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Inventors and inventions!

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    Vocabulary and general knowledge about inventions
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  • It's an electronic device used to heat food quickly.
    a microwave (oven)
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  • It was invented in 1955 and most families have one in their living room.
    television
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  • It is used to observe objects too small to view with the human eye. 
    a microscope
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  • What is this invention?
    a light bulb (It was invented by Thomas Alva Edison in 1879)
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  • It is made of metal, plastic and rubber and is used to wash clothes. What is it?
    a washing machine (1851)
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  • What did Alexander Graham Bell invent?
    telephone (1876)
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  • When was Instagram invented, 2013 or 2010?
    Instagram was invented in 2010.
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  • Tim Berners-Lee had a vision of a global hyperlinked information system. It became a reality in the late-1980's and 90's, linking the entire World. What is the name of this invention?
    Internet (It was created for military purposes!)
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  • This is a machine that can make you feel cooler.
    It's a fan/ an air conditioner (The first electric fan was created in 1886 and the first modern air conditioner was invented in 1902.)
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  • What are these inventions?
    video games (Tennis for Two was developed in 1958 and is considered one of the first games developed in the early history of video games.)
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  • They were invented to improve people’s vision.
    Glasses / contact lenses were invented to improve people's vision.
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  • It was invented by the Wright Brothers.
    airplane: The first successful airplane was invented by the Wright Brothers in 1903.
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