50 Greatest Canadian Inventions:
- CPR training Mannequin - 1989 A light weight life sized torso to replace the heavy full sized ones being used for CPR training
- crash location indicator - 1957 A special system used for locating crashed planes.
- the electric oven - 1892
- the electric wheelchair - 1952 Used to assist quadriplegic veterans from WWII.
- Electron Microscope - 1938 Developed by post-grad students at the University of Toronto
- Electronic Music Synthesizer - 1945 The electric keyboard that made 80's music great.
- Explosives Vapour Detector - 1985 Used in airports to sniff out hidden bombs.
- 5 pin bowling - 1908 Allowing kids to bowl!
- Steam Fog Horn - 1853 Now heard in harbours around the world.
- Hockey Goalie Mask - 1959 Luckily the design has improved over time.
- Green Garbage Bag - 1950
- G-Suit - 1941 Used by military pilots to push blood back up to the brain (and prevent passing out) during high speed turns.
- Instant Mashed Potatoes - 1962 Making dinners easier!
- Instant Replay - 1955 First used during Hockey Night in Canada...of course.
- Insulin (treatment for diabetes) - 1921 And voted online as #1 of all these inventions.
- JAVA programming language - 1994 Allowing programmers to write software for any thing from cell phones to printers to computers.
- Key Frame Animation - 1969 Allowed artists to stop drawing every frame in an animation.
- Lacrosse - ?? First played by natives well before the discovery of Canada.
- Light Bulb - 1874 Did you know that Thomas Edison bought the patent for the light bulb from 2 Canadians for $5000?
- Marine Screw Propeller - 1833 Allowing the eventual removal of sails from ships.
- Marquis Wheat - 1908 A cold weather wheat that turned Canada into one of the largest wheat producers in the world.
- Pablum - 1930 - Three doctors from the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto developed the perfect cereal for babies.
- Pacemaker - 1950 Helping hearts tick for over 50 years!
- Paint Roller - 1940 Not important? Imagine painting that large wall with nothing but a brush!
- Plexiglass - 1931 Used in safety glasses, and non-glass safety windows.
- Poutine - 1957 Fries, cheese curds, covered in gravy. need i say more?
- Radio Voice Transmission - 1900 The first radio broadcast had the inventor sing a Christmas carol to ships in the Atlantic.
- Retractable Beer Carton Handle - 1957 Making it that much easier to bring home the 12 pack.
- Robertson Screw - 1908 Developed as the screw could be placed on the screwdriver and held there without needing a second hand to hold it.
- Self-propelled Combine Harvester - 1937 During WWII, this invention did the work of hundreds of people, that were off at war.
- Separable Baggage Check - 1882 Making it a little more difficult for them to lose your luggage.
- Ski-doo - 1922 - Nothing like speeding on a frozen lake.
- Snowblower - 1925 - Saving backs all over.
- Standard Time - 1878 - Primarily done to make sure trains stayed on time.
- Telephone - Alexander Graham Bell was Scottish born and eventually moved to the USA. But his work on the telephone was all done in Canada.
- UV Degradable Plastics - 1971 Plastic that turns to dust when exposed to light for a long time.
- Walkie Talkie - 1942 - Eliminating the long wire used by the military prior to then.
- Weevac 6 - 1980 - A medical stretcher for newborn babies. Can carry up to 6 babies at once.
- Wonderbra - 1964 - "A good invention for everyone".
- Zipper - 1913 - Eliminating the need for buttons!
- Cobalt 60 "Bomb" Cancer Treatment - 1951 - Destroys cancer cells in a fast, cheap, and powerful way.
- Caulking Gun - 1894 - Preventing water from getting into places it shouldn't.
- Canadarm - 1975 - Used on the Space Shuttle to perform various operations.
- Bloody Caesar - 1969 - For those non-canadians, it's vodka, tomato juice, Worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper, and hand mashed clams (or Clamato)...garnished with a celery stick. mmmm.
- Blackberry - 1999 - Building stronger thumb muscles worldwide.
- Birch Bark Canoe - ??? - Developed by natives in pre-discovered Canada.
- Basketball - 1892 - A Canadian Phys Ed teacher made it up while teaching in New England one year.
- Automatic Lubricating Cup - 1872 - Delivering oil with that pleasant sound.
- Ardox Spiral Nail - 1954 - Is there any other nail used in construction today?
- Alkaline Long Lasting Battery - 1959 - And still going and going ....
