The original first recorder was housed in a black Bakelite box, which gave it its famous name. Today, however, black boxes are actually painted in heat resistant paint, usually bright orange, to help investigators find it, in the debris after a crash. Interestingly, while the invention originally came about in Australia, by an Australian, it was never developed there. Both the Royal Australian Air Force, and the Federation of Australian airline pilots resisted the idea and showed no interest.
It ended up being developed in the UK and US. Later on, however, Australia became the first country to make flight recorders compulsory, obviously seeing the benefit of the invention. The back story of the inventor of the black box, Dr. David Warren, is also an interesting one.
Warren has lost his father in a famous commercial airline crash in That early experience has no doubt contributed and incentivized his research and invention of the famous black box. Arnot, is the one usually credited for this invention, he was a Scot engineer who traveled to Melbourne to build a power plan for the union electric company.
With a background in electricity, Arnot designed a large drill that would be able penetrate through coal and rock and was mostly intended for use in the mining industry. His drill is, however, considered the first ancestor and the original prototype, which led other inventors to create a smaller hand held version of an electric drill.
The German brothers, Wilhelm and Carl Fein, in Stuttgart have invented the first portable drill several years later. While contact lenses became popular as a discreet alternative to glasses, they were not always as convenient to use as they are today. CSIRO and the University of New South Wales joined an international research team in with the goal of developing comfortable long-wear contact lenses.
As well as being durable, the lenses had to be thin, allowing optimal oxygen transfer to promote cornea health. The lenses they developed in were made from a silicone hydrogel which can safely be worn for 30 days and nights without being removed. While the concept of a drill has been in use for thousands of years, the advent of the electric motor in the 19th century led to the development of the electric drill. Designed by Arthur James Arnot and William Blanch Brain in Melbourne in , the size of the first electric drill was, to say the least, massive.
It was designed to cut through coal and rock for mining applications. While this initial model was far from portable, the same technology was refined to create the modern-day hand drill. While the use of car safety restraints for small children is common today, this was not the case before the enactment of Australian seatbelt legislation, which took effect across Australia in the s and 70s.
They crafted their design so that it would lock into a standard-sized car seat, allowing babies and small children to be strapped-in and secure. While we all enjoy a refreshing dip in a swimming pool, the chemicals used to clean and maintain pools, particularly chlorine, can have effects on human health ranging from eye and skin irritation to respiratory difficulty.
In the s, Len David researched alternative methods of pool maintenance to reduce the amount of chemicals used in pool cleaning. His work led to the development of the salt water chlorination system which is built directly into the pool. This mechanism produces chlorine by facilitating a chemical reaction between salt and an electric current, rather than being added in large amounts by hand.
Thomas Jefferson had finalized the Louisiana Purchase and asked the explorers to take diligent notes about the new territories. The composition notebook made its debut in France and Germany. The marble pattern was inspired by printing techniques found in early China and Japan. Thomas W. Holley, a year-old paper mill worker, used leftover scraps to make the first legal pads.
His idea took off at the request of a local judge that loved the yellow paper and all the space for his notes. The spiral notebook is said to have made its debut. Edward Podosek, an English inventor with many patents to his name, is often credited for the invention. Mead, a popular paper company, began mass-producing composition notebooks. Bryant Crutchfield created the Trapper Keeper. Paper King memo notebooks were super popular. They came in bright, neon colors, sold for about a quarter each, and featured a super thick spiral ring.
Lisa Frank notebooks skyrocketed in popularity thanks to the trendy neon animals printed on the covers. Moleskine notebooks made their official debut in Milan. These trendy journals were rumored to have been invented long before and used by Oscar Wilde and Ernest Hemingway, but this was the first time they were sold at retail stores.
Five-Star notebooks were all the rage in classrooms across the United States. These thick notebooks were a product of Mead and came in a variety of simple colors. Japanese students recorded their notes in Life Bank Paper Pads. The paper inside is of a super high-quality and made by the Mitsubishi Paper Mill, which has been in operation since This essential school supply also doubled as a binder with separate colored tabs.
The Rocketbook syncs straight to any file source like Dropbox or Word and transfers your notes over automatically. The best part is it can be erased after your notes are transferred, fusing handwritten and digital notes in one eco-friendly package. You can never go wrong with a classic! Newyes is a notebook that came as the result of a Kickstarter campaign. The interactive journal toggles between paper and digital writing, allowing you to search for your notes, play them back via video, and share your writings with others.
It was created by a government official named Cai Lun who used mulberry bark and hemp to create the paper. The Chinese people loved paper and it was used by everyone — Buddhist monks to record prayers, authors for their new books, and government agencies for tax collection. Its format has adapted in collecting small book for notes for more convenience, and then like a personal notebook.
These are the men and women who shaped it with their uses over time. The current notebook offers us a world of possibilities and many use notes, drawings, collection of thought….
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