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\"Misao<\/a><\/p>\n

Misao Ookawa<\/span> was born in 1898! She was recognized as the oldest woman alive!\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Can you even imagine that? – See Reuters article<\/a>
\nI’d say it’s pretty hard to imagine, so I dug a bit to see what I could put together and give this some perspective. First, here’s a list of inventions that occurred during her lifetime. Most of these we take for granted everyday. She lived without them…patiently waiting for them to arrive as she lived.<\/p>\n

Some added trivia before we go on – The oldest living man is 115 years old and he is also Japanese. In fact, Japan has the most living centurions on the planet. I think they’ve figured out the secret to longevity. We should eat more rice!\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

1900: the Zeppelin is designed, an airship
\n1901: Radiotelegraph service is instituted for the first time in Hawaii
\n1902: neon lights invented, AC and refrigeration
\n1903: the Wright Brothers first flight in a heavier-than-air craft
\n1905: Einstein’s Theory of Relativity published
\n<\/i>1906: Will Kellogg introduces corn flakes
\n1907: the Lumiere brothers invent color photography
\n1908: gyrocompass invented by Sperry
\n1909: instant coffee invented
\n1910: Edison shows the 1st talking motion picture
\n1911:\u00a0 Kettering invents the 1st automotive ignition system
\n1912:\u00a0 LifeSavers candy introduced
\n1913:\u00a0 the modern brassiere and crossword puzzle are invented
\n1914: \u00a0gas mask invented in time for WWI
\n1915: Pyrex invented
\n1916: Model T Ford prices fall to $360 — half the 1911 price
\n1917: stainless steel invented
\n1918:\u00a0 modern zipper invented
\n1919:\u00a0 short-wave radio invented
\n1920: Band-Aid invented
\n1921: 1st robot designed
\n1922: insulin invented
\n1923: Garrett Morgan granted patent for the traffic signal
\n1923: Clarence Birdseye introduces frozen food
\n1924: spiral-bound notebooks first appear
\n1925: Baird’s mechanical TV demonstrated
\n1926: Robert Goddard’s first liquid fueled rockets tested in Auburn, MA
\n1927: Farnsworth’s electronic TV demonstrated
\n1928: Fleming discovers penicillin; Schick patents the electric shaver
\n1929: Zenith Radio starts year as lowest priced stock on NYSE — ends\u00a0year as highest priced stock due to demand for its radios; Paul Galvin\u00a0(later president of Motorola) invents the car radio
\n1930: Scotch tape invented at 3M; first jet engine designs
\n1931: electron microscope invented
\n1932: good year for photography: Land invents the Polaroid process;\u00a0zoom lens and light meter are also invented
\n1933: stereo records developed
\n1934: first magnetic tape recorders for broadcasting
\n1935: Dupont invents nylon; radar first developed; beer is canned the first time
\n1936:\u00a0 Colt’s revolver patented
\n1937:\u00a0 photocopier invented
\n1938:\u00a0 ballpoint pen and Teflon invented
\n1939:\u00a0 Sikorsky’s first helicopter flown
\n1940: Jeep designed
\n1941: aerosol spray cans developed
\n1942: turboprop engines designed
\n1943: synthetic rubber invented, along with the Slinky and Silly Putty; Cousteau co-develops the Aqualung
\n1944: synthetic cortisone developed
\n1945: atomic bomb developed and used
\n1946: microwave oven invented by Percy Spencer
\n1947: Schockley-Brattain-Bardeen invent the transistor
\n1948: Velcro and the jukebox invented
\n1949: prepared cake mixes introduced
\n1950: Diner’s Club introduces first credit card
\n1951: Super Glue invented; so is first video tape recorder
\n1952:\u00a0 first bar code patent issued; first diet soft drink developed
\n1953:\u00a0 transistor radio invented at Texas Instruments (TI); radial tire developed
\n1954:\u00a0 oral contraceptives invented; Ray Kroc starts franchising McDonald’s
\n1955: \u00a0tetracycline & optical fiber invented
\n1956: \u00a0first use of computer hard disk
