor living. 

Penicillin - Noble peace winner, Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin accidentally in a bacteria-infested Petri dish in the year 1928. 

Telephone - Alexander Graham Bell invented the Telephone in 1876 by joining two cups with a thread to talk from one end and listen from the other. 

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