- The wheel (Mesopotamia, 3500 BC)
- The plow (Mesopotamia, 3000 BC)
- The sailboat (Egypt, 3000 BC)
- The calendar (Mesopotamia, 3000 BC)
- The alphabet (Phoenicia, 1500 BC)
- The printing press (Johannes Gutenberg, 1440)
- The telescope (Hans Lippershey, 1608)
- The microscope (Zacharias Janssen, 1590)
- The steam engine (Thomas Savery, 1698)
- The electric battery (Alessandro Volta, 1800)
- The telephone (Alexander Graham Bell, 1876)
- The light bulb (Thomas Edison, 1879)
- The internal combustion engine (Nikolaus Otto, 1876)
- The airplane (Wright brothers, 1903)
- The computer (Charles Babbage, 1822)
- The internet (Tim Berners-Lee, 1989)
- The smartphone (Apple, 2007)