Before Facebook, it was the telegraph. Before Gore-Tex, it was vulcanized rubber. Before Juan Trippe created the jet age, Robert Fulton started a steamboat service. America has always been in the throes of a tech revolution, and it has made our country great—and greatly prosperous—for 250 years. The list of game-changing American inventions is almost to…
You Decide: The Greatest American Invention
(Illustration by The Free Press; images via Getty)
Innovation makes America great—but what’s the most influential tech advancement to come out of these United States? You tell us.
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