https://padlet.com/byarsadeline/soqzkehz5tdfim0o Made with history en-us 2022-03-14 13:35:04 UTC 2022-03-15 13:31:24 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4e1.png byarsadeline https://padlet.com/byarsadeline/soqzkehz5tdfim0o/wish/2093864196 Invention: Nylon
Inventor: Wallace Carothers
Purpose: Nylon was originally used in a nylon bristled toothbrush. It then became useful in women's stalkings, and making parachutes.]]> 2022-03-14 13:41:05 UTC https://padlet.com/byarsadeline/soqzkehz5tdfim0o/wish/2093864196 byarsadeline https://padlet.com/byarsadeline/soqzkehz5tdfim0o/wish/2095923014 Invention: Velcro
Inventor: George de Mestral
Purpose: Originally for clothing to be used as a zipper, which wasn’t initially successful.]]> 2022-03-15 13:12:36 UTC https://padlet.com/byarsadeline/soqzkehz5tdfim0o/wish/2095923014 byarsadeline https://padlet.com/byarsadeline/soqzkehz5tdfim0o/wish/2095928707 Invention: Nuclear Weapons
Inventor: Manhattan Project
Purpose: Used to bring war to “a speedy end.”]]> 2022-03-15 13:15:12 UTC https://padlet.com/byarsadeline/soqzkehz5tdfim0o/wish/2095928707 byarsadeline https://padlet.com/byarsadeline/soqzkehz5tdfim0o/wish/2095934638 Invention: Microwave Oven
Inventor: Percy Spencer
Purpose: The microwave oven was and still is used to heat foods.]]> 2022-03-15 13:17:55 UTC https://padlet.com/byarsadeline/soqzkehz5tdfim0o/wish/2095934638 byarsadeline https://padlet.com/byarsadeline/soqzkehz5tdfim0o/wish/2095938660 Invention: Credit Card
Inventor: Frank X. McNamara
Purpose: Was used to make purchases at multiple retailers.]]> 2022-03-15 13:19:47 UTC https://padlet.com/byarsadeline/soqzkehz5tdfim0o/wish/2095938660 byarsadeline https://padlet.com/byarsadeline/soqzkehz5tdfim0o/wish/2095944676 Invention: Satellite
Inventor: Soviet space program (Sergei Korolev, Mstislau Keldysh, Mikhail Tikhonravov)
Purpose: Used to place a radio transmitter into orbit around the earth.]]> 2022-03-15 13:22:39 UTC https://padlet.com/byarsadeline/soqzkehz5tdfim0o/wish/2095944676 byarsadeline https://padlet.com/byarsadeline/soqzkehz5tdfim0o/wish/2095949312 Invention: Computer Mouse
Inventor: Douglas Engelbart
Purpose: Used to find a better way to point and click on a display screen.]]> 2022-03-15 13:24:38 UTC https://padlet.com/byarsadeline/soqzkehz5tdfim0o/wish/2095949312 byarsadeline https://padlet.com/byarsadeline/soqzkehz5tdfim0o/wish/2095963458 Invention: Rubik’s Cube
Inventor: Ernö Rubik
Purpose: Originally for solving the structural problem of moving the parts independently without the whole mechanism falling apart.]]> 2022-03-15 13:30:46 UTC https://padlet.com/byarsadeline/soqzkehz5tdfim0o/wish/2095963458