T/TAS 40th Anniversary - Inventions from The 80's
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1980
The hepatitis-B vaccine invented.
1981
MS-DOS invented.
The first IBM-PC invented.
The scanning tunneling microscope invented by Gerd Karl Binnig and Heinrich Rohrer.
1982
Human growth hormone genetically engineered.
1983
The Apple Lisa invented.
Soft bifocal contact lens invented.
First Cabbage Patch Kids sold.
Programmer Jaron Lanier first coins the term "virtual reality".
1984
The CD-ROM invented.
The Apple Macintosh invented.
1985
Windows program invented by Microsoft.
1986
A high-temperature super-conductor invented by J. Georg Bednorz and Karl A. Muller.
Synthetic skin invented by G. Gregory Gallico, III.
Fuji introduced the disposable camera.
1987
The first 3-D video game invented.
Disposable contact lenses invented.
1988
Digital cellular phones invented.
The RU-486 (abortion pill) invented.
Doppler radar invented by Christian Andreas Doppler.
Prozac invented at the Eli Lilly Company by inventor Ray Fuller.
The first patent for a genetically engineered animal is issued to Harvard University researchers Philip Leder and Timothy Stewart.
Ralph Alessio and Fredrik Olsen received a patent for the Indiglo nightlight. The bluish green light is used to illuminate the entire face of a watch.
1989
High-definition television invented.
(Source: http://inventors.about.com/od/timelines/a/modern_4.htm)
