Inventions, technology and AI

In the 1950s, secretary Bette Graham invented correction fluid to cover up her errors

In September 1985, Excel, an electronic spreadsheet document was created

In 1974 the chance to win instant cash went on sale for the first time

The story of how an Argentinian doctor created a new treatment for heart disease

In 1971, there was a key moment in the digital revolution of e-books

In 1965, a new fibre was discovered by scientist Stephanie Kwolek

In the early 2000s, BlackBerry was the phone that ruled the world

In 2000, the Completely Automated Public Turing test was introduced as a security tool

In 1995 Microsoft released a new operating system after a $300 million marketing campaign

In 1993, a lightbulb moment led to the invention of the first white light emitting diode

23 April 1996, saw the first World Book Day. It originated from a Spanish tradition

In April 2005, the first video was posted onto YouTube

In 1998, the Snake game made its debut on mobile phones

In 1955, entrepreneur and engineer Yoshitada Minami, revolutionised rice cooking

In 1915, two rival electricity pioneers were told they would share a Nobel Prize

In 2006 police raided the popular but controversial file-sharing website The Pirate Bay

In 1937, American supermarket owner Sylvan Goldman wanted his customers to spend more.

The Global Positioning System, also known as GPS, was created in the late 1970s

In 1951, Harry Coover noticed a chemical he was working with was sticking to everything

In May 1960 a Norwegian toy-maker unveiled a life-sized, life-like training manikin

In 2000, two Polish students started creating a smart speaker which sounded human

In 1948, the first stored-program computer the ‘Baby’ was invented

In 2002, the 'Ken Burns effect' was created.

In the 1970s, Norwegian Tor Sornes invented the hotel key card