Recent questions tagged inventions

Description : Would a portable device that gives chest compressions work?

Last Answer : https://www.lucas-cpr.com/

Description : What do you think is one of the greatest inventions?

Last Answer : The timer on the coffee maker is one of my favorite convenience inventions, having hot coffee waiting the minute I appear in the morning is so lovely!!!

Description : Who invented the steam engine?

Last Answer : A dude named Gabe.

Description : Nostalgia time for questions, what can you remember hearing or seeing in the past you just thought would never catch on?

Last Answer : I had a Jolt cola when I was 4. It hurt my arm drinking so much caffeine, I thought It would never catch on… Now power drinks are every where.

Description : If you could dis-invent one thing, what would it be?

Last Answer : Cigarettes.

Description : What can you do if you have built a working prototype of a great invention idea but have very limited funds?

Last Answer : answer:You can't trust anyone until you get it copyrighted. Until then, guard the idea - or whatever you have already built - with your life. What are you interested in doing with it? You can either ... how much it would cost to actually produce and build your ideas) a huge loan to pay off anyway.

Description : How do things work?

Last Answer : How it’s Made

Description : Did you ever have an invention idea that you think would work great but never went through with?

Last Answer : I do have an idea that I will go through with eventually :)

Description : How do I get feedback on my new product idea?

Last Answer : You could always give it to friends and family, but you might not get an honest opinion. Or you could check with local laws and put up a kiosk/booth somewhere popular to demonstrate or give information about your product. Like a lemonade stand, but with your product lol.

Description : What would it take to make your desk at work, a MEGAdesk?

Last Answer : answer:For those of you who haven’t witnessed the MEGADESK yet, here it is. I’m dead for ideas right now. Pretty depressing actually.

Description : Can you name an invention that affects your day, but you never think about?

Last Answer : I like the pause-and-serve feature, but I think the zipper affects me more and I never think about it. Unless I get something stuck in it.

Description : Do you ever feel like you're the first to do something,then you see it somewhere else and think "Wow,I'm not the only one!"?

Last Answer : As long as it isn’t a new Girlfriend. (There is very little that is genuinely new – invariably someone has done it before. )

Description : Aeroplanes and nuclear power stations in 1900 AD when playing Sim City for the SNES?

Last Answer : Because they think smart people like you don’t notice :-) Also, was probably pressure to push the products out without checking historical accuracy.

Description : Who is the first inventor of robot?

Last Answer : http://www.robotics.utexas.edu/rrg/learn_more/history/ enjoy.

Description : Who do you think is the more important inventor, Edison or Nikola Tesla? Also justify your decision.

Last Answer : Tesla. We are still trying to catch up with his remarkable theories and inventions. Edison (working with Westinghouse) did his best to crush Tesla. Had we listened to Tesla, we would have energy independance, since much of his power sources were from the Earths magnetic field.

Description : Which came first: vulcanized rubber wheels or the automobile?

Last Answer : Goodyear claimed that he discovered vulcanization in 1839, but did not patent the invention until June 15, 1844 - Wikipedia Also, if you wiki automobiles you'll see a number of inventions, depending on what ... engine. - Wikipedia I'm going with automobile. Some dates are as far back as the 1600s.

Description : What yet-to-be-made invention do you want?

Last Answer : A suit you could put your cat in, and attach the vacuum to, so you could remove the cat dander.

Description : I'm glad I wasn't born before the invention of ___.

Last Answer : Flush toilets.

Description : What, besides the Snuggie, has been the worst invention of all time?

Last Answer : Shamwow. Not just because it doesn’t work, but because of the d-bag they hired to sell it.

Description : What in your opinion, is the most superfluous invention in human history?

Last Answer : Baconaise ...because apparently, not enough Americans have heart disease yet.

Description : What should I invtent?

Last Answer : Haha, great question. How about stylish rubber covers for baseball bat handles. Made in a better, grippy material like rubber. If things went well with that you could sell them for other things ... be a great idea. The traditional leather covers where you put your hands are barely shock resistant.

Description : Who invented the first robot?

Last Answer : Try this

Description : Is there a word for this?

Last Answer : Second Best.

Description : Discoveries/Inventions-Scientists

Last Answer : 1. Structure Of DNA: Watson & Crick 2. Rabies Vaccination: Louis Pasteur 3. Penicillin: Alexander Fleming 4. Genetic Laws of Heredity: Mendel 5. Vaccination Against Small Pox: Edward Jenner 6. Solar ... Napier 103. Malaria Parasite: Ronald Ross 104. Zero: Al Khwarizmi 105. Velocity Of Light: Roomer

Description : DISCOVERIES AND INVENTIONS 

Last Answer : Galileo was first to discover rotation of earth Kohler and Milstein discovered monoclonal antibodies. Photography was invented by Mathew Barry Albert Sabin invented Polio vaccine ( ... scientist who designed the first internal combustion engine used to burn low grade fuel. Etienne Lenoir