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Canada's Invention 1950~2010

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    Invention in Science and Technology

  • Cobalt-60

    Cobalt-60
    Harold Johns invented and developed Cobalt-60 machine which used for cancer trearment and imapcted on the cancer survivng rate. It's a major technological development to start cobalt healing for cancer, it treats tumors that are deep to access.
  • Artificial Cardiac Pacemaker

    Artificial Cardiac Pacemaker
    John Alexander Hopps invented the first pacemaker. It starts the heart again if the heart stops beating due to cooling. When the heart slows down, the brain can't get enough oxgen, this helps many people with heart problem.
  • Electric Wheelchair

    Electric Wheelchair
    George Klein invented the electric wheelchair, It's a convenience invention for people with disability. After WW2, it is useful for the injured soliders.
  • Snowmobile

    Snowmobile
    Joseph-Armand Bombardier designed the modern snowmobile. He began commercial production and marketing of Ski-Doo snowmobiles. It makes the winter travelling easier.
  • Alkaline Battery

    Alkaline Battery
    Lewis Urry invented the alkaline battery, it can be recharge and has longer and higher energy than normal battery. it makes people's lives more convenience.
  • IMAX Movie System

    IMAX Movie System
    Created by CAnadian company IMAX Corporaion and developed by Graeme Ferguson, Roman Kroitor, Robert Kerr, and William C. Shaw. It can record and display bigger size images than regular film. It 's s big improvement for entertainment.
  • Animation

    Animation
    Nestor Burtnyk, Ken Pulfer, and Marceli Wein worked in animation, it's a process to creating continuous motions and shape change. Tehy led the digital media played a important role in establishing Canada as innovators in the exploitaion of computer technology in the creative and cultural communication.
  • Newtsuit

    Newtsuit
    Phil Nutten designed the Newtsuit. It's an atmosheric diving suit used for working on the ocean. He wanted to develop safe diving technologies without the harzard to protect the ocean
  • Java Programming Language

    Java Programming Language
    James Gosling created the Java program. It's a programming language for network computers, many appllications and websites would not work without Java.It can accelerate on any machine with any operating system. The applicaions of smartphones are developed using Java. It's a step for the modern thcenologies we have now
  • Blackberry

    Blackberry
    Mike Lazaridis was the former of Blackberry, the first wireless data technology developer. It's popular for the smartphone creation. It's a improvement for the phones