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An AI-powered toilet seat has been named by Time Magazine as one of the top 200 inventions of 2024. It optically scans a user’s stool and urine, to detect any concerning changes that might ...
Key co-inventors include Major Walter Gordon Wilson (1874–1957) and Sir William Tritton (1875–1946). 1916: The first effective depth charge, an anti-submarine warfare weapon, developed from a design by Herbert Taylor at the RN Torpedo and Mine School, HMS Vernon. 1916: The Livens Projector, a weapon, created by William Howard Livens (1889 ...
Fun fun fun. And useless. Ganz MFAV: An odd-looking train that is designed specifically to be used on the second-oldest underground metro line in the world. Get Out and Push Railroad: Just what it sounds like. Gimli Glider: A confusion over units leads to a Boeing 767 plane running out of fuel mid-flight and becoming a glider. Horsey Horseless
List of Indian inventions and discoveries; List of Indonesian inventions and discoveries; List of inventions and discoveries of the Indus Valley Civilisation; List of inventions named after people; List of inventors killed by their own invention; Timeline of Irish inventions and discoveries; List of inventions in the medieval Islamic world
Native Americans thrived throughout the Americas and developed many innovations that continue to use today. From medical advancements to sleeping arrangements, we can trace many things back to them.
And the Instagram page ‘Unbelievable Facts’ is one of the best places to do just that. Every day, they share fascinating trivia, building a collection that now includes over 10,000 unique facts.
Robert Hooke, using a microscope, observes cells (1665).; Anton van Leeuwenhoek discovers microorganisms (1674–1676).; James Lind, publishes 'A Treatise of the Scurvy' which describes a controlled shipboard experiment using two identical populations but with only one variable, the consumption of citrus fruit (1753).
1861: Grade school teacher Philipp Reis presents his telephone in Frankfurt, inventing the loudspeaker as a by-product. 1867: French poet and philosopher Charles Cros (1842–1888) presents the construction principle of a phonograph in his 'paréophone', which turned out not to be a commercial success at the time.