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glass invention
n the 1960s, an ultra-strong glass was invented but it contained no purpose. Nearly a half a century later, Corning Inc. is expected to sell a multi-billion dollar product by installing the glass to face of touch-screen tablets and plasma televisions. Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/295577#ixzz1aaFhyf3B -
Radio The original Mothers of Invention
n this table are listed only musicians that have played with The Mothers on stage, and not players like, for example, Ruth Komanoff (later Underwood) who took only part to studio recordings.
For a very detailed discussion about the Mothers early days check these pages: FZ 1956-1969 by Román García Albertos.
Many dates and facts regarding the original Mothers are still very uncertain.
Ray Collins left the Mothers for short times in more occasions. The exact date of his definitive leftover is stil -
Georges Charpak revolutionizes detection
In the 1960s, detection in particle physics mainly involved examining millions of photographs from bubble chambers or spark chambers. This was slow, labour intensive and not suitable for studies into rare phenomena. However, the revolution in transistor amplifiers was to trigger new ideas. While a camera can detect a spark, a detector wire connected to an amplifier can detect a much smaller effect. In 1968, Georges Charpak developed the 'multiwire proportional chamber', a gas-filled box with a -
The food processor invented.
electric appliance developed in the late 20th century, used for a variety of food-preparation functions including kneading, chopping, blending, and pulverizing.
The food processor was invented by Pierre Verdon, whose Le Magi-Mix, a compact household version of his own earlier restaurant-scaled Robot-Coupe, was first exhibited in Paris in 1971. Carl Sontheimer, an American engineer and inventor, refined Verdon’s machines to produce the Cuisinart. The widespread success of the Cuisinart following -
Victor Wouk and The Great Hybrid Car Cover-up of 1974
Thirty years before the Toyota Prius got the attention of an energy-anxious nation, a starry-eyed inventor named Victor Wouk built a hybrid gas-electric vehicle that sipped fuel at half the rate of virtually all other cars on the road. And the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency tested Wouk’s vehicle, certified that it met the strict guidelines for an EPA clean-air auto program—and rejected it out of hand. The story about the vehicle and its inventor, who died in May, 2005, at age 86, is unkn -
Magnetic Resonance Imaging MRI
http://inventors.about.com/od/mstartinventions/a/MRI.htmMagnetic resonance imaging or scanning (also called an MRI) is a method of looking inside the body without using surgery, harmful dyes or x-rays. The MRI scanner uses magnetism and radio waves to produce clear pictures of the human anatomy. -
Inventions that Changed the World
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/inventions-that-changed-the-world.htmlThe first invention that should be mentioned is that of gunpowder. Historians may argue that gunpowder was not invented but discovered. Anyhow, the discovery of gunpowder, drastically changed the way battles were fought.
Then Archimedes screw, was a revolutionary invention that was invented on some simple principles of physics, in order to facilitate irrigation. Initially this invention was used in order to simplify agriculture. Today we use it every possible gadget and machine. -
Nikola Tesla
was a physicist, inventor, and electrical engineer. An ethnic Serb born in the Croatian Military Frontier, he was a subject of the Austrian Empire who later became an American citizen.
The scientific man does not aim at an immediate result. He does not expect that his advanced ideas will be readily taken up... His duty is to lay the foundation for those who are to come, and point the way. -
Georg Bednorz and Alex Mueller - High Temperature Superconductors
In 1986, Georg Bednorz and Alex Mueller, working at IBM in Zurich Switzerland, were experimenting with a particular class of metal oxide ceramics called perovskites. Georg Bednorz and Alex Mueller surveyed hundreds of different oxide compounds. Working with ceramics of lanthanum, barium, copper, and oxygen they found indications of superconductivity at 35 K, a startling 12 K above the old record for a superconductor. Soon researchers from around the world would be working with the new types of s -
High-definition television invented.
High-definition television (or HDTV) is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems (standard-definition TV, or SDTV, or SD). HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD. Early HDTV broadcasting used analog techniques, but today HDTV is digitally broadcast using video compression. -
Smart Pill
he name of smart pill now refers to any pill that can deliver or control its delivery of medicine without the patient having to take action beyond the initial swallow.
The phrase smart pill became popular after the computer controlled medical device was patented by Jerome Schentag and David D'Andrea, and named one of the top inventions of 1992 by Popular Science magazine. However, now the name has become generic and many companies are using the name smart pill. See - When a Brand Name Becomes Ge -
ava and Programmer James Gosling
Java is a programming language and environment invented by James Gosling and others in 1994. Java was originaly named Oak and was developed as a part of the Green project at the Sun Company.
The writing of Java began in December of 1990. Patrick Naughton, Mike Sheridan, and James Gosling and were trying to figure out the "next wave" in computing. -
Viagra
"Life might seem cruel, but they are paid to work for the company and the company owns their inventions. Literally hundreds of people at Pfizer have been involved in developing the drug. You can't really point to two individuals and say they spawned Viagra." - Pfizer Pharmaceuticals spokesperson on naming the inventors of Viagra
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Abiocor Artificial Heart
The following article appeared in the Nov. 19, 2001, issue of TIME. Robert Tools, the recipient of the AbioCor artificial heart, died on Nov. 30, 2001.
To gauge the impact of the AbioCor artificial heart, you don't have to look much further than Robert Tools. The 59-year-old grandfather and retired technical librarian had suffered from congestive heart failure for two years; by last June he was getting ready to die. His liver and kidneys had nearly quit, and he could hardly muster the strength t -
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Power Tourism
Forgot the map? Left the guidebook at the hotel? No problem. The GoCar is a three-wheel tour guide equipped with a GPS system that not only tells you where to go but also describes the sights once you reach them. The brainchild of Nathan Withrington, a pilot and engineer from Britain, the GoCar speaks directions out loud. Currently available only in San Francisco, it goes up to 35 m.p.h. and Read more: http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1940424_1940468_1940503,00.html #i -
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Invention Of the Year: The iPhone
Most high-tech companies don't take design seriously. They treat it as an afterthought. Window-dressing. But one of Jobs' basic insights about technology is that good design is actually as important as good technology. All the cool features in the world won't do you any good unless you can figure out how to use said features, and feel smart and attractive while doing it.
An example: look at what happens when you put the iPhone into "airplane" mode (i.e., no cell service, WiFi, etc.). A tiny lit -
ipad
How does Apple keep out-inventing the rest of the tech industry? Often, it's by reinventing a product category that its competitors have given up on. In theory, the iPad is merely a follow-up to such resoundingly unpopular slate-style computers as Microsoft's Tablet PC. But Apple is the first company that designed finger-friendly hardware and software from scratch rather than stuffing a PC into a keyboardless case. When it calls the results "magical" and "revolutionary," it's distorting reality
