InventionDB

106 inventions spanning from controlled fire to CRISPR gene editing. The complete history of human ingenuity in one database.

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The controlled use of fire was arguably the most important invention ever. Cooking food increased ca...

The Neolithic Revolution transformed humans from nomadic hunter-gatherers to settled farmers. Wheat ...

Cuneiform was the first writing system, initially for accounting records. Egyptian hieroglyphics dev...

Movable type revolutionized information distribution. Gutenberg borrowed money from Johann Fust and ...

Watt improved Thomas Newcomens 1712 engine, making it 75% more efficient. The separate condenser was...

TCP/IP was the protocol that made the internet possible. ARPANET, the precursor, sent its first mess...

Fleming discovered it by accident when mold contaminated a petri dish. He did not develop it into a ...