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Laptop, 1982 (Necessary Invention ;)

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<span style="background: white;">A sturdy lap was
required to support the earliest portable computers. The Osborne 1, released in
1981, often stakes a claim as the first laptop but it looked more like a sewing
machine than today's sleek machines, and tipped the scales at more than 10kg.
Introduced a year later, the GriD Compass 1100, designed by Brit Bill
Moggridge, is a more likely contender. It was the first laptop to sport the now
standard "clamshell" case and its lightweight build (5kg) made it a
hit with Nasa and US paratroopers.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Laptop, 1982 (Necessary Invention ;)

Laptop, 1982 A sturdy lap was required to support the earliest portable computers. The Osborne 1, released in 1981, often stakes a...

Sewing machine, 1830 ( Awesome Invention )

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<span style="background: white;">Humans had used
bone and horn to sew for tens of thousands of years, but the first patent for a
machine that could do it without the need for such cumbersome devices as pins
and thimbles was submitted in 1790. It didn't work. The first functioning
machine was invented by Frenchman Barthélemy Thimonnier in 1830, but his
machines were destroyed in riots. In 1845, Elias Howe built the contraption
that would spawn the modern day machine, including those built by one Isaac
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Sewing machine, 1830 ( Awesome Invention )

Sewing machine, 1830 Humans had used bone and horn to sew for tens of thousands of years, but the first patent for a machine that ...

Lead pencil, 1564 ( Old awesome necessary Invention )

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<span style="background: white;">Any schoolboy worth
his salt knows pencils do not in fact contain potentially poisonous lead. And
they never did; the pencil arrived with the discovery in 1564 in Borrowdale,
Cumbria, of a pure deposit of graphite, then thought to be a type of lead. A
year later, the German naturalist Conrad Gesner described a wooden writing tool
that contained the substance. Nicolas Conté perfected the pencil more than a
century later by mixing graphite with clay and gluing it between two strips of
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Lead pencil, 1564 ( Old awesome necessary Invention )

Lead pencil, 1564 Any schoolboy worth his salt knows pencils do not in fact contain potentially poisonous lead. And they never d...

Digital watch, 1972 ( Old memories)

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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 31px;">Digital watch, 1972</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 31px;"><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Watches made the short journey from bosom to wrist during the 19th century, due in part to the craze among middle-class women for cycling. Their new, more convenient position made sense and they developed quickly. Rolex made the first waterproof watch in 1926 and a year later the ultra-accurate quartz-crystal controlled clock arrived. Watches finally went digital in the 1970s when the Hamilton Company developed the Pulsar, which sported lights in place of hands; the liquid crystal display (LCD) followed in 1977.</span></span></div>

Digital watch, 1972 ( Old memories)

Digital watch, 1972 Watches made the short journey from bosom to wrist during the 19th century, due in part to the craze among middl...