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1. HANS device, 2. Tether (one per side), 3. Helmet anchor (one per side), and 4. Shoulder support. Primarily made of carbon fiber reinforced polymer, the HANS device is shaped like a "U", with the back of the "U" set behind the nape of the neck and the two arms lying flat along the top of the chest over the pectoral muscles.
1924: Electroencephalography (EEG) by Hans Berger. He also invented the electroencephalogram and discovered alpha waves. [369] 1929: Cardiac catheterization by Werner Forssmann [370] 1932: Prontosil by Josef Klarer and Fritz Mietzsch at Bayer [371] 1934: Synthesis of Chloroquine by Italian-born Hans Andersag working for Bayer AG [372]
Ernst Abbe: Invented the first refractometer, and many other devices. Donated his shares in the company Carl Zeiss to form Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung, still in existence today. Franz Carl Achard: Developed a process to produce sugar from sugar beet. Built the first factory for the process in 1802. Robert Adler: Invented a better television remote control.
Due to the difficult political and economic situation, only about 50 devices are sold instead of the planned 10,000. In the USA the first regular television broadcasts take place. 1940 The development of television technology for military purposes increases the resolution to 1029 lines at 25 frames per second.
Wyss was born in Bern, Switzerland, in 1935.His father sold mechanical calculators and his mother was a homemaker. He was brought up in a flat with two sisters. [5] After receiving a master's degree in civil and structural engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich in 1959, [6] Wyss earned an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1965.
Claude Shannon (1916–2016), founder of information theory and modern cryptography, invented Minivac 601, and co-invented the first wearable computer (with Edward O. Thorp) Ugo Cerletti (1877–1963), together with Lucio Bini (1908–1964), Italy – Electroconvulsive therapy; Leona Chalmers (c. 1937), U.S. – modern menstrual cup
Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg [a] (c. 1393–1406 – 3 February 1468) was a German inventor and craftsman who invented the movable-type printing press.Though movable type was already in use in East Asia, Gutenberg's invention of the printing press [2] enabled a much faster rate of printing.
Hans Peter Luhn (July 1, 1896 – August 19, 1964) was a German-American [2] researcher in the field of computer science and Library & Information Science for IBM, and creator of the Luhn algorithm, KWIC (Key Words In Context) indexing, and selective dissemination of information ("SDI").