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23 amazing modern British inventions and discoveries

What Britain has invented since the 1970s
Balti curries
Modern fold-up bicycles
Bungee jumping
Digital audio player
Bagless vacuum cleaner
DNA profiling
ARM processors
Hawk-Eye technology
Personal Digital Assistants
The World Wide Web
Text messages
Quorn
Wind-up radio
Cloning
The world land speed record-breaking Thrust Supersonic Car
Grand Theft Auto
Viagra
Raspberry Pi computers
Ride-on hand luggage
Tangle Teezer
Graphene
Iris recognition
Hands-free door handle
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What Britain has invented since the 1970s

The UK has a long and famous history when it comes to inventions that helped shape the world as we know it today.

But what might surprise you is just how many new groundbreaking creations and discoveries it's responsible for over the past 50 years. Read on as we celebrate 23 of the most exciting British innovations of modern times.

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Alice Cattley

17 September 2024

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