LBmuskoka
50 Great Canadian Inventions
Posted on: 06/30/2008 07:31
The CBC had a "Rank Canadian Inventions". Here are the top 50. Some of them I was aware of, some came as a bit of a surprise. All them show that we have a lot to be proud of, whether it be ingenious or humourous....
Insulin, Treatment for Diabetes [1921, Frederick Banting, Charles Best]
Telephone [1876, Alexander Graham Bell]
Light Bulb [1874, Henry Woodward, Mathew Evans]
Five Pin Bowling [1908, Thomas F. Ryan]
Wonderbra [1964, Louise Poirier]
Pacemaker [1950, John Hopps, Wilfred Bigelow, John Callaghan]
Robertson Screw, 1908 [Peter Robertson]
Zipper [1913, Gideon Sundback]
Electric Wheelchair [1952, George Klein]
Poutine [1957, Fernand Lachance]
Cobalt-60 "Bomb" Cancer Treatment [1951, Harold Johns]
Java Programming Language [1994, James Arthur Gosling]
Bloody Caesar [1969, Walter Chell]
Canadarm [1975, Spar Aerospace/NRC]
Standard time [1878, Sir Sandford Fleming]
Electron Microscope [1939, James Hillier, Albert Prebus]
Ski-Doo [1922, Armand Bombardier]
BlackBerry [1999, Mike Lazaridis]
Radio Voice Transmission [1900, Reginald Fessenden]
Birchbark Canoe [First Peoples]
Basketball [1892, James Naismith]
Retractable Beer Carton Handle [1957, Steve Pasjack]
UV Degradable Plastics [1971, James Guillet]
Instant Replay [1955, CBC's Hockey Night in Canada]
Goalie Mask [1959, Jacques Plante]
Marquis Wheat [1908, Sir Charles Saunders]
Pablum [1930, Alan Brown, Theodore Drake, Frederick Tisdall]
Lacrosse [First Peoples]
Electric Oven [1892, Thomas Ahearn]
Steam Fog Horn [1853, Robert Foulis]
Walkie-Talkie [1942, Donald L. Hings]
Alkaline Long-Lasting Battery [1959, Lewis Urry]
Paint roller [1940, Norman Breakey]
Electronic Music Synthesizer [1945, Hugh Le Caine]
WeeVac 6 [1990, Wendy Murphy]
Green Garbage Bag [1950, Harry Wasylyk, Larry Hansen, Frank Plomp]
Snowblower [1925, Arthur Sicard]
Self-propelled Combine Harvester [1937, Thomas Carroll]
Instant Mashed Potatoes [1962, Edward Asselbergs]
Explosives Vapour Detector [1985, Lorne Elias]
Marine Screw Propeller [1833, John Patch]
Plexiglas [1931, William Chalmers]
Key Frame Animation [1969, Nestor Burtnyk, Marcelli Wein]
CPR Mannequin: "ACTAR 911" [1989, Dianne Croteau, Richard Brault]
G-Suit [1941, Wilbur Rounding Franks]
Ardox Spiral Nail [1954, Allan Dove]
Automatic Lubricating Cup [1872, Elijah McCoy]
Crash-Position Indicator-CPI [1957, Harry Stevinson]
Caulking Gun [1894, Theodore Witte]
Separable Baggage Check [1882, John Mitchell Lyons
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LBmuskoka
Posted on: 06/30/2008 07:37
Canada is an interesting place; the rest of the world thinks so, even if Canadians don't.
Terence M. Green
seeler
Posted on: 06/30/2008 08:52
Some others:
kayak
igloo
snowshoe
Newfoundland dog
Punkins
Posted on: 06/30/2008 10:16
Hmmm ...
When I saw the heading, insulin was the first thing I thought of ...
If I remember correctly, pablum was developed for the Dionne Quintuplets ...
I wonder what was special about the Wonderbra at that time to make that particular over the shoulder boulder holder revolutionary ...
And I'm guessing that a few items were included on this list just to show diversity - because I mean really - retractable beer carton handle on the same list with things like insulin, telephone, pacemaker?
Very interesting list - makes me want to go read up on the history of some of these items.
EZed
Posted on: 06/30/2008 11:31
*The Squirrel is one of the 50 Great Canadian Inventions
Punkins
Posted on: 06/30/2008 18:28
That you are, Ezed - I don't know how they could leave you off the list. Very shoddy of them ...
:-)
crazyheart
Posted on: 06/30/2008 22:13
Di8d you know that Girl Guide Cookies were first made and sold in Saskatchewan in 1927?
graeme
Posted on: 06/30/2008 22:54
And they taste like it.
I believe the screw driver that holds its selection of bits in its handle is a Canadian invention.
The collapsible baby bottle which made burping obsolete was invented by a quebecker, who made the first one out of a contraceptive.
graeme
LBmuskoka
Posted on: 07/01/2008 07:21
Puunkins wrote because I mean really - retractable beer carton handle on the same list with things like insulin, telephone, pacemaker?
Punkins, remember this is Canada, anything to do with beer or coffee is of national importance ;-)
I was particularly proud of the electric wheelchair.
LB
I was the last one left after the nuclear holocaust, eh. .... So's I spent most of my time looking for beer.
Bob Mckenzie, Strange Brew
Punkins
Posted on: 07/01/2008 19:58
LOL @ lb!
But surely, we must have done something a little more transcending with beer than a retractable carton handle?
Birthstone
Posted on: 07/02/2008 08:16
well of course, you Hoser.... Wonderbra!
Punkins
Posted on: 07/02/2008 09:38
LOL!
Revolutionary
Posted on: 09/01/2008 08:26
In 1920, a man of last name Carteledge invented the JOCK STRAP. Perhaps not much interest to some of our population, but certainly to those of the male orientation and persuasion who participate in contact sports. In Canada, "The Cup" refers to more than Lord Stanley's bloated trophy.