Kmar
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NASA
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FEOS
Bellicose Yankee Air Pirate
+1,182|6715|'Murka

Bertster7 wrote:

FEOS wrote:

Not sure if it's been posted already (probably, with 246 posts thus far):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Un … inventions

My personal favorite is the transistor, upon which nearly all computers today are built. Yes, the Brits came up with the binary computer (thanks Alan Turing), but what made it ubiquitous was the solid-state transistor and the integrated circuit board (both from the US).
It was a Brit (William Shockley) who came up with the transistor too. The BJT at any rate.
He was on the team at Bell Labs (an American company) that developed the BJT. Read the link.
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― Albert Einstein

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PZmohax01
Banned
+13|6281|St.Petersburg, Russia
AK-47, "Ural" electroguitar (the shittiest ever lol), vodka, the earliest conception of rocket engines (Cyolkovsky), Radio (Popov), periodic table (Mendeleev). But I am not good at sciences, so 1,2 and 3 are the best
mikkel
Member
+383|6905
It's ridiculous to say that "The Internet" is an invention. Networked computing existed before ARPANET. It's like saying that the car was invented in the US simply because they took the first step towards making it ubiquitous.
belldawg
Serial Jay-Walker
+52|6288|Perth, indian ocean

TeamZephyr wrote:

AFL Football.
Bet your over the moon that Geelong won aye, seeing as your from Geelong.

But otherwise, Ugg boots haha great aussie invention.
Shaguart
Titties
+56|6673|Calgary, Canada
Canada invented the best thing of all
Insulin
woooot
Edit: wow they also invented the Wonderbra, the telephone, the zipper, and the most important of all
5 PIN BOWLING!

Last edited by Shaguart (2007-12-23 19:52:18)

FEOS
Bellicose Yankee Air Pirate
+1,182|6715|'Murka

Shaguart wrote:

Canada invented the best thing of all
Insulin
woooot
Edit: wow they also invented the Wonderbra, the telephone, the zipper, and the most important of all
5 PIN BOWLING!
Don't forget that Winter Olympics juggernaut....curling!
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein

Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular
Cybargs
Moderated
+2,285|7020
Taipei 101 bitches.
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nukchebi0
Пушкин, наше всё
+387|6628|New Haven, CT

mikkel wrote:

It's ridiculous to say that "The Internet" is an invention. Networked computing existed before ARPANET. It's like saying that the car was invented in the US simply because they took the first step towards making it ubiquitous.
I sadly have to agree with you here.
Casartelli
No skills, just luck
+14|6454|The Netherlands
Netherlands:

The microscope, submarines and the compact disc (CD) were all invented in the Netherlands.
deeznutz1245
Connecticut: our chimps are stealin yo' faces.
+483|6797|Connecticut
Google.
Malloy must go
Lisik
Member
+74|6805|Israel
Weekend
Flecco
iPod is broken.
+1,048|6969|NT, like Mick Dundee

Lisik wrote:

Weekend
That was your religion, not your country. And even that claim can be disputed.

Try again. Israel has over the last few years produced many an interesting prototype/invention. A quick google on the subject mentions various recent inventions/designs including one that allows diving under water without the need to carry a tank of oxygen and a hydrogen fuel cell that sounds like it's actually practical.
Whoa... Can't believe these forums are still kicking.
Mekstizzle
WALKER
+3,611|6925|London, England
Jews invented Judaism which led onto the creation of Christianity and Islam, fuck that
Shahter
Zee Ruskie
+295|7079|Moscow, Russia
vodka
if you open your mind too much your brain will fall out.
Flecco
iPod is broken.
+1,048|6969|NT, like Mick Dundee

Africa invented humanity.

Big mistake imo.

Shit, the Middle East/South America/North Eastern Africa invented civilisation.





Another big mistake imo.

Last edited by Flecco (2008-12-02 06:35:59)

Whoa... Can't believe these forums are still kicking.
FatherTed
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+3,936|6804|so randum
guinness
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Kmar
Truth is my Bitch
+5,695|6905|132 and Bush

Cell Phone
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Switch
Knee Deep In Clunge
+489|6767|Tyne & Wear, England
Ping Pong.
Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
deeznutz1245
Connecticut: our chimps are stealin yo' faces.
+483|6797|Connecticut
Whoa dude, some guy from Sweden said that THEY invented the submarine. I want a battle bitches.
Malloy must go
Braddock
Agitator
+916|6594|Éire

deeznutz1245 wrote:

Whoa dude, some guy from Sweden said that THEY invented the submarine. I want a battle bitches.
John Holland designed the first 'real deal' submarine... not some Mickey Mouse Swedish 'oonderwooterboot'!
Sydney
2λчиэλ
+783|7147|Reykjavík, Iceland.
Skyr, bitches.
http://skyr.com/
DrunkFace
Germans did 911
+427|6985|Disaster Free Zone
No Chinese, Greeks or Italians (read: Roman) on these forums?

Edit: Ohh there's oug from Greece, but he said he'd abstain to make it fair for the rest of us .

Australian Inventions:
  • Football (Yes thats right AFL was invented BEFORE any other kicking ball game)
  • The vapor-compression refrigerator (Like any true Aussie was invented for the sole purpose of cooling his beer)
  • Electric Drill
  • Powered Flight
  • The tank
  • Nuclear fusion
  • Ultrasound
  • Variable rack and pinion steering
  • Bionic ear
  • Jindalee Radar System - (The United States of America spent $11 billion developing an aeroplane that could not be detected by radar. Scientists at the CSIRO then concluded that if the plane could not be detected, perhaps the turbulance it makes passing through air could be. $1.5 million later, the Jindalee Radar system had transformed the stealth bomber into nothing more than an unusual looking aircraft.) lol, Australia > US
  • Winged Keel (a winged keel that helped Australia II end the American's 132 year ownership of the America's cup.)

Last edited by DrunkFace (2008-12-03 20:56:24)

SgtHeihn
Should have ducked
+394|6791|Ham Lake, MN (Fucking Cold)
Everything that is cool in this world, your country might have started it, but we stole it and made it main stream!

America, Fuck Yeah. Coming through to save the mutha fucking day yeah!

Last edited by SgtHeihn (2008-12-04 00:18:40)

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