INVENTION YEARS answers 1/ Fruit Machine 1895 2/ Emails 1971 3/ Hovercraft 1955 4/ Video Game Console 1972 5/ Penicillin 1928 6/ Metal Detector 1874 7/ Microwave Oven 1946 8/ Biro 1938 9/ Incandescent Light Bulb 1879 10/ Laser Beam 1960 11/ Military Tank 1915 12/ Powered Vacuum Cleaner 1901