\n1957: \u00a0Fortran developed
\n1958: Noyce (at Fairchild Semiconductor) and Kilby (at TI) both submit patents for integrated circuits
\n1959: important to generations of girls — the Barbie Doll is introduced
\n1960: halogen lamp invented
\n1961: Valium invented
\n1962: audio cassettes developed
\n1963: pop-top cans
\n1964: BASIC computer language; permanent-press materials
\n1965: Astroturf; Kevlar; soft contact lenses
\n1966: electronic fuel injection developed for cars
\n1967: first handheld calculator
\n1968: Douglas Englebert invents the computer mouse
\n1969: ATM invented; bar code scanners developed
\n1970: Alan Shugart (chairman of Seagate) invents the floppy disk
\n1971: Intel’s 4004 is first microprocessor design; dot-matrix printer, VCR and LCD displays also invented
\n1972: first video game — Pong — invented
\n1973:\u00a0 gene splicing invented; Ethernet networking invented at Xerox; BIC develops disposable lighter
\n1974: Post-it Notes and liposuction invented
\n1975: laser printer developed
\n1976: ink jet printing invented
\n1977: magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) invented
\n1978: Visicalc spreadsheet introduced for PCs; first PC models appear
\nfrom Heathkit, Apple, Radio Shack
\n1979: Walkman invented by Sony; roller blades developed; Seymour Cray
\ndesigns the supercomputer
\n1980: vaccine for hepatitis-B invented
\n1981: IBM introduces the PC and MS-DOS appears for the first time
\n1982: human growth hormones genetically engineered
\n1983: soft bifocal contact lenses introduced
\n1984:\u00a0 Apple Macintosh popularized the graphical interface; CD-ROMs invented
\n1985: Microsoft brings out Windows 1.0
\n1986: Microsoft’s initial public offering (IPO); first disposable camera introduced
\n1987: disposable contact lenses invented
\n1988: Doppler radar invented; first patent issued for genetically engineered animal issued
\n1989: first HDTV broadcasts in Japan
\n1990: Tim Berners-Lee develops protocol for both World-wide web (WWW)
\nand the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
\n1991: first digital answering machine
\n1992: smart pill invented
\n1993: Intel introduces Pentium family of 32-bit microprocessors
\n1994: first Internet audio broadcast from Interop, Bluetooth
\n1995: DVD invented; Java language launched by Sun Microsystems;
\nRealAudio broadcasting introduced
\n1996: WebTV introduced
\n1997: gas-powered fuel cells developed
\n1998: Viagra developed
\n1999: Google.com is formed and the search engine goes into beta test publicly
\n2000: mapping of human DNA completed
\n2001 \u2013 AbioCor Artificial Heart, Wikipedia
\n2002 \u2013 Wireless Headset
\n2004 \u2013 Facebook
\n2005 \u2013 GPS commercialized
\n2006 \u2013 YouTube
\n2007 \u2013 iPhone
\n2008 \u2013 The Retail DNA Test
\n2009 – Retinal Implants for the Blind
\n2010 – The iPad is released
\n2011 – The Stark Hand – Bionics
\n2012 – Google Glass<\/p>\n

Ok, next. Check out this 10 minute video of events that occurred over the last 100 years that she lived. It’s seriously incredible to try to wrap your head around how long this lady has been around: Click Here<\/a><\/p>\n

And finally, I want to list just 5 Achievements that I would love to see occur for the next 100 years or sooner.
\n1. The end of all Wars. A peaceful coexistence between all races and religions and having no International boundaries.
\n2.\u00a0Elimination of all hunger, Poverty and Unemployment.
\n3. Funding to be no problem for all worthwhile sciences
\n4. The ability to control or somehow alter weather to benefit agriculture and to prevent disasters.
\n5. The Solar System to be “occupied” by Humans throughout with numerous scientific bases on Moon, Mars, and moon’s in Saturnian system. The beginning of \u00a0humanity living and venturing out to the Stars.<\/p>\n

I think I would love to live in a world like that, but I don’t think I want to live 114 years!<\/p>\n

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