The washing machine automated clothing cleaning.

The camera allowed images to be captured and preserved.

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The first webcam was invented to check if a coffee pot in a Cambridge lab was full without walking downstairs.

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The first computer mouse was made of wood — Douglas Engelbart built it in 1964.

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The Akashi Kaikyō Bridge in Japan is one of the longest suspension bridges.

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The dishwasher automated dish cleaning.

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The Voyager probes run on software that can be patched from Earth, over 14 billion miles away.

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The printing press was invented around 1440 by Gutenberg — within 50 years, over 20 million books had been printed.

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The internet connected computers across the world.

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