- 1900 to 1909 1910 to 1919 1920 to 1929
- 1930 to 1939 1940 to 1949 1950 to 1959
- 1960 to 1969 1970 to 1979 1980 to 1989
- 1990 to 1999 2000 onwards
1910
- Thomas Edison demonstrated the first talking motion picture.
- Georges Claude displayed the first neon lamp to the public on December 11, 1910, in Paris.
1911
- Charles Franklin Kettering invents the first automobile electrical ignition system.
1912
- Motorized movie cameras invented, replaced hand-cranked cameras.
- The first tank patented by Australian inventor De La Mole.
- Clarence Crane created Life Savers candy in 1912.
1913
- The crossword puzzle invented by Arthur Wynne.
- The Merck Chemical Company patented, what is now know as, ecstasy.
- Mary Phelps Jacob invents the bra.
- Gideon Sundback invented the modern zipper.
1914
- Garrett A. Morgan invents the Morgan gas mask.
1915
- Eugene Sullivan and William Taylor co-invented Pyrex in New York City.
1916
- Radio tuners invented, that received different stations.
- Stainless steel invented by Henry Brearly.
1917
- Gideon Sundback patented the modern zipper (not the first zipper).
1918
- The superheterodyne radio circuit invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong. Today, every radio or television set uses this invention.
- Charles Jung invented fortune cookies.
1919
- The pop-up toaster invented by Charles Strite.
- Short-wave radio invented.
- The flip-flop circuit invented.
- The arc welder invented.
