Complete the texts (1-4) with the names of the corresponding inventions and discoveries: the television set, the personal computer, DNA, the washing machine, the automobile, the personal stereo, the mobile phone.
1. The structure of was deciphered in 1953, by Francis Crick and James Watson. In 1992, the first map of the human genome was produced in France, which would help scientists to treat some diseases that we inherit from our parents and grandparents.

2. was invented by a Scottish inventor John Logie Baird in 1926, and it was first demonstrated in Selfridges, a department store in London. It was built of old cans, bicycle parts, lenses, string and sealing max.

3. The first that was made for individual use was called Apple II, and it was launched in 1977 by Apple Computers. It was sealed in a plastic case: it had a keyboard, a video unit and removable floppy discs. It was sold for € 3800 in today's money.

4. The world's first practical four-wheeled that was powered by a gasoline engine was designed and built in 1885 by Karl Benz. But the first cars were mass produced by Henry Ford, after he introduced his Model T in 1910, which was the first affordable car.​
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