Crossbow
Earthquakes - Designed with a machine called the
Earthquake weathercock, which was a contraption that
told them when and where an earthquake would come.
This machine looked like a giant six-foot bronze pot that
had dragon heads lining the top, and ivory frogs under
each dragon.
Rudder
Seismograph
Spaghetti
Stirrup
Glider
Harness - revolutionized agriculture by harnessing
animals
Hot Air Balloon
Kites - which mostly children played with. The kites
were most of the time silk squares, held together by
bamboo. Created many things with bamboo, which made
a lot of baskets and holders and were really strong.
Lacquer
Mathematics - They invented the Asian Abacus. The
main applications of mathematics in traditional China
were architecture and geography. Pi was calculated by
5th century mathematician Zu Chongzhi to the seventh
digit. The decimal system was used in China as early as
14 Century BC. "Pascal's" Triangle was discovered by
mathematician Liu Ju-Hsieh, long before Pascal was born.
Military innovations include the crossbow and the grid