1. Computer
The first functioning electronic computer was developed in the United States. The ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was developed during World War II at the University of Pennsylvania for the United States Army.
2. Internet
The Internet began in the United States as a project by the United States Department of Defense. The project, called ARPANET, was designed to allow computers at different universities and research centers to communicate with each other.
3. Lightbulb
The incandescent lightbulb was invented by Thomas Edison in the United States in the late 1870s. Edison's lightbulb was the first commercially successful electric lightbulb.
4. Airplane
The Wright Brothers made the first powered, controlled airplane flight on December 17, 1903, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA.
5. Telephone
The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876 in the United States.
6. Radio
The radio was invented by Guglielmo Marconi in 1896, but the first commercially successful radio station was established in the United States in 1920.
7. TV
The television was invented by Philo Farnsworth in 1927 in the United States. The first commercial television station began broadcasting in the United States in 1939.
8. Mobile Phone
The first portable cellular phone was invented by Martin Cooper of Motorola in 1973.
9. Personal Computer
The first personal computer was developed in the United States in 1975 by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs. The Apple II was the first commercially successful personal computer.
10. Space travel
The United States was the first country to put a man on the moon with the Apollo 11 mission in 1969.