How groundbreaking ideas were brought to life
The story of how disposable nappies were invented.
In 1958, Stanislav Brebera invented Semtex, a malleable and odourless plastic explosive
In 1958, Swedish engineer Nils Bohlin invented the three-point safety belt for cars
In 1934, Percy Shaw invented cat's eyes, the reflective studs in the road
In 1982, rally driver Arnaldo Cavallari created ciabatta bread in Adria, in Italy
In 1999, Japanese designer Shigetaka Kurita created a global phenomena - the first emoji
It took Karlheinz Brandenburg and his team more than a decade to perfect MP3 technology
Chef Nelson Wang created Chicken Manchurian in 1975
In 2001, Colombian born choreographer Beto Perez created Zumba and it was all by accident
In 2000, an American personal trainer invented CrossFit
In 1957, Paul Robeson used a new undersea phone line to perform a transatlantic concert.
In 2005 two young graduates created one of the internet's most popular websites.
The discovery by Dr George Papanicolaou in 1928 which led to the smear test
One of the world's most popular toys was invented in a small Danish town in 1958.
One of the most popular computer games ever was invented in Moscow in 1984
How the World Wide Web was created
The touchscreen smartphone changed mobile technology for ever.
How the revolutionary online mapping service was created in 2005.
How a polio epidemic in Denmark in 1952 led to the invention of the modern ventilator
In 1959 the British Motoring Corporation unveiled a very small new family car - the Mini
The creation in 1958 of a new product that would revolutionise mealtimes worldwide.
Inspiration, rejection and war - a personal account of the invention of the jet engine
Nicotine patches became available in the 1990s but their origins go back to the 1980s.
How a chemist and a surgeon found a way of helping burns to heal.
