7 th February 2008
Inventions Introduction
Safety Razor
Stainless steel
Bar Codes
Geodesic Domes
Clockwork Radio
Adidas ‘Predator’
Energy from Waves
’Cyclone’ cleaner
The Hovercraft
The Transistor
Ballpoint Pen
Road ‘Cats-
Eyes’
Frozen Food
The Zip
‘Formica’ Laminate
Velcro Fasteners
Cross-
style Car Seat Belt
‘Kevlar’
The ‘Workmate’
The ‘Post-
It-
Note’
Centre Lathe
Carborundum
The ‘Rawlplug’
Inventor Extraordinaire
US
Light Bulb – UK
The principles of RADAR
Sound mirrors-
acoustics
+
historic ideas
The Telephone
The Car
& Mass Production
Radio communication
Introduction
Inventors Introduction
King Camp Gillette
Harry Brearley
Norman Woodland
Richard Buckminster Fuller
Trevor Baylis
Craig Johnston
Professor Steven Salter
James Dyson
Christopher Cockerell
Bardeen,
Brattain & Shockley
Laszlo Biro
Percy Shaw
Clarence Birdseye
Gideon Sundback
Daniel O’Conor
George de Mestral
Nils Ivar Bohlin
Stephanie Kwolek
Ron Hickman
Spencer Silver & Art Fry
Henry Maudsley
Edward G. Acheson
John Joseph Rawlings
Thomas Alvar Edison
Joseph Swan
Christian Huelsmeyer
( Before radar )
Alexander Graham Bell
Henry Ford
Marconi
Inventors
&
Inventions
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