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What wireless technology did Nikola Tesla demonstrate with a radio-controlled boat in 1898?
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Radio control
Which inventor created the first electronic television image in 1927?
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Philo Farnsworth
Which inventor demonstrated the first successful powered flight of a helicopter in 1939?
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Igor Sikorsky
Which inventor created the first practical microwave oven after noticing a chocolate bar melt near radar equipment?
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Percy Spencer
What invention did George de Mestral patent in 1955 after studying burrs stuck to clothing?
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Velcro
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Which inventor created the first electronic television image in 1927?
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Philo Farnsworth
Which inventor developed the first widely used diesel engine, patented in 1892?
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Rudolf Diesel
Which inventor developed the first successful rabies vaccine in 1885?
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Louis Pasteur
Who invented the three-position traffic signal, patented in 1923?
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Garrett Morgan
Who invented the induction motor, first demonstrated publicly in 1888?
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Nikola Tesla
Which inventor patented the cotton gin in the United States in 1794?
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