1974 ⟶ Invention of the Lithium-Ion Battery
The lithium-ion battery is invented by M. Stanley Whittingha...
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🧭 Independent Invention of the Octant
Thomas Godfrey and John Hadley independently develop the octant⟶
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United States🧹 First Powered Vacuum Cleaner Patented
The first motorized cleaner using suction, a powered "vacuum cleaner", is patented independently by Hubert Cecil Booth and David T. Kenney.⟶
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United KingdomUnited States🧮 Invention of the Pocket Calculator
🔋 Invention of the Lithium-Ion Battery
The lithium-ion battery is invented by M. Stanley Whittingham, and further developed in the 1980s and 1990s by John B. Goodenough, Rachid Yazami and Akira Yoshino. It has impacted modern consumer electronics and electric vehicles.⟶
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