12 Products That Prove How Evolution Has Simplified Our Lives

Many products and items in our home are already so present in everyday life that we often don’t even realize that they are inventions that arrived in homes hundreds of years ago. The evolution of technology has transformed and simplified the daily routine, but this was not always the case! Do you remember a time when things were quite different?

The team of incredible.club researched once again how some common products today were at the time they began to be used. The result is a list full of surprises and — why not say it? — nostalgia. See together with us!

The first refrigerators for domestic use were produced at the beginning of the last century, around 1910. So common in our lives, this appliance caused a revolution in the food routine of families, since the possibility of preserving food freed women especially from the long daily chores in the kitchen.
Today, the fridge has become almost a gadget, with appliances integrated with shopping list applications, selection of different refrigeration areas and even recipe tips and weather forecast.

Wood stoves were introduced into family kitchens around 1790. Since then, this essential piece of equipment in our daily lives has only evolved! Around 1840, they began to be made of cast iron and innovation never stopped.
Currently, the so-called cooktops, especially the electric ones, have brought easier cleaning and maintenance, with a touch of sophistication to kitchen design.

The first mechanical fan was created with fans attached to a mobile rod, around 1880. Soon after, it evolved into brass blades, in the shape of a windmill, as we still see dozens of models today.
However, engineering has generated increasingly innovative products, such as fans without propellers, which capture air through small holes in their structure and make it circulate through the inner part of the rim, exiting through the front part. In addition to being safer and quieter, they attract attention with their modern curves.

The idea of ​​the shower is almost as old as man himself! In the period of Ancient Greece, there are records of artifacts that allowed baths following the principle similar to what we have today. Its application, however, was quite different!
Around the 1940s, electric models appeared. Today, we have ecological and technological showers, with the possibility of customizing the temperature, for example. In the first showers, the water was heated — with wood — separately.

Making bread crispier for breakfast or for an afternoon snack is not just a pleasure for today. Even before the invention of the electric toaster, a cast iron artifact, which goes directly to the fire, won the hearts of many people!
The electric ones hit the market around 1890, with a much less sophisticated look than you might think! They went through many evolutions, such as programming to switch on, choice of temperature and level of toasting — and they make the difference for a good breakfast even with a busy routine.

Before light bulbs as we know them today, we used candles. But even these did not have the same characteristics as the current ones. Lighting in the Middle Ages and until the 18th century was done by burning fat, which gave rise to what we know as a lamp, fed with oil and olive oil.
The electric lamp was invented around 1809, but it was only 70 years later that inventor Thomaz Edison managed to produce a scalable and affordable model, which were the first long-lasting incandescent lamps.

In 1869, the first vacuum cleaner appeared. And he wasn’t even electric! Operated by a crank that pumped the air, the equipment was capable of taking the dirt into a container. Electric models began to appear in the early 1900s, but did not become popular until the 1960s.
Today, it is robot vacuums that are routine companions in cleaning the house, doing the job themselves while we are away or taking care of other tasks. Modern, they obey virtual walls and can be operated through applications on your smartphone.

The first record of a lawn mowing device dates back to 1831. It was a mechanical bobbin mower, which had a series of blades arranged around a cylinder. After the gasoline and electric models, evolution has not stopped.
Currently, there are portable models, with additional tools for specific cuts, others that work as carts to trim the grass in large areas and, of course, robot mowers that work alone, by programming.

The system that makes a record player convert the grooves of a record into music is simply fascinating! However, it was replaced by the arrival of digital means for reproducing sounds. But that’s not all bad. After all, through this evolution it is possible to carry your favorite albums anywhere, in the palm of your hand, with an MP3 player. Something unthinkable in the 1880s when the gramophone was invented!

The first computer, designed and intended for functions as we know them today, came to life in the 1950s. However, many of its principles were already applied since antiquity.
From those grandiose machines that we see in this historical record above to portable personal computers, it was less than 50 years of evolution. A short time for changes capable of impacting an entire Planet, isn’t it?

The first record calculating machine was created in Germany, in 1623. Like the computer, it went from a big box to a small electronic device, which can be easily carried in your pocket.
Nowadays, it is possible to find models with charging based on solar energy, with added functions and in very reduced sizes.

The grandfather of the hair dryer we know today was created by a French hairdresser in 1890 for exclusive use in his beauty salon. The novelty drew attention and quickly made some companies seek to produce a scalable and salable model of this product. That was in the 1920s when the hair dryer made its way to other salons.
Portable models, which we still use at home today, began to hit the market around the 1950s.

Pretty cool to see these changes, isn’t it? Which of these items caught your attention the most? Tell us in the comments tab and take the opportunity to tag that friend who loves old stuff.