Editing 1908 in science (section)

==Technology==
* January 12 – A long-distance radio message is sent from the [[Eiffel Tower]] for the first time.
* July 8 – The paper [[coffee filter]], created by German [[housewife]] [[Melitta Bentz]], is patented.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dpma.de/english/our_office/publications/ingeniouswomen/110jahrekaffeefilter/index.html|title=Melitta Bentz, mother of filter coffee: inventor and entrepreneur|website=German Patent and Trade Mark Office|access-date=2022-04-06}}</ref>
* June 22 – [[James M. Spangler]] [[patent]]s the upright portable [[vacuum cleaner]] in the United States.
* September 27 – The first of [[Henry Ford]]'s [[Ford Model T]] automobiles is produced in [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]].<ref>{{cite press release|title=Model T Facts|url=https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2013/08/05/model-t-facts.html|publisher=Ford|location=US|access-date=2013-04-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928165026/https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2013/08/05/model-t-facts.html|archive-date=2013-09-28|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* December 7 – Lee Newman files a patent for a felt-tipped [[marker pen]] in the United States.<ref>Lee W. Newman, Marking Pen, [https://patents.google.com/patent/US946149A U.S. Patent 946,149]. Granted January 11, 1910.</ref>