1. Discoveries and Inventions of the last 100 years Germany – a country of inventors

2. Timeline

3. 1900/1904 1904 1900 Dirigible Airship – Graf Ferdinand von Zepplin Radar- Christian Hülsmeyer

4. 1904 Radio waves discoveredin 1888 German scientist Heinrich Hertz proved if they couldbe bounced of things Radio waves discoveredin 1888 German scientist Heinrich Hertz proved if they couldbe bounced of things 30th April 1904- patent of his so-called Telemobiloskop 30th April 1904- patent of his so-called Telemobiloskop So it was possible to locate the distance and direction of metallic objects with electromagnetic waves So it was possible to locate the distance and direction of metallic objects with electromagnetic waves

5. 1905/1912 1912 1905 Special Theory of Relativity- Albert Einstein Theory of Continental Drift - Alfred Wegener

6. 1912 1912 His predecessors were Roberto Mantovani and Frank Taylor His predecessors were Roberto Mantovani and Frank Taylor Wegener describes the theory very similarly in former times in America known as Taylor-Wegener-Theory Wegener describes the theory very similarly in former times in America known as Taylor-Wegener-Theory Published a book in 1915 about the origin of continents and ocean Published a book in 1915 about the origin of continents and ocean Long time not accepted because of missing explenation for the movemant of continents Long time not accepted because of missing explenation for the movemant of continents

7. 1914/1916 1916 1914 Miniature camera - Oscar Barnack General Theory of Relativity- Albert Einstein

8. 1922/1928 1928 1922 Sound Film - Hans Vogt/Jo Engl/Joseph Massolle Geiger- Müller Counter - Hans Geiger

9. 1922 1922 Vogt founded an own company called Tri-Ergon with J. Engl and J. Massolle they register over 150 patents Vogt founded an own company called Tri-Ergon with J. Engl and J. Massolle they register over 150 patents 17th September 1922 1st light-soundfilm was presented to the public in the filmtheatre in Berlin 17th September 1922 1st light-soundfilm was presented to the public in the filmtheatre in Berlin

10. 1930/1936 1936 1930 All-Electric TV- Set - Manfred von Ardenne Helicopter- Heinrich Focke

11. 1930 1930 1st worldwide all-electric television broadcast with cathode ray indicator at christmas 1930 1st worldwide all-electric television broadcast with cathode ray indicator at christmas 1930 Berlin, 1931: radio show. demonstrated the 1st all- electric television Berlin, 1931: radio show. demonstrated the 1st all- electric television

12. 1942/1951 1942 V2 – Rocket – Wernher von Braun 1951 Scanner – Rudolf Hell

13. 1958/1961 1961 1958 Dowel – Artur Fischer Birth control pill - Schering AG

14. 1969/1971 1971 1969 Chip Card – Jürgen Dethloff, Helmut Gröttrup Airbag – Mercedes Benz

15. 1987/1992 1987 MP3-format - Fraunhofer-Institut 1992 CFC Free Fridge - Foron Hausgeräte GMBH

16. 1996 1996 Synthetic Liver - Medical Team