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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 ....