Sunday, November 6, 2011


Here is a list of the most important technological advances:

Microwave

 Discovered by accident by Percy Spencer.

Saccharin

Ira Remsen and Constantin Fahlberg where playing with some experiments at the Johns Hopkins University and on a launch break they discovered that their hands are sweet.

Super-Glue

Was discovered by Dr. Harry Coover in 1942 with the intention to creat chemicals weapons.


Teflon

Discovered in 1938 by Chemist Roy Plunkett.

Pacemaker

Was invented by Wilson Greatbatch Professor of the University of Buffalo

X-rays

Invented in 1895 by physicist Wilhelm Roentgen