The first modern escalator was redesigned and invented in 1900 by Charles Seeberger from a previous design that was used as an amusement ride.
The world's first radio receiver was designed by a Russian Engineer named Alexander Stepanovich Popov in 1901.
Glass windsheilds debut in 1903.
Ford Motor Company founded in 1903.
Cadillac produces the single cylinder Osceola, the first step-in closed car design in 1905.
Sound radio broadcasting was invented, such as the jukebox in 1906.
The Geiger counter was invented to measure radioactiveness in 1908.
The first completely synthetic bakelite is invented by Belgian born chemist Leo Baekeland in 1909. This is one of the first plastics made from synthetic components.