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REFRIGERATOR PATENT HISTORY
In 1930, Albert Einstein and another physicist patented a refrigerator with no moving parts; why did their invention never reach your kitchen?In a remarkable collaboration, Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard advanced the world of refrigeration with a groundbreaking patent. Their desi...- In 1893, a German mechanical engineer invented a high-efficiency compression-ignition engine originally intended to run on alternative fuels but his invention turned popular years after his demise due to financial troubles: How did Rudolf Diesel changed the world?In 1893, Rudolf Diesel published his design for a compression-ignition engine that aimed to improve engine efficiency and reduce dependence...
- In 1902, Willis Carrier invented modern air conditioning after Florida doctor John Gorrie's decades-old cooling idea paved the wayIn 1902, engineer Willis Carrier created the first modern air conditioning system to solve a printing company's humidity problem, forever c...
- Modern air conditioning was invented in America, but not to keep people coolA printing issue in Brooklyn led to the invention of modern air conditioning. This innovation, initially for paper, became a lifesaver, dra...
- In 1945, an engineer trying to improve wartime gun sights accidentally helped create the plastic that led to TupperwareIn a stroke of ingenuity, Earl Tupper turned leftover industrial materials into iconic food storage containers. His genius lay in creating ...
- 1945 Kitchen Revolution began with one strange accident: How Percy Spencer’s melted candy bar at Raytheon accidentally led to the invention of the Microwave OvenDuring World War II, radar technology became essential for detecting enemy aircraft and ships. Percy Spencer was working with magnetrons, d...
- How Food Was Stored Before Modern Kitchens Changed EverythingLong before modern refrigerators, ancient humans mastered food preservation. They used sun, salt, cold, and microbes to store food for surv...
- Here’s why developing countries can make COVID-19 mRNA vaccinesDepending on wealthy nations to donate billions of doses is not working, public health experts say. The solution, many now believe, is for ...
- Containing the world: How containers are shaping the globe even todayThe pandemic has reinforced the importance of containers. In the early stages, as consumer demand plummeted, shipping companies unloaded ma...
- View: Big Pharma has reinforced its saviour imageThe drug companies are the saviours that have doubled life expectancy in the last century, curing dozens of diseases once incurable, reliev...
- IDBI Bank, PNB Housing and Alok Industries among stocks to track todayHere is a list of top stocks that are likely to be in focus in today's trading session.
- The Apple question: When and why do great cos, ideas and technologies begin to falter?Established companies often don't innovate because the competitors' first products seem more like crude toys than real competition.
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