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Thomas Edison
1000+ patents
phonograph
Kinetophone
Zoopraxiscope
first motion picture
incandescent light bulbs
carbon microphone
flouroscope (xray improvement)
stock ticker
electric trains
Steve Jobs
a PC but prettier and a phone with a screen.
however thats not to say it was a revolution in adapting existing tech to become something more than just technology. Aka the ipod, nothing new, but with the leasing of the MP3 track identifier it made ripping your CD's to Mp3 worthwhile so you could read them as a title, instead of just a number. technology and merging UI and that kind of thing, well worth a mention
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