- Canadian inventions
As "necessity is the mother of invention", the range of Canadian inventions is a reflection of the particular circumstance of the nation: it is a large country with a need for innovation to help bridge the distance gap. Fittingly, many of her inventions have been in the fields of transportation and communications, while others reflect her position as a northern country rich in primary resources. Numerous advances have also been achieved in devices related to improving the way these resources are developed (as in agriculture and manufacturing). But like so many inventions, many of her important achievements either built on other works or were improved by others so that precedence is sometimes difficult to pin down (see for example the
Light bulb ). The nation also funds theNational Research Council of Canada (NRCC), which has been an important factor in fostering innovation and technological advancement.Notable Canadian Inventions
Some notable Canadian inventions and their inventors include:
Agriculture
*
Canola (or rapeseed) was developed byNational Research Council personnel in the (1940s).
* The McIntosh Red apple was developed by John McIntosh.Communication
* The
Walkie-Talkie was improved byDonald L. Hings (1942).
* Thetelevision camera was improved by F.C.P. Henroteau (1934).
* wireless radio was improved byReginald Fessenden (1900), introducingaudio radio .
*Standard time was introduced by SirSandford Fleming (1878).
* The Cesium Beam atomic clock was developed by National Research Council personnel in the 1960s.
* Java programming language was invented byJames Gosling
* Development of theBlackBerry was led byMike Lazaridis .Transportation and mobility
* The
hydrofoil boat was invented byAlexander Graham Bell andCasey Baldwin (1908).
* The jetliner was improved byJames C. Floyd in (1949).
* The electric streetcar was improved byJohn Joseph Wright in (1883).
* The Canadarm was developed by staff of the National Aeronautical Establishment (1981).
* The variable pitch propeller was invented byWallace Rupert Turnbull (1927).
* TheCrash Position Indicator was invented by personnel of theNational Research Council in the (1950s)
* The Parclo (partial cloverleaf) interchange was developed by planners at the Ontario Department of Highways (20th century)
* The Electric wheelchair was invented byGeorge Klein during World War IIClimate
* The
snow blower was invented by Arthur Sicard (1927).
* Thesnowmobile was invented byJoseph-Armand Bombardier (1937).
* Thefoghorn was invented by Robert Foulis (1854).
* Therotary snowplow for railroads was invented by a Canadian dentist in 1869.Defence
* The
gas mask was improved by Dr. Cluny Macpherson in 1915.port and entertainment
*
Table hockey was invented by Donald Munro (1930s).
*Basketball was invented byJames Naismith (1892).
* Thegoalie mask was invented byJacques Plante in 1959.
* The music synthesizer was invented byHugh Le Caine in 1945.
*IMAX was co-inventedRoman Kroitor (1968).
*DigiSync , a bar-code reader used in motion picture production was invented by Mike Lazaridis (it won Emmy and Academy Awards in 1999)
*Five pin bowling was invented byThomas F. Ryan in Toronto in 1909.Domestic life
* The jolly jumper was invented by
Olivia Poole in 1959.
*Pablum was invented by Frederick Tisdall,Theodore Drake , and Alan Brown in 1930.
* Thelight bulb was invented by Henry Woodward but the patent was later sold toThomas Edison .
* The garbage bag was invented byHarry Wasylyk .
*Kerosene was invented byAbraham Gesner .
*Easy-Off Oven Cleaner was invented by Herbert McCool in Regina in 1932.
*Plexiglas was invented by William Chalmers while a graduate student at McGill University. [ [http://www.mcgill.ca/facts2005-06/alumni/ McGill University Facts 2005-2006: Alumni] ]Tools
* The
Paint roller was invented by Norman James Breakey.
* TheRobertson screwdriver was invented byP.L. Robertson ee also
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*The Greatest Canadian Invention .
*Science and technology in Canada References
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