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things that were invented while my grandfather was alive:
1912
1913- crossword puzzle, ecstasy, the bra, paperclips
1916- stainless steel
1918- fortune cookies
1919- pop-up toaster, short-wave radio
1920- band-aid
1922- insulin, 3-d movie
1923- television, frozen-food, traffic signal
1924- loudspeaker, spiral-bound notebooks
1927- pez, iron lung, aerosol can
1928- penicillin, bubble gum
1930- scotch tape, jet engine
1932- parking meter (boo)
1934- monopoly board game
1935- nylon, canned beer
1937- photocopier
1938- ball point pen, freeze-dried coffee, lsd
1939- helicopter
1940- jeep, color tv
1943- the slinky, silly putty
1944- kidney dialysis machine
1946- microwave
1947- tupperware
1948- velcro, jukebox
1949-cakemix
1950- credit card
1951- super glue
1952- mr. potato head, bar code
1954- the pill, mcdonalds
1956- white out
1958- laser, hula hoop
1959- pacemaker, barbie
1961- valium, nondairy creamer
1967- handheld calculator
1969- atm
1971- vcr, food processor
1972- word processor, pong, hacky sack
1973- disposable lighter
1974- post-it
1979- roller blades, cell phones
1981- pc
1983- cabbage patch kids
1984- cd-rom, apple
1986- disposable camera
1988- doppler radar, prozac
1990- world wide web
1991- digital answering machine
1995- dvd
1998- viagra
2001- artificial heart, i-pod, self-cleaning windows
2002- breath mint strips, dog translator
2003- hybrid car, robotic cat, camera phone
2004- computerized shoes
2006- youtube, the hug shirt
2007- iphone
2008- camera pill, hulu, the retail dna test
2009