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30 Cards in this Set
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FM Radio
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Edwin Armstrong
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Superglue
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Harry Coover
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Adhesive Tape
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Richard Drew
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Kevlar
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Stephanie Kwolek
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Teflon
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Roy J. Plunkett
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Magnifying glass
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Roger Bacon
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First digital computer
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John Atanasoff
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Zipper
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Whitcomb Judson
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Stop-motion film
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J. Stuart Blackton ("American father of animation")
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Gas motor engine
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Nicolaus August Otto
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Eyeglasses
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Johannes Kepler
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Medical thermometer
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Thomas Allbutt
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Coca Cola
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John Pemberton
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CD
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James Russell
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Ballpoint pen
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Laszlo Biro
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Bifocal glasses, lightening rod, harmonica, flexible urinary catheter
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Benjamin Franklin
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Air brake for trains
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George Westinghouse
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First commercial automobile
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Karl Benz
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Telegraph
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Samuel Morse
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Radio
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Guglielmo Marconi
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Peanuts
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Washington Carver
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Cotton gin
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Eli Whitney
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Mobile phone
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Richard Frenkiel and Joel Engel
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Printing press
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Johannes Gutenberg
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TV
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Philo T. Farnsworth
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World Wide Web
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Tim Berners-Lee
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Internet
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Vinton Cerf
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Video game
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William Higinbotham
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Google
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Sergey Brin and Larry Page
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Smallpox vaccine
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Edward Jenner
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