Inventions and discoveries

Inventions & Discoveries that Have Changed People’s Life
Nelly Chechuy

All our discoveries today are based on the ideas of men who lived before us; and without their groundwork, modern inventions would have been impossible.

FAMOUS INVENTORS

Albert Einstein

Theory of Relativity

Thomas Edison

Light Bulbs

Isaac Newton

Laws of Motion
Newtons Telescope

Levi Strauss

James Naismith

Basketball

Nathaniel Wyeth

The plastic soda bottle

Elisha Otis

Otis elevator

Orville & Wilbur Wright

Alexander Graham Bell

Telephone

Cell Phone Culture
Since its invention in the second half of the nineteenth century, the telephone has become part of the everyday lives of billions of people around the world. - at least in richer countries.
In the twentieth century cellular phones start to replace the fixed phones.

Cell Phone Culture
Cell phones have become associated with qualities of mobility and portability and became an example ‘digital technology’ or ‘new media’

CHINDOGU
THE ART OF SILLY & USELESS INVENTIONS

‘Chindogu' is the Japanese word meaning the art of useless idea.
A Chindogu cannot be for real use.
A Chindogu must exist.
Chindogu are tools for every day life.
Chindogu are not for sale.
Chindogu cannot be patented.

The noodle eater’s hair guard

DUSTER SLEEPERS

FOOD COOLER

Back Scratcher's T-Shirt.The solution to infernal itching

Portable officeFinally the essential accessory of the businessman's uniform, the neck tie, is of practical use.

Personal rain saver

Hay Fever Hat

Portable Zebra Crossing

Solar powered lighter

“We progress when we
think more and better.”
-Plato

NOW IT’S YOUR TURN!

Inventions and discoveries

by ETRC on Jun 17, 2011

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