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The invention nobody appreciated: the calculator, 50 years on

Employees who don’t feel adequately appreciated by their bosses will certainly sympathise with story of US physicist Jack Kilby. The story goes back nearly 60 years when he invented something brilliant that his employer, Texas Instruments, barely would …
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An invention that took 80 years to seem like a good idea in China: the tampon

Simon Lai has no personal need for tampons. But this year, the resident of southern China’s Guangdong province expects to buy more than half a million dollars worth of the feminine hygiene products in Los Angeles, ship them across the Pacific, and sell …
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Nearly 50 years since its invention, the story of the vada pav hits the big screen at Jio MAMI

Think Mumbai street food and you are bound to think of the vada pav. A potato vada wedged between two pieces of bread is the favourite on-the-go snack for many Mumbaikars, yet, few know about Ashok Vaidya, the man who is credited with coming up with the …
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No invention, earth shaking idea from India in 60 years: NR Narayana Murthy

BENGALURU: There has not been a single invention from India in the last 60 years that became a household name globally, nor any idea that led to “earth shaking” invention to “delight global citizens”, IT czar N R Narayana Murthy said today. “Our youngsters …
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Momentive Celebrates 75 Years of Invention

Momentive Performance Materials Inc. (Momentive) is celebrating the invention of the process enabling the industrial production of silicones. In May of 1940, GE research chemist Eugene G. Rochow’s monumental discovery of the direct reaction process began …
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How the eruption of Mount Tambora 200 years ago led to the invention of the bicycle

200 years ago, Mount Tambora exploded and changed the world. The cloud of ash and sulfur dioxide caused the Year Without Summer in 1816, a year so cold that crops failed around the world, causing massive famine. Horses were slaughtered as there was no food …
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