Reels tagged #invention
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Firsts
The first phone call was a request for help
In March 1876 Alexander Graham Bell spoke the first words down a telephone to his assistant in the next room: "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you."
Firsts
The first car had three wheels
Karl Benz patented the Motorwagen in 1886. Its single-cylinder engine made under one horsepower, and it steered on a single front wheel.
Technology
The QR code was invented to track car parts
Denso Wave created it in 1994 for Toyota production lines, needing a code readable from any angle and still scannable when partly damaged.