Coolest Inventions From Each State

Inventors come from every state  in the union.  Texas gave you the typewriter.  Bet you really want to know what cool invention your state came up with. Well let's take a journey back in time. Thanks to BUZZFEED there is now a list of what they consider the coolest inventions from each state.  Here it is in alphabetical order.    

Alabama:  Windshield wipers.

Alaska:  Kayaks

Arizona:  Tasers.

Arkansas:  The modern toothbrush.

Callifornia:  The fortune cookie.  (At least that's where they were popularized.  The idea might have come from Japan.)

Colorado:  The Barbie Doll.

Connecticut:  The Wiffle Ball.

Delaware:  Kevlar.

Florida:  Sun tan lotion, appropriately enough

Georgia:  Anesthesia.

Hawaii:  Surfing, of course.

Idaho:  The television.

Illinois:  The mouse trap.

Indiana:  The refrigerator.

Iowa:  Sliced bread.

Kansas:  The slurpee.

Kentucky:  Chewing gum.

Louisiana:  The microscope.

Maine:  The microwave.

Maryland:  The bottle cap.

Massachusetts:  Basketball.

Michigan:  The stop sign.

Minnesota:  The stapler.

Mississippi:  Anti-fungal cream.

Missouri:  The vacuum cleaner.

Montana:  Heart monitors.

Nebraska:  Kool-Aid.

Nevada:  Solar panels.

New Hampshire:  The Segway.

New Jersey:  The phonograph, to record something and then play it back.

New Mexico:  The nicotine patch.

New York:  The credit card.

North Carolina:  Flight.  Although the Wright Brothers BUILT the plane in Ohio.

North Dakota:  Bubble bath.

Ohio:  Wind turbines.

Oklahoma:  The shopping cart.

Oregon:  The computer mouse.

Pennsylvania:  The suspension bridge.

Rhode Island:  The diner.  The first one opened in Providence in 1872.

South Carolina:  The submarine.

South Dakota:  The cyclotron, which is a particle accelerator.

Tennessee:  The tow truck.

Texas:  The typewriter.

Utah:  The artificial heart.

Vermont:  The electric motor.

Virginia:  Camouflage.

Washington:  Pictionary.

West Virginia:  The steamboat.

Wisconsin:  The blender.

Wyoming:  The world's first national park, which was Yellowstone in 1872.

So Go Celebrate the Creativity of Your State!