Ten Medieval Inventions that Changed the World. 1 1. Mechanical Clock. Collin Gribbons. 2 2. Printing Press. TED-Ed. 3 3. Gunpowder. TED-Ed. 4 4. Water and Wind Mills. While mills were in used from antiquity, it would be in the Early Middle Ages that they became very popular. Throughout the ... 5 5. Coffee House. Cogito. More items