AC Lighting first used at the The Chicago World's Fair in 1893 by George Westinghouse.
Martin Cooper (Chicago) invented the first handheld cellular mobile phone in 1973 and led the team that developed it and brought it to market in 1983.
Chicago Inventions
The Zipper 1893
Vacuum cleaner 1868
The Skyscraper 1884
AC lighting Chicago World's Fair 1893
Electric dishwasher 1893
The film industry 1900
Nuclear reaction 1942
Wireless remote 1955
The Cell Phone 1973
Linux OS code 1991
House Music 1985
The Cloud 2004
DjMusic.com 2017
Invented in Chicago
Due to it's unique architecture and weight- bearing frame, The Home Insurance Building
is considered the world's first skyscraper, having opened in 1884.
The original Ferris Wheel was designed and constructed by George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. as a landmark for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
