Inventions That Change Our Lives

[Besoeker]

@Judd

If I listed every British invention and discovery, the post would be a mile long.

But why would you?

[OldGreyFox]

@Besoeker

But why would you?

Because we are proud to be British Besoeker…

[OldGreyFox]

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My deceased grandma’s hand pumped, self propelling, reciprocating machine…Still in use today…:surprised:

[Swannie148]

@OldGreyFox

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My deceased grandma’s hand pumped, self propelling, reciprocating machine…Still in use today…:surprised:

Really Foxy… you have a famous inventor in your family. Pray tell, what is a hand pumped, self propelling, reciprocating machine?

[keezoy]

Here’s one that will make you fall of your chairs laughing. The Australian indigenous people…(Not sure which nation) invented a cure for cancer. :)…When you’ve finished said laughter and if you’re interested, I’ll supply details. What in twenty seven kinds of buggery does it matter who invented what?..Can’t you be proud of being British without having a …you know the organ…measuring contest about it. We have all invented useful stuff and we all benefit from it. Sheeesh. Ex: What about spray on skin…for severe burns…invented in Western Australia by a British migrant surgeon…( female)…Nothing like a joint effort yeah?

[spitfire]

Humans are inherently a bit idle, and, since the mid 40s when the computer was invented, haven’t really bothered to invent anything, in the belief that the number cruncher will do all the work thus allowing much Faffing.:lol::lol:

[Besoeker]

@OldGreyFox

Because we are proud to be British Besoeker…

Maybe so but it wasn’t the point being made. No problem.

[Swannie148]

since the mid 40s when the computer was invented, haven’t really bothered to invent anything,

Read earlier posts. Plenty been invented post 1940s.

[spitfire]

Inventions or Progressions?

[Besoeker]

@spitfire

Inventions or Progressions?

The latter.

[mart]

Well, there’s only one way to find out who’s inventions are best in invention wars…

[spitfire]

Only Magicians can invent something, everything else is rejigging what was previously there.

[Judd]

@Besoeker

But why would you?

To show what a proud history of invention and innovation we have. Something that’s been lost as our history is slowly wiped away.

[Besoeker]

@Judd

To show what a proud history of invention and innovation we have. Something that’s been lost as our history is slowly wiped away.

Your point was lost. Never mind.

[Swannie148]

@mart

All good inventions Swannie. There are some clever people in Australia and there’s nothing wrong in wanting to point that out. Have you tried looking for British inventions that changed the World, or for inventions made by other developed countries?

Other nations invented items that were quite technical for their time and each generation builds on the knowledge of previous ones. For instance, what would have been the point of the wi-fi we have today without the Internet being invented first? Would the Internet have been possible without the previously developed electronics being there to run it?

Valves to transistors to integrated circuits to microchips …and so on. The inventions you have mentioned were made possible by these. Who knows (without research) what nationalities were involved in developing them? I mean, nobody starts from scratch do they?

Thanks to Australia for the inventions but lets not forget the knowledge and innovations developed by many nations in the World that make newer ones possible …whoever gets credited with them.

[Swannie148]

@Swannie148

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Man is a clever animal. yes as you say there had to be something invented before the others came into being as inprovements. Heck I am only too pleased to list inventions from other nations mart. Imagine how life is today had people not had the intelligence, foresite and innovative skills to bring them to reality. These were the pioneers.

the automobile~~~ Karl Benz
the electric light ~~~ Thomas Edison
the telephone ~~~ Alexander Graham Bell
Radio~~~ Guglielmo Marconi
Antibiotics~~~Alexander Fleming
the airplane ~Wright Brothers
the computer~ Charles Babbage
rocketry~~~Robert Hutchings Goddard
television~~~ John Logie Baird
nuclear energy~~~ Enrico Fermi

[mart]

Yes, they all played their part in getting us the items and technology that most of us use today. We might not be in the best of worlds because of some of it but we are where we are.

[OldGreyFox]

@Swannie148

Man is a clever animal. yes as you say there had to be something invented before the others came into being as inprovements. Heck I am only too pleased to list inventions from other nations mart. Imagine how life is today had people not had the intelligence, foresite and innovative skills to bring them to reality. These were the pioneers.

the automobile~~~ Karl Benz
the electric light ~~~ Thomas Edison
the telephone ~~~ Alexander Graham Bell
Radio~~~ Guglielmo Marconi
Antibiotics~~~Alexander Fleming
the airplane ~Wright Brothers
the computer~ Charles Babbage
rocketry~~~Robert Hutchings Goddard
television~~~ John Logie Baird
nuclear energy~~~ Enrico Fermi

I fear that most of these inventions have set the human race back 200 years Swannie, and will eventually be our downfall…

[OldGreyFox]

@mart

Yes, they all played their part in getting us the items and technology that most of us use today. We might not be in the best of worlds because of some of it but we are where we are.

Just beat me to it Mart…