🧠 Inventions of 1992
Breakthroughs and everyday innovations from the year.
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
The biggest hits of the year — Top 10 Pop & Country chart toppers
HEADLINES ON July 8, 1992
Full News Archive
- Headline: Men's Health: Medication and Sexual Side Effects. Impact: Curtis Mann's decision to ditch his blood pressure medication for more 'intimate' reasons created a ripple effect that led to a nationwide spike in awkward conversations between men and their doctors. This eventually inspired a new genre of sitcoms that revolved around the hilarity of pharmaceutical side effects, forever altering the landscape of TV comedy.. Fact: Did you know that the original name for blood pressure medication was 'Love Potion No. 9'? Just kidding, but imagine if it were! You'd be doing the cha-cha instead of checking your cholesterol..
- Headline: Reviving Grade Skipping for Gifted Students. Impact: The renewed interest in grade skipping sparked a secret society of gifted children who plotted to take over the world, one skipped class at a time. By the year 2040, they had achieved their goal, but only after realizing they had forgotten to learn basic adulting skills like doing taxes.. Fact: Fun fact: The last time grade skipping was popular, flapper dresses were all the rage. So, if you see a kid in a fedora and suspenders, they might just be trying to skip a few grades and start the next fashion revolution..
🦸 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