New innovations are not always as groundbreaking as you might think. Very often innovation is simply the result of continuous evolution and not that radical at all. We listed 10 innovations and show that some of them date back to more than 100 years ago.

1. 10 INNOVATIONS
you thought were
new…
First generation iPod, 2001

2. 08 INNOVATIONS
But aren’t…
BRAUN
T3
Pocket
Radio,
1953

3. #2
CYCLONE
TECHNOLOGY

4. #2
CYCLONE
TECHNOLOGY
This invention dates
back as far as 1898.
“In his usual style of
seeking solutions
from unexpected
sources, Dyson
thought of how a
nearby sawmill used a
cyclone – a high cone
that spins dust out of
the air by centrifugal
force – to expel
waste.”
@Issue: The Journal of Business and
Design (vol. 8, no. 1)

5. #3
INDUCTION
HEATING

6. #3
INDUCTION
HEATING
Early in the 20th
century engineers
started to look for
other ways of melting
steel. By 1927 the
first MF induction
melting system had
been installed
by EFCO in Sheffield,
England.
h9p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InducDon_heater

7. #4
TOUCH
SCREENS

8. In 1972 a new
system PLATO IV was
launched into
operation with a very
innovative terminal. It
included Bitzer's
orange plasma display
invention which
incorporated both
memory and
bitmapped graphics
into one display.
#4
TOUCH
SCREENS
h9p://history-­‐computer.com/ModernComputer/Basis/
touch_screen.html

9. #5
SELF HEALING
MATERIALS

10. #5
SELF HEALING
MATERIALS
20 centuries ago the
Romans used a self-healing
concrete
(without knowing it).
When a small crack
appeared, moisture
induced a chemical
healing reaction.
h9p://codingfuture.com/self-­‐healing-­‐concrete/

11. #6
VIRTUAL
REALITY

12. Dr. Ivan Sutherland,
University of Utah,
invented this device in
1971.
“Architects could use
the device to draw
buildings in three
dimensions; realtors
could use it to show
buyers the interiors of
homes without even
leaving the office.”
#6
VIRTUAL
REALITY
h9p://blog.modernmechanix.com/v-­‐r-­‐goggles-­‐3-­‐d-­‐trip-­‐inside-­‐a-­‐
drawing-­‐via-­‐computer-­‐graphics/

13. #5
3D
MOVIES
#7
3D
MOVIES

14. #7
3D
MOVIES
Bwana Devil is a
1952 U.S. adventure
film. The film is
notable for sparking
the first 3D film craze
in the motion picture
industry, as well as for
being the first 3D
feature film entirely in
color and the first 3D
sound feature in
English.
(Wikipedia)

15. #8
CARBON
NANOTUBES

16. Damascus steel was
a type of steel used in
Middle Eastern sword
making in the 18th
century.
In 2006 a research
team in Germany
published a report
revealing the
integration of
nanowires and
carbon nanotubes in
these swords.
h9p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus_steel
#8
CARBON
NANOTUBES

17. #9
ELECTRIC
CARS

18. Detroit Electric was
one of the popular
electric cars in the
beginning of the 20th
century. 13,000 of
these cars were built
from 1907 to 1939.
#9
ELECTRIC
CARS
h9p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Electric

19. #10
3D
PRINTING

20. In 1983 the first 3D
printing technique –
Stereolithography –
was invented by
Charles Hull. Four
years later these two
invented Selective
Laser Sintering. A
newspaper titled:
“Revolutionary
machine makes 3-d
objects from
drawings.”
#10
3D
PRINTING
h9p://kierahintze.wordpress.com/

21. INNOVATION
IS
CONTINUOUS
EVOLUTION

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