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The Z3 computer the first to be controlled by software. It was an electromechanical computer, data was stored on punched film.
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Ferrites are important electronic ceramics that are widely used in electronic application.
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Wartime sees establishment of pulsed radar network UK. A pulsed radar allows you to track aircrafts and more with electromagnetic waves.
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Mueller designs a turboprop engine. It drives an aircraft propeller using a reduction gear.
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Germans Braun and Dornberger launch the prototype V2 rocket. This rocket used ethanol/water for fuel.
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First Digital Computer is built by Atanasoff and Berry. This machine was not programmable, it was only designed to solve linear equations.
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Heddy Lamar and George Anthiel invent Frequency hopping. This invention was intended to make radio guided torpedoes.
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Methyl cyanoacrylate also known as superglue was discovered in 1942 in search for materials,to make claer plastic gun sights.
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Polyester was invented. Polyester was formed from ethylene glycol terephthalic.
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Developement of silicone, a thermoset polycondensate. Silicones are synthetic compounds, typically heat resistant and rubber like.
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James Wright combined silicone oil with boric acid to invent silly putty. Silly Putty is a toy that bounces, but breaks when given a sharp blow and can also flow like a liquid.
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Grace Hopper started programming mark/calculator for us navy. Used to calculate how far down they go into the water, so they don't drown/sink.
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synthetic rubber is invented. synthetic rubber is any type of material that can return to its previous size without permanent deformation.
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Castan issued with a patent for epoxy. The earliest U. S. patent is 2,234,483.
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Jacques cousteau invents the aqualung.. It's a self-contained underwater breathing material.
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Selman Waksman discovers streptomycin, antibiotic effective against TB. Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by various strains of mycobacteria. TB attacks the lungs, but also other parts of the body.
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Willem Kolff invents the KDM. Kidney Dialysis is a life support treatment that uses a special machine to filter harmful waste, salt and excess fluid from your blood. There are 2 different types of kidney dialysis', Hemodialysis and Peritoneal dialysis.
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Percy Julian synthesized physostigmine for treatment of glaucoma; and synthesized cortisone for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.
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Code breakers at Bletchley use Colossus a digital computer. It was the first programmable digital computer used World War II.
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After Vannevar Bush first proposed the basics of hypertext in 1945, it laid the foundation for Tim Berners-Lee and others to invent the World Wide Web, HTML (hypertext markup language), HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) and URLs (Universal Resource Locators) in 1990.
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First vaccine for influenza. influenza is ofen confused with the stomach flu because of the symptoms. The symptoms of this disease are chills, fever, sore throat, muscle pain, headache, coughing, and weakness.
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Purcell and Bloch develop NMR. A physical phenomenon in which magnetic nuclei in a magnetic field absorb and re-emit electromagnetic radiation.
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Percy Spencer invents the microwave. Microwave was invented to heat up food.
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Radiocarbon dating invented by William Libby. Carbon dating is a radiometric dating method that uses the naturally occuring radioisotope carbon-14, to estimate the age of carbon bearing materials up to 58,000-62,000 years.
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Parke-Davis announces discovery of antibiotic chloromycetin. Chloromycetin is used for eye infections.
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John Bardeen, Walter Brattain, William Shockley invented the transistor. A transistor is a semiconductor device used to amplify and switch electronic signals and electronic power.
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It's called 'cellular' because the system uses many base stations to divide a service area into multiple 'cells'. Cellular calls are transferred from base station to base station as a user travels from cell to cell.
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British/Hungarian scientist, Dennis Gabor, developed the theory of holography. A holograph is an image made by exposing film to the interference pattern created when two laser light sources shine on an object.
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Earl Silas Tupper patented the Tupperware seal. Tupperware is a plastic container with airtight lid. Tupper used "Tupperware Parties" to market the product, so people would buy it.
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George de Mestral invests velcro. Velcro is a company that produces the first commercially marketed fabric hook-loop fastener.
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The Frisbee invented by Walter Frederick Morrison and Warren Franscioni. its a flying, plastic disk.
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Robert Hope-Jones invented the Wurlitzer jukebox. One of the early forerunners to the modern Jukebox as we know was the Nickel-in-the-Slot machine.
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First implant of intraocular lens, by Sir Harold Ridley. Intraocular lens are lens implanted in the eye, used to treat cataract or myopia.
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Atomic Clock devised by Harold Lyons. An atomic clock is a clock that uses an electronic transition frequency in the microwave, optical, ultraviolet region.
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Cake mix invented. combination of flour, sugar, eggs, and butter or oil, with some varieties also requiring liquid (typically milk or water) and leavening agents (such as yeast or baking powder).
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John Hopps invented the first cardiac pacemaker. A machine used after damage to the body's intrinsic conduction system to produce impulses synthetically.
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Pfizer announces discovery of antibiotic terramycin. Terramycin antibiotic stops the spread of infection and the remaining bacteria are killed by the immune system or die.
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American/British researchers present evidence that smoking causes lung cancer. Lung cancer is a disease caused by uncuntrolled cell growth in tissues of the cell.
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The first credit card (Diners) invented by Ralph Schneider. Credit is a method of selling goods or services without the buyer having cash in hand. A credit card is only an automatic way of offering credit to a consumer.
