What is your favourite invention? Which of the following come top of your list – the car, television, microwave ovens, mobile phone, the computer, a camera or other great ideas? They were all the result of hard work by amazing people. So, who invented the car, the TV, microwave ovens and the like? That is what I enjoy finding out. Many of the great inventors will feature on this site as part of the amazing people series.
Microwave Oven Magic
Posted by charles in Inventors, People on 27. Feb, 2010 | 5 Comments
Fast food depends on microwaves. How did the great invention come about? Surprisingly, it happened by accident. Percy Spencer was an engineer working for the Raytheon Corporation. One day, he was standing near a machine called a magnetron. He had a chocolate bar in his pocket and realized that the chocolate had started to melt. [...]
Gutenberg and the Ipad – An Amazing Journey
Posted by charles in Inventors, People on 30. Jan, 2010 | 10 Comments
As I watched the video of Steve Jobs launching the new Apple Ipad my mind turned to another great innovator – Johannes Gutenberg. He developed the first moveable type printer in Europe. Until he made the great breakthrough, about 1435, people had to write everything with quill and ink. Therefore, it made it difficult to [...]
Amazing Idea – Wireless and Marconi
Posted by charles in Entrepreneurs, Inventors, Places on 27. Jan, 2010 | 1 Comment
Imagine you have an amazing idea. No one believes what you say. But, you know you can send a message from one village to another and one town to another in a second. Today, we take it for granted. But in the 19th century it was a wild idea. People laughed at inventors who talked [...]
Peace or Death
Posted by charles in Entrepreneurs, Inventors, Life Stories on 23. Jan, 2010 | 2 Comments
I was interested to read the life story of Alfred Nobel, whose name is famous for the Nobel Prizes awarded each year. When in Paris, he went to a cafe and while drinking his coffee read a newspaper. In the obituary column, to his horror he saw his own name. The notice said that the [...]
Penicillin Magic and Alexander Fleming
Posted by charles in Careers, Inventors, London, People, Scientists on 10. Jan, 2010 | 6 Comments
Ever had an ear ache? Very painful, as I found out today. Fortunately, my local doctor was on duty. He quickly diagnosed an ear infection and prescribed a strong anti biotic. Within 30 minutes, I was able to find a pharmacy open and they had the medicine in stock. Maybe we take all these things [...]
Stephenson’s Rocket Revolution
Posted by charles in Entrepreneurs, Inventors, Places on 03. Jan, 2010 | 1 Comment
How fast does news travel? If you have a computer and modem access to the internet then it can take less than a second. However, if you had been born about 160 years ago then news went at the speed of a horse or a pigeon. In those days, people relied on the horse to [...]