- CPR training Mannequin - 1989 A light weight life sized torso to replace the heavy full sized ones being used for CPR training
- crash location indicator - 1957 A special system used for locating crashed planes.
- the electric oven - 1892
- the electric wheelchair - 1952 Used to assist quadriplegic veterans from WWII.
- Electron Microscope - 1938 Developed by post-grad students at the University of Toronto
- Electronic Music Synthesizer - 1945 The electric keyboard that made 80's music great.
- Explosives Vapour Detector - 1985 Used in airports to sniff out hidden bombs.
- 5 pin bowling - 1908 Allowing kids to bowl!
- Steam Fog Horn - 1853 Now heard in harbours around the world.
- Hockey Goalie Mask - 1959 Luckily the design has improved over time.
- Green Garbage Bag - 1950
- G-Suit - 1941 Used by military pilots to push blood back up to the brain (and prevent passing out) during high speed turns.
- Instant Mashed Potatoes - 1962 Making dinners easier!
- Instant Replay - 1955 First used during Hockey Night in Canada...of course.
- Insulin (treatment for diabetes) - 1921 And voted online as #1 of all these inventions.
- JAVA programming language - 1994 Allowing programmers to write software for any thing from cell phones to printers to computers.
- Key Frame Animation - 1969 Allowed artists to stop drawing every frame in an animation.
- Lacrosse - ?? First played by natives well before the discovery of Canada.
- Light Bulb - 1874 Did you know that Thomas Edison bought the patent for the light bulb from 2 Canadians for $5000?
- Marine Screw Propeller - 1833 Allowing the eventual removal of sails from ships.
- Marquis Wheat - 1908 A cold weather wheat that turned Canada into one of the largest wheat producers in the world.
- Pablum - 1930 - Three doctors from the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto developed the perfect cereal for babies.
- Pacemaker - 1950 Helping hearts tick for over 50 years!
- Paint Roller - 1940 Not important? Imagine painting that large wall with nothing but a brush!
- Plexiglass - 1931 Used in safety glasses, and non-glass safety windows.
- Poutine - 1957 Fries, cheese curds, covered in gravy. need i say more?
- Radio Voice Transmission - 1900 The first radio broadcast had the inventor sing a Christmas carol to ships in the Atlantic.
- Retractable Beer Carton Handle - 1957 Making it that much easier to bring home the 12 pack.
- Robertson Screw - 1908 Developed as the screw could be placed on the screwdriver and held there without needing a second hand to hold it.
- Self-propelled Combine Harvester - 1937 During WWII, this invention did the work of hundreds of people, that were off at war.
- Separable Baggage Check - 1882 Making it a little more difficult for them to lose your luggage.
- Ski-doo - 1922 - Nothing like speeding on a frozen lake.
- Snowblower - 1925 - Saving backs all over.
- Standard Time - 1878 - Primarily done to make sure trains stayed on time.
- Telephone - Alexander Graham Bell was Scottish born and eventually moved to the USA. But his work on the telephone was all done in Canada.
- UV Degradable Plastics - 1971 Plastic that turns to dust when exposed to light for a long time.
- Walkie Talkie - 1942 - Eliminating the long wire used by the military prior to then.
- Weevac 6 - 1980 - A medical stretcher for newborn babies. Can carry up to 6 babies at once.
- Wonderbra - 1964 - "A good invention for everyone".
- Zipper - 1913 - Eliminating the need for buttons!
- Cobalt 60 "Bomb" Cancer Treatment - 1951 - Destroys cancer cells in a fast, cheap, and powerful way.
- Caulking Gun - 1894 - Preventing water from getting into places it shouldn't.
- Canadarm - 1975 - Used on the Space Shuttle to perform various operations.
- Bloody Caesar - 1969 - For those non-canadians, it's vodka, tomato juice, Worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper, and hand mashed clams (or Clamato)...garnished with a celery stick. mmmm.
- Blackberry - 1999 - Building stronger thumb muscles worldwide.
- Birch Bark Canoe - ??? - Developed by natives in pre-discovered Canada.
- Basketball - 1892 - A Canadian Phys Ed teacher made it up while teaching in New England one year.
- Automatic Lubricating Cup - 1872 - Delivering oil with that pleasant sound.
- Ardox Spiral Nail - 1954 - Is there any other nail used in construction today?
- Alkaline Long Lasting Battery - 1959 - And still going and going ....
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