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25 DAYS OF INVENTORS: COMPUTER SCANNER & THE BIN SCANNER

  The first image scanner developed for use with a computer was a drum scanner. It was built in 1957 at the US National Bureau of Standards by a team…

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25 DAYS OF INVENTORS: THE MEDICAL SYRINGE & THE CALPOL LOLLY

The Medical Syringe by Letitia Geer   Nowadays, living without a medical syringe is simply not possible. It is widely and excessively used in medial centres, hospitals, private clinics, and…

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25 DAYS OF INVENTORS: THE DISPOSABLE DIAPERS & THE BABY TRANSLATOR

  Inventor of the Diaper Cover and Forerunner of the Disposable Diaper. Marion Donovan (1917-1998) grew up as the daughter of an inventor, so when she became a mother and…

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25 DAYS OF INVENTORS: TOOTHPASTE & THE TOOTHPASTE SWEET

  Toothpaste 1873: The first commercially produced, nice-smelling toothpaste was launched by Colgate and sold in a jar. 1892: Dr. Washington Sheffield is the first person to put toothpaste in…

Christmas Leaders Award Scottish Engineering Leaders Award

25 DAYS OF INVENTOR (ENGINEER): TIM PEAKE & THE SPACE VIEWING DOME

Tim Peake Tim Peake is a European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut of British nationality. He finished his 186-day Principia mission working on the International Space Station for Expedition 46/47 when…

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25 DAYS OF INVENTORS: CHRISTMAS LIGHTS & THE LIGHT JACKET

  Edward Johnson, Christmas Lights In 1882, the first Christmas tree was lit by use of electricity. Edward Johnson lit up a Christmas tree in New York City with eighty…

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25 DAYS OF INVENTORS: THE PENCIL WITH A RUBBER & FRUITY TOPS

  The first pencil with a rubber The patent filed by Hymen Lipman of Philadelphia, PA was granted on March 30th 1858. An interesting feature of this design was that…

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25 DAYS OF INVENTORS: LEGO & THE LEGO HOOVER

The Lego Group began in the workshop of Ole Kirk Christiansen (1891–1958), a carpenter from Billund, Denmark, who began making wooden toys in 1932. In 1934, his company came to…

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25 DAYS OF INVENTORS: ELECTRIC BLANKET & THE ICE BLANKET

The Electric Blanket 1912: Dr. Sidney I. Russell invented the first ever electric blanket in 1912. Russell intended for the electric blanket as an easier way to keep patients warm…

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25 DAYS OF INVENTORS: MICROSOFT & WORLD TRAVELLING CLASSROOM

  Bill Gates – Microsoft Bill Gates is an American business magnate and computer programmer who is the co-founder of Microsoft, the world’s largest PC software company. One of the…