Don’t get sucked into doom and gloom with the current financial crisis - during the toughest times, breakthrough businesses emerge. Here are some examples from our knowledge:
- Scrabble was invented during these years by a jobless US architect
- film as a medium began in earnest: the pioneers of American film like the Three Stooges and Marx Brothers - kept the world laughing
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1930
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Wallace Carothers and DuPont Labs invents neoprene. The "differential analyzer", or analog computer invented by Vannevar Bush at MIT in Boston. Frank Whittle and Dr Hans von Ohain both invent a jet engine. |
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1931
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1932
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The zoom lens and the light meter invented.
Karl Jansky invents the radio telescope.
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1933
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Stereo records invented.
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1934
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Englishmen, Percy Shaw invents cat eyes or roads reflectors. Charles Darrow claims he invented the game Monopoly. |
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1935
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Wallace Carothers and DuPont Labs invents nylon ( polymer 6.6.) Robert Watson-Watt patented radar. |
So what are you waiting for? Get out the no. 8 wire and let’s show the world what fantastic innovative technologies, products and services we can come up with!
Here’s some recent proof that we can do it: Vincent Reid, a kiwi now living in the British town of Stockton, has set up a company to test a prototype sling he has invented to soothe colic. The sling, worn by the parent, is designed to alleviate cramps and calm crying by helping the baby to focus on the parent's face. I’m sure the many exhausted parents out there would have appreciated the value of an invention like this – sleep!
Check out the
full article in the Evening Gazette in Middlesbrough.
