Inventions & Breakthroughs of January 1992
Gadgets, lab surprises, odd bets, and future-shocks from this slice of the calendar.
1 
Smartphone Concept
2 
Short Message Service (SMS)
3 
Digital Video Disc Concept
4 
Portable GPS Receiver Commercialization
5 
Digital Video Editing Software
6 
Web Server Software
7 
Computer-Aided Drug Discovery
8 
Flat Panel Display Improvements
9 
Email Client Software
10 
Electronic Toll Collection
The Sounds of
Popular recordings and roots/country selections associated with the year
HEADLINES ON January 18, 1992
Full News Archive
- Headline: Time-Traveling Health in Sci-Fi Film Review. Impact: This film may have inadvertently inspired future scientists to create a time machine, leading to an alternate timeline where everyone is obsessed with time-traveling diets. Who knew the secret to losing weight was to just skip decades?. Fact: Fun fact: Time travel has been a popular theme in science fiction for decades, yet no one has bothered to invent a time machine to stop the creation of terrible movies about it..
- Headline: Ice Fishing: A Winter Tradition Unveiled. Impact: The popularity of ice fishing sparked a global trend of extreme sports, leading to an unexpected rise in competitive ice fishing championships. Who knew that freezing your butt off would become the next extreme sport?. Fact: Did you know that ice fishing is often considered the best way to bond with your friends while simultaneously questioning all your life choices? It's like therapy, but with more frostbite..
🦸 Top 5 Comics
Spawn #1
$60
The Death of Superman #75
$30
Youngblood #1
$15
X-Men #11
$59.00
Batman: Shadow of the Bat #1
$18.00
🧸 Top 5 Toys
Barney the Dinosaur Plush
$150.00
Spin Fighter
$150.00
Super Soaker 100
$700.00
Nickelodeon Gak
$75.00
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Action Figures
$150.00
🎮 Top 5 Video Games
Wolfenstein 3D
$17.56
Street Fighter II: The World Warrior
$200.00
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
$39.50
Mortal Kombat
$200.00
Super Mario Kart
$4,984.28
⚾ Top 5 Trading Cards
1992 Shaquille O'Neal Upper Deck Rookie Card #1
$250
1992 Derek Jeter Front Row Draft Picks Card
$500
1992 Magic: The Gathering Alpha Black Lotus
$500,000
1992 Marvel Masterpieces - Wolverine Card
$610
1992 Fleer Ultra Michael Jordan Card #27
$1,781