The first successful patent for the invention of the telephone and brought a revolution in communication was awarded to Alexander Graham Bell in 1876.

The English Professor Michael Faraday is said to have made the first rubber balloons in 1824 to be used for his experiment involving hydrogen.

Willis Carrier, an American engineer, is known as the inventor of air conditioners. Later, he also founded the famous Carrier Corporation, a company that is famous for world-class air conditioners.

Richard Drew was a 3M engineer. He is credited with inventing adhesive tape, also known as Scotch tape, in 1930.

The printing press that is so commonly used in print media today was invented in 1440 by Johannes Gutenberg, a German inventor.

The first steam engine in the form of a steam pump that could be commercially used was built by English inventor Thomas Savery on 2 July 1698.

The ceiling fan was invented in 1882 by Philip Diehl who was a German American mechanical engineer. There are many more patents to his name, such as electric motors for sewing machines.

Sir Rowland Hill, an English teacher, is credited with inventing the idea of a postal stamp in 1840 when England became the first country in the world to issue a postal stamp.

During the Second World War, the V-2 rocket, the first ballistic missile, was invented by Wernher Von Braun and Walter Dornberger.

Thomas Edison is credited with having invented the lightbulb in 1879, although English chemist Humphrey Davy first initiated the idea of the electric bulb.